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Light Cruiser, D or Danae-class

Ordered 3.18, Pendant No 30 (6.22). Launched 24.9.19 Fairfield, completed Chatham DY. 4,765 tons, 472(oa) trawler bow, 445(pp)x46x14ft. Turbine 40000shp, 29kts. Armament: 6-6in, 2-3in AA, 12-21in tt. Armour: 3in sides, 1in deck. Crew: 450. Sold 5.4.46, BU Dalmuir by Arnott Young. (British Warships 1914-1919)

Was to be launched in September 1919 but she stuck on the ways for two weeks. Towed to Chatham DYd for completion and then joined 5th LCS, China Station from June 1922. Served in Second World War and sold in 1946. (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-21)

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Notes:

1. Latitude/longitude, including for days in port, show representative decimal positions for each day, as calculated by the Old Weather project's analysis program. As such, they differ by varying amounts from the positions recorded, usually at noon, in the log pages. In addition, some latitudes/longitudes have been amended in edited logs for errors in the logs, for errors in identifying locations by the analysis program, or simply for greater accuracy. In all cases, refer to the log-page scans for the positions as originally recorded. Not all log pages contain this information and the ships' positions have therefore often been estimated.

2. Full account of any day is available by clicking on the link above that day. Groups of links refer to log book covers and introductory information; some may be blank.

Editor’s notes:

This edit would not of course be possible without the resources of the Internet.
All of the following sites, most of which are maintained (often at their own expense) by volunteers, have been invaluable.
All of the links are operational at 30th April, 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org for everything.
https://www.geographic.org for places.
http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org and http://www.unithistories.com for Royal Navy officers.
https://www.clydeships.co.uk, http://sunderlandships.com, http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk and http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk, all for merchant ships built in the UK.
http://historicalrfa.org for Royal Fleet Auxiliaries.
http://www.wrecksite.eu for merchant ship histories.
http://navypedia.org for world naval vessels.
http://www.theshipslist.com for shipping lines.
https://gwulo.com for HK history.
http://www.lighthousedigest.com, http://wlol.arlhs.com, https://www.lightphotos.net, http://www.hklighthouses.com and http://www.dnsa.org.cn, all for lighthouses.
The following sites have usually provided a single piece of the jigsaw, but are no less valuable for that of course.
http://www.bmpt.org.uk, https://www.britishpathe.com, http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au, https://ssmaritime.com, http://www.roll-of-honour.com, http://www.combinedfleet.com, http://www.empressofasia.com, http://uboat.net, http://www.mariners-list.com, http://www.red-duster.co.uk, http://www.readyayeready.com, http://www.wikiswire.com, https://www.historic-uk.com, http://www.museeciotaden.org, https://www.ibiblio.org, http://www.pandosnco.co.uk, http://www.bluestarline.org, http://3mats.net, http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr, http://www.25thlondon.com, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk and https://birmingham.impacthub.net.

To all those who contribute to these sites and maintain them, thank you very much.
Apologies to anybody I have linked to and failed to thank. We naval enthusiasts salute you all!

List of useful abbreviations.

A-A: Anti Aircraft.
AB: Able Seaman.
A/c: Altered course.
AR: Aiming Rifle.
Art. Eng.: Artificer Engineer, a Warrant rank.
bg: Bearing.
BP: Battle Practice.
C: Cape, Cap, Cabo.
C-in-C: Commander in Chief.
C of E: Church of England.
Cdr: Commander.
CPO: Chief Petty Officer.
DF: Direction finding.
DR: Dead Reckoning.
Eng: Engineer(ing).
ER: Engine Room.
GOC: General Officer Commanding.
HA: High Angle (guns).
HE: High Explosive or His Excellency.
HBM: His Britannic Majesty.
HIJMS: His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Ship.
HK: Hong Kong.
HMS: His Majesty’s Ship.
Lat: Latitude.
Ldg: Leading Seaman, Stoker etc.
Long: Longitude.
Lt: Lieutenant, also Lighthouse.
Lt/Cdr: Lieutenant Commander.
LV: Light Vessel.
MO: Medical Officer.
NCO: Non-commissioned Officer.
NEO: Naval Equipment Office(r).
NO: Navigating Officer.
NSO: Naval Stores Office.
OOG: Officer of the Guard.
Pay or Paymr: Paymaster.
Po: Pulo, an island.
PO: Petty Officer.
Pos.: Position.
QD: Quarterdeck.
RA: Rear Admiral.
RC: Roman Catholic.
RCN: Royal Canadian Navy.
RFA: Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
RM: Royal Marine(s) or Regia Marina [the Italian Royal Navy].
RMLI: Royal Marine Light Infantry.
RN: Royal Navy.
RNH: Royal Naval Hospital.
RNR: Royal Naval Reserve.
RNSQ: RN Sick Quarters.
RPO: Regulating Petty Officer.
RYS: Royal Yacht Squadron.
SA: Small Arms.
SBPO: Sick Bay PO.
S/Lt: Sub Lieutenant.
S/m: Submarine.
SS: Sight Setter (also Screw Steamer).
TB(D): Torpedo Boat (Destroyer).
TC: Training class.
Tg: Tanjung (cape).
USS: United States Ship.
VA: Vice Admiral (also Victualling Assistant).
VdeGF: Vaisseau de Guerre Français.
W/T: Wireless Telegraphy (also Water Tight doors, see context).
Wt: Warrant.

The second line of each day’s entry is the position of the vessel at noon in decimal format.
This is taken from the log where recorded or from the known co-ordinates of a port.
Where neither of these sources are available, the position has been estimated with the help of the Journey Plotter program and these are marked [approx].
Other positions in the log are recorded as written in degrees and minutes.
The entry is usually a précis of the day’s events, with routine entries omitted. However on the first day of each month a fuller account is given to provide a flavour of life aboard.
The original page can of course be viewed by clicking on the link above the date.

THE VOYAGES OF HMS DESPATCH 1922-1924
(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)

LOG BOOK – 15TH JUNE 1922 TO 3RD JUNE 1923


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Blue front cover of Logbook, 15th June 1922 to 3rd June 1923.

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Above five pages blank.


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LOG

of

HMS Despatch

Commanded by Captain RC Hamilton RN

From 15th June 1922 to 3rd June 1923


Tonnage: 4,765.

Length: 472’ 8”.

Breadth: 46’ 7”.


Engines by Fairfield Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd.

Shaft IHP: Forced draught 40,000.

Brown Curtis type geared turbines, installed November 1919.


Boilers: Fairfield Engineering.

Yarrow improved type, oil burning.

Made June 1919, fitted July 1919.


Propeller: J Stone & Co, three bladed solid manganese bronze.

Page signed by Captain Hamilton.


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Printed page of instructions for logkeepers.

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Specification page.


Establishment:

Officers 28.

Seamen 160.

Boys 30 (+1).

Marines 43.

Engine room 105.

Others 49.

Total 426.


Instruments.

Barometer: Mercurial S & A Calderara, A/2039, 13’ asl.

Air Thermometers: Mounted on fore bridge, screened. Negretti and Zambra 26390 and 26391.

Sea thermometer: TE Thompson.

Standard compass on manoeuvring platform, on centre line, 131’ from stem head.


Armament:

6 x 6” Mk XII on CP Mk XIV mounting.

2 x 4” QF Mk V on HA Mk III mounting.

2 x 2 pdr pom-poms on HA Mk II mounting.

12 x 21” torpedoes IV* R. 4 x 21” tubes TR I.


Boats:

1 x 30’ motor boat.

2 x 30’ drop keel cutters.

2 x 27’ Montague whalers.

1 x 30’ drop keel gig.

2 x 16’ drop keel skiffs.

1 x 10’ balsa raft.

2 x Carley floats Patt. 17.

4 x Carley floats Patt. 19.


Miscellaneous:

Draught for’d 17’ 1”, aft 16’ 11”.

Fuel oil carried: 1,064.5 tons.

Water: for boilers 74 tons, drinking, 55 tons.


Page signed by the Captain and by EC Wrey Navigating Officer.



LOGS FOR JUNE 1922

[Chatham]


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15 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  9.00am: Ship commissioned by Captain RC Hamilton RN, Cdr AN Dowding, Lt/Cdrs ES Brooksmith DSC, EC Wrey OBE, FH Stephenson. Lieutenants JS Bethell, HB Wollacombe, JW Josselyn, Eng. Cdr BJG Johns, Eng. Lt B Duncan, Wt Engs A Barnes, P Grieve, Surgeon Cdr MG Mason, Paymr Lt/Cdr G Cavanagh, Paymr Lt J Hogg, Capt RMLI D Broadwood, Comm. Gunner J Bellis. Gunners C Currie, E Hayden, Wt Shipwright JA Hicks and 387 ratings.

  1.30pm: Discharged two ratings to RN Barracks. One rating joined from same.


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16 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  9.30am: Discharged one Bugler RMLI to barracks.

  1.30pm: Paid fortnightly advance.

  2.00pm: One rating joined ship and one rating discharged to RN barracks.


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17 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

     In am: Hands cleaning, painting, embarking stores and working about boats.

     In pm: Make and mend.

  2.00pm: Mr JC MacDonald, Warrant Schoolmaster, joined ship.


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18 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Sunday routine. Landed C of E church party.


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19 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands employed as requisite.

  1.30pm: Discharged one rating to hospital.

  5.30pm: One rating joined ship.


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Two handwritten notes, one from the Navigating Officer to the Torpedo Officer and one from the NO to the Chief Shipwright, both requesting details needed for entry in the log and the answers to same.


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20 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands employed painting, embarking stores and working on boats.

12.30pm: Mr T Saysell, Warrant Shipwright, joined ship.

  1.30pm: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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21 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands employed painting and embarking provisions.

  1.30pm: Six ratings and S/Lt Henstock joined ship.

  2.00pm: 1 gallon jar lime juice lost overboard by accident.


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22 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  8.00am: Dressed ship [Coronation Day].

  9.30am: Discharged five ratings to barracks.

  1.30pm: Mr Knights, Gunner, joined ship.


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23 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands painting etc.

  4.30pm: Leave to 2nd part of port watch till 8.00am Monday, starboard watch till 7.00am Saturday.


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24 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands employed as requisite. One rating joined ship.


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25 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Sunday routine.


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26 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands embarking stores and fitting booms.

  1.30pm: One rating joined ship.

  3.00pm: Messrs H Lambton, C Alan Hankey, D McIntyre, M Power, EK le Mesurier and EB Ford, all Midshipmen RN, joined ship.


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27 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Coaled galleys and embarked stores.

  Embarked 6 cases for NSO Hong Kong.

  Two ratings joined ship.


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28 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands fitting fenders, repairing hoses etc. Discharged one rating to barracks. One rating joined ship.

10.00am: Engineer Rear Admiral carried out an inspection of ER department.


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29 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands refitting, painting etc. One rating joined ship from barracks.


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30 June 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Hands working about boats and fitting side screens. Embarked one motorboat for passage.

  1.30pm: Paid quarterly settlement and one month's advance.

  2.00pm: One rating joined from barracks and two ratings discharged to same.

  7.30pm: One rating joined ship.



LOGS FOR JULY 1922

[Chatham, Sheerness, Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Suez and Aden]


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1 July 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  6.30am: Furled QD side screens.

  8.30am: One rating joined ship.

10.00am: The C-in-C The Nore [at this time Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas] inspected ship.

11.00am: S/Lt Kingsley RCN joined for passage.

  1.30pm: Mr Jenkins Wt Schoolmaster joined ship.

  4.30pm: Exercised fire stations.

  Sick list: Nil.

Weather: SW breezes f 1-3, overcast but dry, 54º to 61º F.


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2 July 1922

Chatham

Lat 51.41, Long 0.55

  Sunday routine.

  4.30pm: Lt Harris joined for passage.


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3 July 1922

Chatham to Sheerness

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

  6.30am: Furled awnings and turned in boats.

  8.30am: Carried out basin trial.

  9.25am: Cast off. Turned ship and entered lock.

10.30am: Embarked pilot. Cast off from lock and proceeded as requisite for Sheerness.

11.30am: Secured to No 3 buoy, Sheerness. Ammunition lighter alongside.

  1.30pm: Hands embarking ammunition. Four ratings joined ship.


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4 July 1922

Sheerness

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

  Hands embarking ammunition and oiling ship.

  9.30am: 39 ratings joined for passage.

11.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

  2.10pm: Finished with ammunition.

  4.30pm: Two ratings joined ship.

  7.30pm: Finished oiling, lighters cast off.


THE VOYAGES OF HMS DESPATCH
Voyage from UK to Hong Kong

JP map Despatch UK to Hong Kong

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5 July 1922

Sheerness and at sea

Lat 51.44, Long 0.74

  9.30am: Discharged five ratings to barracks. Divers tested shallow diving suits.

  1.30pm: Mr Hele, central storekeeper, left ship.

  2.00pm: HMS Fitzroy arrived.

  2.15pm: Two ratings joined ship.

  2.55pm: Swung for compasses.*

  5.05pm: Slipped and proceeded to sea.

  6.25pm: Girdler LV abeam.

  7.10pm: East Tongue buoy abeam.

  8.44pm: Gull LV abeam. A/c S29W.

  9.39pm: S Foreland Lt abeam, 2.6 miles.

11.30pm: Dungeness abeam, 1.6 miles.

*The bow is shackled to a buoy and the ship is towed round through the 32 points of the compass to ascertain deviations at each point. See attached record.


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6 July 1922

At sea

Lat 49.72, Long -2.3 [approx]

  1.21am: Royal Sovereign LV bg N64W.

  1.54am: Beachy Head Lt abeam.

11.15am: Alderney bg S30W.

12.20pm: A/c S71W.

  6.52pm: A/c 235º.

  8.41pm: Vierge I. Lt bg 184º.

  9.34pm: Ushant Lt bg 210º.

11.20pm: Same abeam, a/c 208º.


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7 July 1922

At sea

Lat 46.27, Long -7.07

  1.15am: Passed SS Mabia.

  8.00am: Pos. 47 15N, 6 30W.

  7.20pm: A/c to avoid whales.

  8.00pm: Pos. 44 51N, 8 09W.

11.28pm: A/c 218º.


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8 July 1922

At sea

Lat 41.6, Long -9.6

  3.45am: Islas Sisargas Lt bg 092º, C Villano bg 153º.

  6.13am: C Finisterre abeam bg 093º.

  8.00pm: Pos. 40 06N, 9 46W.

  8.50pm: Burling Is [Ilhas de Berlengas] sighted.

11.10pm: Cape Roca [Cabo da Roca] bg 146º.


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9 July 1922

At sea

Lat 36.85, Long -8.94

  2.00am: C Roca abeam.

  5.12am: Cabo Espichel bg 038º.

10.40am: Cape St Vincent abeam.

10.51am: Sagres Lt abeam, a/c 111º.

  7.25pm: Passed SS City of Tokio.

  8.00pm: Pos. 36 32N, 7 34W.

  8.30pm: A/c 116º.

10.40pm: A/c 105º.


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10 July 1922

At sea to Gibraltar

Lat 36.15, Long -5.37

12.45am: C Trafalgar Lt bg 068º

  1.05am: C Spartel Lt bg 120º.

  2.55am: C Tarifa Lt bg 080º.

  6.08am: Various courses for Gibraltar.

  8.05am: Secured alongside Black Dragon. OOG boarded and left with 4 bags of mails.

  9.00am: Exchanged civilities with USS Reuben James.

11.20am: Slipped with tug and secured to No 9 buoy.

11.00pm: Landed escort to fetch prisoner.


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11 July 1922

Gibraltar

Lat 36.15, Long -5.37

11.20am: Vice-admiral in command Gibraltar* came on board…

11.30am: … and left.

* The record is slightly confusing, but probably at this time VA Sir Henry Pelly.


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12 July 1922

Gibraltar and at sea

Lat 36.15, Long -5.37

     In am: Water boat alongside, hands employed embarking sand*. Hands mustered at Sick Bay for vaccination.

  3.30pm: One rating joined for passage.

  4.55pm: Slipped and proceeded to sea.

  5.20pm: Europa Pt abeam.

11.45pm: Cabo Sacratif Lt bg 018º.

* Used for scrubbing wooden decks.


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13 July 1922

At sea

Lat 36.58, Long -0.67

12.45am: C Sacratif abeam.

  1.30am: Passed SS Bahrenfeld [clearly written, but I can’t find a ship of this name and it may be SS Bärenfels]

  4.30am: Cabo de Gata Lt bg 031º.

  5.52am: Same abeam, 17.5 miles.

  1.45pm: Passed a flotilla of US TBD's steaming West.

  7.35pm: C Tenez Lt bg 151º.


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14 July 1922

At sea

Lat 37.4, Long 5.55 [approx]

  Easterly courses along the coast of N Africa all day.

  1.25am: Cape Caxine bg 130º.

  2.32am: Same abeam.

10.54am: Cape Carbon abeam.

  2.03pm: Cap Bougaroni bg 109º.

  9.05pm: Cap de Fer abeam.

  9.45pm: Cap de Garde bg 133º.

11.00pm: Cap Rosa bg 135º.


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15 July 1922

At sea

Lat 37.4, Long 10.7 [approx]

  4.26am: Cap Serrat bg 110º.

  6.50am: Fratelli Rocks bg 185º.

11.13am: Cap Bon bg 122º.

  2.30pm: Same abeam, course 110º.

  7.10pm: Punta Spadillo Lt abeam, course 113º.


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16 July 1922

At sea to Malta

Lat 35.89, Long 14.51

  2.03am: Gozo Lt bg 120º.

  4.22am: Same abeam.

  6.45am: Courses and speeds to enter Valetta harbour.

  7.04am: Secured to Nos 9 & 9A buoys. One rating left ship.

  1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7.00am, Boys to 7.00pm.


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17 July 1922

Malta

Lat 35.89, Long 14.51

     In am: Water and coal lighters alongside.

     In pm: Boys to swimming instruction.


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18 July 1922

Malta

Lat 35.89, Long 14.51

10.00am: Governor-General* came on board.

11.00am: Three T.S. M/s [?] arrived

2.00pm: HMS Endeavour sailed.

3.00pm: HMS Ceres arrived.

* At this time Field Marshall Plumer.


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19 July 1922

Malta

Lat 35.89, Long 14.51

  9.30am: Governor afloat with flag flying.


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20 July 1922

Malta and at sea

Lat 35.89, Long 14.51

  7.30am: HMS Trinidad arrived.

11.30am: HMS Sportive arrived.

  1.30pm: One rating joined for passage.

  4.06pm: Slipped and proceeded to sea.

  4.21pm: Course 106º.

  5.30pm: Hove to. Hands to bathe.

  5.55pm: Proceeded.

  8.00pm: Pos. 35 46N, 15 17E.


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21 July 1922

At sea

Lat 34.75, Long 18.87

  5.30am: Passed HMS Centaur steering West.

  8.00am: Pos. 35 06N, 18 10E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 34 25N, 20 44E.


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22 July 1922

At sea

Lat 33.54, Long 24.29

  8.00am: 33 50N, 23 44E.

  3.30pm: Passed SS Citta da Genova.

  8.00pm: 33 10N, 25 53E.

  Page signed by Captain Hamilton.


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23 July 1922

At sea

Lat 32.32, Long 29.54

  8.00am: 32 36N, 28 34E.

  8.00pm: 31 56.5N, 31 58E.

  9.29pm: Esk Sargariya Fort Lt [?], bg 160º.

10.18pm: Sargariya Lt abeam.

11.00pm: Same bg 218º.


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24 July 1922

At sea to Port Said and on to Suez

Lat 31.25, Long 32.31 [approx]

  2.32am: Port Said Lt bg 214º.

  3.45am: Picked up pilot and entered Port Said.

  4.51am: Anchored, stern to Navy House jetty. Discharged one rating and passenger.

  7.50am: Weighed and proceeded through canal with pilot.

  9.10am: Secured to bollards.

11.08am: Slipped and proceeded.

  7.30pm: Passed Suez breakwater, anchored and pilot left ship.

  8.20pm: Oil lighter alongside.


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25 July 1922

Suez

Lat 29.93, Long 32.54

  Took in oil. Hands employed as requisite.


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26 July 1922

Suez

Lat 29.93, Long 32.54

  7.00am: VdeGF Montcalm arrived, then proceeded up the canal.

  9.30am: Water lighter alongside.


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27 July 1922

Suez

Lat 29.93, Long 32.54

  Hands variously employed.

  1.30pm: Two civilians for passage to Aden came on board.

  5.30pm: Weighed and proceeded, Southerly courses.

  7.30pm: Zafarana Lt [Zarafarana in log] bg 166º.

  9.30pm: Same abeam bg 246º.

11.55pm: Ras Gharib Lt [Ras Gharab in log] bg 152º.


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28 July 1922

At sea

Lat 26.18, Long 34.51 [approx]

  1.07am: Ras Gharib Lt bg 188º.

  2.15am: Passed SS Wiltshire. [Clearly written in log, but SS Wiltshire was wrecked on the 31st May 1922, so this must be another vessel.]

  3.05am: Ashrafi Lt bg 138º.

  4.29am: Same abeam 1.5 miles.

  6.27am: Shadwan Lt abeam 2.4 miles.

11.20am: Brothers Lt [aka Akhaween] bg 133º.

12.16pm: The same abeam to port.

12.23pm: Course S35E.

  6.34pm: Daedalus Rocks bg 133º.

  7.10pm: Reduced to 5 knots while making good defects.

  7.58pm: Course S30E.


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29 July 1922

At sea

Lat 21.75, Long 37.72

  8.00am: Pos. 22 32N, 37 15E.

  4.30pm: Passed SS Kaiser-i-Hind.

  8.00pm: Pos. 20 06N, 38 53E.

  8.55pm: Course S29E.


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30 July 1922

At sea

Lat 16.32, Long 41.12

  4.00am: Passed SS City of Brisbane bound for London.

  8.00am: Pos. 17 18.5N, 40 33E.

  3.34pm: Passed and spoke SS Grantully Castle.

  4.01pm: Jebel Teir Lt abeam 2 miles.

  5.55pm: Jebel Zebayir Lt abeam 3.5 miles.

  9.24pm: Abu Ail Lt [Abu Ali in log] bg S58E.

10.40pm: Same abeam 1.03 miles.


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31 July 1922

At sea to Aden

Lat 12.83, Long 45.0

  2.45am: Perim I. Lt bg S37E.

  4.24am: Same abeam.

10.48am: Courses to enter harbour.

11.55am: Picked up pilot.

12.02pm: Anchored and moored bow to buoy in oiling berth.

  1.30pm: US Officer of Guard boarded ship. Two passengers left. Lighter with stores alongside.



LOGS FOR AUGUST 1922

[Aden, Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong]


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1 August 1922

Aden

Lat 12.8, Long 45.0

  2.40am: Completed oiling.

  6.30am: Shifted berth.

  6.45am: USS Asheville shifted to oiling berth.

  6.50am: Let go both, anchored and veered to 5 shackles*, secured stern to No 4 buoy.

  7.15am: VdeGF Colmar arrived.

  8.30am: Hands cleaning ship, embarking provisions and as requisite.

  1.15pm: Water boat alongside.

  1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch from 3.00pm to 10.00pm.

  4.00pm: Muster, evening quarters.

  5.30pm: Colmar sailed.

  Sick list: 11.

Weather: Various strong breezes up to f 5, dying away by midnight, clear skies, temperatures 79º to 83º F.

* A shackle of cable was then 12.5 fathoms or 75 feet (22.86 metres).


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2 August 1922

Aden

Lat 12.8, Long 45.0

11.00am: Resident came on board.


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3 August 1922

Aden and at sea

Lat 12.54, Long 45.97

  7.05am: Weighed and proceeded to sea. Course S84E.

  1.30pm: Exercised stations for "Prepare to tow aft." Struck fore gaff.

  8.00pm: Pos. 12 16.5N, 47 44E. A/c East.


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4 August 1922

Aden

Lat 11.3, Long 51.7 [approx]

  6.05am: A/c 113º.

10.25am: A/c 153º.

10.46am: Sighted Cape Guardafui.

  2.30pm: Stopped to furl awnings.

  3.50pm: A/c 153º.

  4.00pm: Winds S by W, f 6 with rough seas.

 8.00pm: Pos. 10 26N, 52 07E. Winds South f 7.

10.15pm: Gave approximate course and distance from C Guardafui to SS Astral Cray [possibly a misheard Australcrag].


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5 August 1922

At sea

Lat 8.29, Long 54.64

  8.00am: Pos. 8 33N, 53 42E.

  8.34am: A/c 094º.

  8.00pm: Pos. 8 14N, 56 49E.


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6 August 1922

At sea

Lat 8.02, Long 59.72

  8.00am: Pos. 8 03N, 59 02E.

  1.30pm: A/c 091º.

  8.00pm: Pos. 7 58N, 61 36E.


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7 August 1922

At sea

Lat 7.88, Long 65.07

  8.00am: Pos. 7 54N, 64 06E.

  2.20am: Spoke SS Clan MacNaughton, Colombo to London.

  8.00pm: Pos. 7 50N, 66 54E.


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8 August 1922

At sea

Lat 7.95, Long 70.55

  5.00am: Spoke SS Clan Ross, Madras to London.

  8.00am: Pos. 7 54N, 69 39E. A/c 081º.

  2.04pm: A/c 084º.

  8.00pm: Pos. 8 04N, 72 30E.

  9.10pm: Minikoi Lt bg 050º.

10.16pm: Same bg 354º, 10 miles. A/c 099º.


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9 August 1922

At sea

Lat 7.54, Long 75.65

  8.00am: Pos. 7 48N, 74 51E.

  9.15am: Divisions. Medical inspection.

12.30pm: Hands mustered for payment.

  8.00pm: Pos. 7 12N, 77 33E.


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10 August 1922

At sea to Colombo

Lat 6.95, Long 79.85

  3.50am: Colombo clock tower light bg 80º.

  5.00am: Passed flotilla of US TBDs proceeding South.

  6.00am: Embarked pilot.

  6.25am: Anchored, secured to buoys No 13 and 14.

  6.34am: OOG boarded ship.

10.30am: S/Lt Kingsley RCN left ship.


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11 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  Hands employed as requisite.

  1.20pm: HMS Curlew shifted to oiling jetty.

  6.15pm: Curlew sailed.


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12 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  3.38am: Observed fire on shore.

  4.05am: Fire on shore ceased.

10.25am: Water boat in tow of tug Fanny fouled port propeller.

  3.30pm: Discharged one rating to European hospital.


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13 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  3.00am: Night boat’s crew employed sloping foc’sle awning [rain].

  Landed church parties.


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14 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  7.15am: HMS Cairo went alongside oiling jetty.

  9.30am: Divers down looking for whaler’s slings and examining the port propeller.

11.25am: Cairo sailed.


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15 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  6.00am: HMS Cyclamen arrived.

  8.30am: Divers down searching for slings.


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16 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  Hands employed painting etc.


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17 August 1922

Colombo

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  4.30am: Landed Marine detachment for route march.

  7.30am: Marines returned.


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18 August 1922

Colombo and at sea for Singapore

Lat 6.9, Long 79.8

  6.28am: Shifted berth to coaling jetty.

  1.36pm: Slipped and proceeded to sea.

  1.58pm: Course 176º.

  3.30pm: Quarters. Read Articles of War*.

  3.50pm: Passed SS Dogra.

  6.18pm: Pt de Galle Lt abeam, a/c 105.5º.

  8.36pm: Dondra Head abeam 8.4 miles, a/c 089.5º.

* The regulations governing the conduct of every member of the Royal Navy, required by Admiralty Instructions to be read to the ship’s company once a month.


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19 August 1922

At sea

Lat 5.89, Long 84.3

  Course 089.5º all day.

  8.00am: Pos. 5 52N, 83 14E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 5 55N, 86 26E.


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20 August 1922

At sea

Lat 5.75, Long 90.3

  3.00am: Spoke SS Rajput, Colombo to Batavia

  8.00am: Pos. 5 47N, 89 19E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 5 47N, 92 14E.

10.20pm: Spoke SS Honolulu Maru.


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21 August 1922

At sea

Lat 5.7, Long 95.3 [approx] [Position in log struck through]

  6.35am: Sighted land bg 093º

  6.45am: A/c 080º.

  7.39am: A/c 350º.

  8.09am: A/c 080º.

  8.44am: A/c 050º.

  8.49am: A/c 022º.

  9.04am: A/c 060º. NW Islet abeam to starboard, 0.4 miles.

11.15am: A/c 094º. Ujung Baku abeam 1 mile.

11.50am: A/c 103º. Ujong Tapa Goza abeam 1.3 miles.

  6.30pm: Spoke SS Pierre Lecoy bound for Marseilles.

  8.11pm: Diamond Pt [Tanjung Jamboaye] bg 124º.

  9.40pm: Same abeam, 7 miles, A/c 129º.

11.34pm: Edi Rajut Lt bg 160º.


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22 August 1922

At sea

Lat 3.3, Long 100.4 [approx]

  1.00am: Spoke SS Adna, Singapore to Colombo

  2.04pm: Aroa Is Lt bg 164º.

  2.52pm: Same abeam.

  3.12pm: One Fathom Bank Lt bg 107º.

  4.13pm: Same abeam

  6.10pm: Cape Rachado Lt bg 113º.

  8.00pm: Same abeam, 4.3 miles.

  9.02pm: Undang Lt abeam. Spoke SS Akita Maru.

10.30pm: Pulo Undan Lt abeam.


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23 August 1922

At sea to Singapore

Lat 1.24, Long 103.77

  1.30am: Pisang Lt bg 110º.

  7.37am: Raffles Lt abeam, 1.5 miles.

  8.15am: Embarked pilot.

  9.03am: Secured alongside Freshwater I. [now known as Pulau Bukom] oil jetty.

11.30am: Completed oiling.

  1.20pm: Slipped and proceeded to anchor in roads.

  2.58pm: Anchored.


THE VOYAGES OF HMS DESPATCH
Operations on China Station

JP map Despatch China Station

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24 August 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.

  Two ratings joined for passage to HMS Tamar.


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25 August 1922

Singapore and at sea

Lat 1.26, Long 104.2 [approx]

10.17am: Weighed and proceeded to sea, course 090º.

12.46am: A/c 050º.

12.59pm: Pedra Branca Lt abeam.

  1.48pm: A/c 026º.

  8.05pm: Anambas Is Lt bg 049º.

10.37pm: Same abeam 14 miles.


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26 August 1922

At sea

Lat 5.49, Long 106.97

  1.15am: Spoke SS Alipore, Bangkok to Bombay

  4.00am: Spoke SS Ghainha [possibly Gharinda is intended].

  8.00am: Pos. 4 44N, 106 13E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 6 52N, 108 03E.


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27 August 1922

At sea

Lat 9.97, Long 109.94

  8.00am: Pos. 9 13N, 109 30E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 11 33N, 111 02E.


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28 August 1922

At sea

Lat 14.6, Long 112.69

  8.00am: Pos. 13 56N, 112 24E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 16 03N, 113 14E.


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29 August 1922

At sea

Lat 19.35, Long 113.64

  8.00am: Pos. 18 37N, 114 22E.

  1.50pm: Eased to slow and altered course to 245º to allow surgical amputation to be performed.

  3.45pm: A/c 008.5.

  8.00pm: Pos. 20 28N, 113 43E.

11.38pm: Gyro compass observed to have wandered 25.5º to starboard since previous comparison at 11.23pm.


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30 August 1922

At sea to Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  2.47am: Gap Rock Lt [now Wenwei Zhou] bg 283º.

  6.11am: Course as requisite for entering Hong Kong harbour by Eastern entrance.

  7.32am: Saluted Commodore* with 11 guns. Salute of 7 guns returned by HMS Tamar.

  8.10am: OOG boarded ship.

  8.18am: Secured alongside N Wall of Hong Kong Dockyard.

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

*At this time Captain HE Grace.


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31 August 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.25am: Commenced disembarking ammunition into lighter.

10.00am: Captain proceeded to HMS Tamar to preside over Court Martial.



LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1922

[Hong Kong and Wei-hai-wei]


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1 September 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: Clean ship and embark ammunition.

  8.00am: HMS Tarantula shifted berth to oil.

  8.30am: Store parties employed drawing and embarking stores and ammunition, disembarking torpedoes, painting.

  9.10am: Tarantula sailed.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Hands employed as in forenoon.

  4.30pm: Leave to starboard watch until 7.00am, POs to 7.15am*.

  5.00pm: Hands to bathe.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 10.

Weather: Various light airs, overcast with rain, 79º to 83º F.

* The extra time for Petty Officers and above is so that they don’t have to come aboard with ratings who may be somewhat the worse for wear and inclined to pass remarks prejudicial to good order and discipline.


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2 September 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands variously employed.


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3 September 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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4 September 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: RFA Dredgol secured alongside.

11.00am: GOC China [at this time Major-General John Fowler] came on board.

12.30pm: Dredgol cast off.


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5 September 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: USS Tracy [Tracey in log] arrived.

  3.30pm: USS Pampanga [Wampanga in log] arrived.


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6 September 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands variously employed.


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Record of observations for deviation.

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7 September 1922

Hong Kong and at sea

Lat 22.4, Long 114.7 [approx]

  7.30am: Eight ratings joined for passage.

  8.15am: Slipped and proceeded to sea via Eastern entrance, courses up the East coast of China.

  4.30pm: Courses and speeds to swing for adjustment of compasses.

  7.00pm: Spoke RMS Empress of Asia.

  8.42pm: Spoke SS City of [obscured] and SS [illegible] Maru.


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8 September 1922

At sea

Lat 24.5, Long 119.5 [approx]

12.30am: Lamock I. abeam, 14 miles. A/c 049º.

  1.55am: Same bg 274º.

  7.07am: Chapel I. [Chappell in log, now Tungting Tao] abeam, 19 miles.

  1.00pm: Ocksen I. Lt [now Wuqiu Yu] bg N10W.

  2.50pm: Turnabout I. [Kiushan Tao] bg 020.5º.

  4.20pm: Same abeam, 10.25 miles, a/c 032º.

  7.40pm: Spoke SS President McKinley*.

  9.30pm: Tung Yung Lt [on Dongyin I.] abeam, 12 miles.

10.05pm: Spoke SS Rheseus [probably Rhesus is intended], Shanghai to Hong Kong.

*1921, 14,124 grt, the first of three American President Line ships of that name.


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9 September 1922

At sea

Lat 28.85, Long 122.3 [approx]

11.55am: Heishan I. Lt [Hieshan in log, a common variant] abeam, 9 miles, a/c 019º.

  5.33pm: Spoke HMS Magnolia.

  9.05pm: N Saddle I. Lt bg 317º.

10.13pm: Same abeam, 14.7 miles.


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10 September 1922

At sea

Lat 33.62, Long 122.9

  8.00am: Pos. 33 03N, 123 03E.

  8.00pm: Pos. 35 32N, 123 01E.


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11 September 1922

At sea to Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Courses to enter Wei-hai-wei harbour.

  8.58am: Anchored. OOG boarded ship.

  9.30am: Mr GW Yale, Mr WT Hindson (Midshipmen) and Mr PC Jenkins, Senior Master, left ship [all to join HMS Hawkins, vide her log].

  1.30pm: Discharged one rating to HMS Marazion, three to HMS Carlisle, two to HMS Durban and 40 to HMS Hawkins.

  1.45pm: Hands employed disembarking stores for HMS Titania.

  5.00pm: HMS Magnolia arrived. Discharged two ratings to Titania, four to Magnolia, one to Hawkins and one rejoined from Hawkins.


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12 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

11.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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13 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands painting, refitting and preparing boats for pulling regatta.

  5.38pm: Weighed and proceeded to shift berth.

  6.27pm: Anchored, Sun Island* bg S52E, Iron Pier bg N16W.

  7.00pm: Set anchor watch** [SE f 4 with heavy rain squalls].

*Now Ridao Island, which provides a lee when there is a strong SE’ly.

** The anchor watch take bearings on two or three points in harbour, to check that the anchor isn’t dragging.


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14 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Northerly winds up to gale f 9 from 10.00am, gradually abating during the afternoon.

  2.50pm: HMS Hawkins shifted berth and moored in No 3 berth.

  3.25pm: HMS Titania shifted berth.

  3.40pm: HM Submarine L3 shifted berth.

  4.32pm: HMS Carlisle weighed and shifted berth.

  4.40pm: HMS Durban weighed and shifted berth.

  5.22pm: Weighed and proceeded to anchor in new berth. [These are the berths for the regatta tomorrow, vide log of Hawkins.]


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15 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: Squadron pulling regatta. Tug towed stern clear of course. Let go stern anchor.

  6.00pm: Weighed stern anchor.


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16 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Lt QD Graham RN joined ship.

  9.15am: Let go stern anchor.

  9.30am: Squadron pulling regatta.

10.00am: The OAG* of Wei-hai-wei visited the ship. Fired salute of 15 guns.

  7.00pm: Weighed stern anchor.

*Officer Administering the Government, a civil servant.


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17 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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18 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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19 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: Divers searching for whaler’s grapnel.

  1.30pm: Two cutters, two whalers and a gig away sailing in C-in-C's cup race.


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20 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.6, Long 122.5 [approx]

  8.00am: Unmoored and sent marking party to tug.

  8.54am: Weighed and proceeded, courses as requisite for carrying out 3 pdr sub-calibre firing at target towed by HMS St Breock.

11.53am: Fired two torpedoes at St Breock. Recovered same.

12.53pm: Courses for harbour.

  1.34pm: Anchored.

  2.42pm: RFA Francol secured alongside.

  5.30pm: Francol cast off.


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21 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: Two cutters and two whalers away competing in obstacle race.

  4.30pm: Discharged three ratings to NEO.

11.30pm: HMS Durban sailed flying flag of C-in-C*.

* At this time, the C-in-C China is VA Alexander Duff, nearing the end of his posting.


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22 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.6, Long 122.4 [approx]

  7.00am: RFA Pearleaf sailed.

  8.00am: Sent target party to HMS St Breock.

  8.45am: Weighed and proceeded to sea for sub-calibre firing and torpedo practice with St breock.

11.55am: Returned to harbour.

  1.25pm: Anchored.


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23 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.15am: Divisions in night clothing*.

  *Not pyjamas, but the old sweaters and slacks that crew wear off duty.


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24 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: Held Divine Service. Chaplain from HMS Carlisle officiating.

10.30am: Lt/Cdr FN Stephenson left ship to join Carlisle for passage.


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25 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.6, Long 122.2 [approx]

  9.00am: Weighed and proceeded to sea.

10.25am: Anchored Kwoa Pu* bg 258º.

11.30am: Weighed and proceeded for firing practice.

11.52am: Carried out full calibre practice with reduced charges at target towed by RFA Francol.

  2.40pm: Returned to harbour.

  3.00pm: Anchored, Sun I. bg S52E.

* Now Yashidao, to port on leaving by the Western entrance.


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26 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  5.00am: HMS Titania and Submarine flotilla sailed.

  6.00am: HMS Carlisle sailed.


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27 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.6, Long 122.2 [approx]

  9.00am: Weighed and proceeded for sub-calibre firing.

11.00am: Fired two torpedoes.

12.20pm: Recovered torpedoes and returned to harbour.

  1.29pm: Anchored.

  8.10pm: Weighed and proceeded for night firing practice with HMS’ Hawkins and Magnolia.


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28 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.49, Long 122.19

  1.02am: Anchored, Sun I. bg S52E. Military Pier N45E.

  8.30am: HMS Hawkins sailed for carrying out firings.

10.45am: Hawkins anchored in Four Funnel Bay.

11.15am: Hawkins shifted berth to anchorage.


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29 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.05am: Weighed and proceeded for 3 pdr sub-calibre firing.

11.14am: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei.


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30 September 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Saturday in harbour. Clean ship. Paid quarterly settlement. Make and mend.



LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1922

[Wei-hai-wei, Dairen, Wei-hai-wei]


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1 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Hands clean ship and replace cutter’s davits.

  9.30am: Divine service.

  1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 9.30pm, CPOs and POs to 10.00pm, Boys till 6.30pm.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 6.

Weather: Light NW’lies, rising to f 4 by midnight, dry, 61º to 67º F.


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2 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: HMS Durban arrived.


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3 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.05am: Weighed and proceeded for full calibre reduced charge firing.

11.35am: Exercise complete.

12.20pm: Courses and speeds for torpedo firing. Fired and retrieved two torpedoes and recovered target.

  1.38pm: Courses for harbour.

  2.38pm: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei harbour.

  8.30pm: 2nd part of starboard watch refloating and bringing off Patt. VI target.


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4 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.6, Long 122.2 [approx]

  9.05am: Weighed and proceeded for sub-calibre firing.

12.20pm: Completed firing and carried out torpedo practice, Fired and recovered two torpedoes.

  1.57pm: Courses to anchorage.

  2.24pm: Anchored in Four Funnel Bay [the East facing bay now known as Heqingwang].

  5.00pm: Weighed and proceeded to lay out targets.

  6.00pm: Carried out 1” AR* practice at moving targets.

  7.20pm: Practice complete, recovered targets and returned to harbour.

  9.09pm: Anchored, W-h-w harbour.

* To save ammunition and avoid wear on the gun barrels, an Aiming Rifle firing a smaller diameter round is affixed to the gun barrel for practice.


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5 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  1.30pm: Exercised landing parties.

  4.30pm: HMS Magnolia sailed.


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6 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HMS Marazion shifted berth alongside Iron Pier to coal.

  9.00am: Weighed and proceeded for full calibre firing.

10.00am: Completed firing and fired two torpedoes.

11.12am: Recovered both torpedoes and returned to harbour.

12.12pm: Anchored.

  2.00pm: Marazion returned to buoy.


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7 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HMS Carlisle arrived.


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8 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.00am: RFA Kharki sailed for Hong Kong.


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9 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  1.00am: Three ratings joined from hospital.


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10 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

11.00am: HMS Carlisle sailed.

  2.30pm: HMS Titania and Submarines arrived.

  9.30pm: Two ratings rejoined ship from NEO's depôt.


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11 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: RFA Francol secured alongside HMS Hawkins.

  9.30am: Surgeon Lt TG Roche RN left ship to join HMS Titania.

11.15am: Francol secured alongside.

  1.50pm: Completed oiling, Francol cast off.


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12 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei and at sea for Dairen

Lat 38.3, Long 121.9 [approx]

  6.00am: Secured target in tow aft. Weighed and proceeded.

  6.46am: Course 346º.

  7.38am: Target broke adrift. Courses to go alongside same.

  8.45am: Target secured. Veered same astern and proceeded.

  2.10pm: Round I. bg 049º.

  4.43pm: San Shan Tau I. [now Sanshandao] Lt abeam, 2.5 miles.

  5.40pm: Slipped target and secured same alongside.

  6.40pm: Anchored, Dairen [aka Port Arthur and now Dalian].


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13 October 1922

Dairen

Lat 38.95, Long 121.65

  7.00am: Divers working on BP target.

  9.25am: Slipped target and Docking Co’s tug removed same.

  9.30am: Weighed and proceeded into harbour and secured to E side of No 3 jetty.

10.30am: HM Consul came on board.


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14 October 1922

Dairen

Lat 38.95, Long 121.65

  Clean ship. Make and mend.


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15 October 1922

Dairen

Lat 38.95, Long 121.65

  Sunday routine.


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16 October 1922

Dairen

Lat 38.95, Long 121.65

  8.00am: Colours half masted in honour of HE the late President of the SMR Co. [Hayakawa Senkichiro, President of the South Manchurian Railway Co. AKA known as Mantetsu, this company was involved in almost every aspect of life in Manchuria under the Japanese.]

  8.30am: Leave to starboard watch till midnight on Wednesday.


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17 October 1922

Dairen

Lat 38.95, Long 121.65

  Hands employed as requisite.

10.30am: Target secured alongside.


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18 October 1922

Dairen

Lat 38.95, Long 121.65

  Hands employed as requisite.


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19 October 1922

Dairen to Wei-hai-wei

Lat 38.25, Long 121.9 [approx]

  6.05am: Weighed and proceeded.

  6.30am: Stopped, veered target astern and proceeded.

  4.05pm: Heaved in tow prior to entering harbour.

  5.00pm: Slipped target.

  5.14pm: Anchored, W-h-w harbour..


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20 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: Hands lower boats and draw field equipment.

  9.30am: Landed range party, remainder painting the side.


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21 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: Hesper [a Minx class water tanker, 1901, 390 tons] secured alongside.

10.20am: Hesper cast off.


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22 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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23 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: Landed RMLI range party.

  9.30am: HMS Marazion arrived.

  1.30pm: Two ratings lent to NEO.

11.00pm: Embarked 12 bags of mails of which seven for HMS Hawkins, one for C-in-C.


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24 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  1.30pm: Three Privates RMLI lent to sick quarters.


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25 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  2.00pm: HMS Marazion sailed.

  2.30pm: HMS Titania and 4th Submarine flotilla sailed.

  4.30pm: One Private RMLI lent to Canteen.


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26 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei, at sea and return

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: One rating returned from and one rating lent to NEO. One rating joined from hospital. One Private RMLI returned from canteen.

12.53pm: Weighed and proceeded to sea. Course 093º, full speed [19 knots].

  2.40pm: NE Promontory Lt abeam, a/c 194º.

  3.49pm: Courses to close SS Sheaf Dart ashore.

  4.08pm: Anchored. Prepared to send away sheet anchor.

  5.40pm: Sheaf Dart steamed off reef.

  6.45pm: Weighed and proceeded.

  7.30pm: NE Promontory Lt bg 005º.

  8.58pm: Same abeam, 3.25 miles.

11.34pm: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei harbour.


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27 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Lent one Private RMLI to canteen.

  9.00am: Boarded SS Fengtien. One bag of mail for NEO.


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28 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Harbour Saturday. Clean ship. Air night clothing. Make and mend.


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29 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Hands employed cleaning ship and boats

  9.00am: Landed RC and non conformist church parties. Hands mustered at Divisions. Held Divine Service.


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30 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.

11.00pm: OOG boarded SS Chang Chow [Changchow].


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31 October 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  1.10am: OOG returned from Chang Chow.

  4.35am: Observed steamer aground bearing E, 2 miles.

  5.35am: Rocket fired by wrecked ship.

  6.55am: HM Tug Hesper with NEO on board proceeded to assistance of stranded steam vessel.

  7.00am: Sent motor boat with OOG to assist in picking up survivors.

11.00am: Sent motorboat, 1st and 2nd cutters to disembark passengers and crew of stranded vessel SS Koon Shing.

12.08pm: Weighed and proceeded as requisite for closing SS Koon Shing.

12.38pm: Commenced laying oil.

  3.00pm: Anchored, Sun I. bg 217º, reef bg 035º. Relieved boats’ crews.

  3.35pm: Weighed and proceeded to continue laying oil.

  5.36pm: Anchored.

  6.52pm: Weighed and proceeded.

  7.15pm: Anchored. Issued 53 extra rations of rum [presumably for the boats’ crews, who will be wet and cold].

Weather: Strong N or NNW winds all day, f 3 to 6, rain at times, with corresponding seas, temperatures dropping down to 46º F by midnight.



LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1922

[Wei-hai-wei, Newchwang, Wei-hai-wei and Hong Kong]


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1 November 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Hands employed working about boats and as requisite.

  7.30am: Landed range parties.

  8.30am: Hands painting ship and as requisite. Hesper came alongside and removed survivors from SS Koon Shing.

12.30pm: Hesper came alongside, took in 25 tons of water. Hands employed spreading awnings etc.

  4.30pm: Leave to watch till 9.30pm, POs and above till 10.00pm.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crews.

  Sick list: 6.

Weather: Strong NW breezes all day, dry and clear, 48º to 64º F.


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2 November 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

12.01am: Burnt searchlights on the wreck every half hour.

  9.00am: OOG boarded SS Koon Shing.

10.30am: Sent armed guard to Koon Shing, one S/Lt, one PO, three ratings and one Signalman.

12.30pm: Armed guard returned.

  2.00pm: Sent diving party to wreck.

  9.00pm: Sent motor boat to examine wreck.


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3 November 1922

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.2 [approx]

10.00am: Diving party working about SS Koon Shing.

11.13am: Weighed and proceeded to close the wreck.

11.32am: Anchored.

  1.30pm: Diving party returned.

  3.30pm: Sent party to Koon Shing to recover mails.


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4 November 1922

Wei-hai-wei and at sea

Lat 37.5, Long 122.2 [approx]

  3.00am: Motor boat proceeded to examine wreck.

11.00am: Tug Hesper alongside with 30 tons of water.

  3.30pm: Two ratings returned from duty ashore.

10.05pm: Weighed and proceeded to sea, course 049º.

10.27pm: A/c 319º.


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5 November 1922

At sea to the Liaou [now Liao] River [off Newchwang, now Yingkou]

Lat 40.71, Long 122.24

  1.43am: Liau-ti-shan Lt bg 338.5º.

  4.20am: Chu Tao I. abeam.

  8.35am: Commenced sounding.

11.12am: Anchored, Newchwang LV bg 015º.


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6 November 1922

Liaou River and at sea

Lat 40.71, Long 122.24

11.26am: Weighed and proceeded, course 230º.

  2.20pm: A/c 200º.

  5.58pm: Pei Chao abeam, 2 miles, a/c 191º.

  7.35pm: Chu Tao I. bg 148º.

  8.00pm: Same abeam.

  8.12pm: Liau-ti-shan promontory bg 168º.

  8.40pm: A/c 214º.

  9.58pm: Same abeam, a/c 142º.


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7 November 1922

At sea to Wei-hai-wei and at sea for Hong Kong

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  4.30am: Chao Pei Tsui Lt bg 143º.

  6.36am: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei.

  1.30pm: Rev Purcell and ratings embarked for passage to Hong Kong.

  3.05pm: Weighed and proceeded to sea.

  5.16pm: NE Promontory Lt abeam, 3 miles.

  7.40pm: SE Promontory Lt abeam, 13.3 miles.

  9.30pm: Passed and spoke SS Commissionaire Naurel [possibly SS Commissaire Ramel is intended]


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8 November 1922

At sea

Lat 34.3, Long 122.8 [approx]

  Southerly courses all day, 14 knots.

  7.18pm: N Saddle Lt bg 208º.

10.19pm: Same abeam, 16 miles.


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9 November 1922

At sea

Lat 28.0, Long 122.5 [approx]

  Courses West of South, speeds 14 or 15 knots all day. The log names a number of lights and islands as they pass down the SE coast of China, but they are very difficult to match with modern names, or indeed the names used by other ships on the station, so I have omitted them here for brevity.

  1.14am: Passed and spoke SS Cheong Shing.

  2.13am: Tong Ting Lt bg 250º.

10.34pm: Turnabout I. bg S41W.


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10 November 1922

At sea

Lat 23.3, Long 117.3 [approx]

12.01am: Turnabout I. abeam.

  1.11am: Ocksen I. 246º.

  2.39am: Same abeam, 6.75 miles.

  8.20am: Chapel I. abeam, 14.6 miles.

  1.00pm: Lamock Is Lt bg 248º.

  5.33pm: Breaker Pt Lt abeam, 5.75 miles.

  9.13pm: Chilang Pt abeam, 7.75 miles.

11.55pm: Pedro Blanco bg180º.


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11 November 1922

At sea to Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.05am: Pedro Blanco abeam.

  2.27am: Wag Lan Lt bg 259º.

  4.38am: Same abeam.

  5.40am: Collided with junk starboard side abreast foremost funnel. Only visible damage carried away bowsprit.

  6.15am: Secured to No 6 buoy.

  8.00am: Dressed ship overall in honour of HM King of Italy's birthday.

  9.05am: Saluted C-in-C's flag with 17 guns. [This is the new C-in-C, Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson.]

10.00am: Discharged all ratings for passage.

11.00am: Observed two minutes silence.

     Noon: Fired 21 gun salute in honour of HM King of Italy's birthday.

  1.30pm: One Pte RMLI lent to HMS Tamar, one rating lent to same for signal station, one rating rejoined from hospital.


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12 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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13 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Fired salute of 7 guns in answer to salute fired by HMS Bluebell for C-in-C's flag.

10.30am: Paraded guard for Commodore afloat with Pendant flying.

  2.00pm: Sent cutter to Dockyard for repairs and landed galley for same.


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14 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: Six ratings discharged to RN hospital.


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15 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Landed RMLI detachment and training class.

  9.10am: RFA Kharki secured alongside.

12.25pm: Completed oiling, Kharki cast off.


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16 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: RFA Kharki alongside.

  8.30am: Hands embarking ammunition from lighter.

11.30am: Kharki cast off.

  2.05pm: USS Pampanga arrived.

  3.00pm: Ammunition lighter cast off.


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17 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.25am: HMS Titania arrived with 4th submarine flotilla. Titania secured to No 7 buoy.

  8.00am: Water boat and provision lighter alongside.


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18 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.05am: RM [RN in log] Libia sailed.

10.30am: SS Kashgar arrived flying flag of HE the Governor [at this time Sir Reginald Stubbs].

11.00am: One rating discharged to Hospital.

11.15am: C-in-C visited ship.


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19 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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20 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: Recovered 1st cutter from dockyard.

  9.30am: General drill*. Exercised rig hand capstan, out collision mat and away all boats’ crews.

10.30am: Replace gear. Sent 2nd cutter to dockyard.

11.00am: Fired salute of 17 guns in honour of HE the Governor of Hong Kong.

  8.30am: One Private RMLI joined ship.

* Usually carried out by all ships in harbour simultaneously and timed. Very competitive.


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21 November 1922

Hong Kong and Tolo harbour

Lat 22.4, Long 114.4 [approx]

  8.30am: Slipped and proceeded to sea via Eastern entrance.

  9.20am: Tathong Pt Lt abeam.

  9.33am: Range finding and inclination excercises with HMS Durban and sub-calibre throw-off firing*.

12.45pm: Shek Ngau Chau abeam. In paravanes. Acted as target ship for Durban’s torpedo firing.

  3.17pm: Entered Tolo Harbour.

  4.13pm: Anchored.

*Throw-off firing involves firing practice rounds at a target vessel, but with the aim set 8º ahead or astern of the target. The fall of shot is observed by the rake party, usually on a third vessel.


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22 November 1922

Mirs Bay

Lat 22.45, Long 114.2

  8.50am: Weighed and proceeded for carrying out concentration sub-calibre practice with HMS Durban.

11.31am: Anchored [in Tolo harbour, identical anchor bearings to 21st Nov].


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23 November 1922

Mirs Bay

Lat 22.53, Long 114.29 [approx]

  6.26am: Weighed and proceeded.

  7.51am: Anchored [South of Tsui Tau Sha, see anchor bearings].

  9.30am: Exercised out stream anchor. Port watch out kedge, starboard watch out fire engine. Replaced gear.

     In pm: Make and mend.


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24 November 1922

Mirs Bay

Lat 22.5, Long 114.35 [approx]

  9.35am: Weighed and proceeded for carrying out 6" reduced charge full calibre "throw off" firing with HMS Durban.

  3.00pm: Returned to harbour.

  4.05pm: Anchored (in Tolo Harbour].


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25 November 1922

Mirs Bay and HK harbour

Lat 22.5, Long 114.35 [approx]

  8.35am: Weighed and proceeded for carrying out 6" reduced charge full calibre "throw off" firing with HMS Durban and AA practice.

Noon: Practice complete.

12.10pm: Course 310º for vibration trials.

1.06pm: Waglan Lt abeam, 0.5 miles. Returned to harbour.

2.05pm: Secured to No 6 buoy Hong Kong.

3.30pm: One Private RMLI returned from hospital and one ditto lent to canteen.


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26 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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27 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.15am: C-in-C came on board to conduct General Drills.

  9.30am: Exercised "Prepare to tow forward", "Away all boats’ crews and relief crews" and "Watch, out fire engine."

  4.30pm: Discharged one rating to HMS Marazion and one rating joined from same.


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28 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands embarking provisions and disembarking paravanes.


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29 November 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

11.41am: Slipped and proceeded to enter dock.

12.15pm: Secured in dock. Hands rigging stages.


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30 November 1922

Hong Kong dry dock

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands cleaning the bottom, working about boats and drawing stores. Leave to starboard watch and training classes until 7.00am on the 3rd December.



LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1922

[Hong Kong and Singapore]


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1 December 1922

Hong Kong dry dock

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  8.00am: Dressed ship with masthead flags in honour of HM Queen Alexandra's birthday.

     Noon: Paraded guard of honour.

  1.30pm: Hands refitting, painting and embarking stores.

  2.00pm: One rating returned from hospital.

  4.15pm: Exercised fire stations.

  4.30pm: Leave to first part of port watch till 7.00am.

  Sick list: 4.

Weather: Calm or light airs, cloudy but dry, 67º to 72º F.


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2 December 1922

Hong Kong dry dock

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite. One rating discharged to RN hospital.


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3 December 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine. Leave to port watch until 7.00am 6th December.


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4 December 1922

Hong Kong dry dock

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.30pm: One rating returned from hospital.

  1.35pm: HMS Vindictive [at this time a transport] arrived and proceeded alongside dockyard.

  2.30pm: USS Helena arrived.


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5 December 1922

Hong Kong dry dock

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands drawing stores, painting etc.


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6 December 1922

Hong Kong dry dock

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands drawing stores, painting etc.

  Three ratings joined from RN hospital.


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7 December 1922

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: Commenced flooding dock.

10.00am: Discharged four ratings to RN hospital.

11.35am: Left dock with dockyard tugs and secured to No 6 buoy.

  1.30pm: RFA Kharki alongside with lubricating oil.

  3.20pm: Kharki cast off.


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8 December 1922

Hong Kong and at sea for Singapore

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.10am: HMS Carlisle slipped and proceeded.

  8.30am: Took in coal from lighter, water and stores.

  9.30am: Discharged two ratings to hospital and one Sergeant RMLI to HMS Vindictive.

     Noon: Carlisle returned. One Private RMLI rejoined ship.

  1.05pm: HM Submarine L4 sailed.

  1.15pm: One rating joined ship from HMS Tamar.

  2.20pm: HM S/ms L33 and L15 sailed.

  2.30pm: Carlisle sailed.

  2.35pm: Lt MacLeish RN and the Rev. Carver joined ship.

  3.00pm: L4 returned.

  3.56pm: Slipped and proceeded by Eastern entrance.

  6.30pm: Gap Rock Lt abeam, 2.75 miles.


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9 December 1922

At sea

Lat 17.0, Long 111.8 [approx]

  Course 216º until 1.00pm, then 195º. Speed 15 knots.

  5.10pm: Passed and spoke SS Java Maru.


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10 December 1922

At sea

Lat 12.1, Long 109.4 [approx]

  4.40am: Passed and spoke SS Cwang Tung [possibly received phonetically and may be SS Kwangtung, China Navigation Co].

  6.40am: A/c 220º.

  9.05am: Cap Varella Lt abeam, 4.3 miles. Course 179º.

  9.45am: Passed and spoke SS Hang Chow.

10.20am: Course 195º.

12.30pm: Passed and spoke SS Almeira [possibly Almeria is intended].

  2.50pm: Cap Padaran abeam, 4.5 miles, a/c 176º.

  4.47pm: Pulau Cecir de Mer bg 210º

  6.03pm: Course 207º.


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11 December 1922

At sea

Lat 5.2, Long 106.8 [approx]

  Course 207º until 4.30pm; then 202º.

10.25pm: Pulo Manki Lt bg 178º

11.34pm: Same bg 153º.


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12 December 1922

At sea to Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  2.20am: Passed and spoke SS Paris Maru [Usaka Shosen KK, 1921, 7,197 grt].

  7.20am: Pedra Blanca Lt bg 215º.

10.42am: Anchored, Singapore.

  5.00pm: Four signal ratings lent to Fort Canning.


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13 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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14 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  9.00am: Lt MacLeish left ship.


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15 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  6.00pm: HMS Vindictive arrived.


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16 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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17 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Sunday routine.


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18 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  7.30am: HMS Vindictive sailed.

  9.30am: Hands ranging cable* etc.

* ie, taking the anchor chains out of the lockers and laying them out on deck for cleaning, survey and maintenance. Heavy and dirty work.


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19 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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20 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  6.55am: Weighed and proceeded to go alongside East wharf.

  4.30pm: Paraded for HE the Governor [Sir Laurence Guillemard] afloat in Sea Belle* with flag flying.

* Pathe Pictorial 1938 film of Sea Belle.


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21 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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22 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed on cable and taking in oil from lighter.


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23 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands stowing cable.


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24 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Sunday routine.


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25 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Sunday routine for Christmas Day.


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26 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Painting etc.


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27 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  8.00am: HIJMS’ Idzumo, Asama and Iwate arrived.


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28 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.24, Long 103.77

  7.02am: Slipped and proceeded to pass through Keppel harbour to oiling jetty at Pulo Bukum.

11.53am: Slipped and proceeded for Man of War anchorage.

12.40pm: Anchored.


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29 December 1922

Johore Bahru

Lat 1.45, Long 103.75

  6.30am: Weighed and proceeded up Singapore Old Strait.

  9.24am: Anchored off Johore Bahru. Saluted HH Sultan of Johore with 21 guns. Salute returned by shore battery.


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30 December 1922

Johore Bahru

Lat 1.45, Long 103.75

  Aired bedding. Cleaning and painting.


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31 December 1922

Singapore

Lat 1.45, Long 103.77 [approx]

11.30am: Weighed and proceeded to leave Old Strait.

  2.29pm: Anchored, Singapore.



LOGS FOR JANUARY 1923

[Singapore, Malacca, Port Swettenham, Lumut, Penang, Singapore]


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1 January 1923

Singapore and at sea

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  6.30am: Hands clean ship and work about boats.

  9.30am: Painting ship and as requisite. Training classes to instruction.

11.30am: Water boat alongside.

12.30pm: Water boat left.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Special leave to starboard watch until 7.15pm.

  9.35pm: Weighed and proceeded.

  9.40pm: Course 135º, 123 revs.

  9.52pm: A/c 245º.

10.26pm: Raffles I. Lt abeam, a/c 285º.

10.48pm: Tree I. Lt abeam, a/c 281º.

11.00pm: Mustered sea boat’s crew.

11.56pm: Course 313º.

  Sick list: 7.

Weather: NW’ly breezes, overcast and rainy, temperatures in the high 70ºs F.


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2 January 1923

At sea to Malacca

Lat 2.19, Long 102.23

12.35am: Passed and spoke SS Benavon, London to Japan.

  1.00am: Pulo Pisang abeam, 5.6 miles.

  3.52am: Po Undan Lt bg 309º.

  5.20am: Same abeam, 1.7 miles.

  6.22am: Anchored, Malacca.


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3 January 1923

Malacca

Lat 2.19, Long 102.23

  Hands employed cleaning ship and painting ship's side.


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4 January 1923

Malacca to Port Swettenham

Lat 2.6, Long 101.5 [approx]

  8.48am: Weighed and proceeded.

10.41am: Cape Rachado abeam, a/c 307º.

  1.20pm: Courses up S Klang Strait.

  2.36pm: Secured to No 1 buoy, Port Swettenham.


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5 January 1923

Port Swettenham [now Klang]

Lat 3.0, Long 101.38

  Hands employed cleaning ship and painting.


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6 January 1923

Port Swettenham

Lat 3.0, Long 101.38

  Clean ship. Make and mend.


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7 January 1923

Port Swettenham

Lat 3.0, Long 101.38

  Sunday routine.


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8 January 1923

Port Swettenham

Lat 3.0, Long 101.38

  4.30pm: HH the Sultan of Selangor came on board. Fired a salute of 17 guns in his honour.


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9 January 1923

Port Swettenham to Dindings [now Manjung District]

Lat 3.6, Long 100.9 [approx]

  8.52am: Slipped and proceeded as requisite for leaving harbour. Various NW’ly courses.

  1.30pm: White Rock Lighthouse bg 330º.

  2.26pm: Same abeam.

  3.53pm: Moored in Lumut harbour.


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10 January 1923

Dindings [Lumut]

Lat 4.24, Long 100.63

  Hands employed cleaning ship and painting.


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11 January 1923

Dindings [Lumut]

Lat 4.24, Long 100.63

  Hands employed as requisite.

  Also an attached note from the C-in-C re omissions from the log.


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12 January 1923

Dindings [Lumut]

Lat 4.24, Long 100.63

  6.30am: OOG boarded SS Kedah.


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13 January 1923

Dindings [Lumut]

Lat 4.24, Long 100.63

     In am: Clean ship.

     In pm: Landed bathing party.


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14 January 1923

Dindings [Lumut]

Lat 4.24, Long 100.63

  Sunday routine.


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15 January 1923

Dindings to Penang

Lat 4.4, Long 100.5 [approx]

10.30am: Weighed and proceeded.

11.04am: Course 170º.

11.20am: A/c 266º.

11.41am: A/c 334º.

  2.30pm: A/c 346º.

  4.15pm: Saddle I. abeam, 5 miles.

  5.18pm: Muka Hd Lt abeam.

  6.00pm: Entered Penang harbour.

  6.32pm: Anchored.


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16 January 1923

Penang

Lat 5.42, Long 100.35

  Hands variously employed.


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17 January 1923

Penang

Lat 5.42, Long 100.35

  Cleaning and painting.


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18 January 1923

Penang

Lat 5.42, Long 100.35

  7.30am: Rev. BN Carver, Chaplain RN, left ship.


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19 January 1923

Penang

Lat 5.42, Long 100.35

  Hands employed as requisite.


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20 January 1923

Penang

Lat 5.42, Long 100.35

  Hands employed as requisite.


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21 January 1923

Penang

Lat 5.42, Long 100.35

  Sunday routine.


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22 January 1923

Penang and at sea for Singapore

Lat 4.9, Long 100.1 [approx]

  7.35am: Weighed and proceeded.

  8.55am: Course 188º. Commenced to work up for full power trial.

     Noon: Trial complete, reduced to 123 revs.

  6.45pm: One Fathom Bank Lt bg 121º.

  8.52pm: Cape Rachado Lt bg 113º.

  9.14am: Spoke SS Theseus.

  9.30pm: Spoke SS Rumphius*.

10.40pm: C Rachado abeam 2.6 miles.

10.55pm: Spoke SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen.

11.40pm: Po Undan Lt bg 119º, Malacca Lt bg 94º.

*Rumphius, 1908, 2548 grt, Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij.


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23 January 1923

At sea to Singapore

Lat 1.24, Long 103.77

  2.08am: Tg Johor bg 076º.

  5.10am: Po Pisang bg 110º.

  7.55am: Sultan Shoal Lt abeam.

  8.50am: Secured to oiling jetty, Pulo Bukum.

  1.06pm: Slipped and proceeded through Keppel Harbour and secured to E wharf.


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24 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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25 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Cleaned ship, painted boats, tested fire engine.


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26 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Cleaning and painting etc.


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27 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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28 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Sunday routine.


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29 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Cleaning and painting etc.

  Took in seven tons of coal [probably for the galley stoves].


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30 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Hands employed as requisite.


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31 January 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Cleaning ship, shifting ammunition, working about boats.



LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1923

[Singapore, Sandakan, Manila and Hong Kong]


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1 February 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  8.30am: Training classes to instruction.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance.

  4.30pm: Leave to starboard watch and first part of port until 7.00am.

  Sick list: 4.

Weather: NE breezes f 2-3, cloudy but dry, 74º to 82º F.


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2 February 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  Painting boats and embarking provisions.


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3 February 1923

Singapore

Lat 1.26, Long 103.85

  7.30am: RFA Oleander arrived. Received 3 bags of mail for HMS Foxglove. Received 5 cases of stationery from Oleander.


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4 February 1923

[January in log]

Singapore and at sea for Sandakan

Lat 1.26, Long 104.0 [approx]

  9.40am: Muster by the open list.

10.55am: Slipped and proceeded to sea.

12.40pm: Pedra Branca bg 080º.

  4.53pm: Stopped port to repair condenser.

  7.58pm: Repair complete.

  9.28pm: Pengibu I. bg 074º.

10.18pm: Same abeam, 3.25 miles.


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5 February 1923

At sea

Lat 2.15, Long 109.44 DR

  6.45am: Petrus I. bg 055º.

10.12am: A/c to avoid discoloured water.

  8.00pm: Pos. 2 50N, 111 05E.


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6 February 1923

At sea

Lat 5.14, Long 114.05

  8.00am: Pos. 4 35N, 113 24E.

10.45am: Course 042º.

10.55am: Spoke SS Argonauta.

  6.00pm: Spoke SS Asama Maru.

  8.00pm: Pos. 6 42N, 115 24E.

11.00pm: A/c 066º.


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7 February 1923

At sea to Sandakan

Lat 6.15, Long 118.30

  2.40am: Balabac I. Lt bg 066º.

  3.42am: Same abeam.

  9.13am: Muligi I. bg 129º.

11.09am: Same abeam, 4.5 miles.

     Noon: Taganak [Taganat in log] I. bg 180º.

  1.15pm: Spoke SS Taiyuan.

  3.00pm: Courses to enter Sandakan harbour.

  3.23pm: Anchored. Fired 21 gun salute.


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8 February 1923

Sandakan

Lat 5.82, Long 118.11

  Cleaning, painting and training classes.


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9 February 1923

Sandakan

Lat 5.82, Long 118.11

  Hands employed as requisite.


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10 February 1923

Sandakan

Lat 5.82, Long 118.11

  Cleaning, make and mend.


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11 February 1923

Sandakan

Lat 5.82, Long 118.11

  Sunday routine.


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12 February 1923

Sandakan

Lat 5.82, Long 118.11

  Cleaning, painting etc.


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13 February 1923

Sandakan

Lat 5.82, Long 118.11

  5.03pm: HMS Foxglove sailed [Foxglove has been in Sandakan since the 28th January].


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14 February 1923

Sandakan and at sea for Manila

Lat 6.5, Long 118.25 DR

  6.51am: Weighed and proceeded, NE’ly courses.

  8.00am: Pos. 6 02N, 118 08E.

  9.15am: Baguan I. abeam, a/c 052º.

  8.00pm: Pos. 7 37N, 120 36E.

10.00pm: A/c 027º.


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15 February 1923

At sea

Lat 11.34, Long 121.9 DR

  6.30am: Steering gear failed.

  8.00am: Pos. 10 17N, 121 50E.

  6.55am: LCT [Lower Conning Tower] system connected up, a/c 349º.

11.55am: A/c 344º.

  1.28pm: Changed to local control at steering engine.

  3.08pm: A/c 002º.

  4.00pm: Connected up bridge steering system.

  8.00pm: Pos. 13 17N, 121 39E.

  8.04pm: Malabrigo Lt bg 327º.

  9.37pm: Same abeam, 3 miles.

11.02pm: C Santiago Lt bg 306º.

11.40pm: Spoke SS Khudan [?].


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16 February 1923

At sea to Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

12.23am: Santiago Lt abeam, 5 miles, a/c 329º.

  2.05am: Corregidor I. Lt bg 028º.

  4.23am: Same bg 083º.

  5.00am: Sighted HMS’ Hawkins and Diomede.

  5.58am: Took station astern of Diomede in single line ahead.

  9.33am: US Navy officer boarded.

10.30am: Secured to buoy in Manila harbour.

  3.30pm: Seven ratings joined from RN hospital, Hong Kong. Two ratings joined from HMS Petersfield.


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17 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  Clean ship, make and mend.


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18 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  7.15am: VdeGF Victor Hugo arrived.

  9.00am: HMS Marazion, with HM S/ms L7, L20 and L33 arrived.

  5.00pm: USS Black Hawk sailed.


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19 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  7.30am: HM S/m L20 secured alongside.


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20 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  Hands employed as requisite.


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21 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  Hands employed as requisite.


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22 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  8.00am: Dressed overall, George Washington’s birthday.

10.30am: Lt WH Adcock RN joined for passage to RN hospital, Hong Kong.

     Noon: Fired 21 gun salute.


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23 February 1923

Manila

Lat 14.6, Long 120.94

  9.00am: VdeGF Victor Hugo sailed.


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24 February 1923

Manila and at sea for Hong Kong

Lat 14.37, Long 120.42 DR

  7.30am: HM S/m L20 cast off and proceeded.

  8.35am: HMS Marazion with HM S/ms L7 and L33 sailed.

  9.25am: Slipped and proceeded in company with HMS’ Hawkins, Diomede and Petersfield.

  6.15pm: Stopped port to make good defects.

  6.45pm: Parted company with Hawkins to join Petersfield.

  8.00pm: Pos. 15 28N, 119 29E.

  9.22pm: Engine defects made good.

11.35pm: Petersfield signalled Not Under Control.

11.40pm: Petersfield under control.


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25 February 1923

At sea

Lat 17.54, Long 117.8

  Course 326º or 328º all day.

  8.00am: Pos. 16 57N, 118 27E.

  3.40pm: HMS Petersfield parted company.

  8.00pm: Pos. 19 03N, 116 42E.


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26 February 1923

At sea to Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.34am: Waglan Lt abeam.

11.37am: Secured to No 8 buoy, HK.

  1.30pm: Discharged Lt Adcock and one rating to hospital.

  5.30pm: Lent one Private RMLI to HMS Tamar for canteen duty.

  10.20pm: HMS Petersfield arrived.


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27 February 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.55am: HMS Marazion arrived with HM S/ms L7, L20 and L33.

11.50am: RM Sebastiano Caboto arrived.


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28 February 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: Read Warrant No 7.



LOGS FOR MARCH 1923

[Hong Kong and at sea]


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1 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  9.15am: Control parties close up. Training classes to instruction.

Hands drawing and returning torpedoes and employed as requisite.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Hands employed as in forenoon.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 1.

Weather: Light NE’ly breezes, cloudy, 53º to 61º F.


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2 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: RFA Kharki alongside.

11.00am: Kharki cast off.

  2.00pm: Kharki returned alongside…

  6.00pm: … and cast off.


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3 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  4.30pm: HMS Moorhen arrived.


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4 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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5 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  1.30pm: Lent one rating to HMS Iroquois.

  3.00pm: Portuguese Man of War Patria arrived.


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6 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands drawing stores etc.


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7 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: RM Sebastiano Caboto sailed.

  2.00pm: HMS Moorhen sailed.


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8 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  1.30pm: VdeGF Craonne arrived.


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9 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Embarking stores, training classes etc.


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10 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

11.45am: HMS Bluebell sailed.


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11 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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12 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  2.30am: Commenced ringing fog bell.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RN hospital.

11.00am: HMS’ Diomede, Hollyhock and Petersfield sailed.

12.15pm: HMS Hawkins sailed.

  2.00pm: Slipped and proceeded with tugs to secure inside N arm.

  4.30pm: HMS Moorhen secured alongside.


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13 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: HMS’ Ambrose and Titania shifted berth alongside West wall.

  3.30pm: VdeGF Craonne sailed.

  4.30pm: HMS Hawkins arrived.


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14 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: HMS Durban sailed.

  2.30pm: HMS Diomede arrived.


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15 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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16 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Painting ship, working about boats, training classes etc.


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17 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

11.30am: HMS Durban in.


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18 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: C of E party to HMS Hawkins.


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19 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: USS Asheville sailed.


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20 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HMS Moorhen sailed.

  8.45am: USS Asheville arrived.

  1.30pm: Divers down clearing port propeller and recovering boathook.

  4.00pm: Portuguese gunboat Patria sailed.

  6.10pm: HMS Moth arrived and secured alongside.


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21 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Routine cleaning and painting.


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22 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.30pm: HMS’ Hawkins, Diomede and Durban sailed. Cheered ship for Hawkins.

  1.30pm: RFA Francol sailed.

  3.30pm: USS Helena arrived.


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23 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30pm: HMS Carlisle arrived.


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24 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Routine for Saturday in harbour.


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25 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: C of E church party to HMS Titania..


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26 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: HMS Moth sailed.

10.00am: RFA Kharki alongside with oil.

11.30am: Discharged Lt JS Bethell, RN, to RN hospital.

  1.35pm: Kharki cast off.

  2.00pm: USS Asheville sailed.


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27 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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28 March 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  4.00am: Observed fire on shore.

  5.30am: Fire on shore extinguished.

  3.30pm: Four ratings joined ship for passage to HMS Hollyhock.


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29 March 1923

Hong Kong and at sea for Wei-hai-wei

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.00am: Lt JS Bethell rejoined from hospital.

12.30pm: One rating RMLI rejoined from canteen.

  2.00pm: Four ratings joined ship.

  3.46pm: Slipped and proceeded.

  5.13pm: S Ninepin I. [Ninepins] abeam.

  9.00pm: Chilang Pt Lt [now Zhelang Yan] bg 051º.

10.24pm: Same abeam 10 miles.


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30 March 1923

At sea

Lat 24.04, Long 118.44

  1.08am: Breaker Pt [now Shibeishan Jiao] Lt bg 046º.

  2.00am: Spoke SS Soshu Maru*.

  3.40am: Good Hope Cape [now Biao Jiao] Lt bg 004º, Breaker Pt Lt bg 273º.

  6.14am: Lamock Is Lt bg 049º.

  8.00am: Pos. 23 25.5N, 117 40E.

  8.16am: Brothers Is abeam, 2.6 miles.

10.50am: Chapel I. bg 004º.

11.46am: Same abeam, 13 miles.

  1.10pm: Dodd I. [now Beiding Dao] Lt bg 326º.

  4.43pm: Ocksen I Lt bg 025º.

  5.51pm: Same abeam, 7 miles.

  7.54pm: Turnabout Island Lt bg 011º.

  8.00pm: Pos. 25 15.5N, 119 54.8E.

  8.37pm: Same abeam, 6.2 miles, a/c 031º.

  * Soshu Maru, Osaka Shosen KK, ex Tai-Fu, 1897, 1,679 grt.


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31 March 1923

At sea

Lat 28.36, Long 122.02

12.27am: Tung Yung Lt bg 354º.

  1.23am: Same abeam 8.4 miles.

  6.20am: Pi ki shan bg 352º.

  8.00am: Pos. 27 34.8N, 121 29E.

  1.25pm: Hieshan I. Lt bg 006º.

  2.40pm: Same abeam 8 miles, a/c 018º.

  7.22pm: Tongting Lt abeam 7.1 miles. Steep I. Lt bg 344º.

10.50pm: North Saddle I. Lt bg 307º.

11.45pm: Same abeam 15 miles.



LOGS FOR APRIL 1923

[Wei-hai-wei]


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1 April 1923

At sea

Lat 33.8, Long 123.0 [approx]

  2.00am: Exercised sea boat’s crew.

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  8.00am: Pos. 32 49N, 123 03E.

10.10am: Experienced ENEbyN, force 7 squall for 5 minutes.

11.45am: A/c 010º.

11.50am: A/c 360º.

  3.30pm: Exercised sea boat’s crew.

  8.00pm: A/c 352º.

10.30pm: Mustered sea boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 3.

Weather: SE’ly winds at first, backing NE’ly later, f 2-4, clear skies in the early watches, overcast later, temperatures dropping during the day, 54º F at 4.00am, reaching 42º F by midnight.


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2 April 1923

At sea to Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

12.50am: Spoke SS Chang Ching [?].

  1.00am: SE Promontory Light bg 337º.

  2.45am: NE Promontory Lt bg 001º.

  4.31am: Same abeam 3,7 miles, a/c 326º.

  5.00am: A/c 270º.

  6.50am: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei.

  4.00pm: One rating RMLI lent to canteen.


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3 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Painting, refitting etc.


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4 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed.


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5 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Exercised “Landing every available man".

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

11.30am: Landing parties returned.


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6 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Exercised General Quarters. Hands painting and at training classes.


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7 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.20am: Let go port and veered out one shackle [f 6 from SbyE].

  4.00pm: Weighed port.


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8 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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9 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

     In am: Landed range party. Exercised “prepare to tow aft”.

12.30pm: Raised steam for slow speed [f 6 from SSW].

  6.30pm: Weighed port and let fires down.


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10 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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11 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Training classes, remainder as requisite.

11.30pm: One rating rejoined from Hong Kong.


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12 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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13 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Landed two platoons with small arms.

11.30am: Landing party returned.

11.45am: Returned 800 lbs of potatoes to contractor.


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14 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Saturday. Clean ship, make and mend.


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15 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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16 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Landed range party. Boats away exercising under sail [in almost no wind and a cold drizzle].


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17 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed. Rigged BP target.


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18 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

11.00am: One rating discharged to RNSQ.

  1.30pm: Landed target party.


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19 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed.


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20 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  5.30am: RFA Francol arrived.

11.00am: HMS’ Diomede and Durban arrived.


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21 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.30am: Lent one Signal rating to shore station.

  3.00pm: Three ratings rejoined from shore signal station.

  5.50pm: RFA Nucula arrived. Two ratings rejoined from RN hospital Hong Kong.


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22 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine. Read Articles of War at divisions.


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23 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.30am: One rating discharged to RN hospital.

  4.30pm: One rating discharged to RN hospital.


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24 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.55, Long 122.18 [approx]

  8.50am: Weighed and proceeded to sea by Western entrance.

  9.20am: Carried out sub-calibre practice with HMS’ Diomede and Durban.

11.00am: Diomede and Durban returned to harbour. Carried out independent firing.

11.52am: Course 205º.

  1.27pm: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei.


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25 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Landed target party. Divers away for monthly practice. Embarked 8 tons of coal. Discharged one rating to RNH.


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26 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Dressed ship with masthead flags in honour of the Marriage of HRH Duke of York.

  8.05am: Weighed and proceeded to sea to carry out sub-calibre practice in company with HMS’ Diomede and Durban.

10.15am: Diomede and Durban returned to harbour. Carried out independent firing.

10.47am: Returned to harbour.

11.48am: Anchored. Dressed overall.

     Noon: Fired 21 gun salute.

  7.30pm: Illuminated ship.


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27 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: General drill. Pull round fleet, swing ship with kedge anchor, land one platoon, furl awnings.

  1.30pm: Hands painting and transferring SA ammunition to RFA Francol.


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28 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Harbour Saturday routine.


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29 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

  Sent one reel of 2.5” wire to RFA Francol.

  Discharged one rating to RNSQ.


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30 April 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands getting up ammunition, working about anchors and kedging BP target to RFA Francol.



LOGS FOR MAY 1923

[Wei-hai-wei]


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1 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  4.50am: HM Tug St Breock arrived.

  6.30am: Hands clean ship and prepare for firing.

  8.20am: Shortened in to 2 shackles.

  9.04am: Weighed and proceeded in company with HMS’ Diomede and Durban as requisite for leaving harbour and carrying out full calibre concentration exercise.

10.55am: Exercise complete, course and speed to return to harbour.

11.30am: Spread QD awning.

12.25pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 6.75 fathoms.

Anchor bearings:- B & W beacon bg 358º, Red Lt on Iron pier 062º, Military Pier beacon 086º.

  1.30pm: Hands employed sponging out guns.

  1.45pm: Paid monthly advance.

  2.45pm: Ammunition lighter alongside.

  3.02pm: St Breock and target into harbour.

  3.30pm: Lighter cast off.

  4.30pm: Leave to port watch until 11.30pm.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 3.

Weather: Various light breezes, dry and clear, 48º to 54º F.


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2 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: RFA Francol went alongside HMS Diomede.

     In am: Held Educational Test Part 1. Hands painting mess decks etc. Training classes to instruction.

12.15pm: Francol secured alongside. Commenced oiling.

  3.30pm: Finished oiling, Francol cast off.


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3 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Hands furling awnings and housing davits.

  9.00am: Two ratings joined for passage to HMS Titania.

  6.00pm: Hands darkening ship and preparing for sea.

  7.05pm: HMS Diomede sailed.

  7.25pm: Weighed and proceeded for night encounter exercises.

  8.55pm: Returned to harbour.

  9.29pm: Anchored.


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4 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.55, Long 122.15 [approx]

  7.30am: One rating discharged to RFA Francol for passage to Hong Kong.

  8.33am: Weighed and proceeded to sea for full calibre, HA and torpedo firing with HMS Durban.

  2.03pm: Completed practice and returned to harbour.

  2.50pm: Anchored.

  7.25pm: Weighed and proceeded to sea for night firing practice.

  9.20pm: Returned to harbour.

10.30pm: Anchored.


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5 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: Discharged one rating to RFA Francol for passage to HMS Titania.

  1.30pm: Francol sailed.


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6 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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7 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Dressed overall, Accession Day.

  9.30am: Diving party away examining iron pier under water.

     Noon: Fired 21 gun salute.

10.00pm: Raised steam for slow speed at one hour’s notice.

11.05pm: Dropped starboard anchor with one shackle.

11.59pm: Set anchor watch [SSW f 7 by midnight].


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8 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  3.20am: Fall out anchor watch.

  6.30am: Reverted to 8 hours notice for steam.

  6.45am: Weighed starboard anchor.

  4.15pm: Evening quarters. Read Warrants Nos 10 and 11.


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9 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed.


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10 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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11 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RNSQ.

  1.00pm: HM Tug St Breock sailed.

  5.00pm: One rating lent to shore signal station.

  6.20pm: St Breock returned.

  6.30pm: HMS Durban sailed.


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12 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.15am: HM Tug St Breock sailed.

  9.30am: One rating returned from RNSQ.

  2.00pm: St Breock returned, derelict junk in tow.


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13 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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14 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

     In am: Exercised out bower* anchor. Hands working about boats etc. Training classes etc.

10.00pm: One rating joined to await HMS Durban.

* Presumably the “best bower”, a very heavy reserve anchor kept in the bow.


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15 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.20am: USS Huron passed.

  1.30pm: Discharged one rating to RN Quarters to await HMS Durban.


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16 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Landed RMLI detachment.

11.30am: Marines returned.

  9.15pm: Sent boat with lantern to mark junk sunk in fairway of West channel.


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17 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed.


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18 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: Divers away searching for direction plates of No 6 gun.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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19 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Clean ship. Make and mend.


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20 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  5.15am: OOG boarded SS Kuichow*.

  9.30am: Held divine service.

  * Possibly Kuiechow is intended, China Navigation Co., 1905, 1,992 grt,


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21 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

     In am: Exercised away boats’ crews under oars and relief crews, out fire engine, out kedge anchor.


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22 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RN hospital.


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23 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: Painting down aloft, working about boats etc.

11.30am: Seven American submarines passed, steering NNW.


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24 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Dressed overall, Empire Day.

     In pm: Make and mend.


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25 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Review party, 64 men, Marine detachment and band, landed for exercise.

11.30am: Party returned.


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26 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Dressed overall for the birthday of HM the Queen.

     Noon: Fired 21 gun salute.


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27 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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28 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  1.30pm: Landed funeral party for the late George Henry Carter, Stoker 1c, K56465, who died on the 26th May in RNSQ after illness.


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29 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed.


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30 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: Weighed and proceeded to shift berth.

  9.20am: Anchored.

10.45am: Piped down. Commenced sale of effects of the late Stoker Carter*.

  3.30pm: HMS Ambrose with HM S/ms L4, L7 and L19 arrived.

10.30pm: HM Submarine L5 arrived.

* The custom of the service. Proceeds were sent to the next of kin and bids could be very high for the effects of a popular shipmate.


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31 May 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HM Tug St Breock sailed.

  8.30am: Sent MO to SS Paoting [Pao Ting in log].

  8.45am: Landed review party.

11.30am: Party returned.

11.45am: HMS Hawkins and St Breock in.

  4.30pm: Two ratings joined from Hawkins.

11.00pm: RFA Ruthenia arrived.



LOGS FOR JUNE 1923

[Wei-hai-wei]


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1 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Clean ship and boats.

  9.00am: Review party mustered for inspection, remainder employed as requisite.

  9.30am: HMS Durban in.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Hands painting mess decks and working on Patt. VI target.

  4.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 11.30pm.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew, closed B & C doors.

  Sick list: 3.

Weather: Light airs, dry and clear, 60º to 68º F.


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2 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: HMS Hawkins out for firing practice.

  8.00am: Dressed ship overall in honour of HM the King's Birthday*.

  8.30am: Landed review party.

11.30am: Review party returned.

  1.00pm: Hawkins in.

  * The birthday is actually on the 3rd, but that falls on a Sunday and the Navy does not dress ship on Sundays.


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3 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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Above eight pages blanks and covers.



LOG BOOK – 4th JUNE 1923 TO 24th MAY 1924


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Blue front cover of logbook, 4th June 1923 TO 24th May 1924.

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Above five pages blanks and covers.


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LOG

of

HMS Despatch

Commanded by Captain RC Hamilton RN

From 4th June 1922 to 24th May 1923


Tonnage: 4,765.

Length: 472’ 8”

Breadth: 46’ 7”.


Engines by Fairfield Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd

Shaft IHP: Forced draught 40,000.

Brown Curtis type geared turbines, installed November 1919.


Boilers: Fairfield Engineering.

Yarrow improved type, oil burning.

Made June 1919, fitted July 1919.


Propellers: J Stone & Co, three bladed solid manganese bronze, no defects.

Page signed by Captain Hamilton.


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Instructions for logkeepers.

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Specification page.


Establishment:

Officers 28.

Seamen 160.

Boys 30 (+10).

Marines 43.

Engine room 105.

Others 49.

Total 426.


Instruments:

Barometer: Mercurial S & A Calderara A/2039, 13’ asl.

Air Thermometers: Mounted on fore bridge, screened.

Negretti & Zambra 26390 and 26391.

Sea thermometer: TE Thompson.

Standard compass on manoeuvring platform, on centre line, 131’ from stem head.


Armament:

6 x 6” Mk XII on CP Mk XIV mounting.

2 x 4” QF Mk V on HA Mk III mounting.

2 x 2 pdr pom-poms on HA Mk II mounting.

12 x 21” torpedoes IV* R. 4 x 21” tubes TR I.


Boats:

1 x 30’ motor boat.

2 x 30’ drop keel cutters.

2 x 27’ Montague whalers.

1 x 30’ drop keel gig.

2 x 16’ skiffs.

1 x 10’ balsa raft.

2 x Carley floats Patt. 17.

4 x Carley floats Patt. 19.


Miscellaneous:

Draught for’d 17’ 1”, aft 16’ 11”.

Fuel oil carried. 1,064.5 tons.

Water: for boilers 74 tons, drinking, 55 tons.


Page signed by the Captain and by EC Wrey Navigating Officer.


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4 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: HMS Hawkins sailed for firing exercises.

  9.35pm: Hawkins in.


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5 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Landed range parties, remainder as requisite.


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6 June 1923

[6 May in log]

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Landed range parties, remainder painting, refitting, training classes etc.

12.10pm: Starboard lower boom carried away. Hands working on same.


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7 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  2.10am: Dropped starboard anchor, set anchor watch.

  4.00am: Anchor watch fall out.

  6.40am: Weighed starboard.

11.20am: OOG boarded SS Huichow [Hui Chow in log]. Embarked one box of ordnance stores for HMS Ambrose.


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8 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.00am: Disembarked stores for HMS Ambrose.


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9 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Clean ship, make and mend.


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10 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

10.00pm: Set anchor watch.


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11 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  3.00am: Experienced heavy squall from SWbyS, accompanied by thunder and heavy rain.

  6.45am: Anchor watch fall out.

  8.00am: HM Tug St Breock sailed with BP target.

  8.40am: HM S/m L4 and HMS Hawkins sailed.

  9.30am: HM S/m L5 sailed.

11.30am: Hawkins and L5 in.

12.45pm: HM S/m L7 in with St Breock and target.

  1.45pm: L4 in.


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12 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: HMS Hawkins with HM Submarines L4, L7 and L19 sailed. Hands employed as requisite, divers carried out deep water practice, training classes etc.

11.30am: Hawkins and submarines returned.

  2.00pm: One rating returned from RNSQ.


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13 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Landed RMLI detachment.

11.30am: Marines returned.

  4.12pm: Weighed and proceeded to sea to act as target ship for HMS Hawkins’ throw-off firing.

  5.45pm: Practice complete.

  6.21pm: Anchored, North of Chao Pei Tsui Lt.

  8.00pm: Weighed and proceeded for night encounter exercise.

  9.35pm: Exercise complete. Anchored as before in 16 fathoms.


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14 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.09am: Weighed and proceeded to act as target for HMS Hawkins full calibre throw-off firing.

10.12am: Returned to harbour.

11.58am: Anchored, Wei-hai-wei harbour.

  1.30pm: HM S/ms L4, L5 and L19 in.


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15 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Half-masted colours in honour of the late HRH Princess Christian*.

  8.30am: HMS Hawkins sailed.

  9.00am: HM S/ms L4, L5, L7 and L19 sailed.

11.00am: Hawkins and submarines returned.

  * On the date of her funeral.


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16 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.45am: RFA Nucula alongside to oil ship.

10.45am: Received 350 tons, Nucula cast off.


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17 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

10.30pm: Set anchor watch [SW f 5].


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18 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  4.35am: Anchor watch fall out.

  8.30am: HM S/ms L4, L7, L5 and L19 sailed.

11.30am: HMS’ St Breock and Hawkins sailed.

  4.30pm: L5, L7, L4 and St Breock returned.


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19 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

 6.30am: Rang fog bell [F4].

  8.30am: Hands ranging and surveying cable etc.

  2.00pm: HMS St Breock arrived.


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20 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: RFA Nucula sailed.

  8.30am: HMS St Breock and HM S/ms L5 and L7 sailed.


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21 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  3.00am: Rang fog bell [F4, remaining very thick up to 9.00am].


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22 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Dressed overall, Coronation Day. Landed RMLI detachment.

  9.30am: HM S/ms L4 and L19 sailed.

     Noon: Fired 21 gun salute.

12.30pm: HMS Marazion arrived with HM Tug St Breock, L4 and L19.


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23 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Clean ship etc.


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24 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

  5.30pm: RFA Francol arrived.


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25 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.45am: HMS Marazion went alongside pier.

  7.00am: Training class .303 AR practice at Patt C target.

  8.30am: HM S/m L7 sailed.

  9.00am: Hands employed heaving HMS Durban’s stern closer to ours for exercise.

  2.00pm: L7 returned.

  3.30pm: Marazion shifted to No 2 buoy.


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26 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.19am: Weighed and proceeded to sea. Training classes exercise out paravanes, sub-calibre firing, pom-poms.

11.24am: In paravanes, returned to harbour.

12.05pm: Anchored.

12.30pm: HM S/m L5 and HM Tug St Breock arrived.


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27 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: HMS Marazion with HM S/ms L4, L5, L7 and L19 sailed.

  9.25am: RFA Ruthenia secured alongside, carrying away port propeller boom in so doing. Hands embarking stores and surveying cables.

12.30pm: L5 and L19 returned.

  3.30pm: Marazion, L4 and L7 returned.

  3.50pm: Ruthenia cast off to anchor.


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28 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: HMS Marazion with HM S/ms L4, L5, L7 and L19 sailed.

  9.30am: Hands stowing cable, painting mess decks and working about boats. TCs at instruction.

12.30pm: Marazion and four S/ms returned.

  2.00pm: HMS St Breock in.

  6.00pm: Hands to bathe.


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29 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  5.00am: HMS Carlisle arrived.

  8.30am: HMS’ Petersfield and Hollyhock arrived.

  1.30pm: Hands returning stores to RFA Ruthenia.


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30 June 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

11.00am: Two ratings rejoined from RNSQ.

  6.30pm: HMS Hawkins in flying flag of C-in-C.

  7.00pm: HMS Petersfield sailed.



LOGS FOR JULY 1923

[Wei-hai-wei]


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1 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Hands clean ship and boats.

  8.30am: Discharged one rating to RN canteen. One rating rejoined from same.

10.00am: Held Divine Service.

  1.30pm: Leave to port watch till 9.30pm, POs and CPOs until 10.00pm, Boys till 6.30pm.

  4.30pm: Hands mustered at quarters.

  5.00pm: Hands to bathe.

  8.30pm: Closed B & C doors, mustered night boat’s crews.

Weather: Various breezes, f 2 at times, dry, some cloud, 62º to 78º F.


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2 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: One rating discharged to RN Depôt for RN canteen.

  9.30am: General drill. Exercised furl awnings, out bower anchor, all ships laying out anchors on starboard side of Despatch. Send Marines to HMS Durban.

12.30pm: Hands replacing gear and weighing anchors.


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3 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Lent one rating to shore signal station.

  9.30am: Hands painting ship, fitting side screens, drawing stores etc.

10.00am: Discharged one rating to to RN hospital.

10.30am: HMS Marazion with HM S/ms L4 and L19 sailed.

11.00am: Two ratings rejoined from shore signal station.

12.30pm: HM S/m L7 sailed.

  5.00pm: HMS Titania with HM S/ms L33, L4, L19 and HMS Marazion with HM S/m L7 arrived.


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4 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Landed RMLI detachment.

11.30am: Marines returned.

  1.30pm: Two whalers and galley competing in sailing race.


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5 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands painting mess decks, landed range party.

  5.00pm: One rating joined from HMS Carlisle.


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6 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  5.00am: HMS Petersfield went alongside Iron Pier.

  6.00am: HMS St Breock sailed.

  8.30am: HMS Marazion sailed flying flag of C-in-C, with HMS Carlisle and HM S/ms L4, L5, L7 and L19.

11.30am: L4 returned, flying flag of C-in-C.

  3.30pm: Petersfield shifted to No 2 buoy.

  4.00pm: Carlisle returned, with L9 [probably L5 is intended] and L19.

  7.00pm: L7 and Marazion returned.


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7 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Harbour Saturday. Clean ship, make and mend.


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8 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.15am: Muster by the open list.

10.00am: Divine service.


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9 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.10am: HMS St Breock sailed with Patt. VI target.

  8.30am: HMS Carlisle sailed.

  9.30am: General drill. Let go starboard anchor, weighed port, veered to 5 shackles on starboard.

10.35am: C-in-C came onboard. Hoisted his flag.

11.35am: Struck flag, C-in-C left.

  2.10pm: C-in-C came on board to inspect ER department, hoisted his flag.

  5.30pm: Struck flag, C-in-C left. HMS Hawkins left.


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10 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: HMS Hawkins arrived. HM S/ms L5, L7 and L4 sailed.

  8.30am: Landed RMLI detachment.

  8.50am: Landed every available man.

  9.00am: HMS Hollyhock and HM S/ms L15 and L33 sailed.

  9.50am: C-in-C came on board to inspect ship. Hoisted flag.

11.00am: Hands returned to ship.

11.10am: Struck flag, C-in-C left.

11.45am: Marines returned.

12.30pm: HMS Marazion arrived with HM S/ms L4, L7 and L5.

  2.20pm: Hoisted flag, C-in-C came on board and inspected bags and hammocks.

  2.00pm: HM S/ms L15 and L33 arrived.

  3.35pm: Struck flag.


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11 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HMS Hollyhock arrived and went alongside Iron Pier.

  9.00am: HMS Carlisle arrived.

10.05am: C-in-C on board. Hoisted flag. Muster by the ledger.

11.07am: C-in-C left, struck flag.

12.30pm: HMS Petersfield shifted berth to No 3 buoy.

  2.00pm: Two whalers, two cutters and galley away sailing in weekly race.

  4.30pm: Hollyhock secured to No 2 buoy.


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12 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: HMS Marazion sailed, with HM S/ms L19, L15, and L33.

  9.30am: C-in-C came on board and inspected ship's company at stations.

11.00am: C-in-C left.

  1.00pm: Marazion and L19 in.

  2.30pm: L15 and L33 in.

  3.00pm: Marine detachment inspected by Fleet Marine officer.


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13 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HMS Marazion went alongside Iron Pier.

  9.40am: Discharged one rating to rifle range.

10.00am: Marazion shifted berth to No 1 buoy.

11.00am: One rating rejoined from RN hospital.

  1.30pm: Boats’ crews away sailing.


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14 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Clean ship etc.


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15 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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16 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.30am: Seamen, Marines and Stokers’ boat crews exercising manoeuvres under oars.


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17 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Painting ship, training classes etc.


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18 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Painting ship, training classes etc.


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19 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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20 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: HMS Durban sailed.

12.30pm: Durban returned.


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21 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Harbour Saturday, clean ship, make and mend.


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22 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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23 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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24 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Landed party for rifle meeting.


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25 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: Landed party for rifle meeting.


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26 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.10am: HMS Hollyhock secured alongside HMS Durban.

  7.30am: HMS Petersfield went alongside HMS Ambrose.

  8.10am: HM S/ms L15 and L33 sailed.

10.30am: L15 and L33 returned.


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27 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HMS Hollyhock shifted to No 2 buoy.


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28 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: HMS Petersfield shifted berth alongside HMS Ambrose.

  1.30pm: Leave to dance party till 11.00pm.


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29 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

10.00am: Discharged one rating to to RNSQ.

10.30am: HMS Petersfield shifted berth to anchor.


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30 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.55, Long 122.2

  8.00am: HMS Marazion sailed with HM S/ms L7, L15 and L33.

  9.10am: Weighed and proceeded for sub-calibre firing.

10.35am: Exercised with submarines.

12.13pm: Returned to harbour.

12.58pm: Anchored.

  3.00pm: HMS Carlisle, Marazion and S/ms L4, L5, L7, L15 and L33 arrived.


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31 July 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: HMS Petersfield sailed.

  8.40am: Hoisted C-in-C’s flag, Weighed and proceeded. Carried out C-in-C’s firing.

10.18am: Practice complete. Closed target.

10.45am: Course 210º.

11.40am: Anchored.

  1.00pm: HMS’ Petersfield and Hawkins arrived.

  1.30pm: Struck C-in-C’s flag.

     In pm: Experienced very heavy rain squalls.



LOGS FOR AUGUST 1923

[Wei-hai-wei and Shanghai]


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1 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Clean ship and spread awnings.

  8.00am: HMS’ Hawkins and Marazion sailed with HM S/ms L7, L15 and L33.

11.00am: Hawkins returned.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Hands employed as in forenoon.

  4.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9.30pm, POs and CPOs till 10.00pm.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 4.

Weather: Various light breezes, overcast at first, clear later, temperatures in the 70ºs F.


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2 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: HM Tug St Breock sailed with BP target.

  8.00am: HMS Durban (flag), HMS Marazion and HM S/ms L4, L5, L19 and L33 sailed.

  9.30am: Discharged one court martial prisoner to HMS Hawkins.

10.05am: Weighed and proceeded to shift berth. Anchored.

12.30pm: Durban (flag) and L15 returned.

  2.00pm: Hawkins out, L19 in.

  3.30pm: Hawkins, L4, L5 and L19 returned.

  6.03pm: Weighed and proceeded for leaving harbour and lying to.

  7.15pm: Darkened ship.

  7.35pm: Night action stations, carried out reduced charge full calibre firing.

  8.28pm: Practice complete, took station astern of target while Hawkins and HMS Carlisle carried out practice.

10.12pm: Practice complete. Returned to harbour.

11.54pm: Anchored in harbour.


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3 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: HMS’ Hawkins and Carlisle in.

  8.00am: Fired Court Martial gun and hoisted Jack*.

  8.30am: HMS St Breock in with BP target.

10.00am: Court martial assembled.

11.30am: Discharged one rating to RNSQ.

  2.30pm: Court dissolved.

  * A single gun (known as the Rogue’s Salute) and the Union Jack at the main, announces the convening of a court martial.


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4 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Half-masted colours and American ensign, in honour of the late President of the USA [Warren Harding].

  7.30pm: One rating rejoined from rifle range.


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5 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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6 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Exercised boats’ crews at pulling round the fleet.


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7 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: HM S/ms L4, L5, L7, L15, L19 and L33 sailed.

  2.30pm: Coal lighter secured alongside, embarked 9 tons of coal.

  4.15pm: Submarine flotilla returned.


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8 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands variously employed.


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9 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00pm: HM S/ms L4 and L15 sailed.


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10 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Half-masted colours and USA ensign in honour of the late President Harding’s funeral.

11.30am: HMS Marazion sailed.


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11 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Clean ship, make and mend.


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12 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

  9.00pm: Raised steam for slow speed [SE’ly winds f 4-5 and heavy rain].


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13 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

12.30am: Set anchor watch [SE’ly winds up to f 6 in the middle watch, with heavy rain, veering into the NW and abating as the day goes on].

  7.30am: Fall out anchor watch.

     In pm: Prepared to secure stern to HMS Carlisle


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14 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.30am: Hands getting out stream anchor, to be laid by HMS St Breock.

  9.00am: Held Squadron Regatta.

  6.00pm: Lent one rating to HMS Carlisle and sent working party to RFA Nucula.

  9.00pm: Weighed stream anchor.

11.30pm: Sent relief working party to Nucula.


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15 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  4.00am: Working party returned from RFA Nucula.

  6.00am: Let go stream anchor.

  9.30am: Squadron Regatta.

  9.45am: VdeGF Colmar arrived.

  6.30pm: Discharged one rating to HMS Ambrose and one rating to HMS Durban.


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16 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  6.00am: HMS Petersfield shifted to iron pier.

10.00am: HMS Durban sailed…

11.00am: … and returned.

  12.45pm: Durban left again.

  1.30pm: One rating discharged to HMS Hawkins and one joined from same.


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17 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: RFA Francol secured alongside.

  9.00am: HMS’ Carlisle and Hawkins sailed.

10.50am: HMS Tug St Breock secured alongside. Weighed and shifted berth.

11.10am: Anchored. St Breock and Francol cast off.

  5.30pm: Hawkins and Carlisle returned.

  7.00pm: VdeGF Colmar sailed.


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18 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  9.00am: 1st & 2nd cutters away sweeping for steam cutter lost by HMS Hawkins*.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RNSQ and three ratings rejoined from same.

*This broke adrift during the strong winds on the 13th August.


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19 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.

  5.00pm: One rating rejoined ship from HMS Carlisle, one rating rejoined from Signal Station and three ratings joined for passage to Shanghai.


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20 August 1923

Wei-hai-wei and at sea for Shanghai

Lat 36.84, Long 122.71

  7.00am: Weighed and proceeded to sea.

10.45am: Commenced sounding, encountered banks of fog.

11.30am: A/c 179º.


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21 August 1923

At sea

Lat 31.15, Long 122.35 [approx]

  9.00am: A/c 208º.

11.31am: Amherst Rocks* bg 200º.

     Noon: Same abeam, 1.5 miles.

  1.15pm: Fairway Bell buoy abeam.

  2.03pm: Tungsha LV abeam.

  3.54pm: Blockhouse buoy abeam, a/c to proceed up Whangpoo river.

  6.02pm: Anchored off China Navigation Co’s wharf, turned around anchor and proceeded to USA men-o-war buoys**.

  6.30pm: Secured fore and aft. General leave to port watch to Noon, 26th August.

  * a dangerous ledge of partially submerged rock in about 31 10N, 122 23E.

  ** The Whangpoo is still strongly tidal at Shanghai, so Despatch anchors, uses the flood tide to turn her to face downstream and can then approach her moorings safely stemming the tide.


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22 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  Hands employed painting, rigging gangway staging, guest warp* etc. Discharged three ratings to HMS Cricket [W/T ratings, vide her log].

  * A line hanging down from a boom for boats to moor to when visiting.


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23 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  4.30pm: Raised steam for slow speed [Northerly winds up to f 6, with rain squalls, glass falling slowly].


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24 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  Winds continuing strong Northerlies throughout the morning, f 7 at times, dying away during the afternoon.

  3.30pm: Took off anchor watch.


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25 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  Saturday in harbour, clean ship, make and mend.

11.30pm: Observed oil fuel passing ship.


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26 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

12.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.00am 31st August.

11.35pm: Observed fire ashore.


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27 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

11.00am: Paraded guard in honour of visit of HBM Consul-General [at this time Sidney Barton].

  1.00pm: VdeGF Altair [Altaire in log] sailed.

  2.30pm: 35 ratings and one Marine joined for passage. One Marine joined ship.


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28 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  4.00pm: RM Calabria arrived.


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29 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  9.30am: Party working on board HMS Cricket.

  4.30pm: Two ratings discharged for passage to HMS Titania.


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30 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  1.30pm: Party working on board HMS Cricket.

  7.00pm: Observed fire on shore.


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31 August 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  9.30am: Party working on board HMS Cricket.

  8.30pm: Observed fire on shore.



LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1923

[Shanghai, Yokohama for earthquake relief, Kobe and Nagasaki]


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1 September 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  6.30am: Clean ship, boats etc.

  9.30am: Party to HMS Cricket.

11.00am: VdeGF Craonne proceeded to dock.

11.30am: Paid monthly advance.

  1.30pm: Make and mend. Leave to port watch till 11.00pm.

  4.15pm: Quarters.

  8.30pm: Closed B & C doors, mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 3.

Weather: NE breezes f 1-2 with rain at times, 78º to 80º F.


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2 September 1923

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  6.15am: Slipped from stern buoy and turned ship on bow buoy, securing stern to upper British buoy.

  8.30am: Hands stowing hawsers and striking down fresh meat.

  9.30am: Landed church parties etc.


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3 September 1923

Shanghai and at sea for Yokohama

Lat 30.98, Long 122.56

  5.27am: Slipped aft, turned ship on upper buoy and proceeded down river.

  8.20am: Passed Blockhouse buoy, course 121º.

  8.40am: Passed SE Knoll buoy, Middle Ground buoy, Kintoan LV, Tungsha LV, Shoaling wreck buoy.

10.32am: Fairway Bell Buoy abeam, set course 089º.

12.23pm: N Saddle Lt abeam 6.5 miles.


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4 September 1923

At sea

Lat 31.0, Long 126.9 [approx]

  2.50pm: Commenced working up to 24 knots.

  3.55pm: Sato no Misaki Pt bg 079º.

  4.57pm: Same abeam 2.8 miles. Course 062º.


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5 September 1923

At sea to Yokohama

Lat 35.1, Long 139.65 [approx]

  3.40am: Shio Misaki [Shiono Misaki] Lt bg 009º.

  3.48am: O Shima Lt bg 012º.

10.30am: Mikomoto Jima Lt bg 030º.

11.13am: Fired salute to Japanese Admiral in HIJMS Nagato.

12.35pm: Tsurugi Saki Lt bg 037º.

  2.27pm: Anchored, Yokohama.

  2.44pm: Weighed and proceeded to shift berth. Anchored. Fired 21 gun salute in honour of Japanese flag.

  7.00pm: US destroyer flotilla arrived, USS’ Whipple, Smith Thompson, Barker, Tracy [Tracey in log] and Johnson*.

  *Not a destroyer name.


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6 September 1923

Yokohoma

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  5.30am: USS’ Stewart and Smith Thompson sailed

  8.30am: Landed working party and sent diving party to RMS Empress of Australia.

12.30pm: USS Whipple arrived.

  1.30pm: Hands employed painting ship, transporting refugees and as requisite.

  9.00pm: Landed stretcher party.

10.30pm: Stretcher party returned.


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7 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  6.30am: VdeGF Colmar arrived.

  9.00am: Landed burying party. Diving party employed working on RMS Empress of Australia.

12.30pm: USS Huron arrived flying flag of C-in-C Asiatic Squadron [at this time VA Edwin Anderson Jr].

  1.00pm: USS Stewart arrived.

  5.00pm: Burying and working parties returned.


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8 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  8.30am: Diving party working on RMS Empress of Australia.

  9.00am: Landed search and working parties.


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9 September 1923

Yokohama and Bay of Tokio

Lat 35.1, Long 139.65 [approx]

  6.00am: USS’ Preston* [Priston in log], Whoa [probably Noa is intended], Hulbert and Preble arrived. HIJMS Ise arrived.

10.15am: Weighed and proceeded.

12.30pm: Stopped, sent in cutter and whaler with working parties (22 hands) to Kamakura.

12.35pm: Proceeded.

  1.03pm: Anchored off Western extremity of Yino Shima bg 270º. Landed working party of eight hands.

  1.52pm: Weighed and proceeded.

  2.34pm: Anchored off Oiso. Landed party of eight hands.

  4.49pm: Weighed and proceeded.

  5.30pm: Stopped, sent in cutter and whaler. All boats and working parties returned with refugees.

  6.01pm: Anchored off Kamakura.

11.00pm: All boats and crew returned with refugees.

* There was a USS Preston (DD-327), but she appears to have served with the Atlantic Fleet and I think that this is more likely to be the USS William B Preston (DD-344).


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10 September 1923

Bay of Tokio and Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  6.15am: Weighed and proceeded for Aburatsubo.

  7.15am: Anchored.

  8.22am: Weighed and proceeded.

  8.40am: Sighted HMS Hawkins (C-in-C flag). Took station astern.

11.13am: Anchored, Yokohama. Seven ratings rejoined from Hawkins.

12.15am: USS Black Hawk arrived.

  2.40pm: Black Hawk sailed.

  3.00pm: Discharged one Marine bandsman to Hawkins. Received 2,000 lbs of flour and 453 lbs of rice from Hawkins.


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11 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  9.00am: Landed working party of 13 hands for safe breaking.

10.00am: RM Calabria sailed.

  9.30am: Watered SS Serapeum alongside.

12.15pm: Serapeum cast off.

12.30pm: Four ratings rejoined from SS Andre Lebon.


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12 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  8.30am: Landed working party of 61 hands for safe breaking.

  9.30am: USS Whipple sailed…

11.00am: … and returned.

  4.15pm: Read Warrants Nos 12 and 13.


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13 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  8.30am: Landed working party of 65 hands for safe breaking and salving private property.

10.30am: RM Calabria arrived and VdeGF Algol sailed.

11.50am: RFA Francol arrived and secured alongside.

  1.30pm: Landed working party of 16 hands for safe breaking.

  5.45pm: Received 837 tons fuel oil, Francol cast off.


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14 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  6.30am: HIJMS Nisshin sailed.

  7.30am: HIJMS Yamashiro arrived

  8.00am: Landed working party of 46 hands to open safes and cremate human remains.

  8.05am: HIJMS Ise shifted berth nearer harbour.

  1.30pm: Landed working party of 43 hands to salve war memorial bronzes and gates.

  2.00pm: RFA Francol left.

  5.30pm: Working parties returned.


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15 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  9.30am: VdeGF Colmar sailed

  1.00pm: HIJMS Karasaki sailed.

  1.30pm: USS IJ Merritt arrived.

  SE’ly winds freshening to f 5-6 by midnight.


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16 September 1923

Yokohama

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

  Strong Southerly winds, f7 at times, decreasing f 5 during the forenoon.

  7.00am: Took off anchor watch.

  5.00pm: Divers down clearing port propeller.


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17 September 1923

Yokohama and at sea

Lat 35.46, Long 139.67

10.30am: Lieutenants Keith [possibly WB Keith] and Eccles [probably JAS Eccles], RN, left ship.

  1.30pm: Discharged two ratings to HMS Hawkins. One rating and Act. S/Lt Viscount Dunwich joined ship for passage to SS Mantua.

  5.00pm: Weighed and proceeded for Kobe.

  8.13pm: Oshima Lt abeam.

10.08pm: Mikimoto bg 035º.


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18 September 1923

At sea to Kobe

Lat 33.79, Long 135.09

  8.27am: Shio Misaki Lt abeam.

12.19pm: Hino Misaki abeam, a/c 355º.

  3.54pm: Anchored off Kobe.


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19 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  8.30am: Instructor Lt Ramsey [or possibly Rumsey] and two ratings joined ship.

11.10am: HMS Durban sailed.

11.30am: Weighed and proceeded into harbour and secured to No 8 buoy.

  1.45pm: Paraded guard to receive Captain commanding US Destroyer Division.


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20 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  7.00am: HIJMS Sakura arrived.

  Hands variously employed.


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21 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  9.00am: USS General Alava [Alava in log] sailed

11.30am: USS Hulbert sailed.

11.45am: Took in coal from lighter.


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22 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  3.30pm: Japanese Light Cruiser Squadron sailed.

  4.15pm: USS William B Preston arrived.

  6.00pm: Discharged one rating to International hospital.

  7.00pm: Observed fire on shore.


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23 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  3.00am: RFA Francol arrived.

  8.00am: USS Transport IJ Merritt arrived.

10.00am: Landed RC and Non-conformist church parties.

11.45pm: Observed fire on shore.


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24 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  5.30am: USS’ Preble and Pruitt sailed

  8.45am: RFA Francol secured alongside. Received 208 tons oil fuel.

11.00am: VdeGF Colmar sailed.

11.30pm: S/Lt Viscount Dunwich left ship.


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25 September 1923

Kobe

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  6.30am: US Transport IJ Merritt sailed.

  7.00am: Discharged two ratings to SS Mantua for passage to England.

  9.00am: RFA Francol cast off.

  1.00pm: HIJMS Settsu arrived

  5.25pm: HMS Ambrose arrived.

  6.30pm: HMS Hawkins arrived

  8.30pm: Discharged 35 ratings to Hawkins for ships in squadron.


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26 September 1923

Kobe and at sea for Nagasaki

Lat 34.67, Long 135.2

  6.30am: HMS Hawkins sailed.

10.30am: RFA Francol sailed.

  1.05pm: Slipped and proceeded to pass through the Inland sea.

  5.17pm: Anchored.

  9.30pm: Three Japanese warships passed.

  On this and the following two days, the log names a number of waypoints on passage through the Inland Sea that can’t be reconciled (by me) with modern place names.


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27 September 1923

At sea

Lat 34.25, Long 133.45

  8.56am: Weighed and proceeded.

  9.25am: Passed HIJMS submarines 23 and 36.

  1.42pm: Courses to pass through Kurushima Kaikyo.

  4.56pm: Anchored.


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28 September 1923

At sea

Lat 33.79, Long 131.59

  6.45am: Raised steam and set anchor watch.

  8.56am: Weighed and proceeded out of harbour.

10.08am: After condenser leaking. Stopped port engine and increased speed on starboard.

  1.39pm: Proceeded on both engines.

  2.23pm: Passing through Shimonoseki Straits [Shimonoseki Kaikyo]

  4.35pm: Swung for compasses.


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29 September 1923

At sea to Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  6.18am: Courses to enter harbour.

  7.00am: Secured alongside RFA Nucula. Commenced taking in oil fuel (120 tons).

  7.30am: USS Abarenda arrived

  9.40am: Secured to No 5 buoy.

10.00am: HBM Consul visited.


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30 September 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Sunday routine.



LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1923

[Nagasaki, Amoy, Hong Kong]


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1 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

12.30am: Francol arrived.

  6.30am: Clean ship and boats.

  8.30am: Hands working about stores, turning projectiles and as requisite. Training classes to instruction.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Leave to port watch till 7.00am.

  8.30pm: Closed B and C doors, mustered night boat’s crews.

  Sick list: 0.

Weather: Light Northerly breezes, cloudy with mist and rain throughout the day, temperatures in the 70ºs F.


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2 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Hands employed as requisite.


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3 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  3.30pm: USAT Grant arrived.

  4.30pm: USS Sicard sailed.


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4 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Hands variously employed.


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5 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Hands rigging aeroplane derrick.

12.30pm: HIJMS Tone arrived

  4.30pm: HMS Foxglove arrived

  5.00pm: USAT Grant sailed.


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6 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  7.00am: HIJMS Tone sailed.

  9.30am: HMS Foxglove sailed.


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7 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Sunday routine.

  7.00am: VdeGF Colmar arrived.


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8 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Hands employed as requisite.


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9 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  8.30am: VdeGF Algol arrived.


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10 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  8.30am: Two Japanese cruisers sailed.

  3.30pm: Two Japanese cruisers arrived.


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11 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  8.30am: Two Japanese cruisers sailed.

  8.45am: HMS Ambrose arrived.

12.30pm: Ambrose shifted berth to No 4 buoy.


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12 October 1923

Nagasaki

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

  Two ratings joined for passage to HMS Tamar.


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13 October 1923

Nagasaki and at sea

Lat 32.74, Long 129.86

10.00am: One SBPO joined from HMS Durban. Lt/Cdr Wardlaw-Ramsay joined for passage to Hong Kong.

  2.00pm: Discharged one rating to HMS Ambrose.

  4.37pm: Slipped and proceeded to sea, Westerly courses.


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14 October 1923

At sea

Lat 30.0, Long 125.54

  Course 226º all day, speed 13-14 knots.


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15 October 1923

At sea

Lat 26.77, Long 121.19

  SW’ly courses all day, 13 knots.

  2.55pm: Tung Yung Lt abeam, 6 miles, a/c 208º.

  8.10pm: Turnabout I. Lt abeam, a/c 225º.

11.21pm: Ocksen Lt abeam, a/c 235º.


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16 October 1923

At sea to Amoy [now Xiamen]

Lat 24.48, Long 118.1

12.10am: Passed and spoke SS Doricstar [Doric Star in log]

  2.52am: Dodd I. Lt bg 250º.

  4.16am: Same abeam, 5.5 miles. Chapel I. Lt bg 236º.

  6.08am: Passed HMS Hollyhock.

  6.45am: Anchored off Amoy.


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17 October 1923

Amoy

Lat 24.48, Long 118.1

  Read Articles of War at divisions.


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18 October 1923

Amoy

Lat 24.48, Long 118.1

  7.00am: Three divisions of USS TBDs arrived.

  9.30am: Paraded guard for US Captain commanding TBDs.

  2.00pm: Landed patrol.


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19 October 1923

Amoy and at sea

Lat 24.48, Long 118.1

  7.30am: US TBDs sailed for exercise.

  9.20am: Weighed and proceeded to sea.

11.35am: Passed US TBDs.

  6.28pm: Good Hope Cape bg 285º.

  9.15pm: Spoke SS Caledonia [?].

10.40pm: Spoke SS Hupeh.

11.30pm: Spoke SS Yingchow [Ying Chow in log].

11.47pm: Chilang Lt bg 266º.


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20 October 1923

At sea to Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  1.07am: Chilang Pt abeam, 5.8 miles, a/c 252º.

  4.40am: Waglan Lt bg 252º.

  7.04am: Secured to No 8 buoy, HK.

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to shore and one to HMS Tamar. Discharged Lt/Cdr Wardlaw-Ramsay to RN hospital.

  1.30pm: Discharged one Marine to Canteen for duty.


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21 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: USS Asheville arrived.

  9.30am: HM S/ms L8 and L20 arrived.

10.30am: HMS Titania with HM S/ms L4, L5, L9, L15, L19 and L33 arrived.

11.00am: Lieutenant H Rogers RN joined ship.

  1.45pm: One rating rejoined from Titania.


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22 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite. Five ratings discharged to RN hospital.


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23 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: HMS Bluebell shifted berth to No 13 buoy.

  8.55am: HMS Diomede undocked and secured alongside N. wall.

  9.30am: Hands returning ammunition empties etc.


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24 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.15am: Landed Marine detachment.

  8.10am: Marines returned.

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to RN hospital.


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25 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands rigged aeroplane derrick and took in 9 tons of coal from lighter.


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26 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands variously employed.


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27 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.50am: HMS Cicala arrived.


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28 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  Discharged four ratings to RN hospital.


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29 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.45am: HMS Cicala sailed.


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30 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Landed dental party.

11.30am: Dental party returned.

  2.20pm: HIJMS Ume, Kashiwa, Sugi and Sakaki arrived.


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31 October 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Dressed ship overall in honour of birthday of HIM the Emperor of Japan.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RN hospital.

  4.00pm: Discharged five ratings to RNH.



LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1923

[Hong Kong]


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1 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  9.00am: HMS Titania secured alongside N wall.

  9.15am: Divisions, prayers.

  9.30am: Hands refitting etc.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance.

  4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7.00am, POs and above to 7.15am.

  6.00pm: HMS Cicala arrived

  8.30pm: Closed B & C doors, mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 1.

Weather: Calm or light NE breezes, cloudy but dry, 75º to 82º F.


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2 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: USS General Alava arrived.

  9.00am: Five ratings returned from hospital.

10.30pm: Lieutenant QD Graham RN left ship.


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3 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.05am: HMS Tarantula arrived.

  2.00pm: USS Huron arrived

  4.00pm: Discharged five ratings to hospital.


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4 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.20am: HMS Tarantula sailed.

11.45pm: Sent away night boat’s crew and motorboat to search for man reported to have fallen overboard from shore boat. Searchlights on.

This was Ldg Stoker Dudley J Richardson, K21018, late of HM S/m L20.


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5 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.45am: Whaler returned.

  1.10am: Motor boat returned, switched off searchlights. Search abandoned.

  6.30am: HIJMS Ume, Kashiwa, Sugi and Sakaki sailed

  9.00am: Commodore [Captain HE Grace] afloat with broad pendant flying.

10.30am: Act. GOC, C-in-C USA Asiatic Squadron and HE the Governor [Sir Reginald Stubbs] afloat with flags flying.

12.15pm: C-in-C USA Asiatic Squadron [at this time RA Thomas Washington] came onboard.

  2.30pm: HMS Ambrose arrived.


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6 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HM S/m L33 sailed.

  9.00am: USS General Alava sailed. HMS Cicala sailed

12.15pm: USS Asheville sailed.

  4.00pm: Five ratings discharged to RN hospital.*

  *These men are not necessarily sick. Ships in harbour often supply ratings to the hospital for duty as orderlies, porters etc.


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7 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: HMS Bluebell shifted berth.


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8 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands variously employed.


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9 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.25am: HMS Carlisle arrived.

  4.00pm: Discharged four ratings to hospital.


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10 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.10am: HMS Tarantula sailed.

  9.45am: USS General Alava sailed

  9.30am: RYS Fantome II arrived.

11.05am: USS Huron sailed.

  1.00pm: Art. Eng. Peter Grieve discharged to hospital.

  4.00pm: Landed funeral party and half-masted colours for funeral of Ldg Stoker Richards, late of HM S/m L20.


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11 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Four ratings rejoined from hospital.

10.00am: Landed party for service at cathedral and ceremony at Cenotaph.

12.40pm: HMS Tarantula arrived.


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12 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Water boat and ammunition lighter alongside. Hands discharging ammunition.

11.00am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

  4.30pm: Discharged four ratings to RN hospital.


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13 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: Landed ammunition party.

11.00am: Same returned.

  1.30pm: Landed ammunition party.

  4.00pm: Party returned, ammunition lighter secured alongside.

  4.30pm: Disembarked two 2 pdr pom-poms and receive two others in lieu.

  6.00pm: HMS Magnolia arrived.


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14 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands disembarking flour to provision lighter. Landed ammunition party.


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15 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: HMS Tarantula and HM S/ms L5 and L15 left.

10.00am: RYS Fantome II sailed.

  1.30pm: L5 and L15 returned.


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16 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.00am: Slipped and proceeded with tugs to berth alongside West wall.

11.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

  1.30pm: Sent two whalers, galley and one skiff to boat house for repair.


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17 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Two ratings returned from hospital.

  4.30pm: Fantome II RYS arrived


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18 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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19 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: HMS Diomede shifted berth to No 8 buoy.

  1.00pm: HMS Marazion arrived

  1.30pm: One rating returned from RN hospital.


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20 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

     In am: Lifted No 1 and No 2 guns for examination. Hands employed striking down fore topsail yard, returning stores and working about boats.

     In pm: Hands employed striking down fore topgallant yard, returning stores and as requisite.


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21 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.

  1.15pm: HMS Tarantula arrived


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22 November 1923

[2 November in log]

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: Sent motor boat to boat slip.

  8.00am: Shifted berth to North wall.

  8.05am: HMS Diomede sailed.

  9.00am: HMS Carlisle shifted berth to West Wall.

  1.30pm: One rating returned from hospital.

  3.30pm: Landed funeral party*.

  * For the funeral of Lt Patrick C Smith, late of HMS Tarantula.


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23 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.15am: One rating returned from hospital.

  8.30am: HIJMS’ Yakumo, Iwate and Asama arrived


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24 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

  9.45am: Received 5 bags of mail.


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25 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  4.00pm: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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26 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: VdeGF Colmar arrived.

  1.30pm: Four ratings returned from RNH. One rating discharged to HMS Diomede.


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27 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

11.00am: HIJMS’ Yakumo, Iwate and Asama sailed.

  1.30pm: One rating rejoined from RNH.


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28 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.

  2.00pm: HMS Carlisle shifted berth to No 6 buoy.


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29 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.50am: VdeGF Jules Ferry arrived, flying flag of C-in-C French Asiatic squadron [at this time VA Joseph Frochot].


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30 November 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HMS Hawkins arrived flying flag of C-in-C. Hawkins made fast alongside North arm.

  2.00pm: HMS Diomede arrived.

  2.15pm: One rating rejoined from RNH.



LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1923

[Hong Kong]


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1 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  8.00am: Dressed ship with Masthead flags in honour of HM Queen Alexandra's birthday.

  8.30am: Hands drawing stores and cleaning ship.

11.30am: Two ratings discharged to RNH.

  1.30pm: Make and mend. Leave to starboard watch and 2nd part of port watch to 7.00am, CPOs and POs to 7.15am.

  4.00pm: HMS Magnolia sailed.

  4.08pm: HMS Tarantula sailed.

  4.15pm: Quarters. Exercised fire stations.

  9.00pm: Closed B and C doors, mustered night boat’s crew.

10.00pm: VdeGF Craonne arrived.

  Sick list: 5.

Weather: Light NE breezes, overcast in the afternoon, 67º to 68º F.


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2 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: VdeGF Colmar sailed.

  3.30pm: Two ratings lent to HMS Moorhen

11.05pm: Moorhen sailed, flying flag of C-in-C.


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3 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  1.30am: VdeGF Craonne sailed flying flag of C-in-C French Asiatic Squadron.

  9.30am: Discharged Mr C Currie, Gunner RN, to RNH.

  2.30pm: HMS Iroquois arrived.

  4.00pm: HM Transport Derbyshire sailed.


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4 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands painting, drawing stores etc.

10.00am: Surgeon Cdr MC Mason RN discharged to RNH.


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5 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: Shifted berth from North Wall to West Wall.

  8.30am: One rating returned from RNH and one discharged to same.

11.45pm: HMS Cicala arrived flying flag of C-in-C.


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6 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HM S/ms L8, L15 and L33 secured alongside.

  8.30am: L15 and L33 cast off.

  9.00am: RM Calabria arrived

12.30pm: L33 and L15 returned alongside.

  3.10pm: VdeGF Malicieuse arrived, flying flag of C-in-C French Far Eastern Fleet


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7 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HM S/ms L15 and L33 cast off.

  8.05am: HMS Marazion sailed flying flag of C-in-C.

  9.00am: HM S/m L8 cast off.

  9.30am: Hands employed working about funnels and cable lockers and striking topgallant mast.

  5.30pm: Marazion returned.

  6.30pm: HMS Moorhen arrived. Two ratings joined ship from same.

  8.30pm: Discharged one rating to RNH.


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8 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.00am: Lifted No 3 gun for examination of mounting.

  2.00pm: HMS Moorhen sailed.


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9 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  7.00pm: One Marine discharged to RNH.


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10 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands striking fore topgallant mast, working on funnels, working in cable lockers etc. Landed range party.

11.30am: Discharged one rating to RNH.


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11 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.20am: VdeGF Jules Ferry sailed, flying flag of C-in-C French Far Eastern Squadron. VdeGF Malicieuse sailed.

11.00am: Shifted berth to West Wall.

  2.50pm: Ship entered dock with tugs and secured.


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12 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.45am: Commenced pumping out dock. Hands to scraping sides and bottom.

  4.15pm: Read warrant No 14.


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13 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.55am: USS Pope, Peary, Sicard, Preston, Pillsbury [Pilsbury in log] and Noa arrived.


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14 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.

  2.00pm: One rating returned from RNH. Three ratings discharged to HMS Marazion for passage to HMS Magnolia.

  4.10pm: Marazion sailed.

  6.45pm: VdeGF Jules Ferry arrived flying flag of French C-in-C.


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15 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Lent three ratings to HMS Tamar.


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16 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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17 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands variously employed. One rating returned from RNH.


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18 December 1923

Hong Kong [dry dock]

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Painting, refitting etc. Discharged one Marine to hospital.

  4.15pm: Quarters. Read warrant No 15.


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19 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Commenced flooding dock.

  9.30am: Undocked ship and secured alongside West Wall.

  1.30pm: One rating returned from RNH.

  4.00pm: Second part of port watch working stump derrick.


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20 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  11.30am: Discharged one Marine to hospital.


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21 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Received 9 tons of coal from lighter [for the galley stoves].

  5.30pm: VdeGF Malicieuse arrived.


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22 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: Shifted to No 8 buoy.

  8.15am: RFA Dredgol proceeded into Dock.

  9.15am: HMS Hawkins shifted berth to West wall.

  9.50am: Shifted from buoy to North arm with tugs.

  1.30pm: One rating returned from hospital.

  5.10pm: VdeGF Jules Ferry sailed flying flag of C-in-C, French Far Eastern Squadron.

  9.30pm: HMS Magnolia arrived.


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23 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.3, Long 114.2

  8.15am: USS Helena arrived.

  9.05am: VdeGF Malicieuse sailed.


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24 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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25 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine for Christmas Day.


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26 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

     In am: Hands working about foremast etc.

     In pm: Make and mend.

  5.20pm: HMS Cicala arrived.


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27 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands embarking ammunition from lighter.


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28 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Refitting continues.


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29 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: Divers at monthly dip.

  9.15am: VdeGF Altair arrived.

  7.30pm: Observed fire on shore.


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30 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  Discharged one rating to hospital.


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31 December 1923

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.45pm: USS’ Noa and Peary arrived



LOGS FOR JANUARY 1924

[Hong Kong]


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1 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Clean ship.

  8.30am: Hands refitting and as requisite. Training classes to instruction.

10.55am: HMS Diomede sailed.

  1.30pm: Paid quarterly settlement. Hands to make and mend. Leave to port watch and 2nd part of starboard until 7.00am, CPOs and POs till 7.15am.

  6.30pm: Exercised fire party.

  9.00pm: Closed B & C doors. Mustered night boat’s crew.

10.00pm: Landed patrol.

11.30pm: Patrol returned.

  Sick list: 1,

Weather: Light airs, rain in the forenoon, dry later, 49º to 59º F.


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2 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.25am: HMS Carlisle sailed.

  8.30am: Landed Marines for drill.


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3 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: Surgeon Cdr MC Mason and Mr C Currie, Gunner RN, returned from hospital.

  2.05pm: RFA Francol cast off and proceeded to sea.


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4 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.55am: HMS Hawkins proceeded to dry dock at Kowloon.

  8.30am: Two ratings returned from hospital.

  1.30pm: HMS Diomede arrived

  3.45pm: HMS Carlisle arrived.

  4.15pm: Quarters. Read warrant No 16. Discharged one cell prisoner to HMS Titania.

  7.00pm: RFA Francol arrived.


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5 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: HMS Foxglove arived. One rating rejoined from Foxglove, returning from hospital in Kobe.


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6 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  8.30pm: USS’ Pope and Sicard arrived.

10.30pm: Pope and Sicard sailed.


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7 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HM S/m L4 shifted berth.

  9.30am: HMS Iroquois shifted berth to West wall.

  4.15pm: Half-masted colours*.

  5.15pm: Rehoisted colours.

  * For the funeral of RPO Charles E Simpson, 237028, late of HMS Magnolia.


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8 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Dressed ship with masthead fringes [?] in honour of HM the Queen of Italy's birthday.

     Noon: Paraded guard.

  5.26pm: VdeGF Craonne sailed.

11.30pm: Landed patrol.


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9 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.30am: Observed fire on shore. Patrol returned.

11.00am: Discharged one rating to RNH.

  1.30pm: VdeGF Moqueuse arrived

  2.00pm: One Marine returned from RNH.

  2.20pm: USS Helena arrived


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10 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: HMS Durban arrived.

  7.00am: USS’ Peary, Noa and Pillsbury sailed

  8.30am: HMS Marazion sailed, flying flag of C-in-C.

  8.00pm: Marazion returned, flying flag of C-in-C.


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11 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: RFA Nucula proceeded alongside HMS Diomede.

  8.30am: Shifted with tugs from N wall to W wall.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RNH.

  6.30pm: One prisoner rejoined from HMS Titania on completion of cell punishment.


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12 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  4.30pm: One rating discharged to HMS Durban.


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13 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

11.00am: Engineer Lt. Duncan and one rating discharged to hospital.

  2.00pm: Landed field gun's crew for funeral of late Chief Constructor Hobson*.

* Arthur John Hobson.


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14 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Divers employed clearing Forbes log port.


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15 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.45am: HMS Diomede sailed.

  7.50am: Slipped and proceeded with tugs to No 7 buoy.

10.00am: HM S/m L8 sailed.

  3.30pm: Slipped and proceeded with tugs and made fast alongside N Wall.

  4.15pm: Half-masted colours for funeral of SPO Nicholson of HMS Durban. [Clearly written, but this probably refers to SPO John N Johnson, listed at naval-history.net as dying from illness on the 4th of January. See also HK Cemetery inscriptions 21A--/05/19-]


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16 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite. Discharged one rating to RNH and two rejoined from HMS Tamar.


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17 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: Hands unrigging and stowing stump derrick.

  1.05pm: HMS Marazion and HM S/m L20 arrived.

  2.00pm: HMS Carlisle sailed.


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18 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.55am: HMS Diomede arrived, USS’ Noa, Peary and Pillsbury arrived.

  1.30pm: USS Noa flying quarantine flag shifted berth.

  6.30pm: One rating rejoined ship from HMS Durban.


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19 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: One rating left ship for passage to England in SS Laomedon*.

  7.45am: Cast off from N wall and proceeded in charge of tugs to No 5 buoy.

  8.50am: HMS Durban shifted to N arm.

  9.40am: Slipped from No 5 buoy to No 6 buoy.

  3.00pm: One rating discharged to Durban.

  5.00pm: USS Noa returned from quarantine anchorage.

* Laomedon, the first of two Blue Funnel Line ships of this name, 1912, 6,693 grt.


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20 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.10am: VdeGF Algol arrived.


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21 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Landed ammunition party. Discharged two Marines to Stonecutters I. for course of instruction. Discharged two ratings to RNH.

     In pm: Hands ammunitioning ship. One rating rejoined from hospital.


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22 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Ammunition lighter alongside.

  8.35am: HM S/m L20 sailed.

  9.30am: RFA Nucula secured alongside. Commenced oiling.

12.55pm: Finished oiling, 535 tons.

  2.00pm: Nucula cast off. Ammunition lighter cast off.

  2.30pm: One rating returned from hospital.

  3.55pm: HMS Moorhen and USS Pampanga arrived.

  9.10pm: HMS Marazion and HM S/m L8 sailed.


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23 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.05am: HMS Foxglove sailed.

  8.00am: HMS Moorhen and HIJMS Tsushima sailed.

  8.20am: USS’ Stewart, Hulbert and Pruitt arrived

  9.00am: HM S/m L7 sailed.

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

  2.15pm: VdeGF Algol sailed.

  3.00pm: L7 returned.


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24 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: USS Pensacola arrived.

  7.40am: USS’ Peary, Pillsbury and Noa sailed.

12.30pm: HMS Bluebell arrived.

  2.35pm: HMS Marazion arrived.

  3.30pm: Eng. Lt Duncan rejoined from RNH.


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25 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: One rating rejoined from RNH.

  2.00pm: USS Helena sailed.

  2.15pm: One rating rejoined from hospital.


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26 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  2.25pm: USS Asheville arrived.

  8.30pm: Two NCOs rejoined from Stonecutters.


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27 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.20am: USS Hulbert sailed.

  5.00pm: USS Preble arrived.


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28 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.10am: HMS Hawkins sailed.

11.00am: USS William B Preston arrived.

11.20am: Hawkins returned.

  1.30pm: Hands employed working on board HMS Moth and as requisite.

  1.45pm: One rating rejoined from RNH.

  2.20pm: William B Preston sailed.

  4.50pm: Ammunition lighter, water boat and HMS Moth alongside.


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29 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Hands employed striking down stores and ammunition in HMS Moth and as requisite.

  9.00am: Commissioned Moth under command of Cdr ES Brooksmith DSC, RN, with Lt HB Wollacombe RN, Captain D Broadwood RM and 51 ratings.

  5.50pm: USS Asheville returned from quarantine anchorage.


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30 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.00am: Hands employed storing HMS Moth and as requisite.

  8.10am: Petersfield shifted berth.

  8.50am: HM S/m L7 sailed.

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to RNH.

12.10pm: L7 returned.

  2.00pm: RFA Francol sailed.

  2.30pm: One rating rejoined from hospital.

  4.30pm: Francol returned.


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31 January 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: Discharged one rating to RNH.

  9.00am: HM S/m L7 made fast to No 5 buoy.

  9.12am: HMS Marazion sailed.

11.00am: L7 shifted berth to East Wall.

11.30am: One rating joined from RNH.

  1.10pm: HMS Moth cast off and proceeded to No 10 buoy.

  2.00pm: Marazion shifted berth to No 13 buoy.

  7.30pm: One rating joined ship from HMS Titania.



LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1924

[Hong Kong]


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1 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.00am: Clean ship.

  8.05am: HMS Moth sailed. C-in-C's flag transferred from HMS Petersfield to HMS Hawkins.

  9.30am: Hands painting, cleaning etc.

  9.50am: HMS’ Bluebell, St Breock and Petersfield sailed.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Hands employed as in forenoon.

  4.15pm: Quarters. Leave to starboard watch until 7.00am.

  Sick list: 3.

Weather: Northerly winds up to f 3, Heavy rain in the middle watch, winds lessening and dry and clear later, 55º to 65º F.


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2 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: HMS Hawkins cast off from W Wall and proceeded to No 1 buoy.

  9.00am: HMS Durban shifted berth to alongside W Wall.

10.00am: HMS’ Ambrose and Titania shifted berth to alongside N Wall.

  4.30pm: Hawkins sailed.


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3 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.15am: Hands mustered by ledger. Certificates issued for perusal and verification.

10.30am: Divine service.


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4 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  1.00pm: USS Pruitt sailed.


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5 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.10am: USS Asheville sailed.


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6 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HM S/m L3 sailed.

  9.30am: Half-masted colours in honour of funeral of the late President Wilson of the USA.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to RNH.

11.45am: L3 returned.

  1.30pm: Manned Tug Polly* for use in connection with recommissioning of ships present.

  2.40pm: USS Helena arrived.

  * A small berthing tug 1904, 150 tons.


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7 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: SS Syria arrived with reliefs for various ships.

11.00am: USS Pruitt arrived.

  1.30pm: Two ratings joined from Syria and one from RNH.


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8 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  4.30am: Experienced heavy squalls, set anchor watch.

  5.00am: Took off anchor watch.

  9.30am: 79 ratings joined ship from SS Syria to await HMS Foxglove.

10.00am: HM S/m L8 went alongside RFA Ruthenia.

10.15am: USS’ Preble and Stuart [probably Stewart is intended] sailed.

10.30am: USS Pampanga arrived.

  1.30pm: One rating discharged to RN hospital.


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9 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: HMS Diomede sailed.

11.00am: SS Syria sailed.


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10 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  1.00pm: HMS Weymouth arrived.

  6.00pm: One rating joined ship from HMS Titania.


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11 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Discharged two ratings to HMS Hollyhock for passage to HMS Foxglove. Hollyhock sailed.

11.30am: HMS Cicala sailed.


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12 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Cleaning, painting and training classes.

12.30pm: USS Pruitt shifted berth to No 9 buoy.


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13 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HMS Titania shifted berth to No 8 buoy.

  8.00am: HM S/m L2 and HMS Ambrose sailed.

  9.00am: HMS Weymouth shifted berth to alongside North Wall.

11.00am: RFA Nucula arrived and secured to No 2 buoy.

11.30am: HM S/ms L20 and L8 shifted berth to alongside Titania.

  1.00pm: Ambrose and L2 returned.

  4.30pm: Leave to starboard watch and HMS Foxglove’s ship’s company.


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14 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: HMS Marazion with HM S/ms L7, L8 and L20 sailed.

  8.45am: HMS Titania sailed.

  9.30am: Three ratings rejoined ship from HMS Magnolia.

10.30am: Paymaster Commander HG Cavanagh discharged to RN Hospital.

12.30pm: HMS Cicala arrived.

  5.30pm: HMS Foxglove arrived.


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15 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Divers exercised at deep water diving.

11.00am: HMS Cicala sailed.

  3.30pm: HMS Weymouth sailed.


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16 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.35am: Shifted from No 6 to No 7 buoy.


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17 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  5.00pm: HMS Cicala arrived.

  5.30pm: One rating rejoined from HMS Moth.


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18 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Lt/Cdr J Groundwater RNR joined for annual training.

  9.30am: Two ratings discharged to RNH.

10.00am: One rating discharged to HMS Cicala for HMS Moth. Cicala sailed.

12.30pm: One rating discharged to SS Syria for passage to England.


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19 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: One rating discharged to HMS Foxglove.

  1.30pm: Paid 3rd instalment of prize money.


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20 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  4.30pm: USS Pampanga arrived.


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21 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

12.45am: Burnt searchlights on river steamer to assist Police in search for pirates on board her.

  6.45am: Searchlights off.

  3.00pm: Discharged two ratings to HMS Foxglove. One rating rejoined from RNH.


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22 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: USS Pampanga sailed.

  7.30am: Five ratings discharged to HMS Foxglove.

  8.00am: Dressed ship in honour of birthday of late Mr George Washington.

10.30am: Discharged 70 ratings to Foxglove.

     Noon: Paraded guard and fired salute of 21 guns.

  2.30pm: Three ratings discharged to SS Syria for passage to England.

  4.30pm: Portuguese gunboat Patria arrived.


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23 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HM Transport Syria sailed. Cheered ship.

  9.30am: VdeGF Jules Ferry arrived.

10.00am: Discharged two ratings to RNH.


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24 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HMS Foxglove sailed.

  4.00pm: HMS Tarantula arrived.


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25 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.30am: Exercised “Prepare to be taken in tow for’d”.

10.30am: Replace gear, clean and oil wire hawsers etc.

  3.00pm: HMS Hollyhock arrived.


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26 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HM S/m L19 sailed.

  1.00pm: L19 returned.

  4.00pm: Read warrant No17. One rating discharged to HMS Ambrose for cell punishment and four ratings as sentries.


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27 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: HM S/m L3 sailed.

  9.30am: HMS Durban came out of dock and made fast alongside dockyard wall.

10.30am: HMS Tarantula proceeded into dock.

  2.00pm: One rating discharged to HMS Ambrose and one joined from same.

  4.00pm: HMS Hollyhock sailed.


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28 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HM S/m L19 sailed.

  9.30am: Half masted colours in honour of the late HRH the Duchess of Genoa.

  3.00pm: L19 returned.


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29 February 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Half masted colours in honour of the late HRH the Duchess of Genoa.



LOGS FOR MARCH 1924

[Hong Kong]


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1 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.00am: Hands clean ship.

  7.00am: USS Pruitt sailed.

  7.30am: Water boat alongside.

  8.30am: Water boat cast off.

  9.30am: Clean ship.

  1.30pm: Paid monthly advance. Hands to make and mend. Leave to port watch to 7.00am.

  2.00pm: Portuguese gunboat Patria sailed.

  2.30pm: One rating rejoined from RN hospital.

  3.00pm: USS Pampanga arrived.

  4.00pm: HE the Governor afloat with flag flying.

  4.15pm: Evening quarters.

  5.00pm: USS Hulbert arrived.

  8.00pm: Closed B and C doors. Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 1.

Weather: Light East winds, cloudy with rain at times, temperatures in the low 60ºs F.


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2 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: RM Calabria sailed.

10.30am: Discharged Mr H Lambton, Midshipman RN, to hospital.


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3 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands painting mess decks. Boats’ crews exercising under sail.

  2.00pm: One rating rejoined from hospital.


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4 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: One rating joined from HMS Ambrose.

12.30pm: VdeGF Colmar arrived.

  6.00pm: One prisoner and escort rejoined from Ambrose.


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5 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HM S/m L19 sailed.

  4.00pm: HMS Moorhen arrived.

  4.30pm: Lt CR Moore RNR joined ship for yearly training.

  5.00pm: Commander Brooksmith RN and two ratings rejoined ship from HMS Moth.

  7.00pm: USS Stewart arrived.


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6 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HMS Durban shifted berth to No 2 buoy.

11.00am: VdeGF Jules Ferry sailed.

11.30am: Discharged two ratings to hospital.

11.45am: Durban sailed.

  3.00pm: HM S/m L19 arrived.

  6.00pm: USS Stewart sailed.


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7 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  2.30am: Landed armed party.

11.30am: Lt RF Bosanquet RN joined ship.

  2.00pm: Armed party returned.

  6.00pm: One rating discharged to HMS Tamar, one rating to HMS Iroquois and one rating to HMS Tarantula for passage to HMS Moth.

  8.00pm: USS Hulbert sailed.


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8 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.00am: HMS Tarantula sailed.

10.30am: One rating discharged to HMS Tamar and one rejoined from same.


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9 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: VdeGF Colmar sailed.


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10 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Exercised boats under sail. Hands refitting etc.


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11 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HMS Iroquois and HM S/m L5 sailed.

10.00am: HMS Robin arrived.

12.30pm: L5 returned.

  2.00pm: Iroquois returned.


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12 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Landed RM detachment.

  8.45am: USS Helena and HM S/m L19 sailed.

11.00am: Mr Lambton, Midshipman, rejoined from hospital.

  4.00pm: L19 returned.


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13 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Landed Nos 1, 2 and 3 Platoons.

10.30am: Discharged one rating to hospital.

11.00am: Platoons returned.


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14 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Water boat and store lighter alongside.

12.30pm: USS Asheville arrived.

  1.30pm: Two ratings joined ship from hospital.

  5.00pm: One rating discharged to HMS Iroquois.

  6.00pm: HMS Cicala arrived.


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15 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HM S/m L4 sailed.

11.30am: L4 returned.


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16 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: HMS Cicala sailed.

10.00am: Discharged one rating to hospital.


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17 March 1924

Hong Kong and Mirs bay for exercises

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HMS Iroquois sailed.

11.30am: HM S/m L19 sailed.

11.45am: One rating joined ship from HMS Ambrose.

11.50am: Commander ES Brooksmith left ship for passage to England.

  1.25pm: Slipped and proceeded as requisite for leaving harbour via Eastern entrance.

  2.24pm: Courses and speeds for submarine exercises.

  2.50pm: Completed exercise.

  3.10pm: E Ninepin abeam to port.

  4.33pm: Courses and speeds as requisite for dropping depth charges.

  4.55pm: Swung ship for deviation of compasses using transits.

  6.38pm: Course 307º for harbour.

  7.15pm: Anchored in 10 fathoms [probably in Long Harbour]. Exercised searchlight crews and HA control parties.


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18 March 1924

Mirs Bay

Lat 22.5, Long 114.4 [approx]

  9.10am: Weighed and proceeded. Courses and speeds as requisite for carrying out sub-calibre firing.

10.48am: Completed sub calibre firing. Courses as requisite for running torpedoes.

12.08pm: Fired four torpedoes.

  1.05pm: All torpedoes recovered.

  1.50pm: Courses as requisite for entering Tolo Harbour.

  2.23pm: Anchored.

  3.40pm: Dropped smoke float.


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19 March 1924

Mirs Bay

Lat 22.5, Long 114.4 [approx]

  8.15am: Weighed and proceeded.

  9.15am: Sent away target party. Carried out sub-calibre firing.

10.30am: Completed sub-calibre firing. Co and speed as requisite for calibrating W/T DF with HMS Magnolia.

  2.49pm: Completed calibration.

  3.25pm: Stopped. Embarked marking party from Magnolia.

  3.34pm: Returned to harbour.

  7.30pm: Engineer Commander FH Buckmaster RN joined ship.


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20 March 1924

Mirs Bay

Lat 22.5, Long 114.4 [approx]

  6.01am: Weighed and proceeded for Long harbour.

  7.10am: Sent marking party to RFA Francol.

  7.25am: Weighed and proceeded for reduced charge firing.

10.15am: Practice complete.

11.15am: Fired six torpedoes and increased to full speed to follow up.

12.24pm: All torpedoes recovered.

12.35pm: Closed RFA Francol and embarked target and marking parties.

  1.40pm: Courses for Tolo harbour.

  2.25pm: Anchored.

  3.55pm: HMS Magnolia arrived.


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21 March 1924

Mirs Bay and HK harbour

Lat 22.44, Long 114.49 [approx]

  6.20am: Weighed and proceeded.

  7.21am: Closed RFA Francol and sent marking and recording parties to same.

  8.25am: Carried out reduced charge firing and HA firing.

11.45am: Stopped off Mirs Pt [now Dapeng Jiao] to calibrate Cape D’Aguilar W/T DF.

  2.02pm: Sighted submarine bg 055º.

  2.24pm: Courses for Hong Kong harbour.

  3.23pm: Secured to No 7 buoy. HM S/m L19 arrived.

  4.00pm: Mr P Grieve, Warrant Engineer, discharged to RN hospital.


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22 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.45am: HMS Robin sailed.

10.30am: Engineer Commander BJG Johns left ship for passage to England

12.30pm: One rating joined ship.


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23 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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24 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: RFA Francol secured alongside. Commenced taking in oil fuel. Hands furling old awnings and drawing new. Discharged one rating to hospital.

12.30pm: Finished oiling, Francol cast off.


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25 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Divers carried out monthly practice.

  8.30am: HMS Cicala sailed.


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26 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: HMS Carlisle arrived.

  8.00am: HM S/m L19 arrived.

11.15am: HE the Governor afloat with flag flying.

11.30am: HM S/ms L7 and L8 arrived.

  2.00pm: One rating joined ship from RN hospital.

  7.00pm: HM S/m L3 arrived.


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27 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  4.30am: HM S/m L19 sailed.

  6.30am: HMS Marazion arrived.

  9.00am: HMS Titania with HM S/ms L3 and L19 arrived.

11.30am: HM S/ms L7 and L8 shifted berth.


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28 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: Ammunition lighter secured alongside. Embarked ammunition.

12.30pm: One rating rejoined from HMS Tamar.


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29 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.00am: HMS Magnolia arrived.


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30 March 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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31 March 1924

Hong Kong and Tolo harbour

Lat 22.45, Long 114.2 [approx]

  7.30am: HMS’ Carlisle and Magnolia sailed.

  9.32am: Slipped and proceeded to sea.

11.20am: Placed fog lookouts.

11.45am: Fall out fog lookouts.

12.47pm: Anchored in Tolo Harbour.

  9.00pm: Exercised searchlights.



LOGS FOR APRIL 1924

[Hong Kong]


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1 April 1924

Tolo Harbour

Lat 22.45, Long 114.2

  6.00am: Hands clean ship.

  8.00am: Hands painting ship. Target and rake parties left for HMS St Breock.

  8.15am: St Breock sailed.

  1.30pm: Hands painting ship.

  4.00pm: St Breock returned, target and rake parties rejoined.

  8.00pm: Closed B and C doors. Exercised night action stations, burning searchlights and searchlight control.

  8.30pm: Mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 4.

Weather: Light winds, East or NE, overcast with occasional drizzle, 70º to 79º F.


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2 April 1924

Tolo Harbour

Lat 22.45, Long 114.2

  8.30am: Target and rake parties left for HMS St Breock. St Breock sailed.

  1.30pm: Exercised all boats under sail.

  2.30pm: St Breock returned, target and rake parties rejoined.


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3 April 1924

Tolo Harbour

Lat 22.45, Long 114.2

  Hands employed painting the side and as requisite.

12.30pm: HMS Carlisle sailed.


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4 April 1924

Mirs bay and HK harbour

Lat 22.49, Long 114.44 [approx]

  9.05am: Weighed and proceeded for torpedo firing practice.

10.14am: Fired three torpedoes.

10.50am: All torpedoes recovered.

11.40am: Carried out pom pom and Lewis gun firing at Gau Tau Rock.

12.40pm: Courses and speeds as requisite for exercising a submarine attack.

  1.24pm: Sighted HM S/m L19, bg 135º, 4,500 yards. Courses for harbour via Lye Mun pass.

  2.27pm: Secured to No 7 buoy.

  3.00pm: Three ratings joined ship from RN hospital.


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5 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Two ratings joined from HMS Moth.

10.30am: Discharged 19 ratings to Moth and eight ratings and 11 Marines rejoined from same. Captain D Broadwood RM rejoined from Moth. One rating discharged to hospital.

  3.30pm: One rating discharged to Moth and one rating joined from same.


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6 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: HMS Bluebell arrived.

  8.30am: HMS Moth sailed.


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7 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: HM S/m L33 sailed.

10.30am: One rating joined ship from HMS Tamar.

11.30am: L33 returned.

  2.00pm: One rating joined from RNH.


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8 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: HM S/m L33 sailed.

  1.30pm: L33 returned.


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9 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

11.45am: VdeGF Altair sailed.


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10 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: HMS Magnolia sailed.


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11 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  3.30pm: HMS Foxglove arrived.

  4.00pm: HMS Moth arrived and made fast alongside.


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12 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Saturday routine, clean ship, make and mend.

  2.30pm: One rating joined ship from RN hospital.


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13 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.

  4.00pm: HMS Tarantula arrived.


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14 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.00am: HM S/ms L19 and L33 sailed.

12.30pm: HMS Bluebell sailed.

  3.30pm: L19 and L33 returned.


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15 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: HMS Tarantula shifted berth to alongside RFA Francol.

  8.30am: HM S/ms L33 and L19 sailed.

10.00am: 41 ratings rejoined from HMS Moth.

10.30am: One rating discharged to RN hospital.

  2.00pm: USS’ Black Hawk and Stuart [presumably Stewart is intended] arrived.

  3.00pm: L19 and L33 returned.

  3.30pm: Moth cast off.

  6.30pm: HMS Tarantula sailed.


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16 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Hands employed as requisite.


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17 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: HM S/ms L2, L33 and L19 sailed.

11.00am: Two ratings discharged to RN hospital.

11.30am: L2 returned.

  1.00pm: L33 and L19 returned.

  6.00pm: Three ratings rejoined from HMS Moth.


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18 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: Commander H Westmacott RN joined ship.

11.00am: RFA Belgol arrived.

  1.00pm: One rating joined ship from HMS Moth.

  4.00pm: Moth sailed.

  4.30pm: Commander AN Dowding RN left ship for passage to England.


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19 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Saturday routine, clean ship, make and mend.


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20 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  Sunday routine.


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21 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

10.30am: USS Black Hawk sailed.

11.30am: Tug Polly made fast alongside. Hands employed storing same and drawing two cutters from dockyard for landing troops.

  2.00pm: One rating rejoined from RNH.


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22 April 1924

Hong Kong to Tolo Harbour and return

Lat 22.45, Long 114.2

  6.30am: HM S/ms L33 and L9 sailed.

  7.30am: Discharged rake party of five ratings to Tug Polly.

  7.50am: Commenced embarking troops.

  8.25am: Slipped and proceeded.

  9.16am: Tathong Pt Lt abeam.

  9.43am: E Ninepin I. abeam.

10.39am: Sighted submarine bg 106º.

10.50am: Sighted periscope bg 351º.

11.20am: Courses and speeds as requisite for entering Tolo Harbour.

12.09pm: Anchored. Lost overboard by accident one megaphone.

12.19pm: Commenced disembarking troops.

  2.46pm: Commenced re-embarking troops.

  3.50pm: Embarkation complete.

  4.05pm: Weighed and proceeded.

  5.03pm: Bate Head abeam.

  5.33pm: Steep Cliff Hd abeam, bg 226º.

  7.00pm: Made fast to No 7 buoy, HK. Disembarked troops.

  7.15pm: Polly made fast alongside.


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23 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: Tug Polly sailed for Mirs Bay.

  1.00pm: Hands employed returning one 32’ and 30’ cutter to dockyard.

  3.00pm: USS Helena arrived.


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24 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: HMS Hawkins arrived flying flag of C-in-C.

  8.00am: USS Helena saluted flag of C-in-C. Returned salute, 17 guns.

  8.15am: HMS Moth arrived.

10.30am: One rating discharged to RN hospital.

12.15pm: Tug Polly made fast alongside.

12.30pm: Polly cast off and entered dockyard basin.

  1.30pm: USS Sacramento arrived and saluted C-in-C. Returned salute (17 guns).

  3.30pm: HMS Moth sailed

  4.30pm: HMS Bluebell arrived.


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25 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  5.30am: Rang fog bell.

  8.00am: USS Asheville sailed.

  8.30am: USS’ Rizal, Bittern and Hart arrived and secured to No 2 buoy

  2.00pm: HMS Magnolia arrived.

  2.30pm: Two ratings joined ship from RN hospital


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26 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.00am: USS Helena sailed.

  8.00am: HMS Petersfield arrived.

  8.15am: USS Sacramento sailed.

10.00am: USS’ Preble, Pruitt, Hulbert, Noa and Sicard arrived

12.30pm: USS Whipple arrived.


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27 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: USS Finch arrived.

10.30am: One rating discharged to RN hospital.


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28 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HMS Cicala arrived.


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29 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  8.30am: Embarked air chambers of torpedoes for passage to Wei-hai-wei

  1.00pm: One rating joined ship and one rating rejoined ship from RN hospital.


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30 April 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  9.00am: HMS Cicala sailed flying flag of C-in-C.

  1.30pm: One rating rejoined ship from RN hospital.



LOGS FOR MAY 1924

[Hong Kong, Amoy, Shanghai, Wei-hai-wei]


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1 May 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.00am: Hands clean ship.

  8.30am: Landed Nos 1 and 2 platoons.

  9.00am: US destroyers Rizal, Whipple and Hart sailed.

  9.30am: Hands refitting and as requisite.

10.00am: HM S/ms L8 and L15 sailed.

11.00am: Nos 1 and 2 platoons returned.

12.30pm: Paid monthly advance.

  1.00pm: L8 returned.

  1.30pm: Hands painting and working about boats etc.

  2.00pm: L15 returned.

  2.30pm: Three ratings joined ship from hospital.

  4.15pm: Evening quarters. Leave to port watch until 7.00am, POs and CPOs to 7.15am.

  5.30pm: USS’ Whipple and Hart returned.

  6.00pm: HMS Tarantula arrived flying flag of C-in-C.

  6.30pm: USS Helena arrived.

  8.00pm: Closed B and C doors and mustered night boat’s crew.

  Sick list: 5.

Weather: Light SE airs, cloudy, 77º to 82º F.


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2 May 1924

Hong Kong

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  7.30am: RFA Francol secured alongside. Commenced oiling.

  8.00am: Water boat and two junks with fresh provisions alongside [3,540 lbs of fresh meat and 5,000 lbs of vegetables].

  2.30pm: Discharged three ratings to HMS Tamar.

  4.00pm: Francol cast off.


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3 May 1924

Hong Kong and at sea for Amoy

Lat 22.29, Long 114.17

  6.30am: USS William B Preston arrived.

  9.30am: Embarked personal effects of HM S/ms L8, L15 and L33.

10.00am: Discharged two ratings to HMS Tamar and one to HMS Hawkins. One rating joined from Hawkins. Lt Josselyn RN left ship. Paymr Lt McBride joined ship.

  1.28pm: Slipped and proceeded out of harbour 5 cables astern of HMS Bluebell. 1st Division, HMS Petersfield flying flag of C-in-C. 2nd Division, Despatch and HM S/ms L15 and L33.

  2.35pm: Parted company with 1st Division. Spread submarines for W/T exercise.

  4.59pm: Exercise complete, submarines took station astern.

  7.40pm: Chilang Pt Lt bg 058º.

  9.23pm: Same abeam.

10.55pm: Same bg 275º.


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4 May 1924

At sea to Amoy

Lat 24.04, Long 118.44

  1.55am: Breaker Pt Lt abeam, a/c 064º.

  3.50am: Spoke SS Lai Sang [Laisang in log].

  6.18am: High Lamock abeam, a/c 045º.

  9.07am: Brothers Is abeam, 3 miles, a/c 037º.

  1.43pm: Chapel I. abeam.

  4.10pm: Courses to enter Amoy harbour.

  4.36pm: Anchored.

  5.49pm: Weighed and proceeded into inner harbour.

  6.32pm: Anchored.

  7.00pm: HM Submarines L8, L15 and L33 made fast alongside.


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5 May 1924

Amoy

Lat 24.48, Long 118.1

11.45am: HMS Petersfield arrived.

  1.10pm: HMS Bluebell arrived.

  2.50pm: One rating received from Bluebell for medical treatment.

  5.30pm: Chinese Rear Admiral TC Yang [?] came onboard.


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6 May 1924

Amoy

Lat 24.4, Long 118.1 [approx]

  8.00am: Dressed ship overall in honour of Accession Day of King George V.

  9.00am: HM S/ms L8, L15 and L33 cast off.

  9.42am: Weighed and proceeded.

10.11am: Stopped and sent away two sea boats to endeavour to search for Chinaman lost overboard from L8.

11.00am: Secured boat, proceeded in company with submarines.

  1.44pm: Sent boat to HMS Magnolia for mails and distributed mails to submarines.

  2.42pm: Dodd I. Lt bg 120º, 4 miles.

  5.00pm: Lost overboard by accident one fog buoy with 100 fathoms of 1.5” wire. [In poor visibility the fog buoy was towed astern to alert following ships]

  Fog until midnight, placed fog lookouts and commenced sounding.


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7 May 1924

At sea

Lat 25.7, Long 120.8 [approx]

  3.00am: Anchored in 26 fathoms [fog], HM S/ms L8, L15 and L33 anchored in vicinity.

10.57am: Weighed and proceeded, course 090º.

  1.00pm: A/c 032º.

  2.00pm: A/c 330º.

  3.30pm: Sighted land bg 260º, a/c 032º.


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8 May 1924

At sea

Lat 29.3, Long 122.57

  Reduced speeds in poor visibility throughout the forenoon.

  8.30am: Hauled in fog buoy.

  1.49pm: Kue Shan Is bg 312º, 8 miles. Ceased sounding.

  4.25pm: Tonting bg 014º.

  5.07pm: Same abeam, a/c 345º.

  8.51pm: Steep I. abeam.

10.21pm: Elgar I. Lt [now Xiasanxing Shan] abeam. Courses to pass through Bonham Strait [now Baijie Xia]

11.24pm: Bonham I. Lt abeam.


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9 May 1924

At sea to Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

12.08am: N Saddle Lt abeam.

12.35am: Gutzlaff I. Lt abeam.

12.45am: Courses to enter S Yangtse channel.

  1.32am: Fairway buoy abeam.

  4.30am: Courses to enter Whangpoo River.

  6.50am: Secured head and stern to British Naval buoys.

  7.30am: HM S/ms L15 and L33 made fast alongside.

  8.40am: HM S/m L8 secured alongside.

10.00am: Discharged one rating from HMS Bluebell and one from L15 to hospital.

  3.30pm: Three ratings joined ship.


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10 May 1924

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  2.00pm: USS Truxtun arrived.

  6.00pm: USS Smith Thompson arrived.


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11 May 1924

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  8.00am: Dressed ship overall in honour of French National Fête day.

  9.50am: Sampan capsized alongside HM S/m L33, one rating* missing from L33, sent cutter to search river in vicinity for 30 minutes.

  4.30pm: HMS Petersfield arrived flying flag of C-in-C.

* Leading Stoker James G Treagus, K 13717.


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12 May 1924

Shanghai

Lat 31.245, Long 121.5

  8.00am: Hoisted C-in-C's flag.

  8.30am: HMS’ Magnolia and Bluebell arrived.

10.00am: S/Lt Hindson [?] joined ship.

10.30am: Discharged three ratings to HMS Bluebell.

11.55am: HMS Bluebell sailed.

  1.00pm: Discharged one rating to HMS Scarab.

  4.00pm: Landed party for opening of Union Jack Club (80).

  6.00pm: S/Lt Hindson discharged to HMS Magnolia.

  7.30pm: Union Jack Club party returned.

11.59pm: Struck C-in-C's flag.


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13 May 1924

Shanghai and at sea

Lat 31.4, Long 121.6 [approx]

  7.35am: HM S/m L8 cast off.

  7.50am: HM S/ms L33 and L15 cast off.

  9.35am: Slipped and proceeded down river.

11.04am: Woosung Spit buoy abeam.

  1.50pm: Fairway buoy abeam, 0.1 miles, a/c 064º.

  4.40pm: A/c 000º.

11.59pm: Passed and spoke SS Hsin Fung.


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14 May 1924

At sea to Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.0, Long 122.7 [approx, position in log 38 34N, 122 38E too far North]

  8.00am: Commenced working up for full speed trials.

11.45am: Carried away Walker’s Log rotator, two lines lost.

     Noon: Completed trial [27.1 knots].

12.40pm: SE Promontory Lt bg 322

  3.08pm: NE Promontory Lt abeam.

  3.27pm: Alceste I. abeam, a/c 273º.

  5.09pm: Anchored in Wei-hai-wei harbour.


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15 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  5.00am: HM S/ms L8 and L15 made fast alongside.

  Hands variously employed, training classes, painting and refitting, returning air vessels to gyro depôt etc.

  2.00pm: Discharged one rating to shore signal station.


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16 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

10.30am: Landed all submarine crews’ bags and chests.


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17 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.30am: HMS Petersfield sailed flying flag of C-in-C.

  8.30am: Paymaster Lt McBride RN and one rating discharged to C-in-C office on shore.

     In pm: Make and mend.


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18 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Sunday routine.


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19 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  7.00am: RFA Francol arrived. HM S/m L33 made fast alongside. HMS Magnolia sailed.

  8.30am: HMS Diomede sailed.

11.30am: Magnolia returned.

  2.00pm: Diomede returned.


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20 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: HM S/ms L8 and L33 sailed for exercises.

  9.30am: Hands working on BP target. Control parties closed up.

  1.00pm: HMS Diomede sailed.

  3.30pm: HMS Magnolia sailed.

  4.00pm: L8 and L33 returned.


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21 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  Hands employed as requisite.

  3.00pm: HMS’ Magnolia and Diomede arrived.

  3.30pm: HM S/m L33 cast off and made fast alongside Diomede.


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22 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.30am: HM S/ms L8 and L15 sailed.

  9.30am: Hands painting funnels, repairing BP target etc.

  1.30pm: L8 and L15 made fast alongside.

11.30pm: HMS Hawkins arrived.


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23 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  3.00am: Experienced heavy squall.

  3.40am: HM S/m L15 cast off.

  9.20am: Six ratings joined ship from HMS Hawkins. Paymaster Commander GW Watson, OBE, RN, and S/Lt RF Jessel, RN joined ship.

  1.00pm: Diving party working on HM S/m L8.

  3.30pm: HMS St Breock arrived.


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24 May 1924

Wei-hai-wei

Lat 37.5, Long 122.17

  8.00am: Dressed ship overall in honour of Empire Day.

  8.30am: HM S/m L15 made fast alongside.


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