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Light Cruiser, Calliope-class

Ordered 9.14, Pendant Nos. 0A (1914), 27 (1.18), 59 (4.18). Launched 21.12.15 John Brown. 3,750 tons, 446(oa), 420(pp)x41x14ft. Turbine 40000shp, 29kts. Armament: 4-6in, 1-4in AA. Armour: 3in sides, 1in deck. Crew: 368. Harwich Force 1916-18, then Mediterranean. Battle Honour (and link to despatches, casualties, awards) Jutland 31 May 1916. Sold 28.7.34 Metal Ind, Rosyth. (British Warships 1914-1919)

3rd BCS in 1916, including Battle of Jutland; 5th LCS, Harwich Force 1916-18, sinking torpedo-boat S 20 by gunfire off Belgian coast, 5 June 1917. Aegean and Black Sea 1918-19, then commissioned at Portsmouth November 1919 for lst LCS, Atlantic Fleet. Attached to Gunnery School, Portsmouth 1920-22, then Portsmouth Reserve 1922-24. Recommissioned at Portsmouth for 2nd CS, Atlantic Fleet May 1924, paying off into dockyard control for refit from June 1925. Recommissioned from Nore Reserve November 1926 for 2nd CS; trooping to China 1930-31, followed by Nore Reserve March 1931-December 1933, and trooping duty again from August 1932. Paid off in December 1933. (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-21)

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THE VOYAGES OF HMS CANTERBURY 1918-1919
(More detailed plots follow in the text)

JP map overview

(Maps prepared using Journey Plotter, developed by Maikel. The Plots can only be approximate. They are made by joining-up positions on successive days, and sometimes positions are not given. There will therefore be occasions when the ship appears to have travelled overland)

THE VOYAGES OF HMS CANTERBURY
Operations in the North Sea

JP map Canterbury North Sea

LOGS FOR JANUARY 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of January 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

1st January

31st January

A/M 2843




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1 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: One petty officer and one able seaman discharged to Royal Naval Hospital

10.00am: Hands employed as required

1.00pm: One rating (signal) joined from Royal Naval Barracks

2.30pm: Hands drawing stores

5.30pm: Exercised fire stations


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2 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed as required

2.00pm: Hands painting and scraping

4.30pm: Leave to first part watch from 5.00pm till 10.00pm. Leave to second part watch from 5.00pm till 7.00am

5.30pm: Exercised fire stations


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3 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands as required

11.00am: Discharged shipwright J. Allen to H.M.S. "Daedalus"

2.00pm: Hands as required

4.30pm: Leave to second part watch till 10.00pm. Leave to third part watch till 7.00am

5.30pm: Exercised fire station

6.10pm: Readiness

6.20pm: High angle gun crews closed up


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4 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed refitting and as required

1.00pm: Seven engine room artificers joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks

2.00pm: Hands employed as required

4.30pm: Leave to first part watch till 10.00pm. Leave to third part watch till 7.00am

5.30pm: Exercised fire station


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5 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed as required

1.30pm: Leave to first [part] watch till 10.00pm. Leave to second [part] watch till 7.00am. Hands make and mend [clothes]

5.30pm: Exercised fire station


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6 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Leave to second part watch till 10.00pm. Leave to third part watch till 7.00am

5.00pm: Exercised fire station


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7 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands refitting and as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Exercised fire station

6.00pm: Leave to watch till 7.00am and 10.00pm


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8 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Exercised fire station

5.30pm: Leave to watch till 10.00pm and 7.00am


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9 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

10.30am: Received 15 tons coal

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Exercised fire station

6.00pm: Leave to watch till 10.00pm and 7.00am


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10 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Port watch returned from long leave

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to starboard watch and second part port watch till 7.00am


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11 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Discharged one officer's steward to Royal Naval Barracks Devonport

4.30pm: Exercised fire station

5.00pm: Leave to port watch and first part starboard watch till 7.00am


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12 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

10.00am: Yeoman of signals joined from Royal Naval Barracks

1.00pm: Leave to first part port watch and second part starboard watch till 8.30am Monday

5.00pm: Exercised fire station


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13 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 8.00am. Boys till 7.00pm

5.00pm: Exercised fire station


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14 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.20am: Undocked. Proceeded into number 3 basin

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Discharged three ratings to hospital

5.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00am

6.00pm: Exercised fire station


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15 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Provisioning ship and as requisite

10.30am: Basin trial

1.30pm: Joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham one electrical artificer, one ship's corporal, 2 leading seamen, one chief petty officer, one able seaman and one officer's steward

3.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00am

6.00pm: Exercised fire station


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16 January 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

10.00am: Discharged master-at-arms to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.00pm: Discharged to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham one chief petty officer, four able seamen, two ordinary seamen, one boy and one signalman

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 10.00pm

6.30pm: Joined ship staff surgeon


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17 January 1918

From Chatham to Sheerness, and at Sheerness

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

6.30am: Cleaning ship

7.45am: Proceeded into north lock

9.30am: Cleaning ship

11.45am: Slipped. Proceeded to Chatham

12.30pm: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "Gaditano"

2.00pm: Embarking ammunition

7.00pm: Received 730 tons oil


The Historical RFA site lists S.S. "Gaditano".


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18 January 1918

From Sheerness to Harwich, and at Harwich

Lat 51.46, Long 0.75 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.15am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.45am: Secured to number 9 buoy

9.30am: Adjusted compasses

11.42am: Slipped. Proceeded

12.17pm: Outer bar light bearing abeam 0.2 miles starboard. Course as requisite

12.31pm: West Oaze buoy abeam 0.2 miles port

12.51pm: Knob bell buoy abeam 0.1 miles port. Course as requisite

1.04pm: Knock John buoy abeam 0.1 miles port

1.15pm: D2 buoy abeam 0.2 miles starboard

2.25pm: Course as requisite for Sunk Pass

2.30pm: Sunk lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

2.51pm: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

2.58pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

3.30pm: Secured to H and H' buoys, Harwich

10.00pm: One armourer's crew joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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[Record of Observations for Deviation]


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19 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Cleaning ship and painting

10.30am: Examining ammunition

12.30pm: Two signal and one wireless telegraphy boys joined from Shotley barracks

2.00pm: Painting ship

3.00pm: Leave to first part port watch till 7.00pm


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20 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Joined from H.M.S. "Fisgard" one wireman

10.00am: Divine service

10.30am: Divisions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys 6.00pm


H.M.S. "Fisgard" was a training establishment for artificers and engineers.


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21 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Painting ship

3.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.30pm


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22 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Painting ship


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23 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

11.00am: Received 64 tons oil

1.30pm: Painting ship

3.00pm: Leave to first part port watch till 7.00pm

4.00pm: Read warrant number 67

5.00pm: Discharged one officer's steward third class to Chatham detention quarters.


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24 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.45am: Slipped. Proceeded to D buoy

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: Discharged two ratings to Shotley sick quarters

1.30pm: Painting ship

2.30pm: Received 11 tons coal

7.00pm: Burnt searchlights


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25 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

1.30pm: Hands cleaning ship

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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26 January 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.8, Long 1.5 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

7.35am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.09am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course as requisite

8.26am: Rough lightvessel abeam

8.55am: Sunk lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for paravane trials up to 24 knots

12.02pm: Completed exercise

12.10pm: Proceeded

12.47pm: Cork lightvessel abeam

1.20pm: Secured to D buoy

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm


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27 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Mustered by ledger

10.00am: Landed church parties

11.00am: Divine service

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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28 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Read warrant number 68

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

9.30am: Discharged one able seaman to detention quarters Chatham

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: Court of inquiry assembled onboard

1.00pm: Divers exercised monthly dip

2.00pm: Leave to second part starboard watch till 5.30pm

7.00pm: Exercised searchlights


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29 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised general drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to port watch from 3.00pm till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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30 January 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.00am: Exercised collision stations

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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31 January 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: One stoker joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

8.05pm: Slipped. Proceeded

8.30pm: Dense fog

8.40pm: Came to port anchor in 6 fathoms, veered to [left blank] shackles, off Inner Ridge buoy


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LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of February 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

February 1st

February 28th

A/M 2843




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1 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions

10.00am: Exercised action [stations]

Noon: Weighed. Proceeded into harbour

12.30pm: Secured to D buoy

1.30pm: Leave to second part starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Discharged Mr. Hughes signal boatswain to Shotley sick quarters


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2 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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3 February 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 2.98

5.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

6.00am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

6.48am: Slipped paravanes

10.00am: Divisions. Prayers

8.31pm: Hoisted in paravanes

9.39pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

10.15pm: Secured to D buoy


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4 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Court of inquiry assembled onboard

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: Received [left blank] tons oil

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Leave to watch till 7.00pm


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5 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: One stoker petty officer joined from H.M.S. "Dido"

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.30pm

9.00pm: Joined ship one stoker from Royal Naval Barracks


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6 February 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.90, Long 1.48 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

7.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.00am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

10.45am: Weighed target. Proceeded

11.00am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles

11.10am: South Shipwash buoy abeam 0.1 miles port. Course as requisite

11.15am: Slipped paravanes

11.40am: Hoisted in paravanes

12.10pm: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

12.33pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

1.05pm: Secured to D buoy

1.30pm: Leave to watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

10.00pm: One ordinary seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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7 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Discharged one engine room artificer and one leading stoker to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

11.30am: Five boys joined from Shotley

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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8 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised action [stations]

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Cleaning ship

2.10pm: Leave to first part port watch till 5.30pm

5.00pm: Discharged one ordinary seaman to H.M.S. "Ganges" for cell punishment

9.30pm: One ship's steward's assistant joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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9 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

3.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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10 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine Service

9.30am: Landed Roman Catholic church party

10.00am: Divisions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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11 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised general drill, prepare to tow, out fore engine, boarding parties, and away all boats

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Leave to second part starboard watch till 5.30pm

5.00pm: One leading seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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12 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Landed seamen and stokers for route march

10.30am: Discharged one ship's steward's assistant to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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13 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Two signal boys joined from Shotley. Discharged two signal boys to Shotley

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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14 February 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.94, Long 1.40 [Approximate position]

7.35am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.04am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port. Course as requisite

8.15am: Dropped target

8.20am: Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

10.18am: Weighed target

10.20am: Proceeded. Course as requisite for paravane exercise

12.09pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

12.32pm: Secured to D buoy

2.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.30pm

3.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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15 February 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.50 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.36am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port. Course as requisite for torpedo practice area

10.30am: Exercised torpedo running

12.20pm: Completed torpedo runs. Exercised paravanes

12.35pm: Hoisted in paravanes

1.15pm: Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice

2.40pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

3.05pm: Secured to D buoy

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

5.00pm: Received [left blank] tons oil

8.32pm: Slipped. Proceeded

9.08pm: Cork lightvessel abeam. Stopped

9.15pm: Proceeded

9.58pm: Orfordness light abeam 1.9 miles

10.17pm: Shipwash lightvessel abeam 3.5 miles starboard


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16 February 1918

At sea

Lat 53.87, Long 3.85

2.28am: IJmuiden lighthouse S52°E

7.22am: Haaks lightvessel abeam 1.8 miles starboard

9.22am: Haaks lightvessel S67°E

9.34am: Haaks lightvessel S42°E

10.59am: Terschelling [Bank] lightvessel S49°E 3.9 miles

12.09pm: Number 5 buoy abeam 0.8 miles starboard

1.59pm: Number 5 buoy abeam 0.3 miles port

5.22pm: Took station 5 miles astern flag [ship]

8.12pm: Course as requisite rejoining flag [ship]

8.34pm: Rejoined

11.05pm: Shipwash lightvessel abeam


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17 February 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

12.05am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

12.35am: Secured to D buoy

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Landed church parties

10.00am: Divine service

11.00am: Received [left blank] tons oil

11.30am: Discharged one stoker to Shotley sick quarters

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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18 February 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.89, Long 1.40 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.17am: Slipped

9.27am: Proceeded

9.55am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

10.10am: Slow

10.15am: Came to starboard anchor in 7 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Rough lightvessel S70°E, West Rocks buoy [no bearing], Cork Sand N84°W

11.13am: Weighed. Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite

12.15pm: Came to starboard anchor in 6 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: West Rocks buoy S39°W, Cork lightvessel N22½°W, Rough lightvessel N52°E. Carried out sub-calibre practice

2.11pm: Weighed. Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite

2.45pm: Fired three rounds 6-inch full calibre

3.16pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.5 miles starboard

3.40pm: Secured to D buoy

5.00pm: Leave to first part port watch till 5.30pm


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19 February 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.38 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.50am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

9.00am: Let go target. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle and .303-inch aiming rifle practice

11.45am: Hoisted target

Noon: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

12.30pm: Secured to H and H' buoys

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 4.00pm

2.30pm: Received [left blank] tons coal

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

7.30pm: Slipped. Proceeded

8.05pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

8.45pm: Orfordness light abeam 2 miles

8.53pm: Streamed paravanes

9.00pm: Proceeded

9.12pm: Shipwash lightvessel abeam 3.25 miles


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20 February 1918

At sea

Lat 55.14, Long 4.32

3.04am: Parted company

9.09am: Dogger Bank Zuid [South] lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles port

9.31am: In station 2 miles on starboard beam flag [ship]

2.32pm: Number 4 buoy abeam 0.2 miles port

5.45pm: Number 6 light buoy abeam 3.5 miles port

6.00pm: Formed single line ahead

11.45pm: Hoisted in paravanes


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21 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

12.15am: Orfordness light abeam

1.03am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

1.30am: Secured to H and H' buoys Harwich

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Received [left blank] tons oil

10.30am: Slewed ship

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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22 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

1.00pm: Discharged one stoker to Royal Navy sick quarters Shotley

3.00pm: Painting ship

3.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

5.00pm: One signalman rejoined from cell punishment.


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23 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Landed every available man for Review at Parkeston Quay

1.00pm: Painting ship

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm

5.00pm: Joined ship two ordinary seaman and one boy


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24 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Landed church parties

10.00am: Divisions. Divine service. Read Articles of War

1.00pm: Discharged two ratings to Shotley sick quarters

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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25 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Painting ship

2.30pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 7.00pm


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26 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.00am: Landed every available man for Review by His Majesty the King

1.00pm: Manned ship

3.00pm: Manned ship. Cheered His Majesty the King on passing

5.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

6.00pm: Discharged two signalmen to H.M.S. "Eglington" [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant H.M.S. "Eglinton"]


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27 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Embarked ammunition

3.00pm: Leave to second part starboard watch till 5.30pm

7.00pm: Exercised searchlights

9.30pm: Joined ship one engine room artificer and one officer's steward


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28 February 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.00am: Discharged one rating to sick quarters. Discharged one signalman to H.M.S. "Eglington". One signalman rejoined from H.M.S. "Eglington" [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant H.M.S. "Eglinton"]

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

7.00pm: Burnt searchlights


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LOGS FOR MARCH 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of March 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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March 1st 1918 not included.


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2 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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3 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine Service

9.30am: Landed church parties

10.30am: Divisions

1.00pm: Leave to second part starboard watch till 5.30pm


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4 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.90, Long 1.48 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.45am: Slipped. Proceeded

10.12am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

10.40am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard. Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice and service firing

1.00pm: Testing director

1.45pm: Completed firing

2.25pm: Cork lightvessel abeam

3.00pm: Secured to H buoy

4.00pm: Secured stern to H' buoy

5.00pm: Leave to first part port watch till 7.00pm

6.00pm: Received 120 tons oil


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5 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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6 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Discharged one able seaman

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: One stoker petty officer and one ordinary seaman rejoined from hospital

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.33pm: Slipped. Proceeded

5.03pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

5.51pm: Streamed paravanes

6.08pm: Shipwash lightvessel S10°W


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7 March 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

2.56am: Shipwash lightvessel S65°W

3.40am: Hoisted in paravanes

4.23am: Stopped

4.25am: Came to port anchor in 7 fathoms, veered to 35 shackles. Anchor bearings: Cork lightvessel N88°W 1.2 miles

9.05am: Weighed. Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

11.03am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

11.30am: Secured to H and H' Buoys

1.00pm: Leave to [left blank] watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

3.00pm: Making and mending clothes

5.00pm: Discharged two signal boys to Shotley. Two signal boys joined from Shotley


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8 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.05am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles port

9.52am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard. Course as requisite for full calibre firing

10.12am: Opened fire

10.20am: Ceased fire

10.38am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

10.55am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

11.30am: Secured to H and H' buoys

1.30pm: Slewed ship

3.00pm: Received 150 tons oil

5.00pm: Discharged Mr. Hughes signal boatswain to H.M.S. "Achilles"


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9 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: One signalman rejoined from hospital

12.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

3.00pm: Joined ship one marine bugler


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10 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Landed Church Parties

9.30am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch and boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Discharged one rating to Shotley sick quarters


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11 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 53.15, Long 2.75

12.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

12.44am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

1.36am: Streamed paravanes

9.20am: Sighted bow of enemy submarine NNW 1.2 miles

4.45pm: Stopped

4.50pm: Came to with port anchor in 6 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Orfordness light N50°E, Shingle [Street] Coast Guard N36°W

6.05pm: Weighed

6.07pm: Proceeded

6.44pm: Streamed paravanes


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12 March 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.08am: Course as requisite for War Channel

7.22am: Hoisted in paravanes

8.06am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

8.35am: Secured to H and H' buoys

10.00am: Received 208 tons oil, 10 tons coal

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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13 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.45am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.20am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

11.13am: Completed practice. Proceeded into harbour

11.18am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

11.50am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Leave to second part starboard watch 1.30pm till 5.30pm


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14 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to port watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

9.00pm: Two ordinary seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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15 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.30 [Approximate position]

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.10am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

9.23am: Course and speed as requisite

10.10am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

10.20am: Stopped

10.24am: Proceeded. Carried out paravane trials

11.21am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles starboard

11.47am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

12.20pm: Secured to H and H' buoy

5.58pm: Slipped. Proceeded

6.31pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

7.30pm: Out paravanes


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16 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.02am: Course as requisite

7.15am: In paravanes

8.05am: Slow. Course as requisite

8.45am: Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice

9.40am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles

10.15am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.30pm: Received 125 tons oil

6.30pm: Lost overboard paravane number 3772. Towing sleeve PIIP. One shackle, and lifter bank, one in number


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17 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service. Divisions

10.00am: Landed church parties

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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18 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Exercised general drill

10.00am: Aired bedding

11.00am: One boy rejoined from Royal Naval Hospital Shotley

1.00pm: Provisioned ship

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

10.00pm: Joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham one engine room artificer


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19 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.04am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice and sub-calibre

11.15am: Completed practice. Proceeded

11.28am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

Noon: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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20 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drills

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Lost overboard accidentally 120 pounds potatoes

2.00pm: Discharged one able seaman to Shotley sick quarters

3.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.30pm

5.00pm: Three privates Royal Marines joined from Royal Marine Barracks Chatham

9.30pm: One petty officer joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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21 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 52.81, Long 3.65

6.35am: Slipped. Proceeded

7.06am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

12.05pm: Streamed paravanes

12.50pm: Haaks lightvessel [bearing] North

12.58pm: Haaks lightvessel abeam 0.3 miles port

6.10pm: Red-white buoy abeam 0.3 miles port

7.01pm: Number 6 buoy N53°W 1.45 miles

7.52pm: Haaks lightvessel S65°E 2.6 miles


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22 March 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.10am: Hoisted in paravanes

7.57am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

8.25am: Secured to H' buoy

10.00am: Received 192 tons oil

11.00am: One leading seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Cleaning ship


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23 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: One stoker rejoined from Shotley sick quarters

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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24 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 53.48, Long 3.80

2.00am: Advanced clocks one hour to British Summer Time

4.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

5.10am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

5.57am: Out paravanes

10.00am: Divisions. Prayers

12.11pm: Terschelling Bank lightvessel N75°E 2.5 miles

6.10pm: Hoisted in paravanes

7.02pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

7.30pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

10.30pm: Received 98 tons oil


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25 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised divers, monthly dip

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Received 7 tons coal


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26 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Landed seamen and stokers

1.00pm: Training classes under instruction

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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27 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Exercised boats under sail

9.30pm: One stoker joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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28 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Training classes at instruction

1.00pm: Embarked ammunition

2.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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29 March 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.30am: Landed church parties

1.30pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.30pm

10.00pm: One carpenter's crew joined ship


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30 March 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Embarking ammunition

11.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 3.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

4.00pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.28pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

5.07pm: Streamed paravanes


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31 March 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.46am: In paravanes

8.40am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

9.10am: Secured to L and L' buoys

10.00am: Divine service

11.00am: Landed church parties

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Received 166 tons oil


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LOGS FOR APRIL 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of April 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

April 1st

[April 30th]

A/M 2843




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1 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised general drill

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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2 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Read warrant number 72

6.00pm: Discharged one cell prisoner to H.M.S. "Ganges"


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3 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Paid monthly money. Issued soap and tobacco

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

3.30pm: Discharged one able seaman to Shotley sick quarters


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4 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.58am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.26am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

11.20am: Completed practice

11.44am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles. Proceeded into harbour

12.15pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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5 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.55am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.24am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

10.13am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Proceeded into harbour

10.40am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Received 7 tons coal

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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6 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

9.00pm: Joined ship [rating omitted] from Royal Naval Barracks


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7 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Received 90 tons oil

11.00am: Discharged one signalman to hospital

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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8 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch 3.00pm till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

11.00pm: One able seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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9 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Discharged one able seaman to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction

3.00pm: Discharged two signal boys to Shotley

9.00pm: One stoker petty officer joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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10 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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11 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to port watch from 1.30pm till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

8.30pm: Slipped. Proceeded

9.15pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard


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12 April 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.29am: Streamed paravanes

7.38am: Course as requisite

7.48am: In paravanes

8.33am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

9.05am: Secured to L and L' buoys

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: Received 94 tons oil

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

2.30pm: Joined ship fifteen boys from Royal Naval Barracks Shotley


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13 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 52.60, Long 2.58

7.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

7.40am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

11.28am: Streamed paravanes

2.22pm: In paravanes

3.15pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

3.50pm: Secured to L buoy


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14 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Divine service

10.30am: Landed church parties

11.30am: Received 101 tons oil

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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15 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised fire quarters and abandon ship

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Provisioning ship

2.00pm: Training classes under instructions


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16 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam

9.38am: Dropped target. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

10.40am: Hoisted in target

11.00am: Cork lightvessel abeam

11.30am: Secured to L buoy

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Two signal boys joined from Royal Naval Barracks Shotley


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17 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Landed marines

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Training classes under instruction

9.00pm: Joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham one boy


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18 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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19 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Cleaning ship

3.30pm: Received 6 tons coal


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20 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.35 [Approximate positions]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

11.32am: Slipped. Proceeded

12.01pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

12.48pm: Out paravanes

3.35pm: Hoisted in paravanes

6.08pm: Terschelling Bank lightvessel S38°E 1.7 miles

9.33pm: Terschelling Bank lightvessel abeam 2.4 miles port


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21 April 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.44am: Out paravanes

6.53am: In paravanes

7.13am: Orfordness lighthouse abeam 1.3 miles

7.50am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

8.20am: Secured to L and L' buoys

10.30am: Divisions. Prayers

2.30pm: Received 230 tons oil


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22 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

12.25pm: Slipped. Proceeded

12.50pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

2.00pm: Course as requisite for service firing

2.05pm: Opened fire

2.10pm: Ceased fire

2.42pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

3.15pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

7.32pm: Slipped. Proceeded

8.17pm: Cork lightvessel abeam


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23 April 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 52.19, Long 2.33

6.10am: Haaks lightvessel NE 2.4 miles

3.05pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

3.37pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

6.00pm: Received 157 tons oil

10.00pm: One able seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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24 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.03pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.35pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

10.54pm: Terschelling [Bank] lightvessel abeam 7.5 miles starboard

11.48pm: Number 5 buoy abeam 0.5 miles (starboard)


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25 April 1918

At sea

Lat 55.27, Long 4.32

1.00am: Number 4 light buoy abeam 2 miles port

7.44am: Number 4 light buoy abeam 6 miles port

10.07am: Dogger Bank Zuid [South] lightvessel abeam 1 mile port

11.30am: Number 3 light buoy abeam 1.5 miles port

12.07pm: Number 2 light buoy abeam 0.9 miles starboard

12.58pm: Number 2 light buoy abeam 0.8 miles port

1.38pm: Number 3 light buoy abeam 1 mile starboard

2.55pm: Dogger Bank Zuid [South] lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

10.55pm: Out paravanes

11.40pm: In paravanes


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26 April 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

12.27am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

1.30am: Secured alongside oiler at A buoy

5.00am: Received 254 tons oil

8.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.30am: Secured to L and L' buoys

9.30am: Joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham one chief yeoman of signals

11.00am: Training classes under instruction

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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27 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Discharged one petty officer and one leading stoker to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

11.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Making and mending clothes

9.30pm: One stoker joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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28 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.00am: Discharged one leading stoker to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

Noon: Read warrant number 73


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29 April 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.32am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.05am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for carrying out 1-inch aiming rifle practice

11.10am: Cork lightvessel abeam

11.40am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction

2.30pm: Divers employed on monthly dip

3.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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30 April 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Landed seamen and stokers for route march

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Training classes under instructions


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LOGS FOR MAY 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of May 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

May 1st

May 31st

A/M 2843




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1 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical [drill]

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Paid monthly money. Issued soap and tobacco

9.00pm: Joined ship one engine room artificer, one able seaman and two ordinary seamen


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2 May 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.30 [Approximate position]

12.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

12.45am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

1.38am: Streamed paravanes

4.00am: H.M.S. "Ulleswater" detailed to examine fishing vessel. Same proved to be abandoned. H.M.S. "Ulleswater" took her in tow. H.M.S. "Truculent" detailed to screen. Squadron cruising in vicinity [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant H.M.S. "Ullswater"]

9.26am: K buoy N44°W 2.6 miles

9.59am: In paravanes

10.12am: Proceeded

10.37am: Course as requisite for sub-calibre practice

11.18am: Ceased firing. Proceeded

11.50am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles south

12.20pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


The Imperial War Museum has a painting of H.M.S. Ullswater in the process of sinking.


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3 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

11.00am: Discharged two ratings to Shotley sick quarters

Noon: Received [left blank] tons oil

1.00pm: Received [left blank] tons oil

2.00pm: Cleaning ship

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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4 May 1918

From Harwich to Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

4.02am: Slipped. Proceeded

4.32am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

4.50am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

6.04am: East Knock John buoy abeam 0.1 miles starboard. Course as requisite

6.40am: Outer bar buoy abeam 0.2 miles port

7.45am: Secured to number 26 buoy Sheerness

8.15am: Slipped. Proceeded up river

8.55am: Entered north lock

10.00am: Proceeded into number [left blank] dock

1.00pm: Hands employed scrubbing ships bottom

3.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till noon 5th

5.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 7.00am

6.00pm: Exercised fire stations

9.00pm: Discharged one yeoman of signals to Royal Naval Barracks Devonport.


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5 May 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

12.30pm: Leave to port watch till noon 6th

2.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 7.00am

5.30pm: Exercised fire quarters


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6 May 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 10.00pm

3.00pm: Undocked. Proceeded into number [left blank] basin

5.30pm: Exercised fire quarters


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7 May 1918

From Chatham to Harwich

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

7.30am: Proceeded into north lock

8.45am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.33am: Secured to number 26 buoy Sheerness

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.45pm: Slipped. Proceeded

2.22pm: Outer bar buoy abeam 0.2 miles starboard

2.35pm: Course as requisite

2.51pm: Knob bell buoy abeam 0.1 miles port

3.08pm: East Knock John buoy abeam 0.1 miles port

3.55pm: Course and speed as requisite astern of sweepers

5.30pm: Proceeded

5.43pm: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

6.00pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

6.30pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

7.30pm: Joined ship sub-lieutenant H.E. Semple


The British Military List lists sub-lieutenant Hugh Egerton Semple.


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8 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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9 May 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Discharged one able seaman to Shotley sick quarters

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instruction

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

4.00pm: Read warrants numbers 74, 75 and 76

5.33pm: Slipped. Proceeded

6.13pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

7.01pm: Out paravanes

8.02pm: In paravanes


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10 May 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

[No position given]

12.55am: Haaks lightvessel N16°E

6.47am: Haaks lightvessel N41°E 3.9 miles

8.47am: Haaks lightvessel N28°E 6 miles

10.00am: Rejoined flag [ship]

1.50pm: In paravanes

2.50pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

3.25pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

5.00pm: One rating rejoined from hospital

9.00pm: Received [left blank] tons oil


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11 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.30am: Read warrants numbers 77 and 78

6.30am: Discharged two stokers to Chatham detention quarters

10.00am: Cleaning ship

Noon: Number on sick list: 18

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

3.00pm: One able seaman joined from Shotley sick quarters


The number of people on the sick list is rising rapidly, probably caused by the arrival of the Spanish flu.


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12 May 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions

11.00am: Held divine service

Noon: Number on sick list: 25

10.00pm: Slipped

10.42pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

11.46pm: Out paravanes


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13 May 1918

At sea

Lat 54.16, Long 4.35

12.40am: In paravanes

6.56am: Terschelling Bank lightvessel abeam 1.4 miles port

7.00am: Out paravanes

10.16am: Number 5 light buoy abeam 0.5 miles port

11.48pm: Terschelling Bank lightvessel S88°E 4.4 miles


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14 May 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.50am: In paravanes

6.56am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

7.30am: Secured to L buoy

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

10.30am: Joined ship one petty officer and one leading seaman

Noon: Number on sick list: 44

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Provisioning ship

3.30pm: Received [left blank] tons oil

5.30pm: Read warrants numbers 79, 80 and 81

6.30pm: Discharged one stoker and one ordinary seaman to cells


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15 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

Noon: Number on sick list: 68

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

9.00pm: Joined ship one able seaman and one boy


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16 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Read warrants numbers 82 and 83

7.00am: Discharged one able seaman and one stoker to detention

9.00am: Detention

10.00am: Landed every available man

Noon: Number on sick list: 77

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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17 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

Noon: Number on sick list: 64

1.30pm: Cleaning ship

2.00pm: Received [left blank] tons oil

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 8.30pm

5.30pm: Joined ship from Royal Marine Barracks Deal three privates


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18 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

Noon: Number on sick list: 23

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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19 May 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine Service

9.30am: Landed church parties

10.00am: Divisions

5.00am: Lent one leading signalman to H.M.S. "Coventry"

6.23am: Slipped. Proceeded

6.55am: Cork lightvessel abeam

Noon: Number on sick list: 9

11.43½pm: Sighted light on port bow

11.44pm: Helm hard a port. Stopped both. Collided with sailing vessel

11.46pm: Hard to starboard

11.52pm: Proceeded

11.54½pm: Searching for vessel. No signs


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20 May 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 52.43, Long 2.77

1.43am: Stopped

1.53am: Proceeded slow speed

8.30am: Haaks lightvessel S50°E

Noon: Number on sick list: 6

2.30pm: Out paravanes

3.10pm: Stopped. In paravanes

3.19pm: Came to port anchor in 14 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles

7.24pm: Weighed

7.27pm: Proceeded

7.58pm: Orfordness lighthouse abeam 2.0 miles

8.32pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

9.05pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

10.30pm: Joined ship five stokers

11.30pm: Received [left blank] tons oil


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21 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.00am: Discharged three privates, one able seaman, one ordinary seaman to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham, one ordinary stoker to detention quarters

7.00am: Painting ship

9.30am: Painting ship

10.30am: Diver's monthly dip

Noon: Read warrants numbers 84, 85 and 86

1.30pm: Two signal boys joined ship. Discharged two signal boys to Shotley

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

5.00pm: Two ratings rejoined from cell punishment

6.30pm: Discharged two ratings to H.M.S. "Ganges" for cells

9.30pm: Joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham one engine room artificer

11.00pm: Joined engineer-commander J.J. Sargent from Admiralty


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22 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Painting ship


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23 May 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.30 [Approximate position]

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.04am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

9.19am: Course as requisite. Carried out sub-calibre and paravane practice

11.32am: Cork lightvessel abeam

12.20pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 8.30pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.00pm: Discharged engineer-commander C. Barker to Admiralty

9.00pm: One petty officer telegraphist joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham.


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24 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action stations

1.30pm: Cleaning ship

2.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

4.00pm: Read warrant number 87


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25 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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26 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Landed church parties

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions

11.00am: Discharged one petty officer to Shotley sick quarters

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 8.30pm, boys till 7.00pm


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27 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

10.30am: Held squadron sailing race

11.30am: Discharged Mr. Starr, telegraphist, to H.M.S. "Victory"

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 9.15pm, boys till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Painting ship


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28 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instruction

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: One stoker rejoined from cell punishment


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29 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.30pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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30 May 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill. Aired bedding

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.30pm: Discharged Mr. Gibbon, artificer engineer, to Shotley sick quarters


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31 May 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 52.50, Long 2.38

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.09am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.52am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

9.36am: Out paravanes

10.30am: In paravanes

7.27pm: Dogger Bank Zuid [South] lightvessel N16°E 1.8 miles

9.00pm: Out paravanes


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LOGS FOR JUNE 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of June 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

June 1st

June 30th

A/M 2843




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1 June 1918

At sea

Lat 54.10, Long 3.58

8.06am: Dogger Bank Zuid [South] lightvessel N65°W 5.8 miles

9.41am: Detached

9.52am: In paravanes

11.26am: Stopped. Hoisted in damaged aeroplane

12.06pm: Proceeded

7.23pm: Took station 3 cables on starboard beam of H.M.S. "Centaur"

11.06pm: Commenced sounding

Midnight: Orfordness S79½°W. Out paravanes


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2 June 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

1.53am: In paravanes

3.03am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

3.35am: Secured to L and L' buoys

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions

11.00am: Received [left blank] tons oil


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3 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Exercised general drill

10.30am: Court of Inquiry assembled onboard

11.30am: Discharged six stokers to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Training classes under instruction

5.00pm: Received 7 tons coal


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4 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Held sailing race

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Training classes under instructions


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5 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.00am: Discharged one private to Royal Navy sick quarters

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Training classes under instructions

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters

9.00pm: One ordinary seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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6 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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7 June 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.53am: Slipped. Proceeded

10.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles port. Course and speed as requisite for full calibre firing

12.30pm: Opened fire starboard side

12.35pm: Ceased fire

12.55pm: Fired torpedo from starboard upper deck tube. Torpedo did not run and sank immediately. Dropped buoys. Proceeded to search vicinity. Course and speed as requisite

4.12pm: Stopped

4.15pm: Came to anchor in 12 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: North-east Gunfleet [Sands] buoy N63½°W, Sunk Head buoy S30½°W

5.30pm: Cutter and whaler sweeping for torpedo

7.20pm: Ceased sweeping. Hoisted boats

7.36pm: Weighed. Proceeded. Course as requisite

8.04pm: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

8.21pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

8.50pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

10.00pm: Discharged on able seaman to H.M.S. "Ganges" for cells

11.00pm: Joined ship one stoker from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


Lost at practice 21-inch Torpedo IIxxx Extreme Range 3, number 1150

Collision head: Normal Pressure

Point metal: T 1604

Gyroscope: Whitehead & Company Society 7544

Record depth and roll: 191 E.B.L.

Plate sealing: Normal Pressure Royal Gun Factory

Buoys: mark, reindeer hair, pattern number 806, three in number

Sinkers: iron ½ cwt, pattern number 741, two in number

Position of lost torpedo: 51° 49' 6" N, 1° 30' 25" E [Lat 51.818, Long 1.507]


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8 June 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.84, Long 1.57

3.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

4.07am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

4.25am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles port. Course as requisite

4.50am: Stopped. Lowered boats. Commenced sweeping for lost torpedo

5.09am: Proceeded to search for torpedo. Course and speed as requisite

9.12am: Came to port anchor in 11 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: North-east Gunfleet [Sands] buoy N67°W, wreck mark vector S36°W

10.34am: Weighed. Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite

11.30am: Boats sweeping

1.00pm: Course and speed as requisite

2.00pm: Boats sweeping for torpedo

3.30pm: Came to port anchor in 11 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: North-east Gunfleet [Sands] buoy N78°W, Sunk Head buoy S30°W

6.00pm: Boats sweeping for torpedo

8.30pm: Ceased sweeping


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9 June 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

1.00am: Weighed

1.29am: Rough wreck mark vector abeam 0.7 miles starboard

1.55am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

2.40am: Secured to L and L' buoys

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

9.30am: Landed church parties

10.30am: Divisions

11.00am: Joined ship two signal boys from Royal Naval Barracks Shotley

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Received 118 tons oil


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10 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised general drill, prepare to be towed, out bower anchor, out submersible pump, away boats

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm
2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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11 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Held sailing race

11.30am: Joined ship marine artificer engineer

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

5.00pm: Discharged one petty officer telegraphist to H.M.S. "Dido"


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12 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Landed all available ratings for route march

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions


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13 June 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 52.16, Long 2.10

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.28am: Slipped. Proceeded

10.05am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

10.55am: Out paravanes

11.38am: In paravanes

1.00pm: Read warrant number 89

2.00pm: Lost overboard accidentally: lantern arc cruiser, pattern number 1875, without lamp or circuit

5.25½pm: Terschelling Bank lightvessel S64°E 2.75 miles

6.33½pm: Number 5 light buoy abeam 1.5 miles port

7.12½pm: Out paravanes

9.24pm: H.M.S. "Centaur" mined

9.37pm: Speed as requisite ahead of H.M.S. "Centaur"


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14 June 1918

At sea

Lat 54.02, Long 3.00

7.20am: In paravanes

9.00am: Speed as requisite

1.30pm: Speed as requisite ahead of H.M.S. "Centaur"

6.00pm: Speed as requisite

11.45pm: Stopped

11.52pm: Withernsea light S85°W. Course and speed as requisite


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15 June 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 52.15, Long 1.75 [Approximate position]

12.35am: Flamborough Head N28°W, Withernsea S85°W. Speed as requisite

1.27am: Slow speed

4.50am: Course as requisite in vicinity of Humber lightvessel

6.36am: Course as requisite in war channel

10.00am: Course as requisite in war channel

10.28am: Cockle lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port. Proceeded through Yarmouth and Lowestoft roads

12.20pm: Orfordness light abeam 2 miles

12.58pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

1.30pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

3.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

5.00pm: Received 252 tons oil

6.00pm: One able seaman rejoined from cell punishment


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16 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

9.30am: Landed church parties

10.00am: Divisions


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17 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Landed every available man

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Training classes under instructions

5.30pm: Joined ship one wireman from H.M.S. "Vernon"


H.M.S. "Vernon" was also known as Torpedo School.


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18 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Landed marines

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Training classes under instructions


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19 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Held sailing race

11.00pm: Discharged three ratings to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham. Discharged two ratings to Royal Navy sick quarters Shotley

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Training classes under instructions


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20 June 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.94, Long 1.35 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.14am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.47am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

11.00am: Carried out sub-calibre practice

12.20pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

12.50pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Joined ship from H.M.S. "Impregnable" five boys

9.30pm: Joined ship on ordinary seaman from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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21 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised action [stations]

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Received 8 tons coal


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22 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

5.30pm: Discharged one able seaman to sick quarters


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23 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions

11.00am: Landed church parties

9.30pm: Joined ship two ordinary seamen from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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24 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

11.30am: Discharged one petty officer and one leading seaman to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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25 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Held athletic sports

1.30pm: Gave leave to port watch and first part starboard watch and both watches of boys till 7.00pm


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26 June 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.94, Long 1.35 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.05am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.40am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

10.55am: Carried out sub-calibre practice

11.45am: Ran one torpedo from starboard after above-water tube

12.32pm: Cork lightvessel abeam

1.00pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Joined ship midshipmen R.N.R. Charles F. Halliday, and Cyril H. Parrett


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27 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: [Divers] Exercised monthly dip

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

9.00pm: Discharged one stoker to Shotley sick quarters


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28 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Cleaning ship


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29 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch and boys till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

3.00pm: One petty officer returned from Shotley sick quarters

9.00pm: Two petty officers joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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30 June 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Landed church parties

10.30am: Held divine service

11.30am: Received 152 tons oil

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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LOGS FOR JULY 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of July 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

July 1st

July 31st

A/M 2843




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1 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill. Discharged one leading seaman and one able seaman to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

10.30am: Discharged one boy to Royal Navy sick quarters. One stoker rejoined from Royal Navy sick quarters

11.30am: Exercised boats under sail

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions


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2 July 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

10.16pm: Slipped. Proceeded

11.23pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles. Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice

11.45pm: Opened fired

Midnight: Ceased fire


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3 July 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

12.15am: Came to port anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Cork lightvessel S71°W, Shingle [Street Coast Guard] Station N31°E

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.37am: Weighed. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

10.40am: Carried out sub-calibre practice

11.02am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles

11.32am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.00pm: Discharged one ordinary seaman to Royal Navy sick quarters

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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4 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.00pm: Discharged one signalman to H.M.S. "Retriever"

6.00pm: One signalman joined from H.M.S. "Retriever"


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5 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

11.00am: Received 6 tons of coal

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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6 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions

11.00am: Clean ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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7 July 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

9.30am: Landed church parties

11.00am: Hoisted two coastal motor boats

Noon: Slipped. Proceeded

12.36pm: Cork lightvessel abeam

1.15pm: Out paravanes

9.33pm: In paravanes. Paravanes: 8.3 hours, distance 154.7 miles, 20 knots

11.25pm: Stopped. Covered coastal motor boats

11.46pm: Proceeded


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8 July 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 52.18, Long 2.28

12.20am: Dogger Bank Zuid [South] lightvessel N28½°E

2.19am: Number 4 light buoy abeam 2.2 miles starboard

4.26am: Stopped

4.30am: Hoisted coastal motor boats

4.42am: Proceeded. Out paravanes

6.10½am: Number 5 light buoy abeam 1.3 miles port

10.00am: Divisions. Prayers

1.15pm: In paravanes

2.15pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

2.52pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

4.00pm: Received 224 tons of oil


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9 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instruction

11.30am: Provisioning ship

1.00pm: Provisioning ship

2.30pm: Discharged one stoker to Royal Naval Hospital Chatham


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10 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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11 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Training classes under instruction

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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12 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised action [stations]

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

9.30pm: Joined ship one stoker petty officer


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13 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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14 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

9.30am: Landed church parties

10.30am: Divisions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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15 July 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.31 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.03am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.34am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

11.00am: Carried out sub-calibre practice

11.43am: Cork lightvessel abeam

12.13pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

7.00pm: Discharged one able seaman to hospital


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16 July 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Disembarked ammunition

6.00pm: Discharged 430 tons of oil to oiler

11.00pm: Pumped out [left blank] tons oil


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17 July 1918

From Harwich to Sheerness, and at Chatham

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

5.00am: Slipped. Proceeded

5.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

5.46am: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard. Course as requisite for war channel

6.28am: Block Deep (North) lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

7.04am: East Knock John buoy abeam 0.1 miles starboard. Course as requisite

7.38am: West Oaze buoy abeam 0.1 miles starboard

7.50am: Outer bar buoy abeam 0.1 miles port

8.15am: Secured to number 9 buoy Sheerness

10.00am: Disembarked ammunition

2.12pm: Slipped. Proceeded, speed as requisite

3.08pm: Secured at north lock Chatham

4.00pm: Proceeded to number 1 basin

5.00pm: Gave leave to A and B watches till noon 30th July

7.00pm: Exercised fire stations


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18 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

9.00am: Hands cleaning ship

6.00pm: Hands cleaning ship

7.00pm: Gave leave to third part of watch till 7.00am

8.30pm: Gave leave to first part of watch till 11.00pm

10.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew


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19 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.00am: Hands cleaning ship

4.00pm: Hands cleaning ship

5.00pm: Gave leave to first part of watch till 7.00am. Gave leave to second part of watch till 11.00pm


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20 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Leave to third part [of watch] from 4.00pm Saturday till 8.30am Monday


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21 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.00am: Hands employed cleaning ship

7.00am: Church parties landed

4.00pm: Gave leave to first part [of watch] from 1.30pm till 11.00pm


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22 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

4.00am: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Leave to first part [of watch] from 4.00pm till 7.00am

6.30pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew


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23 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.00am: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Leave to second part of watch from 5.00pm till 7.00am


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24 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Hands employed as requisite docking ship, etcetera

5.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Leave to third part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am

7.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew


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25 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

4.00am: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Leave to first part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am


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26 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Leave to second part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am

7.00pm: Two ratings joined from Harwich, one signalman, one stoker


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27 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

4.00am: Hands employed as requisite

5.00am: One signalman discharged to depot

10.00am: Received 10 tons of coal

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to first part of watch from 1.00pm till 8.30am Monday

6.00pm: Sub-lieutenant Semple leaves the ship. Discharged to Royal Naval [Engineering] College Keyham


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28 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

3.00am: Hands employed cleaning ship

4.00am: Church parties landed

5.00am: Lieutenant Carpmael leaves the ship. Discharged to H.M.S. "Inflexible"

4.00pm: Leave to second part [of watch] from 1.00pm till 11.00pm


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29 July 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

4.00am: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Hands employed as required

5.00pm: Leave to second part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am



July 30th and 31st 1918 not included



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LOGS FOR AUGUST 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of August 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

August 1st

August 31st

A/M 2843




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1 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.00am: Hands employed as required

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Hands employed as required

7.00pm: Leave to first part of watch from 5.00pm till 7.00am

7.30pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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2 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.00am: Hands employed as required

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Hands employed as required

6.00pm: Leave to second part of watch from 5.00pm till 7.00am

7.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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3 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.00am: Hands employed as required

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Hands pipe down. Leave to first part of watch from 4.00pm till 8.30am Monday



August 4th and 5th 1918 not included



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6 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.00am: Hands employed as required

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations

7.00pm: Leave to third part of watch from 5.00pm till 7.00am


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7 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to first part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am. Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew, also fire stations


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8 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations

5.30pm: Leave to second part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am

9.00pm: One able seaman rejoined Shotley sick quarters


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9 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to third part of watch from 5.00pm till 7.00am


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10 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

5.30am: Hands employed as requisite

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to second and third parts [of watch] till 8.30am Monday, first and second parts and boys till 10.00pm


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11 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands cleaning ship

9.30am: Pipe down

5.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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12 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.45am: Hands cleaning ship

9.00am: Hands cleaning ship

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am


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13 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Received 9 tons coal

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Leave to second part [of watch] from 5.00pm till 7.00am

6.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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14 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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15 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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16 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands as requisite


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17 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to first part [of watch] from 1.00pm till 7.30am

2.00pm: Hands make and mend [clothes]

5.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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18 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands pipe down

1.00pm: Leave to third part [of watch] from 1.00pm till 7.30am

5.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew and fire stations


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19 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.00pm: Undocked ship

6.00pm: Proceeded into number 1 basin


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20 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.30pm: Exercised fire stations


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21 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.00pm: Exercised fire stations

10.00pm: Exercised anti-aircraft guns crew


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22 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands as requisite


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23 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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24 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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25 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Cleaning ship


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26 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.30pm: Exercised fire stations


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27 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Provisioning ship and as requisite

1.30pm: Provisioning ship

5.00pm: Joined ship one private Royal Marines from Royal Marine Barracks

6.30pm: Exercised fire stations


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28 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Received 2 tons coal

5.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00am

6.30pm: Exercised fire stations


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29 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Joined ship four armourers crew and one cooper from Royal Naval Barracks

3.30pm: Discharged one stoker petty officer to Royal Naval Barracks

5.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00am

6.00pm: Exercised fire stations

7.00pm: Received 127 tons oil, 2 tons coal


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30 August 1918

At Chatham

Lat 51.40, Long 0.54

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 11.00pm, boys till 9.00pm

2.30pm: Dockyard carried out inclination test


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31 August 1918

From Chatham to Sheerness and at Sheerness

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

6.00am: Cleaning ship

7.30am: Proceeded into north lock

8.42am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.30am: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "Gaditano"

11.00am: Embarked ammunition

2.00pm: Embarked ammunition

3.30pm: Received 450 tons oil

5.00pm: Slipped. Proceeded

5.20pm: Secured to number 9 buoy


The Historical RFA site lists S.S. "Gaditano".


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LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of September 1918


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

September 1st

[September 30th]

A/M 2843




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1 September 1918

Chatham to Harwich

Lat 51.70, Long 1.33 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Swinging ship for adjustment of compasses

10.45am: Slipped. Proceeded

11.13am: Outer bar buoy abeam 0.2 miles starboard. Course as requisite

11.25am: West Oaze buoy 0.1 miles port

11.45am: Knob bell buoy abeam 0.2 miles port

12.05pm: East Knock John buoy abeam 0.1 miles port

12.39pm: Black Deep North lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

12.45pm: Course as requisite in war channel

1.19pm: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

1.37pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

2.15pm: Secured to C buoy

4.30pm: Leave to second part starboard watch to 7.00pm


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2 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

7.15am: Slipped

7.20am: Secured to D buoy

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

10.30am: Held sailing race

1.30pm: Hands coaling ship and as requisite

3.00pm: Received 11 tons coal

5.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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3 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Exercised action [stations]

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters. Read warrants numbers 90 and 92

5.00pm: Discharged one able seaman to H.M.S. "Ganges" for cell punishment


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4 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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5 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

10.00pm: Slipped. Proceeded

10.35pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

11.28pm: Out paravanes


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6 September 1918

At sea

Lat 53.13, Long 3.65

6.22am: Number 6 light buoy S43°E 1.2 miles

7.42am: Engaged hostile aircraft

8.28am: Haaks lightvessel S25½°E 10.5 miles

11.20pm: In paravanes


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7 September 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

12.12am: Cork lightvessel abeam

12.50am: Secured to D buoy

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

11.00am: Received 194 tons oil

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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8 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Landed church parties

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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9 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Held squadron sailing race

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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10 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands painting ship and as requisite

11.00am: Discharged on stoker and one boy to Chatham detention quarters

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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11 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Painting ship and as requisite


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12 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed painting ship and as requisite

1.30pm: Hands painting ship and as requisite

2.00pm: Joined from Royal Naval Barracks Shotley one signal boy. Discharged yeoman of signals to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

3.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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13 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

7.00am: Discharged one boy to Chatham detention quarters

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Hands painting ship

5.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

6.00pm: One able seaman rejoined from cell punishment


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14 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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15 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Landed church parties

10.30am: Divine service

11.30am: Received 62 tons oil

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm


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16 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Painting ship

11.00am: Held squadron sailing race

2.00pm: Painting ship


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17 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.35 [Approximate position]

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.10am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.36am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

9.00am: Let go target

11.05am: Hoisted in target

11.20am: Ran paravanes

11.45am: Hoisted in paravanes

12.10pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

12.40pm: Secured to D buoy

1.30pm: Hands painting ship and as requisite

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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18 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Landed marines

9.00am: Division. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

10.30am: One stoker petty officer joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

11.30am: Discharged one stoker. to Shotley sick quarters

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm


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19 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.05am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite for 1-inch aiming rifle practice

8.50am: Let go target

10.05am: Hoisted in target

10.15am: Cork lightvessel abeam

10.45am: Secured to L and L' buoys

2.00pm: Painting ship

5.30pm: One engine room artificer joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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20 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.45 [Approximate position]

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.55am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles

10.30am: Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice

12.45pm: Completed firing

1.00pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

1.30pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

2.00pm: Received 10 tons coal

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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21 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Painting ship

2.30pm: Joined ship two boys from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

5.30pm: One private Royal Marines joined from Royal Marine Barracks Chatham


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22 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: One stoker joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: One able seaman rejoined from hospital


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23 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised drill

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 9.00pm, boys till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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24 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.3 miles port. Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice

11.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam

Noon: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Discharged one able seaman to Royal Navy sick quarters Shotley

9.30pm: One ordinary seaman joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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25 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 4.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.50pm: Slipped. Proceeded

7.21pm: Cork lightvessel abeam. Course and speed as requisite

7.55pm: Came to port anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Cork lightvessel S56½°W, Felixstowe Ledge buoy N62½°W


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26 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

7.00am: Weighed. Proceeded

7.05am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

7.35am: Secured to L buoy

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Received 156 tons oil

11.30am: Discharged one stoker petty officer to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

9.30pm: One stoker joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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27 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 52.09, Long 1.93

6.00am: Discharged one private to H.M.S. "Botha"

7.02am: Slipped. Proceeded

7.31am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

7.35am: Came to port anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Took target in tow

7.55am: Weighed

8.00am: Proceeded

9.30am: Streamed paravanes

9.45am: Tow parted. Course and speed as requisite picking up target

11.09am: Proceeded with target in tow

11.36am: Out paravanes

1.19pm: Squadron firing between 1.19pm and 2.19pm

5.10pm: In paravanes

5.24pm: Stopped. Hauled in target

5.40pm: Proceeded

8.22pm: Came to starboard anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles

8.50pm: Weighed. Proceeded

8.55pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

9.32pm: Secured to L buoy


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28 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

6.30am: One signalman joined from H.M.S. "Retriever". Discharged one signalman to H.M.S. "Retriever"

9.30am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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29 September 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions


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30 September 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 52.73, Long 3.45

3.00am: Put clocks back 1 hour to Greenwich Mean Time

3.42am: Slipped. Proceeded

4.22am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

2.01pm: Haaks lightvessel N44°E 5 miles

6.24pm: Orfordness light N85°W, Shipwash light S69°W

6.45pm: Course as requisite

8.07pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles

8.45pm: Secured to L and L' buoys


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of October 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] C. Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

October 1st

October 31st

A/M 2843




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1 October 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.30am: Received 139 tons oil

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

9.00pm: Slipped. Proceeded

9.38pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

10.02pm: Out paravanes


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2 October 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 52.0, Long 1.8 [Approximate position]

3.47am: Haaks lightvessel N19°W

11.43am: In paravanes

12.47pm: Cork lightvessel abeam

1.20pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

4.30pm: Received 110 tons oil fuel

5.00pm: One able seaman rejoined from Royal Navy sick quarters

6.00pm: One private Royal Marines joined from H.M.S. "Botha"

9.00pm: Lost accidentally: guards, brass, pattern number 1266, 2 in number; sinkers, galvanised iron, pattern number 1310, 2 in number; swivels, pattern number 1311, 2 in number


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3 October 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed drawing stores and provisions

3.27pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.00pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

4.45pm: Out paravanes

10.58pm: Haaks lightvessel N½°W 8.0 miles


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4 October 1918

At sea, and at Harwich

Lat 52.67, Long 3.72

4.44am: Haaks lightvessel N64°W 7.5 miles

8.18am: Haaks lightvessel N75°W 1.2 miles

Noon: Course and speed as requisite for range keeping exercise

12.44pm: Rejoined

4.26pm: In paravanes

5.16pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

5.47pm: Secured to L and L' buoys

9.00pm: One yeoman of signals joined from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

11.00pm: Received 140 tons oil


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5 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Received 6 tons coal

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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6 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Landed church parties

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm


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7 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Exercised general drill

10.30am: Discharged one able seaman and one ordinary seaman to Shotley sick quarters

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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8 October 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.93, Long 1.35 [Approximate position]

6.00am: Discharged two ratings to detention

9.02am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.35am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

10.00am: Course and speed as requisite for sub-calibre practice and torpedo running

12.02pm: Cork lightvessel abeam

12.35pm: Secured to L and L' buoys


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9 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Painting ship

10.00am: Painting ship

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

6.30pm: One signal boy joined from H.M.S. "Dido"



October 10th and 11th 1918 not included



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12 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00pm, boys till 6.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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13 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions

10.00am: Divine service

11.00am: Received 90 tons oil

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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14 October 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.52am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.30am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles port. Course and speed as requisite for torpedo practice and sub-calibre firing

11.20am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard

11.55am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: One rating joined ship from Shotley hospital

2.30pm: Training classes to instruction, remainder of hands as required


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15 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Divisions, prayers, physical drill

9.00am: Discharged two ratings to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham

9.30am: Number 3 guns crew, loading numbers of number 4 and after supply party to drill. Lewis guns' crews to instruction. Remainder of hands as required

12.30pm: Leave to port watch, first part 1.30pm till 7.00pm, second part 3.30pm till 7.00pm

1.30pm: Hands as required. Training classes to instruction

10.00pm: Two stoker ratings joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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16 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

9.30am: Training classes to instruction. 6-inch guns' crews to drill and loader

12.30pm: Leave to starboard watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm. Boys 1.30pm till 6.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

10.30pm: Two stokers and one seaman rating joined ship from Royal Naval Barracks Chatham


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17 October 1918

At Harwich, and at sea

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

5.30am: Cleaning ship. Secured for sea

8.32am: Slipped. Proceeded

9.04am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port. Course and speed as requisite for torpedo practice and service firing

11.23am: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

11.55am: Secured to L and L' buoys

1.30pm: Hands as required. Training classes to instruction

6.00pm: Sale of dead man's effects


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18 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Divisions, prayers, physical drill

9.00am: Royal Marines paraded for inspection by Senior Medical Officer

10.00am: Carried out concentration exercise, number 2 6-inch gun's crew to drill on board flagship. Remainder of hands as required

12.30pm: Leave to port watch, second part 1.30pm till 7.00pm, first part 3.30pm till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Received 7 tons coal

2.30pm: Hands as required


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19 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Divisions. Discharged one telegraphist to H.M.S. "Sokoto"

9.30am: Hands employed cleaning ship

12.30pm: Leave to starboard watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm, boys 1.30pm till 6.00pm


The Historical RFA site lists R.F.A. "Sokoto".


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20 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Divisions. Held divine service on board

9.30am: Landed Roman Catholic church party

10.30am: Received 81 tons oil

5.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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21 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.00am: Hands as required

11.00am: Exercised control parties

11.30am: Three ratings discharged to Shotley hospital

12.30pm: Leave to port watch, first part 1.30pm till 7.00pm, second part 3.30pm till 7.00pm

2.00pm: Hands as required


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22 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

9.00am: Number 2 guns crews to drill, number 3 and 4 guns crews to loader. Remainder of hands as required

12.30pm: Leave to starboard watch, first part 3.30pm till 7.00pm, second part 1.30pm till 7.00pm

2.30pm: Hands as required


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23 October 1918

At Harwich

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Divisions. Prayers

9.30am: Hands employed drawing and returning stores. Remainder as required

12.30pm: Leave to port watch 1.30pm till 7.00pm

1.30pm: Hands as required



THE VOYAGES OF HMS CANTERBURY
Voyage from the UK to Constantinople

JP map Canterbury UK-Constantinople

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24 October 1918

From Harwich to Devonport

Lat 51.95, Long 1.29

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands as required

10.30am: Discharged surgeon lieutenant Broome to Shotley

11.00am: Secured for sea

1.15pm: Slipped. Proceeded

1.46pm: Cork lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

2.05pm: Rough lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port. Course as requisite for war channel

3.18pm: D' light buoy abeam 0.2 miles port. Course as requisite for South Edinburgh Channel

3.32pm: Number 1 South Edinburgh [Channel buoy] abeam 0.1 miles port

3.44pm: Tongue lightvessel abeam 0.3 miles port. Course as requisite

4.17pm: Number 2 [South] Edinburgh [Channel] buoy abeam 0.1 miles starboard

4.38pm: Gull lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

5.03pm: South Goodwin lightvessel abeam 0.5 miles port

5.34pm: Passed Folkestone gate

6.15pm: Dungeness lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

8.38pm: Brighton lightvessel abeam 3 miles starboard


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25 October 1918

From Harwich to Devonport, and at Devonport

Lat 50.38, Long -4.19

6.27am: Breakwater lighthouse abeam 0.1 miles starboard. Course and speed as requisite

6.35am: Came to port anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Drake's Island flagstaff N32°W, Mount Batten light N36°E

8.15am: Weighed. Proceeded up the Hamoaze

8.55am: Secured to number 8 buoy

11.30am: Received 140 tons oil. Hands provisioning ship. One rating joined from Royal Naval Barracks Devonport

1.00pm: Hands provisioning and coaling ship, drawing stores, etcetera

2.30pm: Received 3 tons coal

5.00pm: Surgeon Lieutenant Michael joined ship

6.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 10.00pm


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26 October 1918

From Devonport to Gibraltar

Lat 50.09, Long -4.37

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Slipped. Proceeded to Sound

11.00am: Stopped in Sound

11.05am: Proceeded

11.10am: Breakwater lighthouse abeam 0.2 miles port

11.40½am: Eddystone light abeam 0.1 miles port

5.38pm: Ushant light Gp Fl [group flashing?] S76½°E 24 miles


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27 October 1918

From Devonport to Gibraltar

Lat 43.77, Long -9.78

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers


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28 October 1918

From Devonport to Gibraltar

Lat 36.73, Long -10.03

9.57pm: Cape Trafalgar light N84°E 22.5 miles

11.15pm: Cape Trafalgar light abeam 10.5 miles port

11.47pm: Cape Trafalgar light S75½°E


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29 October 1918

From Devonport to Gibraltar and Malta

Lat 36.13, Long -1.80

1.55am: Stopped off Gibraltar

2.10am: Proceeded

2.22am: Europa Point light abeam 1.2 miles port

8.30am: Alboran Island N55°E

8.59½am: Alboran lighthouse abeam 8 miles

10.00am: Divisions. Prayers

6.39pm: Cap Tenez light S33°E 26 miles

7.20½pm: Cap Tenez light abeam

10.45pm: Cap Caxine light S22°E 23.8 miles

11.11pm: Cap Caxine light abeam 20 miles


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30 October 1918

From Gibraltar to Malta

Lat 37.90, Long 8.02

2.00am: Advanced clocks 30 minutes

6.26am: Cap Bougaroni mount (3891) S32½°E

7.17am: Cap Bougaroni mount (3891) S12½°E

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

1.20pm: Galita Island S19°E

2.00pm: Galita Island S7¾°W

8.47pm: Marittimo light N70½°E 24.8 miles


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31 October 1918

From Gibraltar to Malta, and to Mudros

Lat 35.90, Long 14.52

2.00am: Advanced clocks ½ hour

6.20am: Course as requisite for passing through Comino Channel

6.45am: Proceeded down swept channel

7.30am: Entered Valletta harbour

7.45am: Secured to numbers 6 and 6A buoys

10.00am: Hands employed drawing stores and as requisite

1.00pm: Received 712 tons coal

5.12pm: Slipped. Proceeded

5.23pm: Saint Elmo breakwater light abeam. Course as requisite

5.52pm: Dellimara light NW 1.8 miles [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Delimara]


Mudros is also spelled as Moudros.


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of November 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] C. Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

November 1st

November 30th

A/M 2843




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1 November 1918

From Malta to Mudros

Lat 35.65, Long 21.30

5.30am: Advanced clocks 30 minutes

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

3.34pm: Pori Island N35°E, Pondikonisi Island S73°E

7.30pm: Paximadian light N82½°E

10.03pm: [Akra] Tamelos light N7°E


Pori Island, or Pori Rock, is also known as Vrachonisis Pori and Nisida Pori.

Pondikonisi Island is also known as Nisida Pontikonisi.

Paximadian is most probably Nisis Paximadhi.


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2 November 1918

From Malta to Mudros, and at Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

12.01½am: Phassa light abeam 3.7 miles starboard

2.21am: Lithari Point light N87°W

4.15am: Advanced clocks ½ hour

6.27am: Let go paravanes

7.15am: Course as requisite for entering Mudros

7.20am: In paravanes

8.15am: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "Mexican Prince"

9.00am: Received 210 tons oil fuel

11.45am: Slipped. Proceeded

11.55am: Came to starboard anchor in 7 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: island flagstaff N69°E, [Mudros] town pier S42°E, signal station S18°W

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


Tyne Built Ships lists a probable reference to S.S. "Mexican Prince".


Phassa is also known as Akra Fassa.


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3 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Landed church parties

1.30pm: Leave to port watch and boys till 5.30pm


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4 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: [Divers] Exercised monthly dip

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Training classes under instruction


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5 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Painting ship

2.00pm: Painting ship


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6 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Painting ship

Noon: Read warrant number 98

1.30pm: Painting ship

3.00pm: Leave to second part port watch from 3.00pm till 5.00pm

5.00pm: Discharged one ordinary telegraphist to H.M.S. "Temeraire" for cell punishment


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7 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill. Landed marines

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm, boys till 5.00pm


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8 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Received 6 tons coal

3.30pm: Landed patrol


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9 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to second part starboard watch and boys till 5.00pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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10 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions

11.00am: Landed church parties.

1.00pm: Leave to second part port watch and boys till 5.00pm


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11 November 1918

At Mudros

Lat 39.88, Long 25.26

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised general drill, collision stations, prepare to tow aft, rig submersible pump, and marines landing party

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Training classes under instruction

9.00pm: Joined ship three signalmen


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12 November 1918

From Mudros to Constantinople

Lat 40.15, Long 26.06

3.30am: Weighed. Proceeded

4.12am: Passed gate

4.51am: Out paravanes

10.41am: Course and speed as requisite taking station 4 cables astern of H.M.S. "Agamemnon"

10.57am: In station

11.53am: Cape Kephalo S80°W 1.3 miles. Course as requisite in swept channel

12.35pm: Entered Dardanelles. Course as requisite in swept channel

1.48pm: Passed through Nagara net defence

3.05pm: Gallipoli lighthouse N21°W

5.23pm: In paravanes

5.36pm: Hora light abeam, port, 3.3 miles

6.48pm: Fanar Adasi light abeam

6.55pm: In station 2½ cables astern of H.M.S. "Agamemnon"

8.09pm: Erekli light N25°W

10.15pm: Stefano Point light N64°E


Constantinople is present day Istanbul.

Cape Kephalo is also known as Kefalo Burnu, the eastern most point of Gökçeada.

Nagara Point is also known as Nara Burnu.

Gallipoli is also known as Gelibolu.

Hora is also known as Hoşköy.

Fanar Adasi is also known as Fenerada.

Erekli Burnu is also known as Eregli Burnu.

Stefano Point is also known as Yeşilköy Burnu.


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13 November 1918

From Mudros to Constantinople, and Ismid, and at Ismid

Lat 41.01, Long 29.00

3.17am: Fanar Adasi light S48°W 4.5 miles

7.50am: Course and speed as requisite

8.20am: Came to starboard anchor in 6 fathoms, veered to 7 shackles, off Scutari. Anchor bearings: Leander's Tower N4½°W, Greek church East, Moda Burnu Point S61½°E

11.55am: Weighed

Noon: Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite

2.44pm: Passed outer gate

3.30pm: Passed inner gate

4.00pm: Stopped

4.05pm: Came to port anchor in 15 fathoms, veered to 6 shackles. Anchor bearings: white house N8°E, minaret N61°E, leading mark N83°E


Ismid is also known as Izmit.

Scutari is also known as Üsküdar.

Leander's Tower is also known as Leanderturm.



THE VOYAGES OF HMS CANTERBURY
Operations in the Black Sea

JP map Canterbury Black Sea

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14 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.52am: Weighed. Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite

9.30am: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "War Wager"

10.30am: Received 205 tons oil fuel

12.05pm: Slipped. Proceeded

12.25pm: Came to port anchor in 15 fathoms, veered to 6 shackles. Anchor bearings: white house N8°E, minaret N61°E, leading mark N83°E

3.30pm: Making and mending clothes

4.00pm: Quarters


Wear Built Ships lists a probable reference to S.S. "War Wager".


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15 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Exercised action [stations]

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Weighed. Proceeded. Course and speed as requisite

1.25pm: Came to port anchor in 12 fathoms, veered to 6 shackles. Anchor bearings: red house N12½°W, white house N25½°E, Greek church N37½°E

3.00pm: Cleaning ship

4.00pm: Quarters


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16 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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17 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine Service

10.00am: Divisions

1.30pm: One boy rejoined from hospital ship

4.00pm: Quarters


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18 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Exercised general drill

1.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Training classes under instructions

4.00pm: Quarters


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19 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised all boats under sail

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Exercised boats under sail

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.30pm: Training classes under instructions

4.00pm: Quarters

6.30pm: Joined ship one officer's steward first class and one petty officer telegraphist


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20 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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21 November 1918

At Ismid

Lat 40.75, Long 29.93

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

Noon: Training classes

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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22 November 1918

From Ismid to Constantinople, and at Constantinople

Lat 40.74, Long 29.80

6.00am: Cleaning ship

8.15am: Weighed. Proceeded

8.30am: Secured alongside oiler R.F.A. "Hollyleaf"

10.00am: Received 69 tons oil

10.15am: Slipped. Proceeded alongside collier S.S. "Albatross". Received 6 tons coal

11.40am: Slipped. Proceeded

1.50pm: Nikome Island [Niandro Island?] abeam

2.15pm: Plati Island abeam 1.3 miles port

2.48pm: Course as requisite

3.08pm: Came to starboard anchor in 17 fathoms, veered to 7 shackles. Anchor bearings: Delderni Burnu [?] N47°E, Leander's Tower S28°W, sultan's palace N79°W


The Historical RFA site lists R.F.A. "Hollyleaf".

The Historical RFA site lists S.S. "Albatross".


Constantinople is present day Istanbul.

Niandro Island is also known as Balikci Adasi.

Plati Island is also known as Yassiada.

Leander's Tower is also known as Leanderturm.


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23 November 1918

From Constantinople to Sevastopol

Lat 40.74, Long 29.80

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Lent leading signalman De Vere to French torpedo boat destroyer

1.05pm: Weighed. Proceeded up the Bosphorus. Course as requisite

2.00pm: Anatoli lighthouse N60°E 2.6 miles [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Anatolia lighthouse]

3.11pm: Lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles starboard


Anatolia lighthouse is also known as Anadolu Feneri.


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24 November 1918

From Constantinople to Sevastopol, and at Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Sighted land right ahead

6.35am: Out paravanes

8.11am: Sarich Point lighthouse N31½°E 3.6 miles

8.32am: Stopped

9.05am: Proceeded

9.10am: Course as requisite

10.20am: Secured to numbers 4 and 8 buoys Sevastopol harbour


Sarich Point is also known as Mys Sarych.


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25 November 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Landed parties to assume charge of German ships: battleship "Wolia", submarines and yacht "Loreley"


The Wolia, also spelled as Wolja and Volia, is the ex-Russian battleship "Imperator Aleksandr III".

Clyde Built Ships lists a reference to yacht Loreley, originally launched named "Mohican".


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26 November 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Allied Squadron arrived

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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27 November 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


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28 November 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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29 November 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Physical drill

10.00am: Exercised action [stations]

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Cleaning ship


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30 November 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1918


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of December 1918


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

December 1st

[December 31st]

A/M 2643




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1 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divine service

10.00am: Divisions


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2 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised general drills

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Training classes under instructions


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3 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


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4 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Joined midshipman

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction

4.00pm: Quarters


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5 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Landed port watch of seamen for route march

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

4.00pm: Quarters


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6 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Cleaning ship


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7 December 1918

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

7.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

2.30pm: Landed day-men for route march


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8 December 1918

At Sevastopol, and at sea

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Divisions

12.15pm: Slipped

12.45pm: Secured alongside R.F.A. "Hollyleaf"

2.00pm: Received 209 tons oil

3.15pm: Slipped. Proceeded

3.45pm: Came to starboard anchor in 9 fathoms, veered to 2 shackles

4.55pm: Weighed. Proceeded

5.05pm: Passed outer gate

7.25pm: Cape Khersonese light N45½°E


The Historical RFA site lists R.F.A. "Hollyleaf".


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.


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9 December 1918

From Sevastopol to Odessa and Nikolaev

Lat 46.58, Long 31.53

6.45am: Let go paravanes

7.45am: Course as requisite for entering Odessa

8.00am: NOTE: A thin layer of ice just formed in Kherson Bay

8.15am: In paravanes

8.52am: Came to starboard anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 2 shackles

10.07am: Weighed. Proceeded

10.13am: Breakwater lighthouse abeam

11.50am: Course as requisite for entering dredged channel and proceeding to Nikolaev

2.38pm: Stopped

2.50pm: Came to port anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 2 shackles. Anchor bearings: Nikolaev light front red West 0.25 miles


Kherson Bay is also known as Bukhta Khersonesskaya.

Nikolaev is also known as Mykolayiv.


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10 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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11 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

2.30am: Burnt searchlights

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: NOTE: Thin layer of ice formed round the ship this morning, but it dispersed when the wind rose.

9.30am: Landed armed party of seamen and marines

1.30pm: Landed port watch of seamen

4.00pm: Quarters

10.00pm: Burnt searchlights


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12 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

2.30am: Burnt searchlights

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Landed seamen and marines

1.30pm: Landed seamen and marines

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.00pm: Landed one lance corporal and four privates R.M.L.I. for duty at British Consulate

10.00pm: Burnt searchlights


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13 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

2.30am: Burnt searchlights

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Landed seamen and marines

1.30pm: Landed one sergeant and six privates Royal Marines for duty at British Consulate

3.00pm: Landed seamen and marines

4.00pm: Quarters

10.00pm: Burnt searchlights


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14 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

2.00am: Burnt searchlights

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Landed armed party for route march


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15 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions

10.00am: Prayers

1.30pm: Landed seamen and marine armed party for route march


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16 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Coaling party of 130 men discharging coal from collier S.S. "Pretoria"


Wear Built Ships lists a probable reference to S.S. "Pretoria".


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17 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Party of 130 men discharging coal from collier "Pretoria"

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite


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18 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Coaling party of 130 men discharging coal from collier "Pretoria"

9.00am: Divisions

10.00am: Physical drill


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19 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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20 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

9.30am: Weighed. Proceeded

10.00am: Secured alongside grain wharf. Let go starboard anchor, veered to 5 shackles

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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21 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Slipped

9.50am: Weighed

9.55am: Came to starboard anchor in 5 fathoms. Secured stern to wharf

11.30am: Received 2 tons coal

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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22 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers


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23 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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24 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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25 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Prayers


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26 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Received 4 tons coal

Noon: Read warrants numbers 99 and 100


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27 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

2.00pm: Cleaning ship


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28 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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29 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions


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30 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised divers at monthly dip

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Received [left blank] tons coal


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31 December 1918

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed embarking ammunition in lighter

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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LOGS FOR JANUARY 1919


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of January 1919


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

January 1st

January 31st

A/M 2643




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1 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed transporting German ammunition

12.30pm: Discharged one stoker to H.M.S. "Jackal" for passage to H.M.S. "Grafton"

2.00pm: Read warrant number 101

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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2 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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3 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


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4 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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5 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Hands mustered by the ledger

11.00am: Prayers


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6 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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7 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Seven private Royal Marines rejoined from duty onshore


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8 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

2.30pm: Received 14 tons coal

3.00pm: Discharged 80 tons oil to H.M.S. "Jackal"


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9 January 1919

At Nikolaev

Lat 46.94, Long 32.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Making and mending clothes

2.00pm: Marine guard rejoined ship

5.00pm: Joined ship from H.M.S. "Sentinel" for passage one ship's corporal and one boy


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10 January 1919

From Nikolaev to Odessa, and Constantinople

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

7.15am: Weighed. Proceeded down river. Pilot on board

9.50am: Fort Nikolaev abeam

10.18am: Berezan Island abeam 0.6 miles starboard

11.43am: Course as requisite for entering Odessa

Noon: Came to starboard anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 2 shackles, in New Harbour Odessa. Anchor bearings: Platon mole light South, Voron light N30°E. Divers employed reeving paravane chains

1.45pm: Weighed. Proceeded

2.20pm: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 1 mile

3.07pm: Minefield light buoy abeam 0.3 miles port

6.00pm: Joined ship [left blank]


Constantinople is present day Istanbul.

Berezan Island is also known as Ostriv Berezan'.

Platon mole is short for Platonovsky mole.

Voron is most probably short for Vorontjovski, also known as Vorontovskiy.

Cape Fontana is also known as Mys Velykyy Fontan.


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11 January 1919

From Odessa to Constantinople, and at Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

8.00am: Bosphorus lightvessel abeam 0.3 miles port

8.45am: Course as requisite for proceeding through Bosphorus

10.45am: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "Syrian"

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite. Lost overboard accidentally: rope, steel wire, galvanised, pattern number 1308, 300 feet; guards, brass, pattern number 1266, 1; sinker 24 pounds, pattern number 1310, 1; swivel, pattern number 1311, 1

2.30pm: Received 565 tons oil

3.00pm: Discharged one assistant paymaster R.N.R. and five prisoners to H.M.S. "Caesar", one boy to hospital

3.40pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.15pm: Came to starboard anchor, veered to 6 shackles, in 18 fathoms. Anchor bearings: Galita Tower S74°W, mosque N9°W, Leander's Tower S30°E [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Galata Tower]


It's quite possible S.S. "Syrian" has been misspelled and should instead be the more likely S.S. "Syriam", listed by the Wreck Site.


Galata Tower is also known as Galata Kulesi.

Leander's Tower is also known as Leanderturm.


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12 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Read Articles of War

10.30am: Paid monthly money

11.30am: Divine service

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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13 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Provisioning ship

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Discharged two ship's corporals for passage to England

2.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

3.00pm: Painting ship


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14 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

7.00am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Painting ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Landed patrol

3.00pm: Painting ship


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15 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Painting ship

Noon: Read warrants numbers 102 and 103

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

3.00pm: Painting ship


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16 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Painting ship

Noon: Read warrant number 104

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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17 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Exercised action [stations]

1.30pm: Provisioning ship

2.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

3.30pm: Landed patrol


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18 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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19 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divine service. Landed Roman Catholic church party

11.00am: Divisions

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm


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20 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm


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21 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

Noon: Read warrant number 108

1.00pm: Gave leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

3.00pm: Received 5 tons coal


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22 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions


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23 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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24 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm


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25 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Cleaning ship

Noon: Read warrant number 109

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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26 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions

10.00am: Divine service

11.00am: Landed Roman Catholic church party

1.00pm: One signalman rejoined from cell punishment

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm


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27 January 1919

At Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Aired bedding

10.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm


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28 January 1919

From Constantinople to Sevastopol

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Discharged one boy to hospital, one able seaman to H.M.S. "Caesar" for cell

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

12.13pm: Weighed

12.15pm: Proceeded as requisite up the Bosphorus

1.25pm: Anatoli lighthouse S46°E 0.7 miles [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Anatolia lighthouse]

2.23pm: Bosphorus lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles starboard

5.30pm: Read warrants numbers 110, 111 and 112


Anatolia lighthouse is also known as Anadolu Feneri.


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29 January 1919

From Constantinople to Sevastopol, and at Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

7.07am: Balaclava N19°E

8.25am: Cape Khersonese lighthouse N38°E 1 mile. Course as requisite for entering Sevastopol

8.56am: Passed inner boom

9.08am: Secured alongside collier S.S. "Dockleaf", Sevastopol

11.30am: Received 208 tons oil

2.00pm: Hands as requisite

4.15pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.45pm: Secured to number [left blank] buoy


Wear Built Ships lists a probable reference to S.S. "Dockleaf".


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.


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30 January 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to petty officers till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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31 January 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

1.00pm: Leave to petty officers till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Cleaning ship


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LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1919


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of February 1919


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

February 1st

February 28th

A/M 2643




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1 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Paid monthly money

3.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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2 February 1919

From Sevastopol to Odessa

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions

10.00am: Prayers

3.58pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.06pm: Passed outer boom

4.22pm: Stopped. Received mails from H.M.S. "Heliotrope"

4.38pm: Proceeded

4.52pm: Cape Khersonese lighthouse abeam 1.1 miles port

5.22pm: Cape Feolent N50°E 1.2 miles

6.55pm: Cape Khersonese light N60°E


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.

Cape Feolent is also known as Mys Fiolent.


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3 February 1919

From Sevastopol to Odessa, and at Odessa

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

5.24am: Cape Fontana light N27°W, Odessa lightvessel N16½°W

6.27am: Odessa lightvessel abeam 0.4 miles starboard

7.07am: Buoy abeam 0.4 miles starboard

7.41am: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 1.2 miles port

8.05am: Course as requisite

8.28am: Came to port anchor in 6 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles, outside Odessa breakwater. Anchor bearings: Vorontjovski lighthouse S47°E, breakwater light front (green) S13°E

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.00pm: Discharged Mr. [James Henry] Furnival, warrant schoolmaster, and one stoker to H.M.S. "Grafton" for passage to England


Cape Fontana is also known as Mys Velykyy Fontan.

Vorontjovski lighthouse is also known as Vorontovskiy mayak.


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4 February 1919

From Odessa to Sevastopol, and at Sevastopol

Lat 45.06, Long 32.27

6.05am: Weighed

6.12am: Proceeded. Breakwater light abeam 0.4 miles starboard

6.41am: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 1.3 miles starboard

7.02am: Buoy abeam 0.6 miles port

7.24am: Odessa lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

11.11½am: Cape Tarkhan 462 feet N76°E

11.46am: Cape Tarkhan 462 feet N40½°E

1.28pm: Cape Aia S65½°E

2.30pm: Khersonese light N54°E, Sarich S82°E

4.00pm: Course as requisite for entering Sevastopol

4.15pm: Outer boom

4.20pm: Slow

4.30pm: Secured to number [left blank] buoy


Cape Tarkhan is also known as Mys Tarkhankut.

Cape Aia is also known as Mys Ayya.

Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.

Sarich Point is also known as Mys Sarych.


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5 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instruction

1.00pm: Leave to first part port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Discharged one able seaman to H.M.S. "Nereide" for passage to hospital


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6 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

7.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Painting ship and as requisite

11.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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7 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Arrived H.M.S. "Hibiscus" from Varna

10.30am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

1.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Cleaning ship

4.30pm: Sailed H.M.S. "Hibiscus" for Odessa

6.00pm: Received 11 tons coal


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8 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

11.10am: French battleship "Mirabeau" dragged her mooring and in collision across our stern. Veered to 10 shackles port cable. Let go starboard anchor, veered to 1½ shackles

3.30pm: Weighed starboard anchor. Shortened in port cable


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9 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

7.45am: Slipped. Proceeded out of harbour

8.15am: Came to starboard anchor in 7 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Fort Constantin N80°E, church S51°E, church S16°W

10.00am: Weighed. Proceeded into harbour

10.30am: Secured to oiler S.S. "Dockleaf"

11.30am: Received 206 tons oil fuel

1.45pm: Slipped. Proceeded

2.15pm: Secured to number [left blank] buoy


Wear Built Ships lists a probable reference to S.S. "Dockleaf".


Fort Constantin is also known as Konstantinovskaya kazematirovannaya batareya.


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10 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.00pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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11 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


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12 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

9.00am: Prayers

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.00am: Training classes under instruction

1.00pm: Joined from H.M.S. "Caesar" one able seaman and one private R.M.L.I.

2.30pm: Training classes under instructions


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13 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes

5.00pm: Discharged to H.M.S. "Senator" for passage to England one leading seaman and two able seamen


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14 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

1.30pm: Leave to second part port watch till 5.00pm


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15 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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16 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Divine service

10.00am: Roman Catholics attended service in "Jean Bart"

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm. Leave to boys till 5.00pm


Wikipedia has an article on French battleship "Jean Bart".


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17 February 1919

From Sevastopol to Yalta, and at Yalta

Lat 44.49, Long 34.17

4.57am: Slipped. Proceeded

5.10½am: Passed outer gate

6.05am: Cape Feolent abeam 1.25 miles

6.48am: Sarich lighthouse abeam 1.4 miles

7.51am: Cape Ai-Todor lighthouse abeam 1.2 miles port

8.00am: Course as requisite

8.13am: Came to port anchor in 18 fathoms, veered to 5 shackles. Anchor bearing: Yalta breakwater light N45°W 0.4 miles

10.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


Cape Feolent is also known as Mys Fiolent.

Sarich Point is also known as Mys Sarych.

Cape Ai-Todor is also known as Mys Ay-todor.


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18 February 1919

From Yalta to Sevastopol, and at Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Landed band

12.28pm: Weighed

12.34pm: Proceeded

12.49pm: Cape Ai-Todor lighthouse abeam 1 mile

1.35pm: Sarich lighthouse abeam 1.0 mile

2.16pm: Cape Feolent abeam 1.0 mile

2.45pm: Cape Khersonese lighthouse abeam 1.2 miles

3.00pm: Course as requisite

3.12pm: Secured to number 16 buoy Sevastopol harbour

7.00pm: Discharged one prisoner to H.M.S. "Tilbury" for passage to H.M.S. "Caesar"


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.


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19 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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20 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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21 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

11.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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22 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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23 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

7.30am: Slipped. Proceeded alongside oiler S.S. "Dockleaf"

10.00am: Slipped. Proceeded to number 16 buoy. Received 144 tons oil

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm


Wear Built Ships lists a probable reference to S.S. "Dockleaf".


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24 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.30pm: Received 9 tons coal


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25 February 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised divers, monthly dip

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.00pm

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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26 February 1919

From Sevastopol to Odessa, and at Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 4.30pm

1.30pm: Discharged one able seaman to H.M.S. "Sikh" for passage to England

3.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.58pm: Slipped. Proceeded

5.10½pm: Passed outer gate

5.34pm: Khersonese light abeam 0.9 miles

7.00pm: Streamed patent log to test electrical connections

7.27pm: Cape Khersonese light N45°E

9.00pm: Lost overboard rotators for pattern number 331 log, two in number. Governor, pattern number 317, one in number. Log lines, pattern number 316a, two in number


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.


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27 February 1919

From Sevastopol to Odessa, and at Odessa

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

5.26am: Cape Fontana light N24½°W

5.28am: Odessa lightvessel N39½°W

6.19am: Odessa lightvessel abeam

7.19am: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 1.2 miles

7.50am: Course and speed as requisite

8.04am: Came to port anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Vorontj breakwater light S56°E, breakwater light front green S17°E

11.45am: Weighed. Proceeded into harbour

11.58am: Came to port anchor in 4 fathoms, veered to 2 shackles. Anchor bearings: Platonovski mole light S5°E, New mole light West, breakwater light N40°W

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

4.00pm: Quarters


Cape Fontana is also known as Mys Velykyy Fontan.

Vorontj is most probably short for Vorontjovski, also known as Vorontovskiy.

Platonovski mole is also known as Platonovsky mole.

New mole is also known as Novij mole.


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28 February 1919

At Odessa

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 5.00pm

2.00pm: Provisioning ship


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LOGS FOR MARCH 1919


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of March 1919


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

March 1st

March 31st

A/M 2643




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1 March 1919

At Odessa

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed cleaning ship

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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2 March 1919

From Odessa to Sevastopol

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Roman Catholics attended service on board French battleship "Justice"

3.55pm: Slipped and proceeded out of harbour

4.23pm: Ralli [?] tower abeam 1 mile

4.33pm: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 0.8 miles

5.32pm: Odessa lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port


Cape Fontana is also known as Mys Velykyy Fontan.


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3 March 1919

From Odessa to Sevastopol, and at Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

4.24am: Cape Khersonese light N75°E

7.36am: Cape Khersonese abeam 1 mile

7.50am: Course as requisite

7.58am: Passed out gate

8.10am: Secured to number [left blank] buoy

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Gave leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.


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4 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite. Training classes under instructions

11.45am: Collier S.S. "Scarlet Tower" secured alongside

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Provisioning ship

3.00pm: Received 4 tons coal

5.00pm: Lost overboard accidentally two bags rice (160 pounds)

6.00pm: "Scarlet Tower" cast off


Clyde Built Ships lists a possible reference to S.S. "Scarlet Tower".


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5 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


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6 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: H.M.S. "Ruby" secured alongside

11.00am: H.M.S. "Ruby" cast off

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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7 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Cleaning ship


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8 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Joined ship one [left blank] and three ratings for H.M.S. "Sheldrake"

11.00am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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9 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Read Articles of War

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm


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10 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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11 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Landed seamen and marines for route march

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Training classes under instructions


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12 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Discharged four ratings to H.M.S. "Brisk" for passage


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13 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

8.30am: Slipped. Proceeded

8.55am: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "Tiflis"

10.30am: Landed seamen and marines

12.20pm: Slipped

12.40pm: Secured to number [left blank] buoy

2.00pm: Received 220 tons oil

2.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

3.30pm: Making and mending clothes


Tyne Built Ships lists a possible reference to S.S. "Tiflis".


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14 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised action [stations]

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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15 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Cleaning ship

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm


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16 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Divine service

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm


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17 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite


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18 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

4.00pm: Quarters


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19 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Exercised divers as monthly dip

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Training classes under instructions


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20 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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21 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

11.00am: Exercised action [stations]

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Quarters


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22 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Received 1 ton coal

10.30am: Cleaning ship

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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23 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 5.30pm


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24 March 1919

At Sevastopol

Lat 44.60, Long 33.53

6.00am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

10.30am: Training classes under instructions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 5.30pm

2.30pm: Hands employed as requisite


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25 March 1919

From Sevastopol to Yalta and Odessa, and at Yalta

Lat 44.49, Long 34.17

7.09am: Slipped. Proceeded

7.28am: Passed outer boom

7.48am: Cape Khersonese lighthouse abeam 1.1 miles

8.16am: Cape Feolent abeam 1 mile

8.57am: Sarich lighthouse abeam 1.3 miles port

9.45½am: Cape Ai-Todor light abeam 0.4 miles port

10.13am: Came to starboard anchor in 9 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: breakwater light N45°E 3 cables

2.00pm: Making and mending clothes

5.10pm: Weighed

5.11pm: Proceeded

5.33½pm: Cape Ai-Todor lighthouse abeam 0.5 miles

6.42pm: Cape Sarich lighthouse abeam 1 mile

7.16pm: Cape Khersonese light N31°W

7.58pm: Cape Khersonese light N16°E


Cape Khersonese is also known as Mys Khersones.

Cape Feolent is also known as Mys Fiolent.

Cape Sarich is also known as Mys Sarych.

Cape Ai-Todor is also known as Mys Ay-todor.


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26 March 1919

From Yalta to Odessa and Constantinople, and at Odessa

Lat 46.50, Long 30.75

5.50am: Odessa lightvessel N42°W

6.19am: Odessa lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles

7.03am: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 0.9 miles port

7.37am: Came to starboard anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 2 shackles

1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

4.15pm: Weighed. proceeded

4.20pm: Breakwater lighthouse abeam 0.2 miles starboard

4.47pm: Cape Fontana old lighthouse abeam 0.8 miles

5.30pm: Odessa lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

9.04pm: Serpent Island light N70°W


Constantinople is present day Istanbul.

Cape Fontana is also known as Mys Velykyy Fontan.

Serpent Island is also known as Ostriv Zmiyinyy.


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27 March 1919

From Odessa to Constantinople, and at Constantinople

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

4.33am: Dense Fog

6.19am: Fog cleared

9.51am: Bosphorus lightvessel S25°W

10.20am: Bosphorus lightvessel abeam 0.2 miles port

11.15am: Anatoli lighthouse abeam 6 miles [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Anatolia lighthouse]

11.21am: Course as requisite

12.05pm: Secured alongside oiler S.S. "War African" in Bosphorus

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 6.00pm, petty officers till 9.00pm

2.30pm: Received 274 tons oil

3.53pm: Slipped. Proceeded

4.15pm: Came to starboard anchor in 18 fathoms, veered to 5 shackles. Anchor bearings: Galita Tower S77°W, mosque N6°W, Leander's Tower S33°E [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Galata Tower]


The Historical RFA site lists S.S. "War African", later renamed S.S. "Oakfield".


Anatolia lighthouse is also known as Anadolu Feneri.

Galata Tower is also known as Galata Kulesi.

Leander's Tower is also known as Leanderturm.



THE VOYAGES OF HMS CANTERBURY
Voyage from Constantinople to the UK

JP map Canterbury Constantinople-UK

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28 March 1919

From Constantinople to Malta

Lat 41.03, Long 29.00

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

10.00am: Received 6 tons coal

2.55pm: Weighed. Proceeded, course as requisite up the Bosphorus

3.43pm: Came to starboard anchor in 30 fathoms off Therapia, veered to 6 shackles

4.45pm: Weighed. Proceeded, course as requisite down the Bosphorus

5.42pm: Seraglio Point lighthouse abeam 0.4 miles starboard

6.27pm: Stephano Point lighthouse abeam 2.4 miles

11.13pm: Erekli light N27½°W, Fanar light S55½°W

11.34pm: Erekli light abeam


Therapia is also known as Tarabya.

Seraglio Point is also known as Saray Burnu.

Stephano Point, also spelled as Stefano Point, is also known as Yeşilköy Burnu.

Erekli Burnu is also known as Eregli Burnu.

Fanar Adasi is also known as Fenerada.


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29 March 1919

From Constantinople to Malta

Lat 39.58, Long 25.67

1.45am: Fanar light S38½°E

2.53am: Khairsiz [Ada] light abeam 3.25 miles

3.40am: Hora Burnu light abeam 3.3 miles

6.10am: Streamed paravanes

6.16am: Dohan Alan buoy abeam 1.5 miles [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Dohan Aslan shoals]

6.55am: Gallipoli lighthouse abeam 1 mile

7.26am: Gallita lighthouse abeam [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant Galata]

8.13am: Passed through Nagara net defence

8.27am: Chanak lighthouse abeam 0.4 miles

10.10am: Gadaro light abeam 0.5 miles

11.40am: Slow. Hoisted in paravanes

11.42am: Proceeded

2.12pm: Tripti Point N30½°W

4.05pm: Mount Kokhilas S84°W

4.35pm: Mount Okhi N70°W

5.09pm: Mount Okhi S33°W

7.35pm: Cape Phassa light South 6.1 miles

7.56pm: Cape Phassa light abeam 2.4 miles port

9.53pm: Cape Tamelos light S88°W

10.12pm: Cape Tamelos light N33½°E 3.6 miles

10.32pm: Saint Georgio light N78°W


Khairsiz Ada is also known as Hayirsiz Adasi.

Hora is also known as Hoşköy.

Dohan Aslan shoals are located about halfway between Ince Burun and Cankaya Burnu.

Gallipoli is also known as Gelibolu.

Galata lighthouse is also known as Galata Feneri.

Nagara Point is also known as Nara Burnu.

Chanak is also known as Çanakkale.

Gadaro is also known as Ortafener Adasi.

Tripti Point is also known as Akra Trypti.

Mount Kokhilas is also spelled as Kochylas.

Mount Okhi is also known as Ochi Oros.

Phassa is also known as Akra Fassa.

Saint Georgio is also known as Nisís Áyios Yeóryios and Agios Georgios.


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30 March 1919

From Constantinople to Malta

Lat 35.78, Long 21.08

1.09am: Anti Milo N87°E, Paximadian light S47°E

2.30am: Put clocks back 30 minutes

4.45am: Stopped

4.48am: Proceeded

5.07am: Antikithera Island N72°W

4.00pm: Quarters


Anti Milo is also known as Antimilos.

Paximadian is most probably Nisis Paximadhi.

Antikithera is also known as Antikythera and Nisi Antikythira.


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31 March 1919

From Constantinople to Malta, and Valletta

Lat 35.90, Long 14.52

2.30am: Put clocks back ½ hour

5.32am: Sighted land ahead

6.15am: Course and speed as requisite

6.45am: Entered Valletta Harbour, secured to numbers 2 and 2A buoys

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

10.30am: Received 258 tons oil

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00pm, first part port watch till 10.00pm

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of 1-16 April 1919


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.


The Lives of the First World War site lists lieutenant Cuthbert Coppinger.


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Barometer

Mercurial or Aneroid

Mercurial

Name of Maker and number

Negretti and Zambra A/M 876

Height of cistern above sea

14 feet

Error of Mercurial Barometer

+0.002 inch at 29.50 inch and 62° Fahrenheit


Thermometers for Air Temperature

Position in Ship

Forebridge

Whether in screen

Yes


Date

Maker and Number

From

To

A/M 2646

April 1st

[April 16th]

A/M 2643




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1 April 1919

From Malta to Gibraltar

Lat 36.20, Long 13.95

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.05am: Slipped

10.15am: Saint Elmo lighthouse abeam 0.1 miles port

4.08pm: Pantelleria Mountain N78½°W

4.52pm: Spadillo lighthouse abeam 4 miles

6.00pm: Put clocks back ½ hour


Spadillo is Punta Spadillo on Pantelleria.


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2 April 1919

From Malta to Gibraltar

Lat 37.19, Long 4.38

1.20am: Cap Serrat light S11°E

2.14am: Cap Serrat light S37¼°E

7.19½am: Cap Bougaroni lighthouse abeam 23 miles

9.00am: Divisions. Prayers

10.00am: Physical drill

1.29pm: Cap Bengut lighthouse abeam

2.30pm: Put clocks back ½ hour

3.07pm: Cap Caxine lighthouse abeam 12 miles

6.59pm: Cap Tenez light abeam 18.2 miles

7.46pm: Cap Tenez light S46°E


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3 April 1919

From Malta to Gibraltar and Plymouth, and at Gibraltar

Lat 36.15, Long -5.37

2.45am: Cabo de Gata light N8°E 13 miles

5.01am: Cabo Sacratif light N22½°W

8.30am: Sighted Gibraltar N80°W

10.12am: Europa Point lighthouse abeam 0.4 miles. Course as requisite

10.25am: Secured to numbers 4 and 5 buoys Gibraltar

12.30pm: Leave to second part port watch till 3.30pm

2.00pm: Received 405 tons oil

4.25pm: Slipped. Proceeded through north entrance

4.28pm: Breakwater lighthouse abeam 0.1 miles

5.29pm: Tarifa lighthouse abeam 1.5 miles

6.48pm: Cape Trafalgar lighthouse abeam 8.2 miles

8.15pm: Cadiz light N44°E


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4 April 1919

From Gibraltar to Plymouth

Lat 40.08, Long -9.47

1.04am: St. Vincent light N36°W

2.54am: Cape St. Vincent light abeam 1.5 miles

6.48am: Cabo Espichel light S68°E

10.04am: Burling Island lighthouse abeam 2.5 miles (port)

Noon: Cabo Mondego Mountain S87°E

7.53pm: Cape Finisterre light S83°E

7.59pm: Cape Finisterre abeam 13.7 miles

8.30pm: Cabo Villano light N86°E

9.00pm: Cabo Villano light S64°E


Burling Island is also known as Berlenga Grande.


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5 April 1919

From Gibraltar to Plymouth

Lat 47.67, Long -7.33

7.11pm: Lizard light N7°E

8.05pm: Lizard light abeam 18.5 miles

9.45pm: Eddystone light abeam 1.3 miles starboard

10.00pm: Course as requisite

10.21pm: Breakwater light abeam 0.2 miles starboard

10.30pm: Came to starboard anchor in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Melampus Pier light N3°E, Mount Batten light N42°E, breakwater light front S51°W


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6 April 1919

From Plymouth to Portsmouth

Lat 50.35, Long -4.14

2.00am: Set clocks on 1 hour to British Standard Time

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions

7.57pm: Weighed. Proceeded

8.04pm: Breakwater abeam 0.2 miles port

9.21pm: Start light N70½°E

9.44pm: Start light abeam


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7 April 1919

From Plymouth to Portsmouth, and at Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

1.21am: Portland Bill light abeam 9.5 miles

2.44am: Anvil Point light abeam

3.06am: St. Catherine's light N78°E

5.44am: Dense fog

6.00am: Commenced sounding

7.12am: Heard Nab lightvessel siren on port bow

7.17am: Altered course as requisite for Nab lightvessel

7.36am: Nab lightvessel abeam 0.1 miles port

7.38am: Slow

7.53am: Fog cleared

7.56am: Nab End buoy abeam 0.1 miles starboard. Course as requisite for Spithead

8.15am: Came to starboard anchor in 13 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles. Anchor bearings: Spit fort N4½°W, fort S1°W, House fort S45°E

9.00am: Weighed. Proceeded up Portsmouth harbour. Speed as requisite

10.15am: Secured alongside H.M.S. "Birkenhead" at "FF" moorings

5.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00am


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8 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

5.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00am


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9 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed [as requisite]

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till noon 11th

4.00pm: Leave to second part port watch till 7.00am


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10 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

6.30am: Cleaning ship

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00am

3.00pm: Making and mending clothes


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11 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.00am 14th

2.30pm: Received 8 tons coal

5.00pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 7.00am


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12 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

10.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to second part starboard watch till 7.00am

2.30pm: Making and mending clothes


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13 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

6.30am: Cleaning ship

9.30am: Divisions. Prayers

1.30pm: Leave to first part starboard watch till 7.00am


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14 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

6.00am: Cleaning ship

10.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00am

3.00pm: Disembarking provisions


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15 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

9.30am: Disembarking provisions

1.00pm: Disembarked two able seamen and one ordinary signalman to Royal Naval Hospital Haslar


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16 April 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

6.30am: Paid money

9.00am: Paid off H.M.S. "Canterbury"


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LOGS FOR MAY 1919


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H.M.S. "Canterbury".

COPY OF LOG

FOR

Month of May 1919


True Copy of Log for Month of May from Rough Deck Log


I certify that this is a complete copy of the Original Log. [Signed by] A.E.T. Tate, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer.

Approved and forwarded [Signed by] Edwards Captain 22 December 1919


The Dreadnought Project lists captain Graham Richard Leicester Edwards.


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2 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.40am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

2.45pm: Working party left ship to return to Royal Naval Barracks

4.30pm: Liberty men landed


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3 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.40am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

1.30pm: Working party employed as requisite

2.45pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks


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4 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11


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5 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11



May 6th and 7th 1919 not included



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8 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.40am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

1.15pm: Liberty men landed

3.20pm: Working Part returned to Royal Naval Barracks


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9 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.30am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

1.30pm: Working party employed as requisite

3.30pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks


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10 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

9.00am: Four ratings joined from Royal Naval Barracks

10.00am: One rating joined from Royal Naval Barracks

11.00am: Thirteen ratings joined from Royal Naval Barracks

12.30pm: Fourteen ratings discharged to Royal Naval Barracks Chatham. Liberty men landed

10.45pm: Hailed guard boat


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11 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

10.30pm: Hailed guard boat


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12 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.30am: Working party arrived on board from Royal Naval Barracks. Employed as requisite

11.00am: Six ratings joined from Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth

1.00pm: One rating joined from Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth. Four leading stokers discharged to Royal Naval Barracks

1.30pm: Liberty men landed

3.30pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks

5.40pm: One carpenter rating joined from H.M.S. "Fisgard"


H.M.S. "Fisgard" was a training establishment for artificers and engineers.


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13 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.30am: Working party arrived on board from Royal Naval Barracks. Employed as requisite

9.10am: Coal lighter alongside. Received 5 tons

9.50am: Coal lighter left ship

10.30am: Two workmen from gun wharf inspecting guns

12.15pm: Two ratings discharged to Royal Naval Barracks

2.45pm: One rating joined from Royal Naval Barracks

3.00pm: Two workmen returned to gun wharf. Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks. One victualling petty officer discharged to Royal Naval Barracks

10.30pm: Hailed guard boat


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14 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.30am: Two workmen from gun wharf regarding guns arrived on board

8.40am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

Noon: Liberty men landed

1.15pm: Working party employed as requisite

3.00pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth

4.20pm: Liberty men landed

11.45pm: Hailed guard boat


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15 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.50am: Two workmen regarding guns from gun wharf arrived on board. Four workmen regarding guns from gun wharf arrived on board

9.00am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

10.55am: Two rating from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board

12.55pm: Working party to dinner

2.10pm: Working party employed as requisite

3.25pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

10.15pm: Hailed guard boat


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16 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

7.50am: Working party from gun wharf arrived on board regarding guns

8.35am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks on board. Employed as requisite

1.15pm: Working party employed as requisite

1.45pm: Liberty men landed

2.30pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth

11.45pm: Hailed guard boat


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17 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.00am: Workmen from gun wharf regarding guns arrived on board

8.15am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

11.30am: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks

1.30pm: Liberty men landed

10.45pm: Hailed guard boat


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18 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

11.00am: Two ratings joined from Royal Naval Barracks

10.20pm: Hailed guard boat


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19 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.00am: Workmen from gun wharf regarding guns arrived on board

8.30am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth arrived on board. Employed as requisite

9.30am: Water boat alongside, received 25 tons

1.15pm: Working party employed as requisite

3.25pm: Working party returned to Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth

11.45pm: Hailed guard boat


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20 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.00am: Workmen from gun wharf regarding guns arrived on board

8.15am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth arrived on board. Employed as requisite

9.00am: H.M.S. "Birkenhead" crew joined H.M.S. "Canterbury". Two chief mechanicians party H.M.S. "Canterbury" discharged to H.M.S. "Birkenhead"

10.00am: Hands employed provisioning ship

1.15pm: Liberty men landed

1.30pm: Hands employed storing provisions

4.00pm: Exercised fire stations

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


According to the Bahamas Maritime Authority bulletin there are four types of door:

  • Type "A": a door that is kept open.

  • Type "B": a door that shall be closed, but may be left opened for the length of time that personnel are working in the adjacent compartment. In the case of the crew accommodation area, the presence of a competent person, in the adjacent compartment will satisfy this requirement.

  • Type "C": a door that shall be closed, but may be opened to permit passage.

  • Type "D": a door that shall be closed BEFORE the voyage commences and shall be kept closed during Navigation. Additionally, watertight doors fitted in watertight bulkheads dividing cargo between deck spaces.


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21 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.11

8.15am: Clean ship

8.30am: Working party from Royal Naval Barracks arrived on board. Employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors

11.15pm: Hailed guard ship


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22 May 1919

At Portsmouth

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

6.00am: Hands employed cleaning ship

7.35am: Tugs secured alongside

7.55am: Slipped buoy and towed to Fountain Lake

8.35am: Cast off tugs and secured alongside H.M.S. "Redoutable" [The log-keeper most probably made a spelling mistake and meant H.M.S. "Redoubtable"]

9.15am: Hands employed as requisite

11.30am: Cleared lower deck. Lowered first cutter

1.30pm: Hands to general quarters

2.00pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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23 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

6.40am: Hands cleaning ship

7.30am: Breakfast

8.15am: Clean mess deck

9.00am: General quarters

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

5.00pm: One stoker discharged to H.M.S. "Excellent" (sick)

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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24 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

6.30am: Hands clean ship

7.30am: Breakfast

8.15am: Clean ship

9.00am: Employed as requisite

11.45am: Liberty men landed

12.30pm: Liberty men landed

4.30pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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25 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

12.15am: Hailed guard boat

1.15pm: Landed liberty party

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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26 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

8.00am: H.M.S. "Offa" secured alongside

8.30am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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27 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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28 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Hands employed as requisite

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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29 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

8.15am: Hands employed as requisite

1.30pm: Coal lighter alongside

2.00pm: Received 7 tons coal

4.30pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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30 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

11.50am: Hands muster for payment

1.40pm: Hands employed as requisite

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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31 May 1919

At Portsmouth (Fountain Lake)

Lat 50.81, Long -1.10

9.00am: Hands employed as requisite

12.30pm: Liberty men landed

8.00pm: Closed "B" and "C" doors


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