LOG
BOOK – APRIL 1915
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Speed and
distance report
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Barometer:
Mercurial
Name of
Maker & number: S.D. Neel 1053
Height
of cistern above sea: 55 ft.
Error
of mercurial barometer: Nil
Thermometers
for Air Temperature:
Position in ship: Lower Bridge
Whether
in screen: Screen to be provided.
Thermometer for Sea Temperature:
To be
provided.
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24
April 1915
Birkenhead
9.00am:
HMRS Arlanza commissioned as H.M.S. Arlanza.
10.00am:
Hands employed as requisite.
1.00pm:
Hands detailed & exercised at fire stations.
2.00pm:
Receiving stores as required.
9.00pm:
Rounds correct.
Midnight:
Rounds correct.
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25
April 1915
Birkenhead
6.00am:
Called hands.
1.00pm:
2 sick bay attendants joined ship.
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27
April 1915
Birkenhead
3.00am:
Moorings tended
4.00am:
Rounds correct.
6.00am:
Called hands.
6.30am:
Fall in sweep & clear up decks.
8.55am:
Clean ship.
Midnight:
Rounds correct.
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26
April 1915
Birkenhead
9.00am:
Hands detailed for receiving ammunition.
10.00am:
Receiving ammunition No. 1 forward & No. 5 aft magazines.
7.00pm:
Finished ammunition.
Midnight:
Engine room crew arriving.
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28
April 1915
Birkenhead
9.30am:
Fore & aft magazines opened for workmen. Sentries placed.
1.00pm:
Receiving stores.
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29
April 1915
Birkenhead
6.30am:
Fall in. Detail off to land, boats not required.
10.00am:
Heave ship off wharf to allow coal elevator on starboard side.
11.00am:
Coal ship.
10.30pm:
Coaling continued throughout.
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30
April 1915
Birkenhead
7.00am:
Hands shifting ship to allow starboard elevator to haul out.
Noon:
Coaling ship from port elevator.
6.30pm:
Four marines joined ship.
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LOG
BOOK – MAY 1915
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Barometer:
Mercurial
Name of
Maker & number: S.D. Neel 1053
Height
of cistern above sea: 55 ft.
Error
of mercurial barometer: Nil
Thermometers
for Air Temperature:
Position in ship: Lower Bridge
Whether
in screen: To be provided by May 18, 1915.
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Liverpool Date: May 16th to May 31st.t
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Liverpool Date: May 16th to May 31st.t
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1
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
4.00am:
Moorings tended. Shipwrights working in shellroom throughout night until 3
a.m.
3.00am:
Sentry relieved. Shellroom secured.
6.30am:
Hands employed as requisite cleaning ship.
Coaling ship
7.00am:
Liberty men returned
9.30am;
Stopped coaling. Hands and workmen 'abandon ship' for Inclining test. Squad
drill and physical exercise on shore.
12.40pm:
Finished Inclining test. Hands returned on board. Coaling resumed. Duty
watch rec'g stores etc.
2.00pm:
Liberty men landed
2.30pm:
Finished rec'g stores.
4.00pm:
Quarters. Exercised hands at fire stations.
4.30pm:
Return stores. Clean up decks.
7.36pm:
Sunset
10.00pm:
Liberty men returning. Moorings tended.
Sick list
4
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2
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
9.00am:
F'wd shell room opened for workmen. Sentry posted.
7.38pm:
Sunset
Sick list
3
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3
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
11.00am:
Magazines opened to test hoists
11.55am:
Magazines closed. Sentry posted.
2.0pm:
Shellrooms and magazines opened for working. Sentry posted
3.00pm:
Shellrooms and magazines closed.
7.39pm:
Sunset
Sick list
3
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4
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
9.00am:
Hands detailed for lowering star'd lifeboats
9.30am:
Hauled ship off wharf. Star'd lifeboats lowered & hoisted
1.15pm:
Hoisted shells from for'd & aft shellrooms & stored in ready racks on
deck.
8.30pm:
Searchlight party burned searchlights
Sick list
2
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5
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
9.00am:
Ammunition party hoisting 6' shells for shell racks.
1.00pm:
HMS Andes during remooring touched stem. No damage done.
1.10pm:
Clear lower deck. Articles of War read to ship's company by Captain.
Sick list
2
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6
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
8.45am:
General Quarters. B Mines Fireman Sentenced to 7 days in cells. Read Warrant
no.1
Sick list
2
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Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
10.00am:
Forward shell room opened for workmen. Sentry placed
Sick list
2
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8
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
3.15pm:
SS African made fast alongside.
Sick list
3
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9
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
Copy of
telegram received from Admiralty: HMS Maori was sunk yesterday in 5 1/2 fathoms
off Zeebrugge. It is almost certain that Germans will obtain her confidential
books. Until Admiralty instructions are issued to provide against this
contingency, Wireless Telegraph must be used with great caution.
Sick list
3
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10
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
11.00am:
Fore magazine opened. Sentry posted.
5.00pm:
Magazine secured.
Sick list
2
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11
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
9.00am:
All magazines opened.
5.00pm:
Magazines secured.
Sick list
2
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12
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
7.55am: SS
Trevor with ballast made fast alongside.
Sick list
1
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13
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
9.00am:
All lifeboats inspected and full complement of gear etc. placed in each boat.
Biscuit tanks and breakers refilled.
Sick list
2
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14
May 1915
Birkenhead
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
1.00am:
Contractors at work throughout.
6.00pm:
Watch employed receiving stores.
Sick list
2
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15
May 1915
Birkenhead
& River Mersey
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
6.30am:
Hands preparing ship for sea.
9.35am:
Shipped from Quay, two tugs attending.
9.54am:
Passed Duke St. Bridge
10.33am:
Entered lock
11.40am:
Passed into River.
11.18am:
Let go tugs. Proceeded to anchorage.
11.45am:
Swung ship to adjust compasses off New Brighton.
12.55pm:
Issued W/T & Visual Signal Books as in lists at end of log.
Draught
leaving dock: Forward 22' 10', Aft 25' 3"
Sick list
2
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16
May 1915
Place:
Off New Brighton
9:10pm:
Weighed & proceeded down river.
10:55pm:
Passed Bar Light V Set on full speed 85 revs.
Sick list
1
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17
May 1915
Lat 55.3,
Long -6.5
8.44am:
Maidens Lt. Ho.: N 82 W T
10.58am:
Rue Pt. Rathlin Is.: N (T) 1 1/4'
11.26am:
N End Rathlin Is.: N 68 E (T) x
1.38pm:
Inishtrahull Lt. Ho.: S 37 W(T)
7.10pm:
Barra Hd Lt. Ho.: N 48 E (T)
8.52pm:
Barra Hd Lt. Ho.: S 73 E (T) 14 1/2 '
Sick list
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18
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.6,
Long -11.0
10.00am:
Challenged by HMS Montagne Replied
Sun Obscured
5 to 8pm:
Rec'd orders to patrol from 60 20n 11w to 61n 11w to be at Southern position
at 4 a.m.
8.00pm:
Attained pos by Obs.
10.50pm:
Reached line of patrol.
Sick list
1
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19
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.5,
Long -10.9
11.25 am:
Challenged & rec'd reply from HMS Crotara
Sick list
1
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20
May 1915
Lat 60.3,
Long -11.0
Noon: Sun
obscured. Observation impracticable.
Noon: Proceeded
to new patrol
Sick list
3
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21
May 1915
20 to 80'
135 degrees from Oster Horn
Lat 63.2,
Long -12.2
Noon: Thick
fog observations impracticable.
Sick list
3
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22
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.6,
Long -13.2
5.30pm:
Hands employed cleaning ship & as requisite
8.15pm:
Stopped trawlers Rhodesia & Thomas Stratten.
Sick list
3
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23
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.0,
Long -13.1
5.05am:
Manoevred to stop Norwegian steamer.
5.30am:
Boarded SS Drummingfjord in lat 63 49n long 12 32w
Ship manoeuvred in vicinity of SS Drummingfjord awaiting instructions.
8.55am:
Sent Prize crew & Sub Lieut. McClellan, 1 petty officer & four men to
steamer.
9.20am:
Cutter returned. Hoisted in. Signalled steamer proceed as ordered.
10.15am:
Struck bottom 85 fms edge of bank.
11.40am:
Stopped sounding.
Passing numerous Danish & British trawlers.
6.13pm:
Struck bottom on edge of bank 85 fathoms Log 92-8 cont Sounding every mile
7.40pm:
Soundings every mile
8.40pm:
Lost bottom edge of bank 5' outside 112 fathoms from last sounding.
Sick list
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24
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.8,
Long -13.3
5.51am:
Stopped sounding.
8.15am:
Stopped to examine floating barrel
Stopped sounding in 80 fathoms on edge of bank. Proceeded.
8.50pm:
Alrenda Stanton, Stoker, Departed this life
Sick list
4
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25
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.8,
Long -13.5
1.00am:
Zigzagging 2 points ev 15 min.
2.00am:
a/c N22W log 6.7 cont zigzagging as before
5.30am:
Hands for sounding mustered
5.40am:
Commenced sounding. Red. to 55 Revs. Stopped zigzagging
6.60am:
Struck bottom at 75 fathoms.
7.10am:
Stopped sounding Increased to 67 revs.
Hands employed as requisite
8.25am:
a/c S15E Lag 78
10.06am:
Handed Log
10.15am:
Committed body of A. Stanton to deep with usual ceremony lat 63 58 long 12 48
11.20am:
Stopped and boarded Schooner Ruth (Danish)
Cruising in vicinity of Schooner. Speed and helm as required.
2.30pm:
Schooner Ruth allowed to proceed.
Sick list
4
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May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.9,
Long -13.3
7.15am:
Oster Horn: --N 47 W(T) Wester Horn: N 75 W (T)
11.40pm:
Stopped & sent boarding boat to trawler GY 654 Mollymonk
Sick list
3
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27
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.9,
Long -12.6
12.40am:
Boarding officer reported all correct.
7.25am:
Observed Hvalbak Is: N 16 NW (T)
9.30am:
Exercised man Overboard. Lowered and sent away Port cutter
8.45pm:
Wester Horn: N 86 W (T) x Oster Horn: N 53 W (T)
Sounding every15 min.
10.30pm:
Lost bottom at 122 fathoms.
Sick list
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28
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -13.3
3.00pm:
B. Mines Fireman sentenced to 7 days cells. Warrant No.2
8.00pm:
Wester Horn: N 72 W(T) Oster Horn: N 13 E (T)
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29
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -12.8
6.30am:
Hands cleaning ship and employed as requisite
8:00 am:
Wester Horn: N 61 W(T)
3.55pm:
Observed Norwegian Tanker S 75 E (C)
4.40pm:
Stopped & boarded Elgynpo trawler, Norwegian. Nothing suspicious found on
board. Lat. 64 15n long. 14 10w
5.20pm:
Boarding party returned, allowed trawler to proceed.
Sick list
3
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30
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -13.1
9.30am:
Obs & challenged HMS Oropesa
Lowered cutter & proceeded to Oropesa for armed guard. Sub Lieut
McClellan & 5 ratings returning to
ship.
1.30pm:
Lost by accident overboard 1 Passata Brush complete
5.40pm:
Stopped & boarded Dutch trawler Odin of ~uiden
6.20pm:
Boarding party returned
11.15pm:
Wester Horn N 81 w (T) Oster Horn: n 16 w (T)
Sick list
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31
May 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.8,
Long -12.9
2.40am:
a/c East & various to overhaul Danish Schooner.
3.25am:
Stopped. Boarded Schooner Eliazer Long 12 55w lat 63 52n
4.30pm:
Boarding party returned. Proceeded.
12.00pm:
Oster Horn: N 13 W Wester Horn: N 53 W (T)
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LOG
BOOK – JUNE 1915
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Barometer:
Mercurial
Name of
Maker & number: S.D. Neel 1053
Height
of cistern above sea: 55 ft.
Error
of mercurial barometer: Nil
Thermometers
for Air Temperature:
Position in ship: Lower Bridge
Whether
in screen: In screen sheltered from spray or rain.
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Date: June 1st to June 30th.
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Date: June 1st to June 30th.
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HMS
'Arlanza'
28th
July 1919
Sir,
I have
the honour to forward herewith Monthly copy of the Deck Log of H.M. Ship under
my command, for June, 1915 – Vide C.I.O. 322/15.
I ave the
honour to be, Sir
Your
Obedient Servant,
David
Norris
Captain
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -12.9
5.35pm:
Sighted vessel
5.55pm:
Challenged & received reply from HMS Alcantara
Sick list
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.6,
Long -13.0
3.15am:
Altered course S/35E in direction of steamer sighted
Vessel found to be HMS Alcantara
8.30am:
Stopped zigzagging, increased to 75 revolutions to sight land
8.25am:
Land continuously obscured by rain squalls
Sick list
3
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.4,
Long -12.6
11.45am:
Observed HMS Alcantara
12.15pm:
Challenged Alcantara awaiting reply
12.30pm:
Received reply
Sick list
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.5,
Long -13.5
2.30am:
Lost both leads owing to ships yawing. 100 fathms wire Starboard side & 60
fathoms on Port side. New wire reeled on Starboard side & leads on both sides
9.00pm:
Stopped & boarded trawler Wilhelmina (Dutch) of Muiden at Lat. 63 41n Long
13 22w
10.0pm
Allowed Trawler to proceed. Cutter hoisted.
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.8,
Long -13.0
12.23 to
12:30am Steaming round Dutch trawler "Anna"
12.30am:
Proceeded on course
11.23am:
Bulands Fjeld: N 33 W
7.24pm:
Full speed S 30 W to intercept schooners Olga & Christian.
7.40pm:
Stopped boarded above Danish Schooners in Lat 63 46n 12 57w. Schooners allowed
to proceed.
8.45pm:
Schooners allowed to proceed
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5
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.4,
Long -12.5
12.20am:
Oster Horn: N 85 W, Wester Horn: N 48 W
4.00pm:
Stopped & boarded Sch. Ruth (Danish)
4.45pm:
Proceeding to Rendezvous with HMS Otway
9.15pm:
Observed HMS Otway: S 65 E (T)
9.40pm:
Stopped. Two officers & 10 men for HMS Andes sent on board
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6
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7
June 1915
Lat 65.8,
Long -12.4
2.20pm:
Observed steamship on port beam. Challenged & received reply from HMS
Andes.
2.25pm:
Stopped & transferred Prize crews 2 officers & 10 men to
"Andes."
3.15pm:
Proceeded to Patrol
4.00pm:
Stopped & boarded sailing trawler 'Immanuel' (Danish)
5.00pm:
Warrant No. 3 read to Ship's company.
8.50pm:
Altered course N 60 W full speed to intercept trawler Hodd (Norwegian.)
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5
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8
June 1915
From
Rendezvous to Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -13.0
4.30am:
Arrived at Southerly end of patrol
4.30am:
Commenced zigzagging 2 points each 15 minutes
10.00pm:
Set in thick fog.
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5
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9
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -12.9
Midnight:
Lookouts doubled
Noon:
entered Bern Fiord
Sick list
3
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10
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.6,
Long -12.8
8.0am:
Wester Horn N77W x Bulands Fjeld N18W (T)
4:40pm:
Klefertindr: n 72 w x Bulands Fjeld N7W (T)
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3
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11
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.6,
Long -12.8
Sick list
4
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12
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -13.1
6.15am:
Stopped & boarded SS Grangewood
7.0am:
Reported papers correct allowed vessel to proceed.
2.25pm
Various course sighting trawlers
10.25pm:
Sighted schooner
11.25:
Stopped to board Schooner Merkur (Danish) & found that she had already been
boarded by HMS Andes. Ordered to proceed.
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4
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13
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.4,
Long -12.5
Sick list
3
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14
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.4,
Long -12.5
1.30am:
Thick fog
Sick list
3
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15
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.7,
Long -13.0
7.30am:
Altered course to Westward to intercept trawler
7.45am:
Stopped & boarded French fish carrier "La Province" lat 64 1n
Long 14 15w
8.40am:
Reported papers correct ordered to proceed.
11.55am:
Let go dummy periscope
0.05pm:
Sighted periscope Fired P1 6" & P6 ~ guns.
0.20pm:
Stopped & picked up periscope.
5.50pm:
Stopped & boarded Danish Schooner Eliezin.
6:20pm:
Reported all correct. Ordered to proceed.
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4
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June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.8,
Long -13.3
4.00am:
Changed course S18E to intercept suspicious trawler log 41-4 80 Revolutions
Stopped zigzagging.
5.05am:
Observed HMS Hilary bearing east Challenged
5.07pm:
Stopped & boarded Brit trawler St. Clair, All papers corrected Boat
returned
5.15am:
Received reply from HMS Hilary
11.40am:
Dropped dummy periscope
12.30pm:
Manoeuvred for periscope firing exercise.
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4
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17
June 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.5,
Long -12.7
Sick list
3
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17
June 1915
From
Patrol to Liverpool
Lat 63.0,
Long -13.4
11.15am:
Passed & challenged HMS Changuinola
11.30am:
Passed & challenged HMS Hilary, received replies
1.15pm:
Challenged & received reply from HMS Motagua
4.0 pm:
Read Warrant No.4 to ship's company. E.C. Bonn Fireman Sentenced to 3 days
cells for refusing duty.
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1
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19
June 1915
From
Patrol to Liverpool
Lat 57.2,
Long -9.9
2:40pm:
Observed high land vicinity Barra Head.
5:15pm:
Warrant No. 5 read
6:20pm:
Skerryvore Lt.Ho.: N 40 E (T) Ben More: N 65 E (T)
8:50pm:
Oversay: abeam 2 3/4 miles.
10:15pm:
Courses as requisite in vicinity of prohibited area & rounding Mull of
Cantyre
11.07pm:
Mull of Cantyre: Abeam ½ mile. All guns manned, Double lookouts placed
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1
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20
June 1915
From
Patrol to Liverpool
Lat 53.6,
Long -3.3
10.00am:
Anchored in River Mersey off Edgmont Pier. Pilot boarded.
3.15pm:
Proceeded in to dock
4.25pm:
Made fast in basin. All ammunition stowed in Magazines, etc.
5.28pm:
Proceeded into berth
6.14pm:
Made fast in Langton Dock.
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21
June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
am:
Telephone installed on board
Sick list
1
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22
June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
5.0pm:
Read Warrant No. 6
pm:
Coaling throughout
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June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
Sick list
2
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June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
Sick list
2
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June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
2.0pm:
Warrant No. 7 read
5.0pm:
Discharged 3 stoker ratings & 3 stewards. Engaged 10 stoker ratings.
10.30pm:
3 domestics joined ship from Southampton
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2
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26
June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
Person:
Other: Stoker Billenis: --Discharged under escort
9.10am:
HMS Virginia left dock
2.0pm
Discharged 2 Stokers, Engaged 5 Stewards
4.05pm
Stoker B. Mines taken to Dockyard gate under escort & discharged
Other:
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27
June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
10.30am:
Church on E Deck conducted by Rev. Ridler
Sick list
1
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28
June 1915
Place:
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
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1
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29
June 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
6:30am:
Warrants Nos. 8 & 9 read
11.00am:
Pilot & 3 tugs arrived. Warrant No. 10 read
11.45am:
Singled up & made tugs fast. When hauling out of dock vessel fouled bridge
of SS Hunnie & damaged
Port side lights abeam & bridgerail. This was due to the tug not
keeping the stern up when ordered to do so.
12.30pm:
Passed into river.
13.15pm:
Brought up to port anchor, 75 fms of cable in 10 fms off Seacombe ferrry stage.
6.00pm:
All ready racks filled with ammunition.
8.35pm:
Hove up anchor and proceeded downriver under Pilot's direction.
8:55pm:
Passed HMS Hampshire getting under weigh.
9.55pm:
Passed Formby Light Vessel.
11.00pm:
Pilot left
11.08pm:
Bar Light Vessel.
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1
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June 1915
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From
Liverpool to Patrol
Lat 55.3,
Long -6.2
4.30pm:
Sighted HMS Motagua on starboard beam, Challenged & received reply
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LOG
BOOK – JULY 1915
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Barometer:
Mercurial
Name of
Maker & number: S.D. Neel 1053
Height
of cistern above sea: 55 ft.
Error
of mercurial barometer: Nil
Thermometers
for Air Temperature:
Position in ship: Lower Bridge
Whether
in screen: In screen sheltered from spray or rain.
Maker &
No.: Casartelli Bros. Date: July 1st to July 31st,
1915.
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Date: July 1st to July 31st,
1915.
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1
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.7,
Long -11.6
10.10am:
Challenged by & gave reply to HMS Columbella
11.42am:
Sight sailing vessel NW by W & gave chase
Noon:
Course N 62 W in chase of sailing vessel
1.20pm:
Stopped & sent boarding party to (Norwegian) ship Hippalos of Lillesand.
2.00pm:
Reported papers correct. Boat returned.
3.00pm:
Challenged & gave reply to Hildebrand
5.05pm:
Challenged by & gave reply to Oropesa
9.15pm:
Observed sailing vessel S 21 E, gave chase.
10:05pm:
Stopped & sent boarding party to Norwegian S Aviemore. Papers reported
correct. Boat recalled.
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2
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.4,
Long -10.8
1.00am:
Observed sailing vessel, gave chase
2.30am:
Passed close to Barque "Lota" Norwegian in ballast bound westward
Noon: Sun
obscured throughout
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3
July 1915
From 'C' Patrol' to 'F' Patrol
Lat 59.5,
Long -10.7
3.35pm:
Observed HMS Virginian Steering South. Replied to challenge.
5.30pm:
Received orders proceed as directed to F patrol.
Other:
Reported Virginian relieved Arlanza on C patrol.
Sick list
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4
July 1915
F Patrol
Lat 63.4,
Long -12.7
Noon:
Sun obscured observation for position impracticable.
4.30pm:
Rec'd orders to Patrol 155 degrees from 64n 14 30w 40' Be in S position 8 am
& ~ 8 hours
Sick list
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5
July 1915
Lat 64.0,
Long -14.6
Noon:
Sun obscured Thick fog
Sick list
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6
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.2,
Long -14.6
1.30pm:
Passed Grimsby trawler Apollo
4.10pm:
Stopped & boarded Danish Schooner Sostrini
4.35pm:
Papers reported correct. Boat returned.
10.35pm:
Passed Dutch trawler
Sick list
4
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7
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.6
2.15pm:
Stopped & Boarded Dutch trawler J.T. Cremer. All papers correct.
4.30pm:
Hands mustered, Warrants No. 13 & 14 read.
Sick list
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8
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.5
12.43pm:
Stpped & boarded Norwegian trawler Polheim
1.25pm:
All papers correct.
7.30pm:
Passed trawler Langland
Sick list
3
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9
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.0,
Long -14.5
11.40am:
Stopped. Boarded Brit trawler "Langland"
12.10pm:
All papers reported correct.
Sick list
3
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10
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.2,
Long -14.7
2.40am:
Ran into dense fog
5.45am:
Fog lifted
Sick List
4
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11
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.6
Sick list
5
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12
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.9,
Long -14.4
7.35am:
Passed schooner 'Vigilant' (Danish) already boarded by HMS Andes.
8.05am:
Stopped & boarded Norwegian trawler 'Einar'
8.55am:
Reported all correct.
4.35pm:
Passed schooner 'Vigilant'.
11.35pm:
Passed Norwegian trawler Ost
Other:
Stopped & boarded Norwegian trawler Einar
Sick list
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13
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.8,
Long -14.6
1.30pm:
Stopped & boarded Norwegian Auxiliary SS Haugen
2.30pm:
Hoisted boat & circled in vicinity awaiting reply from HMS Cedric
3.50pm:
Sent SubLieut McLellan & two hands to SS Haugen to detain vessel for
orders.
4.10pm:
Proceeded to board Danish Trawler Ingolfur Arnarson
4.55pm:
Papers correct. Boat returned. Proceeded to send prize crew on board SS Haugen
to take vessel to Rukwall
8.50pm:
Altered course n 60 w to speak SS Haugen.
9.10pm:
Slow minding Haugen. All well on board.
Sick list
4
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14
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.6
12.05am:
Stopped & boarded Danish 2-masted schooner Concordia (1)
12.10am:
Full speed.
12.25am:
Stopped & boarded Danish 3-masted schooner Concordia (2)
12.30am:
Full speed.
12.45am:
All papers correct on Concordia (1). Picked up cutter & proceeded to
Concordia (2).
12.55am:
Stopped & picked up second cutter. All papers correct.
9.15am:
Altered course N40E to intecept schooner.
9.35am:
Stopped & sent cutter to recover binoculars left on board this morning at
12.45 am
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15
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.9,
Long -14.3
8.10am:
Stopped & boarded 3-masted Danish schooner M. Hay
8.40am:
All papers correct. Hoisted boat. Proceeded to intercept another schooner.
9.42pm:
Stopped & boarded 3-masted Danish schooner Fulton. All papers correct.
Boat return.
Sick list
5
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16
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.6,
Long -14.2
9.30am:
Stopped to drop target. Target caught in P log while being hauled in dragging
the whole over the side beyond
recovery
12.15pm:
Full speed to intercept steamer. Sighted & Challenged HMS Hildebrand.
Received reply
7.40pm:
Stopped & boarded French Schooner Plycine. All papers correct, signalled
to proceed.
Sick
list: 5
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17
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.0,
Long -14.5
11.00am:
Stopped & boarded Danish Yawl Kara
Noon:
Sun obscured
12.30pm:
Altered course N 55 E log 85' to intercept steamship & sight various
trawlers
Other:
Overhauled & passed Russian SS Rursk. Signalled day signal. Exchanged
courtesies & proceeded.
Sick
list: 6
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18
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.9
Noon:
Land & sun obscured by mist
Sick list
4
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19
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.0,
Long -14.9
1.03pm:
Observed steamship heading to westward.
1.10pm:
Swedish SS Norrbotten bound for Philadelphia. Ordered to stop. Weather too
rough for boarding
1.20pm:
Circling round steamship. Various revolutions.
5.00pm:
Increased to 75 revolutions. Signalled steamship to follow under lee of land.
5.45pm:
Steamship following.
9.00pm:
Stopped to board & send prize crew to SS Norrbotten to be sent to Stornaway
10.35pm:
Reported Master of vessel refused to proceed Stornaway.
Other:
Steering various S'ly courses in vicinity of SS.
Other: SS
Norrbotten proceeding "dead slow" in Southerly direction
Sick list
3
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20
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.9,
Long -15.1
Midnight:
Engines and helm as required. Steering in southerly direction.
1.50am:
SS Norrbotten signalled proceeding to Stornaway
8.15 to
8.30pm: Steered West to secure gun platform on foc's'le head unshipped by sea.
4.05 to
4.20 pm: Steered West to secure ventilation.
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21
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.7
7.05pm:
Altered course N 25 E to intercept schooner.
7.25pm:
Stopped & boarded French Schooner Yvonne.
7.45pm:
All papers in order.
9.00pm:
Stopped & boarded British trawlers Gydonia, Celtic and Comet.
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July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.2,
Long -14.3
2.45pm:
Reduced speed approaching Dutch trawler Baldes already boarded by Andes at 1:40
pm
4.00pm:
Observed HMS Andes steering south. Challenged.
4.25pm:
Received reply. Hands employed as requisite during afternoon.
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5
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23
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.1,
Long -14.6
6.15pm:
Altered course to observe trawlers
7.15pm:
Passed & observed trawlers Gydonia & Comet boarded on 21st.
Inst.
10.20pm:
Observed Andes boarded Russian steamship.
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5
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July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.2,
Long -14.4
11.06am:
Stopped zigzagging to sight trawler Comet boarded on 21st.
9.25pm:
Sighted steamship bound east
10.25pm:
Stopped & boarded SS Minerva Norwegian in ballast for Bergen
Sick list
4
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25
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 63.9,
Long -14.4
11.0pm:
Entered fogbank
2.00pm:
Challenged & received reply from HMS Andes.
Sick list
3
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26
July 1915
Patrol
Lat 64.0,
Long -14.2
10.15am:
Stopped and boarded Barquentine (Danish) Nanna
10.40am:
All papers reported correct.
Noon:
Sun obscured
7.40pm
Altered course to sight schooner.
8.00pm:
Passed French Schooner Yvonne
11.15pm:
Sighted HMS Virginian. Challenged & received reply
11.50
Stopped to signal HMS Virginian
Midnight:
Relieved from patrol by HMS Virginian
Sick list
3
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27
July 1915
From
Patrol to Liverpool
Lat 60.9,
Long -12.2
1.05am:
Sight HMS Andes. Challenged & received reply.
1.35am:
Stopped to receive mails from Andes
4.00am:
Challenged & made reply to HMS Hildebrand
8.05am:
Observed HMS Victorian; challenged & received reply
8.17am:
Stopped. Sent cutter to Victorian for armed guard
10.30am:
Passed & signalled HMS Oropesa
1.30pm:
Observed & signalled HMS Cedric
Midnight:
Reported German supply ship in vicinity of St Kilda
Sick list
3
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28
July 1915
From
Patrol to Liverpool
Lat 56.4,
Long -8.2
1.10am:
Report German supply ship captured
4.30am:
Signalled HMS Orotava
8.00am:
Altered course south to sight steamship
9.00am:
Passed & signalled HMT Ferriby
10.10am:
Signalled HMS Ambrose
11.00am:
Signalled HMS Digby
3.15pm:
Passed red wooden buoy surmounted by staff & small flag resembling
periscope. Opened fire with 6 in port guns 4 rounds.
9.35pm:
Challenged & answered Destroyer Thorn
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3
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29
July 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
6.30am:
Challenged & replied to HMTBD Dee
8.00am:
Pilot boarded from tug Alfred.
7.20am:
Challenged by & replied to War Signal Station.
2.30pm:
Sub Lieut T.L. Jones R.N.P. joined ship
6.00pm:
Two absentees Gordon & Parry rejoined ship from HMS Eagle.
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30
July 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
11.15pm:
Ash (steward) joined ship.
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31
July 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
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July,
1915
LOG
BOOK – AUGUST 1915
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Barometer:
Mercurial
Name of
Maker & number: S.D. Neel 1053
Height
of cistern above sea: 55 ft.
Error
of mercurial barometer: Nil
Thermometers
for Air Temperature:
Position in ship: Lower Bridge
Whether
in screen: Yes
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Liverpool Date: August 1st to August
31st
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& No.: Frodsham & Keen, Liverpool Date: July 31st to
August 31st
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1
August 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
Coaling
throughout
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2
August 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
6.45am
Ballast arrived alongside
8.45am:
Commenced receiving ballast in No.2 hold
Noon:
130 tons fresh water used for washing out ballast tanks filled at sea with salt
water.
2.0pm:
Two stokers Cornish and Murphy discharged to shore as being medically unfit for
service.
2.0pm:
Stopped receiving ballast, men refusing to work.
Sick list
2
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3
August 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
8.0am: 2
sick bay attendants Robinson & Knight joined ship.
10.30am:
2 Trimmers T. Carrington & J. Rice joined ship.
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4
August 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
Sick list
2
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5
August 1915
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
11.0am:
A. Sheffield discharged to shore
Noon: P.
Fox, Boy; W. Thurst, Boy; J. Tucker, Boy; joined ship from Victory
Noon:
Preparing for sea
3.30:
Magazines opened to receive ammunition
3:45:
Magazines secured
4.0pm
Hove ship alongside SS Eggesford
6.0pm:
All fast alongside SS Eggesford
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6
August 1915
Place:
Liverpool
Lat 53.4,
Long -3.0
1.0am:
Finished receiving ballast. Secured hatch. Moorings & gangway tended.
3:15am:
Main engines tried and found correct. Steering gear and windlass tested.
4.0am:
Singled up. Pilot in charge.
4.45am:
Proceeded out of dock. Engines & helm as required. Four tugs in
attendance.
6.05am:
Stopped in Sandon Basin for tide.
6:30am:
Proceeded into river.
7.0am:
Let go starboard anchor in 12 ½ fathoms (HW) & Brt. up with 60
fathoms of cable off Seacombe.
8.0am:
Swinging to tide. Least depth 8 ¼ fathoms.
8.15am:
Swinging to ebb. Tug Toxteth in attendance.
2:45pm:
Swung to flood tide.
4:30pm:
E. Gordon A.B. Discharged to hospital.
W.
Williams, Greaser joined
ship
J.
Moses, Greaser joined
ship
R.
Hughes, Fireman joined
ship
J. Hayes,Fireman joined ship
B.
McCormack, Fireman, joined ship
E. Askins, Trimmer joined
ship
T.
Reid, Trimmer joined ship
4.38pm:
Weighed anchor & proceeded down river. Pilot in charge. Engines &
helm as requisite. Darkened ship.
8:28pm:
Passed Rock Light House.
9.05pm:
Passed Formby Light Vessel
9.25pm:
Pilot left in tug.
9:26pm:
Proceeded 75 revolutions S.B.O.
9:40pm:
Passed Bar Light Vessel.
Hands
at Man & Arm Ship stations.
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7
August 1915
Liverpool
to Patrol
Lat 55.7,
Long -7.3
10:35am:
Admonished Mr. Noakes Midshipman RNR for forwarding an official request direct
to the Admiralty.
Noon:
Observations impracticable sun obscured
3.05pm:
Received orders to proceed to Rendez-vous 60¡
North
12¡ West
4.10pm:
Passed & signalled HMS Andes proceeding to Liverpool.
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8
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.0,
Long -12.0
10.0am:
Arrived at Rendez-vous 60¡
North 12¡
West
12.55pm:
Received Rendez-vous with HMS Hildebrand
7.10pm:
Observed HMS Hildebrand
7.30pm:
Stopped & boarded Hildebrand. Boat returned with Patrol orders
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9
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.2,
Long -11.6
4.0am:
thick fog. Stopped zigzagging. Reduced to 40 revolutions.
8.10am:
Weather cleared. Increased to 75 revolutions. Zigzag 30¡
every 15 minutes.
10.55am:
Sighted & challenged HMS Ambrose & HMS Motagua
Sick list
3
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10
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.2,
Long -11.4
5.40am:
At course N 75 E Full speed for steamship
5.55am:
Found steamship had already been boarded.
7.45am:
Observed HMS Ebro boarding steamship. Challenged.
9.25am:
Reply to challenge by HMS Otway
2.10pm:
Signalled Russian SS Katie flying flag of day
Sick list
4
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11
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.1,
Long -11.7
12.30am:
Observed steamship heading ENE
12.40am:
Proceeded full speed engines & helm used as required approaching steamship.
1.27am:
Stopped & boarded Swedish SS Zamora
2.20am:
Sent armed guard on board & directed to proceed to Kirkwall
2.38pm:
Altered course to signal HMS Changuinola
2.45pm:
Stopped for boat from Changuinola to take Patrol orders etc.
3.15pm:
80 Revs circling in vicinity awaiting reply
3.25pm:
Reply received
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12
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.0,
Long -11.5
7.30am:
Observed Barque to Starboard.
7.40am:
altered course to intercept ship
8.07am:
Observed & signalled Norwegian Barque Musselerag already boarded
4.00pm:
HMS King Orry Southern ship of patrol proceeded into port to coal
7.45pm:
Received orders to extend patrol to 40 miles apart & patrol 40' to be in
Southern Position in 8 hours
7.55pm:
Altered course S 2 W
Sick list
2
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13
August 1915
Lat 59.8,
Long -11.2
10.50am:
Stopped to hook on jackstay
9.20pm:
Turned ship to examine lifebuoy
Sick list
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14
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.1,
Long -11.7
1.50am:
Sighted HMS Fiona, challenged & received reply.
8.00am:
HMS Fiona joined up patrol. Proceeded to former patrol.
Noon:
Sun obscured hazy horizon
1.00pm:
Inc to 80 Revs on Rec'g orders to extend Patrol to 35 miles apart & Patrol
40 miles from Northern ship.
6.50pm:
Stopped & boarded Danish SS Russ
7.40pm:
All papers correct.
Sick list
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15
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.0,
Long -11.6
10.00am:
Ship's company mustered and inspected by Open List
1.13pm:
Stopped & boarded French SS Verberckmoes bound Arkangel
Sick list
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16
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.0,
Long -11.5
8.00am:
Exchanged signals with SS Sibir (Russian) bound Arkangel, boarded by HMS
Changuinola
Noon:
Sun obscured throughout.
2.00pm:
Passed Russian SS Sibir flying flag of the day
2.25pm:
Stopped & boarded Norwegian SS Romsdalsfjord
3:25pm:
Challenged & received reply from HMS Montagua
11:10:pm:
Stopped & boarded Norwegian SS Stat
Sick list
4
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17
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.3,
Long -11.0
12.05am:
All papers correct
4.45am:
SS Stat previously boarded
7.30am:
Stopped & boarded Russian SS Snuma
10.15am:
Passed British SS Luque flying flag of day
Noon:
Observations impracticable Sun obscured throughout.
3.07am:
Stopped & exchanged signals etc. with HMS Fiona bound in for coal
4.00pm:
Warrants No. 21 & 22 read
Sick list
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18
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.2,
Long -10.6
12.07am:
Stopped & boarded Russian SS Sigrid
12.30am:
Proceeded to intercept 2nd steamship. Lost lights. Returned to 1st
SS. All correct, Previously boarded.
3.15am:
Passed & signalled SS Export (British).
4.25am:
Altered course after steamship flying flag of the day.
5.15am:
Altered course after Barque
6.15am:
Steamed round Norwegian Barque Hebe awaiting orders from Flagship.
8.45am:
Stopped & boarded Hebe with instructions.
9.20am:
Turned ship to signal Hebe
Other:
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19
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.7,
Long -11.2
1.35am:
Stopped & boarded Russian SS Souchan.
2.10pm:
Stopped boarded British SS Mountfields.
Sick list
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20
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.1,
Long -10.8
10.00am:
Mustered Ship's company & read Articles of War & return of Court
Martial
4.05pm:
Read Warrant No. 23
11.45pm:
Altered course to intercept steamship.
Sick
List: 2
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21
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.2,
Long -10.4
12.35am:
Stopped & boarded American SS Hana
2.00am:
All correct.
11.45pm:
Turned ship to signal SS Pioneer. In charge of Armed Guard. All correct.
Sick list
2
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22
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.4,
Long -10.6
4.07am:
Stopped & boarded Norwegian SS Artemis Lat 59 42n Long 10 40w
4.55am:
Boat returned for armed guard to take SS to Kirkwall in charge of Sub Lieut
Robinson
7.20am:
Challenged & received reply from HMS Virginian
11.20am:
Challenged & received reply from HMS Montagua
Noon:
Sun obscured throughout
5.45pm:
Various courses to intercept & signal Danish SS Ulpberg bound to NY in
ballast
7.15pm:
59 17n 11 20w
Sick List
2
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23
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.4,
Long -11.0
5.24am:
Stopped & boarded Danish SS Oscar II. Manouvering in vicinity awaiting
reply from Flagship HMS Cedric
9.15pm:
Sent armed guard to take SS to Stornaway, Sub Lieut Jones in charge.
Sick list
2
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24
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.4,
Long -10.9
12.15am:
Altered course N 55 E to intercept steamship.
12.35am:
Altered course north. Stopped & boarded Norwegian SS Fram
7.35am:
Altered course N 35 W to intercept SS.
8.50am:
Stopped & boarded Belgian SS Graanhandel
9.30am:
All correct
1.45pm:
Altered course S 60 W to intrecept SS.
3.25pm:
Sopped & boarded SS Portreath(British).
4.15pm:
All correct.
5.00pm:
Altered course S 80 E to intercept Schooner
5.52pm:
Stopped 7 boarded Danish Schooner Emanuel
6.15pm:
All correct
6.27pm:
Full speed to rendez-vous with HMS Otway.
9.06pm:
Stopped & sent boat to Otway for armed guard.
9.35pm:
Boat returned
Sick list
2
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25
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.2,
Long -11.0
5.35am:
Logline carried away. Log not streamed again.
8.00am:
Log not in use during increased zigzag. Chafes against quarter & breaks
logline.
4.00pm:
Altered course S 80 W to intercept SS. Challenged & received reply from
HMS Oropesa.
4.20pm:
Altered course S 32 E to rendez-vous with HMS Motagua.
6.15pm:
Stoppped & sent boat to HMS Motagua with mails.
Sick list
2
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26
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.5,
Long -11.0
7.05am:
Altered course S 10 W to intercept Brigantine
7.23am:
Stopped & boarded Danish Brigantine Hans.
7.50am:
All correct
10.35am:
Stopped & boarded British SS Hildawell
11.30am.
Turned & manoevred in vicinity of SS while signalling Flag of Day.
12.30pm:
Signals understood. Proceeded.
2.10pm:
Altered course S 40 E to intercept SS.
3.00pm:
Full speed
3.07pm:
Stopped & boarded Danish SS Johan Seim
4.00pm:
boat returned for armed guard.
4.45pm:
Sent armed guard in charge of Sub Lieut McClellan to take vessel to Kirkwall.
Sick list
1
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27
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.3,
Long -11.0
Noon:
Sun obscured
Sick
List: 2
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28
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.3,
Long -10.6
7.00am:
Received orders to patrol as above.
Sick
List: 2
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29
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 59.6,
Long -11.0
Midnight:
Proceeded to new Patrol 59 40n
Sick
List: 2
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30
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.4,
Long -10.9
Sick list
2
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31
August 1915
Patrol
Lat 60.3,
Long -11.0
10.05pm:
Observed steamship heading ENE.
10.37pm:
Stopped & boarded Swedish SS Liguria 59 54 N 10 55 W. Awaiting
instructions from Cedric.
Sick
List: 2
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SEPTEMBER
to OCTOBER 1915 not included
see
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LOG
BOOK – NOVEMBER 1915
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Barometer:
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Maker:
S.D. Neil 1053
Height of
cistern: 55 ft.
Thermometers
for air Temperature
Position
in ship: Lower bridge
Whether
in screen: Yes
Maker
& number: from Nov.1st to Nov. 30th
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& Number: Negretti & Zambra No. 2288, from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30th.
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1
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
Lat 68.1,
Long 39.6
am:
Anchor bearings verified, cable examined.
Am:
Soundings ½ hourly; no change.
8.30am:
Hands employed as requisite assisting divers clearing up dicks etc.Sick List: 4
11am:
Russian divers at work in magazine recovering ammunition from No. 1 hold.
pm:
Divers at work as before. Hands transporting ammunition to aft magazine.
Soundings unchanged. Anchor pm: Bearings verified.
pm:
Recovered total 42 boxes 6' cartridges, 25 projectiles
pm:
Soundings ½ hourly; no change.
Sick list
4
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 36
remaining: 762
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 2177
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2
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
am:
Soundings ½ hourly no change
6.30am:
Russian gunboat Balkan left
8:30am:
Hands variously employed hoisting ammunition recovered by divers &
transporting same
10:30am:
Court of Inquiry held on board into the loss of HMS Lord Denman on the night of
October 22nd, 1915
pm:
Divers getting up Ammunition from forward magazine & shell room
pm
Recovered 16 boxes 6 ' Cast sp/ 108 Projectiles. total 58 boxes 6" Cast
sp/ 133 projectiles
pm
Russian Vasiliv Velikin left
pm
Soundings over stern 16 ½ fathoms
Sick list
3
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 34
remaining: 748
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 2150
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3
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
am:
Soundings ½ hourly. No change.
am:
Hands employed as requisite transporting ammunition, tending divers, etc.
pm:
Finished diving operations for the night. Recovered 30 c/s cartidges & 198
projectiles
Sick
List: 4
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 33
remaining: 735
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 2128
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4
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
am:
Anchor bearings verified. Cable examined. Soundings taken regularly.
8.30am:
Hands employed variously, assisting divers, transporting ammunition etc.
9.45am:
1st Lieut landed with party with provisions for store at Yukanka village.
pm:
Lieut (N) away sounding inner anchorage
1.50pm:
Convoy left anchorage in charge of Russian sweepers
pm:
Soundings ½ hourly, no appreciable change.
pm:
Recovered to day 20 cs cartridges 178 Projectiles
11.00pm:
Strange vessel entering harbour with searchlights burning. Manned P.2 6"
& 6 pdr in preparation for defence.
11:30pm:
Russian SS Vera entered harbour
Sick list
3
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 33
remaining: 722
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 2106
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November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
9.30am:
1st Lieut & party landing provisions
10.00am:
Lieut (N) away Sounding inner anchorage with HMT St. Cyr.
pm:
Diving operations continued in forward magazine & at cable. Soundings
½ hourly, no change.
Sick
List: 5
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 34
remaining: 708
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 2084
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6
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
am:
Steam on main engines 60 revs. for 9.00 am. Anchor bearings and soundings
carefully watched.
9.00am:
Lieut (N) & party left to continue sounding inner harbour placing mark
buoys etc.
am: HMT
1513 & 264 swept channel from inner anchorage to "Arlanza" 6 pm
No obstructions found
pm: Lt.
(N) & party returned.
4.30pm:
Steam on main engines for 40 revs throughout the night.
Sick list
4
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 34
remaining: 694
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 2062
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7
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
7.30am:
Convoy left harbour
10:45am:
Weighed anchor to clear cable Ship kept in position by engines
1.35pm:
Slow ahead 45 Revs proceeded into middle of harbour to clear cable
2.00pm:
Let go port anchor
2.40pm:
Up anchor proceeded up harbour to former anchor stern first
3.15pm:
Turned ship & proceeded to inner anchorage inside Bezimyanni Is. anchorage
on marks previously laid out
4.30pm:
Came to with Port anchor veered 45 fathoms in 12 fathoms water
pm:
Starboard cable-length unknown - foul by four turns round Port cable at anchor
both ends on bottom
Sick list
3
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 34
remaining: 680
Coal
expended for all purposes: 31
remaining 2031
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8
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
Sick
List: 4
1.00am:
Soundings over stem every 15 min.
2.00am:
Bilges sounded every ½ hour, no change.
3.00am:
Anchor buoy mark carefully watched.
8.30am:
Hands employed as requisite rigging fore derrick, etc.
9.50am:
H.M.T: Bombardier arrived
9.00am:
Shore party away with stores. Divers removing ballast from No. 1 hold. HMT St.
Cyr alongside receiving water.
1.00pm:
HMT St.Cyr received 6 tons fresh water.
2.30pm:
HMT Ganton received 8 tons fresh water
5.30: HMT
Ganton alongside
Sick list
4
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 34
remaining: 666
Coal
expended for all purposes: 27
remaining 2004
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9
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
12.30am:
St. Cyr cast off
12.45am:
In wireless communication with HMS Orotava
8.30am:
Russian steamship alongside with timber.
am:
Diving operation continued jettisoning ballast.
3.40pm:
Russian steamship received fresh water 10 tons.
6.00pm:
Flash light observed on mainland in position of lower leading beacon. C. White,
Leading Hand, W. Simpson, A.B.
Lost by accident 2 pairs gaiters.
Sick
List: 7
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 48
remaining: 638
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1988
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10
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
1.15am:
Motorboat with Lieut(N) away to Bombardier
2.00am:
HMT Bombardier & HMT St. Cyr left anchorage to meet HMS Orotava & sweep
her into harbour.
am:
Soundings over stern and bilges regularly reported
8.30am:
Hands employed as requisite assisting divers and receiving wooden logs, etc.
am: 90
tons fresh water in No.2 starboard unfit for use.
12.58am:
HMS Orotava arrived & came to anchorage in harbour.
2.10am:
Working party left in HMT Bombardier for HMS Orotava.
am:
Diving operations in progress removing ballast from No. 2 hold
6.45pm:
Commenced receiving stores from Bombardier from Orotava
10.10pm:
Ganton alongside with stores
10.40pm:
St. Cyr alongside with stores
Sick
List: 5
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 134
remaining: 524
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1972
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11
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
12.30am:
HMT's Bombardier & Ganton left & anchored near
8.00am:
Bombardier & Ganton alongside, Resumed rec'g stores. Loading ammunition on
board Ganton
11.00am:
Ganton left.
11.00am:
Total ammunition transferred to HMS Orotava: 127 boxes 6' cartridges, 29 boxes
6 pdr. ammunition
11.30am:
Diving operations in progress removing ballast from No. 1 hold.
Noon:
*100 tons fresh water expended for E.R. Operations
12.30pm:
HMT Bombardier alongside, hands employed receiving stores. Carried away jackstay
4.00pm:
Second beacon light observed, exact position unknown
5.00pm:
Barthon boat lowered & taken in tow to Orotava.
Pm:
Following articles lost by accident:
W.
Austin A.B., R.N.R., 1 pair duffel trousers & 1 pair oilskin trousers
E.Neil,
A.B., R.N.R., 1 pair duffel trousers & 1 pair sea boots
7.45pm:
St. Cyr alongside.
9.00pm:
All stores finished. Bombardier left & anchored near.
Sick list
5
Fresh Water
distilled: 20
expended: 134*
remaining: 410
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1956
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12
November 1915
Yukanskie
Anchorage
am:
Southeasterly blizzard throughout watch. Cable examined. Position verified.
Soundings taken regularly.
8.00am:
Hands employed transporting baggage to trawlers
8.30am:
Bombardier alongside
10.00am:
St. Cyr left for Orotava
10.45am: Discharged specie to
Bombardier
11.am:
Bombardier left with specie, baggage & bedding etc for Orotava
Noon [Log
signed] David Norris, Captain
Sick
List: 5
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 36
remaining: 394
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1940
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January 1916
Log note:
HMS
Iphigenia January 18, 1916.
This
log has not been returned to HMS Arlanza for certificate stating that this is
the Fair Log, owing to the extreme
difficulty of communicating with that Ship.
[signature
~] Commander & SNO Alexandrovsk
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Barometer:
mercurial
Maker:
S.D. Neil 1053
Height of
cistern: 55 ft.
Thermometers
for air Temperature
Position
in ship: Lower bridge
Whether in
screen: Yes
Maker
& number: from Nov.1st to Nov. 30th
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& Number: Negretti & Zambra No. 2288, from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30th.
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November 1915
[Note:Not
a duplicate.]
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
2.30pm:
Passengers transferred to HMS Orotava.
3.00pm:
Ship's company transferred to HMS Orotava
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
5.50pm:
HMT Ganton left with Capt. Norris.
6.05pm:
HMT St. Cyr alongside
8.45pm:
HMT St. Cyr left with 250 life belts and quantity mess traps for HMS Orotava
Sick
List: 5
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 36
remaining: 396
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1939
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13
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
7.00am:
HMT Ganton alongside with working party - Lt. Leonard in charge. Lead line
over stern carefully watched.
8.00am:
HMT Ganton left with 2 life boats & cutter for Orotava.
8.30am:
Sir Mark Sykes brought back 3 Berthon boats
11.00am:
HMS Orotava left harbour
1.30pm:
HMT Sir Mark Sykes cast off.
2.00pm:
HMT Ganton came alongside to give assistance in laying out a second anchor.
Made attempt to carry out anchor but lashing carried away
and anchor dropped almost underfoot.
2.50pm:
Succeeded in dropping 6th well ahead. Towing pennant shackled to stream anchor
and three parts. 8 1/2 " wire made fast aboard. Bilges sounded regularly.
[Sick
List: N/A]
Fresh
Water distilled: 18
expended: 30
remaining: 384
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1923
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14
November 1915
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded & cable watched.
All day:
Anchor bearings frequently checked.
11.00am:
HMT TE Ferris brought 4 men to see surgeon.
11.15am:
Bombardier alongside with 2 shackles anchor cable. Men employed getting it
aboard.
12.30pm:
All trawlers left side except Bombardier
1.15pm:
Cable on starboard windlass secured to anchor on deck
3.15pm:
Russian gunboat arrived. Bombardier left ship's side
3.35pm:
Capt. Schultz (Russian diver) & civilian came aboard
pm:
Bilges sounded regularly, Cable and mooring wires carefully watched.
pm:
Bilges sounded regularly
pm:
Bilges sounded regularly
[Sick
List: N/A]
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 30
remaining: 374
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1908
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15
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
2.30am:
veered to 3rd shackle on port cable
3.55am:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cable watched.
5.30am:
Stmr Polbain made flashing signal "Am ashore and making water."
6.00am:
Called up trawler & made signal asking her to impress H.M.T. Bombardier
7.20am:
Reply from Commander of HMT Bombardier to effect that he would go alongside at
daylight.
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Party employed getting starboard anchor over side and hove up to hawse pipe.
Remainder of hands cleaning ship.
11.55:
Let go starboard anchor & veered to 1½ shackles. Three anchors
leading ahead now.
am:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cable carefully watched.
2.30pm:
Ordered E. Rosin to raise steam in starboard boilers.
2.40pm:
HMT St. Cyr & Russian steamer came alongside.
2.55pm:
St. Cyr left with trawler Cyrano in tow. Russ steamer discharging stores.
4.00pm:
St. Cyr tied up on starboard side to assist in towing if necessary.
5.00pm:
Bombardier on port side to assist in towing if necessary.
5.15pm:
Russians (20) arrived for diving party.
[Sick
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Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 34
remaining: 360
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1880
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November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
Alll day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cable watched.
10.00am:
Hands employed cleaning ship, and with divers.
1.30pm:
Carpenter's crew employed making gear for salvage of SS Polbain
5.00pm:
Divers working out ballast from fore hold
[Sick
List: N/A]
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 24
remaining: 356
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1863
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Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cable examined.
8.30am:
HMS Iphigenia entered harbour.
1.30pm:
Divers working on ballast in fore hold.
2.00pm:
Dixon, skipper & Matthews AB from HMT St. Cyr brought aboard for medical
treatment
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended:30
remaining: 346
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1863
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18
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
6:00am:
SS Polbain successfully floated
10.00am:
Crew employed cleaning ship, diving party. Divers working at ballast in fore
hold.
11.00am:
Party engaged sorting potatoes.
11.30am:
Cable watched.
2.00pm:
HMS Iphigenia's cutter came alongside for divers' purposes.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 36
remaining: 336
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1833
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19
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
All day:
Cable watched.
9.30am:
Two cutters at SS Polbain for diving purposes
10.30am:
Hands employed with divers & sorting potatoes
11.00:
Cutters left SS Polbain
12.45pm:
Wind changed to NNW with heavy snow squall (7).
1.15pm:
Boat belonging to Polbain broke adrift from our port side and went ashore
before she could be reached.
1.30pm:
Cutter hanging astern broke adrift. Lowered quarter boat to pick it up. Boat
reached cutter but wind and sea
was too much for it and after 45 minutes cutter drove ashore - boat with men
being towed back by Russian
Steamer Nicolo. Cutter contained diving gear.
5.30pm:
Party in motor boat left to recover cutter ashore.
6.30pm:
Motor boat returned with cutter in tow.
11.00pm:
Vessel's stern swinging to Northward (towards island)
Provisions:
3 tons bad potatoes passed overboard
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 35
remaining: 333
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1744
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20
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
2.35pm:
Lt. Commander Riznitch IMRN left for Archangel
3.45am:
Russ Steamship Iceland left anchorage for Archangel
All day:
Bilges sounded. Cable watched.
4.30am:
HMT Bombardier left harbour
11.00am:
Hands variously employed cleaning ship, with diving party & sorting
potatoes.
Noon: SS
Ermaskoi entered harbour.
5.10pm:
HM Trawlers Granton & St. Cyr entered harbour.
Provisions:
2 tons of bad potatoes passed overboard.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1775
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21
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
3.30am:
veered as much as possible on port cable.
All day:
Bilges sounded, Cable watched.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1751
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22
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
8.45am:
Russian steamer alongside to take diving party to Polbain.
10.00am:
Court of Inquiry held on stranding of Polbain by Lt. Cr. F.E. Storey, RNR , Act
Lt. R.J. ~ellan RNR & Capt Neail Master, 1st &
2d mates, Chief Engineer & lookout man examined.
1.00pm:
British SS Sculptor & Russian steamer entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 35
remaining 1716
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23
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cable watched.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1692
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24
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cable watched.
12.40pm:
HMS Iphigenia came to anchor.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 26
remaining: 334
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1668
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25
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cables watched.
9.00am:
Diving party left for SS Polbain
10.15am:
Trawler Ganton came alongside
10.45am:
Diving party returned.
1.30am:
Hands employed preparing to coal ship from trawlers
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 334
Coal
expended for all purposes: 35
remaining 1642
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26
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cables watched.
12.40pm:
Ganton took one bag of mail for England
3.35 pm:
Convoy left harbour.
5.10pm:
Hoisted starboard cutter.
9.20pm:
Trawler St. Cyr made fast on starboard side (brought 100 bags coal.)
Fresh
Water distilled: 40
expended: 29
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 27
remaining 1615
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27
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
6.00am:
Ship's stern swung ~ N to W
8.00am:
Commenced coaling from St. Cyr.
8.30am:
P.O. & 10 stokers left for Iphigenia to assist coaling ship.
9.00am:
Finished coal on St. Cyr (100 bags.)
10.30am:
Hands clearing decks & transporting provisions above water line.
11: 45
am: Hoisted starboard cutter.
6.00pm:
St. Cyr came on starboard side with 400 bags coal
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1587
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28
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
8.00am:
Commenced coaling from trawler.
10.00am:
10 stokers ~ coaling Iphigenia
11:30am:
Finished trawler.
2.00pm:
Provisions landed & stored in village.
5.15pm:
Stokers (coaling party) returned from Iphigenia.
11.00pm:
St. Cyr came alongside
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 29
remaining 1558
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29
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
8.00am:
Commenced coaling
9.30am:
173 coal bags lent to Trawler T.R. Ferens
1.00pm:
Party took further quantity of provisions to village.
4.45pm:
Trawler T.R. Ferens made fast on port side.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1528
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30
November 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
8.00am:
Commenced coaling from trawlers St. Cyr & T.R. Ferens
11.00am:
Finished St. Cyr.
Noon:
Finished T.R. Ferens.
2.00pm:
Veered to 3 shackles both cables.
6.50pm:
Trawler [blank] drifted ashore. Switched port searchlight on her to
assist salvage operations.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 35
remaining 1493
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LOG
BOOK – DECEMBER 1915
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Other:
HMS Iphigenia January 18, 1916. this has not been returned to HMS Arlanza for
certificate stating that this is the fair log owing to the extreme difficulty
of communicating with that ship. [signed] ~ Commander ~ Alexandrovsk
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1
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1579
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2
December 1915
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
10.0am:
Two ratings (lent to Iphigenia) returned.
10.45am:
Two divers and gear returned to Iphigenia and 4 trawler hands discharged from
sick bay
2.00pm:
Hands employed shifting logs to be used for stiffening of decks.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1551
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3
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
1.00pm:
HMS Iphigenia left harbour
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 350
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1518
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4
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cables watched.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 350
Coal
expended for all purposes: 29
remaining 1493
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5
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cables watched.
10.0am:
Divine service held for ship's company and Russian allies
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 355
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1463
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6
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly. Cables watched.
1.30:
1st Lieutenant left to visit ships arrived in harbour.
4.15:
1st lieut returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 360
Coal
expended for all purposes: 32
remaining 1431
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7
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
1.0pm:
First Lieutenant left to visit ships arrived.
3.0pm:
First lieutenant returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 360
Coal
expended for all purposes: 27
remaining 1404
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8
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
2.0am:
Vessel's stern swung NW to W
11.40am:
SS Polbain left harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 360
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1376
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9
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
3.30am:
Convoy leaving harbour
2:30pm
1st Lieutenant left to visit ships arrived.
4:15pm
1st Lieutenant returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 365
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1346
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10
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
9.30am:
Russian divers cutting off ragged plating on bow by means of explosive. Four
charges fired during day.
1.45pm:
First Lieutenant left to look for shipping.
2.45pm:
First Lieutenant returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 95
remaining: 300
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1318
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11
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
6.00am:
Ship's stern swung from WxN to SWxS.
1.00pm:
First Lieutenant left on harbour duties.
6.00pm:
First Lieutenant returned.
7.00pm:
Ship's stern swung from SW (through NW) to NxE.
8.05pm:
Russian guard ship Colgrave came to anchor.
9.30pm:
First Lieutenant left harbour in Colgrave to visit ships in outer bay and give
amended instructions.
Midnight:
First Lieutenant returned on board.
Log
signed by Frederic E. Storey, Lieutenant Commander, R.N.R.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 305
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1288
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12
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
1.00am:
Russian Steamer Colgrave left harbour.
2.30pm:
"Colgrave" piloted four steamers inside.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 310
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1258
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13
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
1.00pm:
Piece of plate brought on deck this afternoon having been severed by explosive
charges.
10.50pm:
Egertha (Russian auxiliary ~) entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 315
Coal
expended for all purposes: 35
remaining 1223
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14
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
1.30am:
Russian motor schooner cast off and went to an anchorage.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 320
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1193
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15
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 325
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1163
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16
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00pm:
Convoy (including "Umona") anchored in inner bay.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1135
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17
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 325
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1163
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18
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.20am:
Collier "Sunningdale" came alongside.
10.30am:
First Lieutenant left to visit transport "Umona".
10.30am:
Hands employed rigging gear for coaling and assisting aboard collier.
12.50pm:
First Lieutenant returned.
1.30pm:
Trawler St. Cyr cast off.
1.45pm:
Commenced coaling in No.3 hatch.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 340
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1128
[Log
signed by]
Frederic E. Storey Lt. Comd'r. RNR.
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19
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling.
10.55am:
SS King Howell entered harbour.
1.30pm:
First lieutenant left to bring in SS Minto.
2.15pm:
Chief Bosun's Mate Waterfall knocked over side by sling, on to collier's deck,
breaking collar bone and arm.
3.15pm:
First Lieutenant returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1224
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20
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.45am:
Captain Von Schoultz , Imperial Russian Navy & party left ship.
6.30am:
Ship swung & fouled Russian trawler at anchor. Trawler veered cable &
dropped astern, fouling our port propeller
with his (wire) anchor cable.
8.00am:
resumed coaling ship.
8.30am:
Russian trawler got clear.
11.30am:
Stopped coaling and cast off collier owing to weather conditions. Received 39
tons coal.
2.40pm:
Ship surrounded by drift ice.
11.40pm:
Schooner White Fox came alongside.
Fresh
Water distilled: 30
expended: 30
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1235
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21
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
12.10am:
Russian schooner left with 12 men of working party.
11.20am:
Signalled collier Sunningdale to come alongside. Harbor frozen over.
1.20pm:
Collier Sunningdale alongside.
1.50pm:
Collier all fast.
2.00pm:
Resumed coaling.
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for night. Received 65 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 350
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 1270
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22
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship.
am:
Harbor frozen over.
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 175 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 355
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1417
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23
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling.
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for night. Received 114 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 35
expended: 30
remaining: 360
Coal
expended for all purposes: 28
remaining 1504
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24
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling.
11.00am:
Made general signal for all British ships to proceed to Alexandrovsk.
12.30pm:
All shipping leaving harbour.
1.00pm:
Shifted collier aft several feet to assist coaling and put out extra stern
moorings in case required to steam
ahead and ease cables.
1.10pm:
Steamer Polar Prince arrived. Ice breaking up and drifting to southeast end of
harbour.
6.00pm:
Stopped coaling for night. Received 79 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 25
remaining: 350
Coal
expended for all purposes: 25
remaining 1558
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25
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.15am:
All ice clear of ship.
2.00am:
Ordered collier to get ready to cast off.
3.00am:
Collier cast off & went to anchorage.
10.00am:
Divine service held for ship's company.
Am: W.
Robson (motor engineer) came on board during prenoon.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 25
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1534
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26
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.00am:
Surgeon left to attend sick man in Russian auxiliary cruiser.
12.50pm:
Surgeon returned.
9.40pm:
Colgrave left harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 25
remaining: 340
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1511
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27
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
10.50am:
Sunningdale fast alongside
10:55am:
HMS Iphigenia entered harbour.
11.10am:
HMS Iphigenia anchored.
11:30am:
Ice penning in harbour.
Provisions
received:
10
bags potatoes
2
bushels of peas
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 25
remaining: 315
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 1568
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28
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly
1.00am:
Ship frozen in heading S13E.
11.30am:
Ship frozen in.
2.00pm:
Whole weight of ship on Collier Sunningdale
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 25
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 1548
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29
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Whole weight of ship bearing on broadside of Collier Sunningdale
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 25
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 1527
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30
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Ship frozen in and laying against Collier Sunningdale.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 20
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1504
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31
December 1915
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.00am:
Russian auxiliary cruiser left harbour.
1.00pm:
Ice around ship remains solid.
2.00pm:
First Lieutenant boarded Polar Prince to arrange the salvage gear, stores etc.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 20
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1482
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LOG
BOOK – JANUARY 1916
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Mercurial
barometer: SD Neill Belfast No 1053, cistern 55 ft above sea
Air
thermometer/lower bridge in screen: Negretti & Zambra No 2412:
Sea
thermometer: Pastorelli Rapkin London
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1
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.00am:
HMS Polar Prince free of ice.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 25
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1458
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2
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Schooner White Fox left harbour.
9.27am:
Russian auxiliary cruiser Colgrave entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 25
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1434
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3
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Commenced coaling.
4.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 52 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 25
remaining: 285
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1464
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4
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.40am:
Wind dropped.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling.
4.00pm:
Stoppped coaling. Received 63 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 25
remaining: 285
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1503
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5
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling.
11.15am:
Polar Prince endeavouring to break up ice and release Sunningdale.
Noon:
stopped coaling. Received 43 tons.
3.30pm:
Polar Prince went to an anchorage having broken a considerable portion of the
ice.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 20
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1523
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6
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.30am:
Whistles of three steamers outside heard throughout watch
9.30am:
Three Russ steamers entered harbour (one being ice-breaker Sadko)
11.05am:
Sunningdale left ship's side - the Polar Prince having successfully broken the
ice.
12.30pm:
New ice-breaker arrived from England and Russ auxiliary cruiser and British SS
Northern Coast entered
from southward
1.30pm:
HMS Polar Prince alongside made fast. Commenced transshipping stores, etc.
3.00pm:
Ordered HMS Northern Coast to proceed to Alexandrovsk.
3.00pm:
Russ ice-breaker with Admiral Ivanovski on board came alongside
4.00pm:
Stopped discharging Polar Prince for the day.
6.10pm:
Russian ice breaker left ship's side.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 19
remaining: 296
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1500
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7
January 1916
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.30am:
Resumed transshipping stores.
4.00pm:
Stopped work on stores for day.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 26
remaining: 295
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining
1477
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8
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day: Bilges
sounded regularly.
8.45am:
Resumed transshipment of stores, etc.
10.00am:
30 gallons fresh water supplied to Polar Prince as per D.O.T. scale
12.05pm:
Steamer Northern Coast left for Alexandrovsk.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 17
remaining: 288
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 1456
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9
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
30 gallons fresh water supplied to Polar Prince.
10.00am:
Divine service held and Muster by open lists.
3.30am:
Ice breaker M~ left harbour.
3.40pm:
Ice breaker Sadko took 2000 bags mail from Polar Prince.
8.45pm:
Sadko left for Alexandrovsk
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 15
remaining: 273
Coal
expended for all purposes: 19
remaining 1437
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10
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Russian steamship left for Alexandrovsk.
9.45am:
Resumed work on Polar Price, stores, gear, etc.
10.30am:
'Polar Prince' 30 gallons fresh water.
12.20pm:
Vasili Veliki brought 3 survivors of steamer Sappho, caught in ice. Wm Ashford,
2nd officer, Martin Haulia AB and Jack Stark OS
(first and last suffering from frost bite)
2.30pm:
Vasili Veliki left.
4.00pm:
stopped for day, stores, etc.
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 18
remaining: 255
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 1470
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11
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.30am:
Resumed aboard Polar Prince
10.00am:
Polar Prince received 30 gallons fresh water.
4.00pm:
Finished transshipping all geat and stores from Polar Prince
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 11
remaining: 244
Coal
expended for all purposes: 19
remaining 1398
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12
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
30 gallons fresh water to Polar Prince.
3.00pm:
Vasili Veliki came alongside and took aboard 12 Russian seamen
3.00pm:
45 gallons fresh water to Polar Prince.
Fresh
Water distilled: 16
expended: 13
remaining: 247
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 1377
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13
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
9.30pm:
Vasili Veliki breaking out Polar Prince.
10.15am:
Vasili Veliki left harbour. Polar Prince unable to get clear.
11.00am:
30 gallons fresh water to Polar Prince.
2.00pm:
Port watch on shore during afternoon.
9.50 pm:
Ice breaker entered harbour
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 11
remaining: 236
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 1357
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14
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
30 gallons fresh water to Polar Prince.
Fresh
Water distilled: 18
expended: 13
remaining: 241
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 1336
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15
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
30 gallons fresh water to Polar Prince.
12.45pm:
Liberty men fell in & went to island.
3.10pm:
Liberty men returned
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 13
remaining: 248
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 1316
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16
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
9.30am:
Divine service held. History sheets handed out.
11.00am:
30 gallons fresh water to Polar Prince.
Noon:
Party (including 2 surgeons) came over ice from A.M.C. Colgrave
1.15:
Ice breaker freed Polar Prince
1.45:
Polar Prince left side
3.00pm: Colgrave
came alongside and took aboard her party, also 3 sick shipwrecked seamen to be
treated for frostbite at Alexandrovsk.
3.50pm:
Left ship's side
5.10pm:
British Southfield entered harbour.
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 13
remaining: 250
Coal
expended for all purposes: 19
remaining: 1297
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17
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.00am:
Ordered Southfield to proceed to Alexandrovsk
11.45am:
Ice breaker came alongside and put wireless/telegraph operator from Svyatoi Nos
on board us.
12.30pm
Ice breaker Monmoritz – British Southfield – Russian Auxiliary
gunboat Vasili Veliki – Russian collier started through ice
towards entrance.
3.00pm:
All vessels cleared entrance.
3.30pm:
Monmoritz returned to harbour.
6.40pm:
Heard reports of two guns at about 1 minute intervals
7.00pm:
Ice breaker Monmoritz left harbour and at 7.30 returned leading British
Southfield
7.30pm:
Wireless/telegraph reports Southfield making water.
10.30pm:
First lieutenant left on ice breaker to board Southfield
Midnight:
first lieutenant returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 13
remaining: 247
Coal
expended for all purposes: 19
remaining 1278
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18
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00am:
"Southfield" has fore-peak full and No. 2 hold making water.
3.00am:
Southfield anchored in 4 fathoms (close inshore) bearing SSW from Arlanza
9.30am:
Icebreaker Monmoritz came alongside for pump and salvage gear.
11.30am:
Salvage party left for Southfield
5.00pm:
Salvage party aboard "Southfield' throughout day.
8.40om:
First Lieutenant left for 'Southfield.'
9.40pm:
First lieutenant returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 18
remaining: 239
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1256
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19
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.30am:
Salvage party left for Southfield.
10.45am:
Steamer Bellaventure entered harbour.
2.00pm:
Monmoritz and Bellaventure left for Arkhangel.
3.00pm:
Salvage party aboard Southfield throughout day.
Other:
Fresh Water distilled: 13
expended: 8
remaining: 244
Coal
expended for all purposes: 34
remaining 1232
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20
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Salvage party left for Southfield.
2.00pm:
Salvage party aboard Southfield all day.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 13
remaining: 244
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1208
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21
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.10am:
HMS Albemarle entered harbour.
1.30pm:
Salvage party aboard 'Southfield' throughout day.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 13
remaining: 244
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1184
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22
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
First Lieutenant & party landed to try to get mails from HMS Albemarle.
11.30:
First Lieutenant returned.
12.40pm:
Albemarle left harbour and went to Eastern side of Vilte Id where she landed
mail in cutter.
2.30pm:
Party returned with ship's mail.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 13
remaining: 246
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1161
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23
January 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10:00am:
Divine service held
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 13
remaining: 246
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1139
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24
January 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Carpenter's crew working on shores so hands shifting ballast - No. 2.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 63
remaining: 196
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1115
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25
January 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30: Hands
employed in No. 2 hold shifting ballast, etc.
1.30pm:
Carpenters shoring up - hands employed in salvage work generally.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 13
remaining: 196
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1093
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26
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Hands employed preparing bulkhead for shoring up in No. 2 orlop deck.
2.00pm:
Salvage work continues
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 13
remaining: 199
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 1072
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27
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Hands employed in salvage work on No. 2 Orlop deck.
7.00pm:
Salvage work stopped in No.2.
11.30pm:
Carpenters stopped work on bulkhead in No. 2
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 203
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1050
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28
January 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Hands employed variously in No. 2.
1.30pm:
Hands employed cementing up bulkhead.
Fresh
Water distilled: 18
expended: 16
remaining: 205
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1028
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29
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Hands employed in No.2 Orlop deck bulkhead
1.00pm:
Ice leaving SE end of harbour
3.00pm:
'Southfield' clear & wind rode.
5.30pm:
Southfield shifted anchorage to Eastward.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 17
remaining: 208
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 1006
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30
January 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30pm:
Ice breaking on northwest edge of field
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 203
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 986
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31
January 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.40:
Ice broke away from ship. Ship swung head to wind.
9.00am:
One wire on Trotman anchor parted.
10.00am:
Hands employed variously on salvage work.
2.00pm:
Ice field bearing down on ship. Fired two rounds 6" to try to break field.
Projectiles had little or no visible effect.
Ice bore heavily on cables. Ice 18 ins. to 2 feet thick.
3.30pm:
Rigged trip hammer over stern to break ice; unsuccessful.
5.30pm:
Ice field split ahead and drifted abaft cables
6.00pm:
Veered cable to allow links chafed by ice to be well in water.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 15
remaining: 213
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 963
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FEBRUARY
1916 not included
LOG
BOOK – MARCH 1916
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[Weather
equipment]
Barometer:
Mercurial
Name of
Maker & number: S.D. Neel 1053
Height
of cistern above sea: 55 ft.
Error
of mercurial barometer: Nil
Thermometers
for Air Temperature:
Position in ship: Lower Bridge
Whether
in screen: Yes
Maker
& No.: Casartelli Bros. Liverpool Date: August 1st to August
31st
Thermometer
for Sea Temperature:
Maker
& No.: Frodsham & Keen, Liverpool Date: March 1st 1916 to
March 31st , 1916
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1
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.15am:
Cesarewitsch Alexej entered harbour.
2.00pm:
Hands clearing decks of snow
5.10pm:
'Laertes' left collier & went to anchorage.
9.00pm:
Attempted to make signal to collier Southfield but could not attract attention.
Fresh
Water distilled: 23
expended: 13
remaining: 220
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1173
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2
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands clearing snow off decks.
9.30am:
Carpenters employed in salvage work.
Fresh
Water distilled: 23
expended: 13
remaining: 230
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1149
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Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.00am:
Laertes weighed & proceeded alongside collier.
9.30am:
Carpenters and Russian divers employed on salvage work.
3.15pm:
Took cast over stern – 23 ft. (Note: L.W spring tides.)
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 13
remaining: 232
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1126
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4
March 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.45am:
3 fathoms L.W over stern
9.00am:
hands employed variously, Carpenters on salvage work.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 14
remaining: 238
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1102
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5
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00am:
Ordered steam in main engines
5.30am:
Bonaventure, Adventure, Flia Monmoritz and Sadko entered harbour.
6.30am:
Kiev & Voronezh entered harbour
8.30am:
Let fires die down.
10.30am:
Fell calm
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 243
Coal
expended for all purposes: 39
remaining 1063
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6
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
O/ seamen (Albemarle) receiving drill instruction and seamanship.
11.15am:
Voronej left harbour.
6.45pm:
Sadko alongside with master of SS Southfield for provisions. Duty watch putting
provisions aboard Southfield;
received provisions for 3 weeks, per B.O.T. scale.
8.20:
Sadko cast off.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 249
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 1039
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7
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands overhauling blocks & boat falls; carpenters on salvage work.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 253
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 1016
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8
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.30pm:
Wind dropped.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 258
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 992
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9
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.00am:
Wind dropped, shifted to Southeast
1.15pm:
Bonaventure came ahead of us and wanted surgeon for Monmoritz
1.30pm:
1st Lt. Surgeon left on Bonaventure.
3.00pm:
Bonaventure returned with 1st Lt.Surgeon
3.00pm:
Bonaventure left.
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 15
remaining: 243
Coal
expended for all purposes: 22
remaining 970
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10
March 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.50am:
Monmoritz and Sadko left harbour.
4.00pm:
Bonaventure came alongside with coaling gear returned from Southfield.
5.10pm:
Bonaventure cast off.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 248
Coal
expended for all purposes: 26
remaining 944
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11
March 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.00pm:
Three men from Laertes came for medical advice
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 253
Coal
expended for all purposes: 25
remaining 919
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12
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10:00am
Divine service held for ship's company.
1.00pm:
Liberty men landed.
6:00pm:
Liberty men returned
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 258
Coal
expended for all purposes: 26
remaining 893
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13
March 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
Place:
Yukanskie Inner anchorage
Place:
Yukauskie Durner Ancorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.30am:
Monmoritz, Sadko, Beokin, Dwinsk entered harbour.
9.00am:
Hands cleaning snow off boat deck; and on salvage work.
10.30am:
Ordinary seamen landed for field training
1.00pm:
Ordinary seamen landed for field exercise.
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 15
remaining: 243
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 869
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14
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.15pm:
Beokin came close to and received barrels of oil for Svyatoi Nos
4.30pm:
Beokin left. Received 16 barrels oil intact -- one barrel fell on ice and
burst.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 248
Coal
expended for all purposes: 25
remaining 844
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15
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
5.00pm:
Voronej entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 253
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 820
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16
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30am:
Aislan (ex. 'Iceland') entered harbour.
9.00am:
Hands shifting ballast etc.
3.00pm:
Party came from Laertes for reindeer meat (9 carcases) obtained from village
for them.
6.00pm:
Bonaventure shifted anchorage close to Arlanza (standing by to break ice to
westward if required.)
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 258
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 796
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17
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
6.00am:
Ice broke astern -- ship swung to wind.
1.00pm:
From ship to NW entrance ice-bound. Rest of harbour clear.
9.30pm:
Bellaventure entered harbour.
11.45pm:
Received mails and ferrules (for Southfield) from Bellaventure.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 263
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 772
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18
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
12.50am:
Bellavenure left harbour.
5.10am:
Stern swung from ESE to SW.
10.00am:
1st Lieutenant called on Russian admiral.
1.30pm:
Sent whaler to take master and 4 men of Southfield off the mainland
3.00pm:
Nav. officer left in Bonaventure to break up the ice to NW of ship.
5.00pm:
Bonaventure returned and took aboard master, 4 men and 2 cases of ferrules for
Southfield
5.45pm:
Bonaventure cast off.
11.00pm:
Murometz, Adventure, Bonaventure, Beokin and Voronej left harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 268
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 748
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19
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Divine service held for ships company.
8:20pm:
Wind shifted to NE by W
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 15
remaining: 213
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 963
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20
March 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
Place:
Yukanskie Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 15
remaining: 268
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 724
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21
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 14
remaining: 269
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 676
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22
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands clearing snow off decks.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 14
remaining: 275
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 653
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23
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.30am:
'Southfield" supplied with provisions for one week as per B.O.T. scale.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 280
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 629
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24
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Patrol landed on island.
1.00pm:
Carpenters and seamen landed to set up signal staff and erect shelter on island
4.00pm:
Working party returned from island.
6.00pm:
Patrol returned to ship.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 285
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 606
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25
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.30am:
Patrol landed. Ordinary seamen landed to rig shelter.
11.00am:
T. Timothy, V. Shuklin and M. Leonorf, Russian seamen from Gorodetski
Lighthouse all on board for medical treatment
3.30pm:
'Sadko' appeared at entrance (had difficulty in making way through ice).
6.00pm:
Island patrol returned.
6.45pm:
1st. Lieutenant boarded "Sadko".
7.15pm:
1st. Lt. Returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 582
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26
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.15am:
Patrol landed on island.
9.55am:
Laertes left harbour.
10.55am:
"Southfield" left harbour.
1.00pm:
Liberty men landed.
6.00pm:
Liberty men returned. Patrol returned.
6.00pm:
Laertes and Southfield reported jambed in drift ice.
6:45pm:
Signalled "Sadko to proceed to their assistance.
7.10pm:
"Sadko" weighed anchor & left harbour.
10.15pm:
Sadko returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 295
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 558
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27
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.30am:
Kiev, Sadko, Dwinsk left harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 5
expended: 14
remaining: 286
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 534
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28
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Ship's company at pistol practice.
11.00am:
Ordinary seamen at signalling and first aid.
1.00pm:
Ship's company at rifle drill.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 20
remaining: 286
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 510
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29
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Seamen at small arms drill.
10.00am:
Ordinary seamen at first aid and seamanship.
1.30pm:
Heavy nothwesterly swell cracking the ice.
6.45pm:
Ice broke up and ship swung to ebb tide.
9.00pm:
Large ice flow lying across cables. Endeavoured to cut ice by alternately
veering and heaving in cables.
10.00pm:
Ordered steam to main engines.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 14
remaining: 292
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 489
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30
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30am:
Wind shifted; cables taut on port bow, and vessel bearing heavily on one edge
of ice from bow to a little abaft
bridge on port side
4.30am:
Steam ready for main engines
9.00am:
Seamen at small arms drill.
10.00am:
Ordinary seamen at first aid and signalling.
1.30pm:
Allowing fires to die down
11.00pm:
Water at stern 8½ fathoms
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 20
remaining: 292
Coal
expended for all purposes: 38
remaining 451
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31
March 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.10am:
Ship swung head to wind, breaking ice away from port side
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 297
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 430
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LOG
BOOK – APRIL 1916
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Barometer
mercurial, SD Neill Ltd Belfast no 1053
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1
April 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
12.30am:
"Iceland" arrived from Alexandrovsk.
5.00am:
Cesarewitch Alexej entered harbour.
6.45am:
W/T operator for Svyatoi Nos came aboard from "Iceland" en route for
Svyatoi Nos station.
12.20pm:
Cesarewitch Alexej and Iceland left harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 15
remaining: 302
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 409
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2
April 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.20am:
Lowered whaler.
11.30am:
Svyatoi Nos Wireless/Telegraph operator left ship.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 17
remaining: 305
Coal
expended for all purposes: 23
remaining 386
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3
April 1916
Yukanskie
Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands shifting ballast.
9.45am:
First Lieutenant left to board Russian "Tro~" re giving assistance to
clear our anchor cables.
Noon:
First Lieutenant returned.
2.30pm:
Sent boat ashore to get emergency provisions (beef and mutton) returned from
village.
3.00pm:
Boat alongside with provisions.
3.50pm:
Boat hoisted and secured.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 15
remaining: 300
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining 362
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4
April 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00pm:
Hands working at anchor cables.
2.00pm:
Ordinary seamen rigging out cutters.
6.00pm:
Commenced to raise steam for main engines.
Fresh
Water distilled: 20
expended: 75
remaining: 245
Coal
expended for all purposes: 35
remaining 327
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5
April 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Vessel surrounded by sludge ice.
12.45:
Hands working at anchors and cables.
2.00pm:
Harbour full of ice.
7.45:
Stopped work on cables. Starboard anchor clear and hanging in the pipe ready to
veer.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 15
remaining: 255
Coal
expended for all purposes: --
remaining --
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in
original data entry.]
6
April 1916
Place:
Yukanskie Inner Anchorage
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.40am:
HM Trawlers Arctic Prince & Simerson arrived.
9.15am:
Intrepid entered harbour.
11.45am:
Captain of Intrepid came aboard trawler Simerson smashed sc~ and cut plate for
about 12 inches in lower marine barracks.
1.00pm:
Trawler Arctic Prince breaking up ice.
1.30pm:
Ordered main engine at 1/2 hours notice.
2.30pm:
Hands cleaning cables ~ life boats etc.
3.00pm:
Got starboard anchor clear of water, ~ small cable and shackled on 2 lengths of
original cable
4.45pm:
Captain of Intrepid left.
6.45pm:
Stopped work on cables ... unable to continue
7.00pm:
Port anchor cable foul.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 20
remaining: 260
Coal
expended for all purposes: --
remaining --
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7
April 1916
[Note
attached to a log page]
Yukanskie
Harbour
Bower
Anchor, 7 tons Slipped
and buoyed
Chain
cable 3 1/4', 39 fathoms in
Yukanskie Harbour.
Trotman
anchor, 3 tons Slipped
and buoyed
Wire
pendant 7' (for towing) fitted in
Yukanskie Harbour.
and
attached to anchor.
Length 9
fathoms. Anchor shackle attached.
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[blank;
reverse of above described note attached to log page.]
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7
April 1916
Yukanskie
Anchorage towards Kola Inlet.
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.30am:
Ordered Arctic prince to break up ice on port bow to allow diver to work.
4.30am:
Arctic Prince breaking ice.
6.15am:
Hands clearing cables. Diver working at cable.
7.55am:
Ordered steam for full speed.
8.55am:
Stand by engines.
9.50am:
Arctic Prince took tow rope from port quarter. Windlass broken down.
10.30am:
"Simerson" took tow-rope on starboard bow to clear port anchor.
11.00am:
Buoyed port anchor and exploded charge, breaking cable. Hove in cable &
proceeded.
11.50am:
Passed through entrance, making way through soft ice. Took cable (3 lengths)
from port windlass and shackled
it to cable on starboard anchor. About 4 fathoms of 2 1/4" cable lost
(severed in explosion.)
1.14pm:
Vessel brought up in ice. Stopped engines.
1.25pm:
Attempted to turn ship without success. Plate in lower edge started and adrift
from hull.
3.30pm:
Intrepid came astern and put towing wire aboard.
3.50pm:
All fast - being towed stern first and assisting with engines. Ice about 5
inches thick. No change in bilge soundings.
4.10pm:
Satko N 52 W.
5.40pm:
Fairlead on Intrepid carried away. Stopped towing.
6.10pm:
Intrepid let go towing wire and proceeded to assistance of trawlers fast in
ice. Hove in towing wire.
7.30pm:
No appreciable change in soundings.
8.00pm:
Making starboard, following S.N.O.'s vessel
10.50pm:
Reduced speed owing to hot bearings in star'board engine.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 20
remaining: 265
Coal
expended for all purposes: 40
remaining 227
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8
April 1916
From
Yukanskie Anchorage towards Kola Inlet
Lat 68.8,
Long 37.9
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00am:
Making sternboard through ice. Going full astern on starboard engine and using
port engine as required to
square up vessel on her course. Vessel "luffing" continually and
making little progress.
3.00am:
Svyatoi Nos Lightouse S37E
3.30am:
Intrepid out of sight. No appreciable change in bilge soundings. Ice more
loose.
4.30am:
Turned ship round and proceeded ahead at 85 revs.
4.40am:
Intrepid sighted ahead; steered for her.
5.30am:
Following Intrepid, N 84 W at revs 45 starboard engine, 35 port.
7.30am:
No appreciable change in bilge soundings.
2.00pm:
Put centre turbine engine in gear.
3.00pm:
Kharlov Islandd Lighthouse: S22W
3.30pm:
Wind sea moderating. Heavy westerly swell setting in.
5.10pm:
Ruinda Bay abeam.
6.00pm:
Tyastina Bay b~ abeam.
9.08pm:
Voroni RK. Lightouse abeam.
11.30pm:
C. Teriberski Lighthouse abeam, distance 4 miles.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 15
remaining: 275
Coal
expended for all purposes: 50
remaining 177
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9
April 1916
From
Yukanskie Anchorage towards Kola Inlet and at Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30am:
~ Pt. Lighthouse S 59 W
6.10am;
Sedlovaki ~ abm
8.00am:
Veliki Point abeam.
9.00am:
Rounded Pinagorev Point.
9.50am:
Came to starboard anchor in 16 fathoms. No satisfactory anchor bearings to be
had. Albemarle bearing N
10 W.
10.30am:
First Lieutenant left to go to Albemarle.
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 20
remaining: 280
Coal
expended for all purposes: 60
remaining 117
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10
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Hands getting end of port cable (13 fathoms) up through chain locker and over
windlass.
9.30am:
Boats from Albemarle brought stockless anchor and wire. Hands rigging anchor
in port hawse pipe.
12.30pm:
Port anchor hanging from pipe with one length of cable, and wire made fast to
~tts.
5.10pm:
Red'd 6 baulks timber from "Albemarle" discharged 1 P.O. 19 O.S. and
4 carpenter rankings to Albemarle.
7.00pm:
Rec'd 1 barrel eyes, 20 slips (iron) and 3 coils of wire from
"Intrepid" by trawler "Simerson".
Fresh
Water distilled: 25
expended: 15
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 30
remaining 87
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11
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands assisting at diving operations.
11.40am:
Engineer comm. of Iphigenia came to survey damage.
1.05pm:
Discharged 3 Russian coastguard on board for medical treatment.
3.30pm:
Trawler Ganton came alongside for 1 barrel cement.
4.10pm:
Received stores from Albemarle.
5.00pm:
Ganton cast off.
5.50pm:
Collier Ernaston came alongside on port side.
7.00pm:
Diving party working on port cable.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 10
remaining: 290
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 69
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12
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
6.00am:
Hands rigging coaling gear.
7.00am:
Commenced coaling ship.
7.45am:
Working party of 25 ratings and 1 PO arrived from Albemarle.
9.00am:
Hands coaling ship.
9.30am:
Diving party from Iphigenia arrived.
10.00am:
2 1/2 tons fresh water supplied to Ernaston.
11.30am:
Received oxygen burning plant from Iphigenia.
3.45pm:
Diver (mechn) carpenter, diving boat and gear from Iphigenia came alongside.
5.00pm:
Finished coaling. Received 104 tons.
5.10pm:
Working party returned to Albemarle.
7.00pm:
Collier cast off and went to anchorage. Received 105 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 9
expended: 12
remaining: 287
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 156
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13
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Working party from Albemarle assisting in diving operations by Iphigenia's
divers. Ship's party passing wire
lashing round bow. Party cutting out rivets with oxygen burning plant.
2.00pm:
Salvage work continues.
4.00pm:
Working party returned to Albemarle.
Fresh
Water distilled: 9
expended: 9
remaining: 287
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 138
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14
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands washing down decks and party cutting & drill bow plates with
pneumatic tools. Party passing wire round bow.
Working party from Albemarle on board also 1 ERA and 1 stoker from Intrepid.
1.00pm:
Motor for air compressor broke down and part sent to Iphigenia to be repaired.
5.00pm:
Working party returned to Albemarle
6.45pm:
Two divers, gear and cutter returned to Iphigenia.
Fresh
Water distilled: 9
expended: 9
remaining: 287
Coal
expended for all purposes: 17
remaining 121
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15
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Working party from Albemarle on board.
10.00am:
Hands employed in salvage work & washing down decks.
1.30pm:
Albemarle party shifting ballast in no 1 and cleaning pneumatic tools.
4.35pm:
Working party returned to Albemarle.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 9
remaining: 284
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 103
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16
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30pm:
Two boxes of gun cotton received from Albemarle.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 14
remaining: 280
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 83
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17
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.50am:
Collier Lincairn came alongside.
7.55am:
Working party from Albemarle arrived 1 PO and 20 ratings.
8.30am:
Mech diver and mechanics from Iphigenia arrived.
10.00am:
Commenced coaling ship.
2.00pm:
Salvage work continues.
5.00pm:
Diving operations in progress.
5.45pm:
Albemarle left for sea.
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 171 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 14
remaining: 276
Coal
expended for all purposes: 24
remaining
190
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18
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship
10.00am:
Salvage work continues
2.00pm:
Salvage party using explosives to cut damaged plates
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 173 tons.
7.54pm:
Albemarle came to anchor.
Fresh Water
distilled: 10
expended: 16
remaining: 270
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 342
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19
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship
9.00am:
Diving party from Iphigenia aboard.
10.00am:
Salvage work continues. Cutting plates by explosives
3.45pm:
Unrigging coaling gear.
4.00pm:
Stopped coaling. Received 121 tons.
5.00pm:
Collier cast off taking working party of 1 PO and 20 ratings belonging to
Albemarle
5.50pm:
Iphigenia's party left
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 13
remaining: 267
Coal
expended for all purposes: 21
remaining 442
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20
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Hands washing down.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 13
remaining: 264
Coal
expended for all purposes: 20
remaining 422
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21
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Divine service held for ship's company.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 13
remaining: 261
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 404
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22
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands employed in salvage work and washing down decks
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 13
remaining: 258
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 386
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23
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Divine service held for ship's company.
1.00pm:
Carpenters exercising in qr. Boat; seamen in whaler.
5.30pm:
Boats returned & hoisted.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 9
remaining: 255
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 370
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24
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 9
remaining: 246
Coal
expended for all purposes: 15
remaining 355
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25
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands holystoning decks. Rigging party in salvage work.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 9
remaining: 243
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 343
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26
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands holystoning E deck. Rigging party in salvage work.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 9
remaining: 240
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 331
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27
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am.
Hands holystoning D Deck. Rigging party in salvage work.
12.05pm:
Let go port anchor and veered starboard cable to end.
2.45pm:
Bombardier alongside with provisions and spirits.
4.00pm:
Hands at salvage work and taking in stores.
5.45pm:
Finished stores – Bombardier left.
6.30pm:
Returned cutter and copper paint to Iphigenia and sent stores with them.
6.45pm:
Hove up and secured port anchor.
7.45pm:
Collier Erlesbury alongside, portside.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 10
remaining: 236
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 317
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28
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Hands rigging coaling gear.
11.30am:
Commenced coaling ship.
2.00pm:
Coaling continues.
5.30pm:
Supplied 3 small bbls lime juice to Iphigenia
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 126 tons.
9.00pm:
HMS Iphigenia left harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 9
remaining: 233
Coal
expended for all purposes: 13
remaining 430
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29
April 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 186 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 9
remaining: 234
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 604
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Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
4.40am:
Intrepid came to anchor.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship.
11.00am:
Stopped coaling and re-rigged gear.
3.50pm:
HMS Carron came to anchor.
4.00pm.
Collier cast off & proceeded to Intrepid.
11.00pm:
Steamship Birchgrove came to anchor.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 8
remaining: 236
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 648
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LOG
BOOK – MAY 1916
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Barometer mercurial, SD Neill Ltd Belfast no 1053
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1
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
9.00am:
Hands washing down decks ; rigging party on salvage work.
1.00pm:
Hands getting gear ready for coaling ship.
4.45pm:
Collier Birchgrove came alongside.
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 8
remaining: 231
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 634
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2
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Commenced coaling ship
10.30am:
Trawler "Holywood" taking coal from collier.
4.20pm:
Bombardier alongside with stores.
5.45pm:
Bombardier left.
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 257 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 8
remaining: 250
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 879
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3
May 1916
Place:
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.00am:
Ordered Birchgrove to drop starboard anchor
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship
5.45pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 173 tons. Hands rigging gear to coal from
collier's no. 3 & 4 hatches.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 9
remaining: 244
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1037
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4
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Other:
Commenced coaling for day
7.00am:
Collier hauled into position.
8.00am:
commenced coaling for day.
8.15am:
Carron left harbour.
5.15pm:
Finished coaling. Received 173 tons.
6.30pm:
Collier cast off.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 9
remaining: 248
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1198
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5
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00pm:
Salvage work continues. Carpenters drilling holes with pneumatic tools.
5.20pm:
D. Bagshaw, Ship's Steward Assistant and W.J. Minear, Cooper, joined ship.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 11
remaining: 254
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1164
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6
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 11
remaining: 254
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1164
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7
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.40pm:
"Iperia" weighed & proceeded.
8.55pm:
Iperia stopped by Albemarle.
10.00pm:
Iperia dropped anchor.
10.10pm:
HMS Salvador left harbour
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 258
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1152
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8
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.am:
Russian P.O. diving at bow
4.30pm:
Collier "Abaris" fast on port side.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 8
remaining: 263
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1138
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9
May 1916
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
8.45pm:
Commenced coaling ship
1.00pm:
Russian Kursk entered harbour.
4.30pm:
American Virginia, Carolyn and British Wavelet left.
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 138 tons.
10.05pm:
HMS Grive came to anchor.
Fresh
Water distilled: 13
expended: 9
remaining: 267
Coal
expended for all purposes: 10
remaining 1266
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10
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Coaling resumed. Rigging party on salvage work.
4.25pm:
King Howell, Polar Prince and Mereddis left
5.10pm:
HMS Glive left.
5.35pm:
Laertes left.
5.50pm:
Two British steamers (names not visible) left.
Fresh
Water distilled: 12
expended: 18
remaining: 221
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1505
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11
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling
10.00am:
Rigging party at salvage work
1.30pm:
Coaling & salvage work continues.
6.50pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 130 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 6
expended: 9
remaining: 243
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 343
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12
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 110 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 12
expended: 8
remaining: 225
Coal
expended for all purposes: 10
remaining 1605
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13
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Coaling resumed. Rigging party on salvage work
7.00pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 116 tons.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 8
remaining: 232
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1705
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14
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 8
remaining: 239
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1689
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15
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling ship
7.00pm:
Finished coaling for day. Received 129 tons.
Fresh Water
distilled: 15
expended: 8
remaining: 246
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1802
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16
May 1916
Place:
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.00am:
Resumed coaling.
2.20pm:
Finished coaling. Received 44 tons.
2.40pm:
Collier cast off and went to anchorage.
5.00pm:
Russian ice breaker entered harbour.
7.25pm:
Collier entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 8
remaining: 253
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1830
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17
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.00pm:
Russian ice breaker "Bruce" made fast alongside.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 8
remaining: 260
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1816
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18
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.05am:
Two Russian divers and diving party working on ice breaker Bruce
11.30am:
Bruce cast off and proceeded -- Russ divers returned to ship
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 8
remaining: 267
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1802
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19
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.30pm:
Salvator emtered harbour.
3.40pm:
Collier entered harbour.
8.00pm:
Steamer entered harbour.
8.30pm:
British 'Headcliffe' came to anchor.
Fresh
Water distilled: 17
expended: 8
remaining: 276
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1786
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20
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Hands clearing decks of snow.
1.30pm:
French steamship 'Tunisie' arrived.
3.30:
British steamship 'Fornebo' arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 14
expended: 8
remaining: 282
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1770
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21
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
4.00am:
Polandia arrived.
9.35am:
Albemarle left anchorage.
2.45pm:
Albemarle came to anchorage
7.20pm:
Umtali entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 14
expended: 8
remaining: 288
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1754
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22
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.30pm:
Trawler came alongside to take Russian divers and gear.
5.00pm:
Trawler left with Russ. Divers (2).
5.40pm:
Glencairn arrived.
6.30pm:
Abaris left, Ruskington arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 17
expended: 8
remaining: 297
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 1736
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23
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
12.30am:
Zena arrived.
2.30am:
Ravenstone arrived.
9.00am;
Intrepid arrived.
2.00pm:
Gledhaw arrived.
2.30pm:
Nascopic arrived
4.00pm:
Captain of Intrepid came aboard.
11.55pm:
Ridley arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 17
expended: 8
remaining: 306
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1720
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24
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
0.55am:
"Sydney Reid" entered harbour.
8.00pm:
Pola entered harbour.
Fresh
Water distilled: 17
expended: 8
remaining: 315
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1704
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25
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands overhauling lifeboat gear; rigging party on salvage work.
12.30pm:
Umgeni arrived.
2.40pm:
Martazan arrived.
3.00pm:
1 PO & 11 seamen, 4 ERAs, 2 POs, 3 ldg stokers & 20 stokers joined ship
(from SS Umgeni).
4.30pm:
'Kirnwood' arrived & Russian 'Irina'.
5.20pm:
Norwegian 'Liv' arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 17
expended: 8
remaining: 324
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1688
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26
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30am:
Norwegian 'Stanton' arrived.
2.10am:
'Strathclyde' arrived.
5.00am:
Norwegian 'Sternshest' arrived.
3.20pm:
'Hildawell' arrived.
5.00pm:
'Umgeni' came alongside with stores.
Fresh
Water distilled: 18
expended: 9
remaining: 333
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1672
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27
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
5.30am:
'Tynemede' arrived.
9.00am:
Hands taking in stores from S/S Umgeni
Noon:
'Kariba' arrived.
12.10pm:
'Umgeni' cast off and went to anchor.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 9
remaining: 339
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1656
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28
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.55am:
'Majestic' arrived.
5.15pm:
'Sallust arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 9
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1640
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29
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.10am:
Katanga arrived
3.00am:
Everilda arrived
6.00am:
HMS Salvator left harbour.
7.00am:
HMS Intrepid left harbour.
Noon:
Elmmoor arrived.
8.35pm:
Katherine arrived.
9.15pm:
Grelorm arrived
10.00pm:
Salvator returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 9
remaining: 351
Coal
expended for all purposes: 17
remaining 1623
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30
May 1916
Place:
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
5.00am:
SS Tiverton arrived.
6.20pm:
Intrepid came to anchor.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 59
remaining: 307
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1607
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31
May 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.15:
Talavera arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 9
remaining: 313
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1591
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LOG
BOOK – JUNE 1916
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Barometer
mercurial, SD Neill Ltd Belfast no 1053
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1
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Hands variously employed; guns' crews at loader; lifeboats lowered into water.
11.50am:
Ilderton arrived.
6.00pm:
Convoy of British steamers left for Arkhangel, with Intrepid.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 9
remaining: 319
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1579
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2
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.00am:
Strathgyle arrived.
10.00am:
Exercise action stations & abandon ship stations.
8.40pm:
Armed steamer Stephen Furness arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 9
remaining: 325
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1567
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3
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
6.10am:
Three trawlers arrived.
7.30am:
Steamer arrived.
8.10am:
HMS Carron arrived.
1.00pm:
Tug Racia made fast alonside.
3.00pm:
Carron left.
4.30pm:
Sculptor & Rounton arrived.
11.30pm:
Intrepid returned with convoy of British ships.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1555
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4
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.50am:
Tug Racia left with coaling & rigging parties aboard.
11.30am:
Ordered steam to be raised on main engines.
4.30pm:
Tug returned with working parties, having taken aboard 58 tons coal.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 19
remaining: 335
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1543
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5
June 1916
Place:
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
8.30am:
Coaling & rigging parties left in tug Racia.
9.30am:
Salvator left harbour.
3.00pm:
Salvator returned.
3.35pm:
Steamship Lord Dufferin arrived.
4.00pm:
Orders for steam main engines cancelled.
5.20pm:
Tug Racia returned alongside, having completed coaling: 133 tons (total).
9.40pm:
L. Harper, Off. Ck. I joined ship (from "Intrepid").
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 340
Coal
expended for all purposes: 36
remaining 1507
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6
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
5.30am:
Steamship Lady Gwendolen arrived.
6.00am:
Salvator with steamers Ridley and Kirnwood left.
10.00pm:
Received 317 lbs. fresh meat from Albemarle.
1.30pm:
Hands exercised at 6' guns and at loader.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 345
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 1489
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7
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.30pm:
Tug Racia received 10 tons fresh water.
3.30pm:
Heavy rain squall.
Fresh
Water distilled: 10
expended: 20
remaining: 335
Coal
expended for all purposes: 15
remaining 1474
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8
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.35am:
Convoy of vessels left escorted by HMS Intrepid.
8.30am:
Stephen Furness left.
11.00am:
Salvator returned to harbour.
2.00pm:
HMS Carron arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 0
expended: 12
remaining: 323
Coal
expended for all purposes: 10
remaining 1464
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9
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.00pm:
Convoy left harbour escorted by HMS Salvator
5.30pm:
Stephen Furness arrived. Convoy left harbour.
6.25pm:
Stephen Furness left.
7.20pm:
Russian steamship 'Drout' arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 16
expended: 10
remaining: 329
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1450
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10
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
3.00pm:
Russian steamship Nadejda arrived.
6.00pm:
Convoy left escorted by Carron.
6.20pm:
Tug Racia cast off & proceeded.
6.30pm:
Katandja stopped for machinery defects.
6.40pm:
Using rudder to prevent ship sheering.
Fresh
Water distilled: 16
expended: 11
remaining: 334
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 1432
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11
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
6.00am:
SS Katanga left.
9.30am:
Captain of Albemarle held divine service for ship's company.
5.30pm:
Shut steam off steering gear.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 11
remaining: 338
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1416
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12
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 11
remaining: 342
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 1398
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13
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00pm:
Seamen recently joined (ex Umgeni) at rifle practice.
6.30pm:
Colgrave (Russian) arrived.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 347
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1384
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14
June 1916
Place:
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
10.00am:
Guns' crews exercised at loader and 6' guns.
8.00pm:
Russian SS Drout left harbour
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 352
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1370
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15
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
11.00am:
2 drums calcium (2 cwt) supplied to Albemarle
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 357
Coal
expended for all purposes: 10
remaining 1360
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16
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
exercised General Quarters. Crews drilled at loader and 6' guns
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 362
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1348
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17
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 11
remaining: 366
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1332
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18
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.30am:
Chaplain of Albemarle held divine service.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 11
remaining: 370
Coal
expended for all purposes: 16
remaining 1316
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19
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 60
remaining: 325
Coal
expended for all purposes: 18
remaining 1298
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20
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
9.00am:
Divisions & prayers. Articles of War read to ship's company.
11.00am:
Received 1 case 6 inch BL cordite from Albemarle to be returned to depot for
tests.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 10
remaining: 330
Coal
expended for all purposes: 15
remaining 1283
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21
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
7.45am:
Collier "Longhurst" came alongside.
6.30pm:
Stopped coaling for day. Received 93 tons.
8.00pm:
Temporary Sub. Lt. Percy A. Adams, R.N.R., left ship without first obtaining
leave.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 14
remaining: 331
Coal
expended for all purposes: 14
remaining 1362
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22
June 1916
Kola
Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
1.00pm:
Hex. Q.M landed.
5.00pm:
Finished coaling. Received 107 tons.
6.30pm:
Rex. Q.M. Returned.
Fresh
Water distilled: 15
expended: 11
remaining: 335
Coal
expended for all purposes: 12
remaining 1457
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23
June 1916
Place:
Kola Inlet
Lat 69.2,
Long 33.5
All day:
Bilges sounded regularly.
2.30am:
'Clan Macintosh' arrived.
5.00am:
SS Erinier arrived.
1.30pm:
2 watchkeepers & 2 cks. Landed.
5.00pm:
2 watchkeepers & 2 cks. Re
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