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Light Cruiser, ex-2nd-class Cruiser, Eclipse-class Pendant Nos. D.60 (1914), P.60 (9.15), N.61 (1.18). Launched 27.6.96 London & Glasgow. 5,600 tons, 373(oa), 350(pp)x53x19ft. TE 9600ihp, 19.5kts. Armament: 11-6in, 8-12pdr, 3-18in tt. Armour: 2.5in deck, 3in guns. 11th CS to 1915, then to North America and West Indies. Sold 26.2.20 Granton S. Bkg. Co. (British Warships 1914-1919) Served in 4th CS 1911-14 (refitted 1913), and sank merchantman in collision in April 1914. Captured a German merchantman on 5 August 1914. Based in Ireland with 11th CS from February 1915; Bermuda 1916; North America and West Indies Station December 1916-November 1918. At Invergordon in 1919. (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-21) |
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Notes: 1. Latitude/longitude, including for days in port, show representative decimal positions for each day, as calculated by the Old Weather project's analysis program. As such, they differ by varying amounts from the positions recorded, usually at noon, in the log pages. In addition, some latitudes/longitudes have been amended in edited logs for errors in the logs, for errors in identifying locations by the analysis program, or simply for greater accuracy. In all cases, refer to the log-page scans for the positions as originally recorded. Not all log pages contain this information and the ships' positions have therefore often been estimated. 2. Full account of any day is available by clicking on the link above that day. Groups of links refer to log book covers and introductory information; some may be blank. Editor’s notes: |
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THE VOYAGES OF HMS ISIS 1914-1918
(Maps prepared using Journey Plotter, developed by Maikel. The Plots can only be approximate. They are made by joining-up positions on successive days, and sometimes positions are not given. There will therefore be occasions when the ship appears to have travelled overland) LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1914 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c9100423f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-001_0.jpg) [Blank page, half black cover] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004240: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-001_1.jpg) [Blank page, half black cover] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004241: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-002_0.jpg) [Blank page, inside of cover] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004242: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-002_1.jpg) [Blank page, apart from ADM53/45020] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004243: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-003_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004244: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-003_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004245: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-004_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004246: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-004_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for September 1914, stamped Nov 21, 1914, signed CM Leggatt, Navigating Officer] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004247: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-005_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004248: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-005_1.jpg) [Page with details of distances run and coal expended, for dates “Not Known”. To Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force E. Signed JT Bush, Captain, 1 October 1914. HMS “Sutlej” 7.10.1914, signed EA Morris, Engineer Commander. Stamped and initialled Rear Admiral Commanding 11th Cruiser Squadron, 7 October 1914] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c91004249: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-006_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers as follows:]
THE VOYAGES OF HMS ISIS
4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c9100424a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-006_1.jpg) 1 September 1914 At Sea Lat 50.28, Long -8.50 2.30am: Altered course N47W. 4.45am: Altered course SSE to close steamer increased to 12 knots. 5.0am: Altered course N47W, spoke SS Balhan [probably Balham] (English). 5.30am: Reduced to 8 knots. 7.30am: Closed [HMS] Doris to 1 mile. 9.0am: Divisions. Read prayers. am: Exercised General Quarters. pm: Employed scraping paint and cleaning ship. 4.0am: Reduced to 45 revs. 5.0pm: Quarters, exercised General Quarters. [Distance run through the Water: 246.9 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 715.0 tons] [Note: SS “Balham” was a British cargo ship built in Dublin in 1906, owned at this time by John Harrison Limited and originally named “Berne”; she was renamed “Balham” in 1914; in 1915 she was sold to another British company and became “Ewell”. In 1925 she was sold to Lloyd Brasileiro of Brazil and was renamed “Una”; she hit a submerged object and sank off Brazil in 1936.] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c9100424b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-007_0.jpg) 2 September 1914 At Sea and Berehaven [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.60, Long -9.92 6.0am: Proceeded N49W 12 knots to close Doris. 6.20am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Doris. 6.30am: Proceeded N79.5E 88 revs. Spoke SS Myrtlepool for Havre. 8.0am: Altered course N82.5E. 9.40am: Sounded in 77 fathoms. 10.0am: Sounded in 60 fathoms. 10.40am: Heard Bull Rock Siren SE. Altered course S30E. 10.50am: Altered course South. Let fires die out in No 3 and 4 boilers. Lit fires in steam cutter. 11.0am: Altered course S73E. 0.30pm: Course as requisite for entering Berehaven by Western Entrance. 1.0pm: Reduced to 8 knots. 1.12pm: Stopped. 1.14pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchored: Meriana [probably Minane] Island to phi [symbol] Dinish Island, Summit N72.5W, No 4 Martello Tower S16W] [Draught: Forward 18’ 6”, Aft 22’ 6”] 2.10pm: Collier “Treasury” came alongside. 2.25pm: Commenced coaling. 1.30pm: Banked fires in Nos 1, 5, 7 and 8 boilers. 5.0pm: Hands employed cleaning ship. 11.20pm: Completed with coal. Received 337 tons. Collier shoved off. Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 190.8 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1025.0 tons] [Mist and fog for most of am, noon temperature 64F, sea temperature 63F] [Note: Attempts to find an SS “Myrtlepool” have not been successful. SS “Treasury” was a British cargo ship built in Newcastle in 1896 for Thomas William & Company. She was sold to Alexander & Mair, Glasgow in 1915 and was renamed “Elmgrove”. She was sunk by a German submarine off the north coast of Africa in May 1916.] 4ef4f8a4e53e0a0c9100424c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-007_1.jpg) 3 September 1914 At Berehaven [though not stated in log] Lat 51.65, Long -9.91 [estimated] 5.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Landed party to transport armature to Bantry. Discharged 1 rating to side quarters ashore. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands washing clothes. 9.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 13.9 miles] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 630 lbs; Vegetables 3000 lbs; Bread 1800 lbs] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c9100424d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-008_0.jpg) 4 September 1914 At Sea Lat 51.36, Long -10.49 2.30am: Lit fires in Nos 2, 4 and 6 Boilers. 4.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. Lit fires in Nos 4 and 6 boilers. 7.0am: Spread fires in 1, 5, 7 and 8 boilers. 8.0am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 9.0am: Lit fires in No 3 boiler. 9.15am: Weighed. 9.20am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour by Western entrance 12 knots. [Draught: 19’ 3” forward, 23’ 6” Aft] 9.50am: Shaped course S74W 12 knots. 10.0am: Exercised General Quarters. 10.20am: Altered course S57W. 10.25am: Altered course S74W. 0.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing trawler. 0.40pm: Increased to 15 knots. 0.50pm: Proceeded S62W, 12 knots. Employed scraping paint and refitting. 3.5pm: Altered course South, reduced to 8 knots. 3.20pm: Altered course N33E. Increased to 12 knots. 3.42pm: Reduced to 6 knots. 3.45pm: Stopped. 4.52pm: Proceeded WEST 6 knots. 5.10pm: Altered course EAST. 5.36pm: Stopped. 6.32pm: Proceeded NW 10 knots. 7.2pm: Altered course S41.5W. Reduced to 8 knots. 7.42pm: Streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 30 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S74W, 26 miles] [Weather misty from noon] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c9100424e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-008_1.jpg) 5 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.72, Long -12.32 7.35am: Stopped. Hauled in Patent log. 10.12am: Proceeded North 10 knots. 11.17am: Altered course NE. 11.47am: Altered course WEST. 1.0pm: Altered course SW. Reduced to 8 knots. 2.5pm: Altered course W’N to close sail. 2.50pm: Stopped. Communicated with [HMSs] Venus and Juno. 4.21pm: Proceeded N21E 10 knots, Venus and Juno in Company. 5.30pm: Altered course N69W. Reduced to 8 knots. 7.30pm: Spoke SS “Minnewaska”. 8.0pm: Altered course S21W. 9.0pm: Altered course S29E. [Distance run through the Water: 162.8 miles] [Note: SS “Minnewaska was a British cargo/passenger ship built in Belfast in 1909 and owned by Atlantic Transport Company. She was struck a German mine off Crete in November 1916, was beached and written off; although she was carrying 1,800 troops there were no casualties.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c9100424f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-009_0.jpg) 6 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.70, Long -10.98 7.0am: Stationed Venus and Juno 4 miles on either beam. 8.0am: Altered course N60E to close trawler. 8.15am: Altered course S25E. 8.30am: Altered course S69E. 10.0am: Altered course N69W. am: Divisions, read prayers. Exercised General Quarters. 2.45pm: Altered course N65W. 3.10pm: Stopped, spoke SS “Francisco” of Hull [Francisco (2) listed here]. 3.55pm: Proceeded N72W, 72 revs. 4.7pm: Altered course N21E, reduced to 8 knots. 5.30pm: Altered course N69W. Increased to 15 knots. Quarters. Exercised General Quarters. 8.0pm: Altered course S69E. Reduced to 6 knots. 10.0pm: Increased to 8 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 183.4 miles] [Note: SS “Francisco” was built in UK in 1910 and was owned by Thomas Wilson Sons & Company, Hull; she was scrapped in 1935.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004250: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-009_1.jpg) 7 September 1914 At Sea Lat 50.08, Long -12.03 5.45am: Altered course to close trawler. Increased to 12 knots. 6.13am: Proceeded S69E, 8 knots. 6.30am: Altered course N69W. 9.55am: Hauled in Patent Log. 10.40am: Streamed Patent Log. [Further changes of course at 1.30pm, 1.50pm, 2.0pm, 2.12pm, 2.42pm, 5.0pm and 8.0pm] 9.30pm: Juno took station abeam 2 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 200.2 miles] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004251: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-010_0.jpg) 8 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 50.20, Long -10.73 6.0am: Altered course S77W. Reduced to six knots. 6.50am: Increased to 12 knots. Course as requisite for closing barque. 7.25am: Stopped spoke Norwegian barque “Don”. 7.45am: Proceeded S77W 8 knots. 9.30am: Increased to 15 knots. 9.42am: Altered course N52W. Steamed Patent Log. Exercised General Quarters. pm: Watch employed scraping paint. 11.12pm: Sighted Nordam [Noordam ‒ Noordam (1) listed here] and Doris on port bow, altered course as requisite for taking station astern of Noordam. Reduced to 12 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 202.2 miles] [Note: The Norwegian sailing vessel (barque) “Don” was built in Glasgow in 1885 and was initially British-owned. She was sold to a Norwegian company in 1910. She was to be sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in August 1918 (more information here). SS “Noordam” was built in 1902 and was owned at this time by Holland America Line; she was chartered to Swedish American Line from 1923 to 1926 and renamed “Kungsholm”; she reverted to Holland America in 1926 and became “Noordam” again and was scrapped in 1927 (more information here).] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004252: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-010_1.jpg) 9 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 50.36, Long -10.61 6.50am: Stopped communicated by boat with Doris. 7.20am: Proceeded S34E. 110 [revs]. Streamed Patent Log. am: Exercised General Quarters. Tested hand steering gear. 3.3pm: Increased to 15 knots, altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 4.0am: Boarded Rotterdam (Dutch) [probably Rotterdam (4) listed here]. Hauled in Patent Log. 4.36pm: Proceeded N70W, 8 knots. 5.10pm: Altered course S15W, spoke barque “Thyra” (for Falmouth) [possibly this ship]. 5.40pm: Altered course S50W. Increased to 86 revs. 5.50pm: Reduced to 58 revs. Spoke “Meyle” French barque for Falmouth. 6.0pm: Altered course N70W. 8.35pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 9.5pm: Reduced to 9 knots. Spoke “Gloria de Haringa” [probably Gloria de Larrinaga listed here] (British ‒ Hull). 9.30pm: Shaped Course S69E, 8 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 337.1 miles] [Note: SS “Rotterdam” was a passenger liner was built in Belfast in 1908 and owned by Holland America Line; she was scrapped in Holland in 1940 (more information here). There were a number of sailing vessels named “Thyra”; the most likely is a Danish schooner/barquentine built in Norway in 1900; she was to be scuttled by a German submarine in the English Channel in May 1917. Attempts to find details for a French sailing vessel named “Meyle” have not been successful. SS “Gloria de Larrinaga” was built in 1908 in Port Glasgow and owned by Miguel de Larrinaga Steamship Company, Liverpool; she was used as a military transport from 1916 to 1919 and was scrapped in 1933.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004253: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-011_0.jpg) 10 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.85, Long -8.82 9.0am: Altered course N19E, observed [HMS] Venus N30E [see also her log for this date]. 10.20am: Stopped. “Venus” communicated by boat. 11.5am: Proceeded S19W, 8 knots. Venus took station S19W 6 miles. 3.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 3.40pm: Spoke and boarded SS “Coleby” (British) of Stockton. 4.25pm: Proceeded N76W, 58 revs. 4.30pm: Let fires die out in No 5 boiler. 4.38pm: Streamed Patent Log. 6.30pm: Doris took station 2 miles on starboard beam, Venus closed. 7.15pm: Stopped. Communicated with Doris by boat. Hauled in Patent Log. 8.30pm: Venus communicated by boat. 9.30pm: Parted company. Proceeded N12W, 58 revs, streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 210.9 miles] [Note: SS “Coleby” was a British cargo ship built in Stockton-on-Tees in 1907 and owned by Sir R Ropner and Company (Sunderland). She was captured and sunk by gunfire by a German ship off the east coast of Brazil in March 1915.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004254: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-011_1.jpg) 11 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.15, Long -10.63 6.50am: Altered course S81E. Increased to 15 knots to close sail. 7.5am: Reduced to 8 knots. 7.26am: Altered course N12W. am: Divisions, read prayers. Exercised General Quarters and collision stations. 2.55pm: Altered course S70E. Spoke Russian “Imperator Alexander” [Imperator Aleksandr]. 3.15pm: Altered course N12W. 6.15pm: Altered course S68.5E. Increased to 72 revs. 8.33pm: Observed Bull Light [Bull Rock Lighthouse] N22E. [Distance run through the Water: 151.6 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 662.0 tons] [North westerly wind force 5 to 6 from 8am to 8pm, with sea mostly rough; showers at times, noon temperature 61F, sea temperature 59F] [Note: SS “Imperator Aleksandr III” was a Russian ocean liner built in Scotland in 1914 and owned at this time by Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company. She was in the Russian Navy from 1917 to 1921 and was renamed “Respublikanets”; in 1921 she was sold to a French company and was renamed “Lamartine”, then becoming “Kai Dinh” in 1939. She was to be bombed and sunk by an American aircraft off French Indochina after being seized by the Japanese in 1942.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004255: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-012_0.jpg) 12 September 1914 At Sea and Queenstown [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 2.20am: Galley Head abeam 3 miles. 4.0am: Let fires die out in Nos 1 and 4 boilers. 8.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 9.0am: Course as requisite for entering Queenstown Harbour [note, Queenstown is now Cobh], increased to 10 knots. 9.50am: Stopped. Secured to No 2 buoy. Discharged 1 stoker and 1 officers steward to hospital. Collier “Tynemouth” came alongside. 10.30am: Banked fires in nos 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 boilers. 11.30am: Commenced coaling. pm: Employed Coaling ship. 6.30pm: Completed with coal. Received 399 tons. 7.30pm: Collier shoved off. Lost overboard by accident sacks coal 11 in number., shovels steel 5 in number. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 170.1 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1044.0 tons] [Note: SS “Tynemouth” was a British cargo ship built in Newcastle in 1909 and owned by Burnett Steamship Company, Newcastle. She was chartered by the Admiralty and went missing en route from Cardiff to the Shetlands on 31 December 1915 or 1 January 1916.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004256: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-012_1.jpg) 13 September 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 4.45am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands employed painting and taking in provisions. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 693 lbs; Vegetables 3000 lbs; Bread 1700 lbs] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004257: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-013_0.jpg) 14 September 1914 At Sea Lat 51.49, Long -8.53 2.0am: Spread fires in Nos 2, 3, 6 and 7 boilers. 3.0am: Lit fires in nos 1, 4 and 5 boilers. 5.30am: Employed preparing for sea. 7.53am: Slipped and proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 12 knots. [Draught: Forward 19’ 8”. Aft 23’ 6”] 8.30am: Streamed Patent Log. 8.52am: Altered course S65W Daunt Rock Light visible abeam 1 mile, reduced to 79 revs. 10.15am: Altered course WEST. [Various changes of course from 3.10pm to 6.50pm] 7.0pm: Hauled in Patent Log. 7.30pm: Stopped off Berehaven. 8.15pm: [HMS] Venus communicated by boat. 8.45pm: Proceeded W, 72 revs. 9.30pm: Altered course S84W, 58 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 40.1 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S62W, 29 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Galley Head N64W, 5.5 miles] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004258: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-013_1.jpg) 15 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 50.70, Long -10.20 7.20am: Spoke “Royal Edward” British Montreal to Bristol. 8.0am: Altered course S17E. Reduced to 72 revs. 0.17pm: Altered course S17E. Reduced to 72 revs: Spoke SS Romonby [probably Romanby] British Liverpool to Savanna. 2.30pm: Altered course S17E. Spoke Norwegian SS “Terne” [possibly Ternø] Key West to adrossan [Ardrossan] in ballast. 4.30pm: Let fires die out in No 8 boiler. 8.40pm: Altered course South to close steamer. 8.45pm: Resumed Course. 10.0pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. 11.10pm: Spoke Dutch “Zijlddyk” [probably Zyldyk] Rotterdam to NEW YORK, altered course S72E 58 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 184.8 miles] [Note: SS “Royal Edward” was a British ocean liner built in Scotland in 1908 and originally owned by Egyptian Mail Steamship Company and called “RMS Cairo”. In 1910 she was sold to Canadian Northern Steamships, London and was renamed “Royal Edward”; in 1915 she became a troopship. She was to be torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean in August 1915, with the loss of at least 132 lives ‒ she was the first troopship to be lost. SS “Romanby” was a British cargo ship built in UK in 1908 and owned by Ropner and Company. She was to sink in December 1917 after a collision with SS “Romera”. The identity of SS “Terne” is uncertain; there was a later ship of this name but it is possible that this was SS “Ternø”, a Norwegian ship built in Sunderland in 1910 and owned by Boe, Chr Th & Son, Arendal; she was sold to two other Norwegian companies in 1915 and was renamed “Havhelt”. She changed hands again in 1916 and was renamed “Certo”. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine outside Le Havre, France, in May 1917 (more details here). SS “Zyldyk” was a Dutch cargo ship built in 1900 in Sunderland and originally called “Runo”. She was sold to the Holland America Line, Rotterdam in 1909 and became “Zyldyk”. She changed hands again in 1928 and was renamed “Holflaan” She was broken up in 1931.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c91004259: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-014_0.jpg) 16 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.85, Long -7.98 9.0am: Observed [HMS] Juno S18E, 5 miles. 11.33am: Altered course S80W. Reduced to 43 revs, spoke Belgian Kaidek [?], Philadelphia to Rouen. Noon: Proceeded N72W, 45 revs. 1.20pm: Spoke SS Start Point London to Philadelphia, altered course N72W. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 198.1 miles] [Note: Attempts to find a Belgian ship called “Kaidek” (or similar) have not been successful. SS “Start Point” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1912 and owned by Norfolk and North American Steam Shipping Company. She was transferred to Furness Line and renamed “Maxton” in 1915. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in December 1917 with the loss of 1 life.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c9100425a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-014_1.jpg) 17 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.78, Long -7.37 am: Lost overboard by accident, lead sounding: Kelvin 1 in number, Swivel 1 in number, Brass tube 1 in number. 6.30am: Increased to 110 revs, closed Ae~s [word very indistinct] British SS Australia to London. Course and speed as requisite. 8.45am: Altered course N72W. Reduced to 58 revs. Observed Doris SSE. Reduced to 45 revs. pm: Employed painting boats and seizing splinter nets. 2.0pm: Lit fires in No 8 boiler. 4.15pm: Let fires die out in No 2 boiler. [Distance run through the Water: 129.4 miles] [Westerly or north westerly wind force 4 to 5-6 all day, sea rough to very rough at 8pm, weather fine] [Note: The exact name of the ship mentioned at 6.30am is unclear but it is just possible that this was SS “Aeneas”, a British ocean liner built in Belfast in 1910 and owned by Ocean Steamship Company, Liverpool. She was to be bombed and sunk in the English Channel in 1940 (details here).] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c9100425b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-015_0.jpg) 18 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.70, Long -10.00 2.0am: Altered course N35W. Increased to 72 revs to close steamer. 3.8am: Reduced to 12 knots. Spoke to SS “Etonian” British to London. 3.15am: Proceeded N72W, 45 revs. 5.45am: Increased to 58 revs to close Doris. 6.3am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 6.10am: Spoke SS “Saba” British, Montreal to London. Proceeded N72W. 9.55am: Stopped. Veered target. 10.5am: Proceeded N72W 8 knots, Doris Carried out firing from 6 inch guns. 11.50am: Proceeded as requisite. 0.30pm: Proceeded N72W, 45 revs. Doris tool station 4 cables on starboard beam. 3.30pm: Exercised General Quarters. Course and speed as requisite for carrying out firing practice from 6 inch guns. 4.45pm: Completed practice. 5.30pm: Proceeded N72W. 58 revs. 5.50pm: Altered course S75E. “Doris” took station 2 miles on port beam. Increased to 72 revs. 8.0pm: Sounded in 66 fathoms. 10.5pm: Sounded in 76 fathoms. Midnight: Sounded in 68 fathoms. [Distance run through the Water: 123.6 miles] [Note: There were 2 British ships called “Etonian” at this time, listed here. One was a passenger/cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1898 as SS “Chicago” for Wilson Line; from 1904 she was owned by Wilsons & Furness Leyand and was renamed “Etonian”. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in March 1918 (details here). The other “Etonian” was built in Sunderland in 1914 and owned by Cambrian Steam Navigation Company until 1918 when she was sold to Clan Line and renamed “Clan Keith”. In 1921 she was sold to Houston Line and was renamed “Hilarius”. In 1923 she reverted to Clan Line and became “Clan Keith” once more. In 1937 she was sold to Minster Steamship Company and became “Orminster”, transferring to South American Saint Line in 1940. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel in 1944 (details here). SS “Saba” was a British cargo ship built in South Shields in 1912 and owned by Scrutton, Sons and Company, London. She was then sold to Charente Steamship Company in 1920 and was renamed “Settler”. She changed hands again in 1928, becoming “Atreus”, and in 1930 she became “Nikos-Markou”; changing hands again in 1933 she became “Yvonne”, before being broken up in 1935.] 4ef4f8a5e53e0a0c9100425c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-015_1.jpg) 19 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.75, Long -8.05 8.50am: Altered course as requisite to close steamer. Increased to 86 revs. 9.43am: Stopped, spoke trawler “Condor” of Plymouth. 9.54am: Proceeded S75W, 73 revs. Divisions, read prayers. Exercised General Quarters. 1.30pm: Lit fires in No 2 boiler. 2.38pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 13 knots. 3.10pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Hudson” [listed here] French, New Orleans to Havre. 3.50pm: Proceeded S85W, 73 revs. 7.0pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 7.33pm: Stopped. Boarded “Callisto” Dutch, Savannah to Rotterdam. 8.17pm: Proceeded SE 8 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 179.4 miles] [Note: ST “Condor” was a steam trawler built in Aberdeen in 1900, registered in Plymouth as PH15 and scrapped in 1939/40. SS “Hudson” was a French passenger and cargo ship built in France in 1905 and owned by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique; she was scrapped in 1930 (more details here). SS “Callisto” was a cargo vessel built in Newcastle in 1900 and owned by Hudig and Veder’s Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam. She was sold to a Norwegian company in 1916 and was renamed “Nordfjeld”; she was to run aground and be wrecked off Newfoundland in 1922 (more details here).] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c9100425d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-016_0.jpg) 20 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.68, Long -8.77 3.30am: Altered course EAST to close steamer. 6.0am: Altered course N71W. 6.25am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 6.50am: Spoke “Norwegian” (British) New Orleans to London. 7.0am: Proceeded N71W, 60 revs. Hands employed cleaning ship. 2.0pm: Altered course N50W. 9.15pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 10.0pm: Spoke Rochambeau [Rochambeau (1) listed here] (French) New York to Havre. 10.15pm: Proceeded NW, 60 revs. 10.48pm: Altered course N40W. Increased to 73 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 191.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Norwegian” was a British cargo ship built in Dundee in 1913 and owned by Frederick Leyland and Company, Liverpool. She was to be sunk by a mine from a German submarine off Southern Ireland in March 1917 with the loss of 5 or 6 lives. SS “Rochambeau” was a French ship built in 1911 and owned by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique; she was scrapped in 1934 (more details here).] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c9100425e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-016_1.jpg) 21 September 1914 At Sea Lat 51.13, Long -11.55 7.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing [HMS] Sutlej. Increased to 12 knots. 7.35am: Stopped, communicated by boat with Flag. Proceeded NW 6 knots, 2 cables on starboard beam of Flag. 9.0am: Stopped. Dropped target. 9.25am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice. 11.55am: Hauled in target. Proceeded 5 miles on port beam of Flag. 0.30pm: Shaped course NW, 6 knots. 0.40pm: Stopped. 1.10pm: Proceeded N40W, 6 knots. 4.55pm: Stopped. Exercised collision stations. 5.20pm: Proceeded N40W, 45 revs. 6.30pm: Altered course S70E. [Distance run through the Water: 185.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c9100425f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-017_0.jpg) 22 September 1914 At Sea Lat 51.49, Long -10.09 [very rough estimate as no position in log] 0.5am: Altered course S58E to close steamer. 1.10am: Observed Bull Light S87E. 3.22am: Observed Skilling Light [Skelligs Rock Light House] N54E. 6.4am: Altered course as requisite for closing flag, increased to 60 revs. 6.51am: Shaped course S35E. Reduced to 60 revs. 7.55am: Altered course S70E, 60 revs. 9.0am: Took station 2 miles astern of flag. Course and speed as requisite for carrying out firing from sub calibre guns. 0.30pm: Took station on port beam of Flag 5 miles. Course N70W, 6 knots. 1.50pm: Closed Flag, increased to 12 knots. 2.20pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with flag. 2.40pm: Resumed station 5 miles on port beam of flag. 3.10pm: Shaped Course N70W, 6 knots. 4.50pm: Let fires die out in no 7 boiler. 5.10pm: Parted Company with flag. Proceeded S66E, 75 revs. 8.30pm: Sounded in 49 fathoms, altered course S60E. 9.0pm: Sounded in 40 fathoms. 9.5pm: Observed Fastnet Light S66E. [Distance run through the Water: 120.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 682.0 tons] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004260: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-017_1.jpg) 23 September 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 1.30am: Observed Galley Light Head on Port bow. 3.0am: Let fires die out in nos 3 and 6 boilers. 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 5.42am: Stopped. 6.0am: Proceeded 67 revs, as requisite into harbour. 6.50am: Stopped in anchorage. Tug secured alongside. Proceeded as requisite under Pilot to Basin. 9.35am: Secured to No. 4 buoy 11.30am: Collier secured alongside. 11.45am: Banked fires in nos 2, 4, 5 and 8 boilers. pm: Gunners, Boatswains and Engineers working parties in dockyard; remainder employed coaling ship. 2.30pm: Lieutenant Staddon left ship. 7.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, shovels 5 in Number, Sacks coal 2 cwt 4 in Number. 9.40pm: Completed with coal, received 380 tons. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 154.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 442 lbs; Vegetables 754 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1041.0 tons] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004261: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-018_0.jpg) 24 September 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Mr Toulden Chief Boatswain (T) joined ship. Hands employed cleaning ship and hoisting in provisions. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 620 lbs; Vegetables 2713 lbs; Bread 1680 lbs] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004262: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-018_1.jpg) 25 September 1914 At Sea Lat 51.38, Long -8.03 9.5am: Slipped buoy and proceeded as requisite out of harbour. [Draught: Forward 19’ 8”, Aft 23’ 5”] 9.20am: Embarked [HMS] Juno’s prize crew. 10.20am: Daunt Rock Light visible abeam 1 mile. Shaped Course S9.5E, 10 knots. 0.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamed. 0.25pm: Increased to 15 knots. 1.0pm: Spoke “Cairnross” (British) [Cairnross (2) listed here]. 1.23pm: Course S5E, 75 revs. 5.55pm: Stopped port engine owing to hot bearing. 6.35pm: Proceeded 67 revs with Port engine. 10.50pm: Observed Bishop’s Rock Light on port bow. Midnight: Altered course N59W. [Distance run through the Water: 16.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Cairnross” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1916 and owned by Cairn Line, Newcastle. She was to be sunk by a German submarine near the Azores in May 1918 (more details here).] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004263: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-019_0.jpg) 26 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.83, Long -8.48 0.40am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 1.15am: Stopped. Boarded SS “Vandyke” [?] (Dutch) Baltimore to Rotterdam. 1.50am: Proceeded N54W, 60 revs. 2.10am: Streamed Patent Log. 2.30am: Lost Bishop’s Rock Light S76E 20 miles. 3.30am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 3.45am: Stopped, spoke Swansea [possibly Swansea Vale] (British) Swansea to Toulon. 3.55am: Proceeded N52W 60 revs. 6.35am: Sighted Juno. 7.0am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Juno. 7.55am: Proceeded WSW 60 revs. 8.0am: Juno took station S19W 5 miles. 9.30am: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 10.5am: Stopped, spoke Galileo [probably Galileo (1) listed here] (British) Philadelphia to Liverpool. 10.15am: Proceeded S60W, 75 revs. 11.43am: Stopped, spoke Inkum [probably this ship] (British) Cuba to London. 11.48am: Proceeded S60W 10 knots. 2.0pm: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. Increased to 10 knots. 2.45pm: Stopped spoke Hoogeland [possibly Hoogezand I, though this was a schooner] (Dutch) barquantine [barquentine] to Rhyn [?] Falmouth. 3.5pm: Proceeded S60W 8 knots, streamed Patent Log. 3.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 4.20pm: Stopped boarded “San Edouardo” [probably San Eduardo, listed here] (British) Port Arthur for Dartmouth. 4.40pm: Proceeded S60W 8 knots. 4.51pm: Altered course N71W. 6.30pm: Altered course S71E. 11.30pm: Altered course as requisite to close steamer. [Distance run through the Water: 206 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Weather mostly fine and quiet, noon temperature 60F, sea temperature 62F] [Note: Attempts to find a Dutch ship named “Vandyke” at this date have not been successful but there was an SS “Veendyk”, a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1914 and owned by Holland-Amerika Lijn, Rotterdam; in 1918 she was taken over by United States Shipping Board and returned to her owners in 1919; she was broken up in 1933. It is unclear what type of ship “Swansea” was but there were no British steamships of this name registered at this time ‒ there was, however, a “Swansea Vale”, a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1909 and owned by Swansea Steamers, Swansea; she was owned by South Metropolitan Gas Company, Swansea/London from 1917; she was to be wrecked off northern France in August 1918 (details here). SS “Galileo” was a British cargo ship built in UK in 1908 and owned by Thomas Wilson Sons and Company; she came under Ellerman Wilson Line in 1917 and was to catch fire and capsize at New York in 1926; finally being broken up in 1927. SS “Inkum” was a British cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1901 for JH Welsford and Company; from 1913 she was owned by Gulf Transport Company. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Cornwall in June 1915. SV “Hoozeland I” was a Dutch schooner cargo vessel built in Netherlands in 1895. She was to be wrecked off Cuba in December 1918 (more details here). SS “San Eduardo” was a British oil tanker built in Newcastle in 1912 and owned by Eagle Oil Transport Company, London. She was scrapped in 1934.] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004264: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-019_1.jpg) 27 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.90, Long -7.62 0.30am: Altered course S71E. 3.5am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 11 knots. 4.0am: Stopped, spoke Ascania [Ascania (1) listed here] (British) London to Montreal. 4.5am: Proceeded S60E, 8 knots. 9.15am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. Exercised General Quarters. 10.0am: Stopped. Boarded French trawler. 10.25am: Proceeded NNW, 60 revs. Noon: Altered course N71W. Reduced to 6 knots. 4.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 4.50pm: Stopped. Boarded “La Campine” (Dutch) oil tank [probably this ship], Philadelphia to Antwerp, ordered “Juno” to convoy her to Plymouth. 6.5pm: Proceeded as requisite, 10 knots, for closing steamer. 6.15pm: Stopped. Boarded “Bellarads” [possibly Ballarat] (British) New Orleans to St Nazaire. 7.15pm: Proceeded as requisite, 10 knots for closing steamer. 7.30pm: Stopped. Boarded Dutch tug “Seiteefr” [?] Camptrey [?] to Falmouth. 8.0pm: Proceeded S71E, 6 knots. 8.10am: Altered course to close steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 8.40pm: Spoke SS Minnetonka (British), altered course S71E, reduced to 45 revs. “Doris” took station 2 miles on starboard beam. [Distance run through the Water: 186.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Ascania” was a British ocean liner built in UK in 1911 and owned by Cunard Steamship Company; she was to be wrecked in June 1918 off Newfoundland (more details here). SS “La Campine” was an oil tanker built in Newcastle in 1890 for a Belgian company. She was bought by American Petroleum Company, Rotterdam in 1891 and was to be shelled and sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine in March 1917 (more details here). Although there does not seem to have been an SS “Bellarads” there was a “Ballarat” ‒ a passenger/cargo ship built in Scotland in 1911 for Blue Anchor Line, London; from 1914 she was owned by Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Cornwall in April 1917 (details here). Attempts to find the Dutch tug encountered at 7.30pm have not been successful. SS “Minnetonka” was a British ocean liner built in Belfast in 1902 and owned by Atlantic Transport Company; she was to become a troop transport in 1915 and was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in January 1918 with the loss of 4 lives (more details here).] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004265: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-020_0.jpg) 28 September 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.87, Long -7.47 7.0am: Altered course N71W. 7.30am: Stopped. 9.5am: Proceeded N71W, 6 knots. Noon: Altered course as requisite to close steamer. 0.30pm: Spoke “Burgundy” [listed here] (British) Liverpool to Montevideo. 0.45pm: Altered N71W. 2.37pm: Altered course S22W. 2.49pm: Altered course N72W. 4.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 4.42pm: Spoke “Anglian” (British) Boston to London, altered course N71W. 6.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 6.40pm: Spoke “Karawla” [possibly Kanawha] (British) Kalif~ to London. 6.48pm: Altered course N71W. 8.0pm: Altered course S71E. Reduced to 6 knots. 11.15pm: Altered course to close steamer. Increased to 8 knots. 11.35pm: Resumed Course and Speed. Spoke Ryndam (Dutch) Rotterdam to New York. [Distance run through the Water: 132.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Burgundy” was a British ship built in UK in 1901 and owned by David MacIver Sons and Company, Liverpool; she was scrapped in 1931. SS “Anglian” was a British cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1896 as “Megantic”. She was renamed “Anglian” in 1898 and was owned by Wilson and Furness-Leyland Line; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Cornwall in June 1917. SS “Kanawha” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1893 for Chesapeake & Ohio Steamship Company, Liverpool; she went to Furness Withy, Liverpool in 1907; in 1922 she was sold to a French company and was renamed “Georgette”; she was broken up in 1923. SS “Ryndam” was a passenger/cargo ship built in Belfast in 1901 for Holland America Line, Rotterdam. In 1918 she was taken over by US Shipping Board, returning to her Dutch owners in 1919; she was scrapped in 1929.] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004266: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-020_1.jpg) 29 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.85, Long -7.08 3.30am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 3.53am: Resumed course. 6.30am: Altered course N71W. Increased to 8 knots. 6.50am: Altered course S87W. Increased to 12 knots. 7.0am: Resumed course and speed. 7.35am: Stopped. Boarded San Hilario [listed here] (British) Sabine to London. 7.50am: Proceeded N71W, 8 knots. 8.5am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 9.25am: Altered course N71E. Reduced to 6 knots. 9.45am: Stopped. 10.0am: Proceeded as requisite for closing steamer 16 knots. 10.26am: Reduced to 12 knots. 11.0am: Stopped. Boarded SS Palatine (British) Glasgow to Genoa. 11.35am: Proceeded N71W, 10 knots. 3.0pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 3.30pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Charlois (Dutch) New York to Amsterdam. 8.0pm: Sent prize crew (1 Lieutenant and 15 men) to “Charloi” [sic]. 9.45pm: “Charloi” proceeded to Plymouth, 9 knots. 9.45pm: Proceeded S69E, 5 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 164.9 miles] [Note: SS “San Hilario” was a British oil tanker built in UK in 1913 and owned by Eagle Oil Transport Company. She was to be shelled and sunk by a German submarine in April 1917 off Ireland (more details here). SS “Palatine” was a British cargo ship built in Newcastle in 1888 and owned by William Miller, Glasgow from 1897 onwards. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Hebrides in August 1917. SS “Charlois” was a Dutch tanker built in Glasgow in 1888 for Frederick Layland, Liverpool; she was sold to American Petroleum Company, Rotterdam in 1891 and was to be torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea in March with the loss of all hands (further information here).] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004267: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-021_0.jpg) 30 September 1914 At Sea Lat 49.77, Long -7.93 1.3am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 1.37am: Stopped. Spoke Penguin (British Trawler). 1.50am: Proceeded S55E, 6 knots. 7.0am: Altered course as requisite to close trawler. 7.12am: Stopped. Spoke “Jolui” [?] (Belgian trawler). 7.30am: Proceeded as requisite for chasing steamer, 15.5 knots. 7.58am: Reduced to 10 knots, altered course N50W. 9.30am: Altered course N71W. Reduced to 8 knots. 5.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing Doris. 5.43pm: Stopped. Doris communicated. 6.15pm: Proceeded N40W, 10 knots. 7.0pm: Altered course as requisite for clearing. 7.20pm: Stopped. Boarded “Soesdyk” [probably Soestdyk] (Dutch) Philadelphia to Rotterdam. 8.15pm: Proceeded N71W, 60 revs. 10.8pm: Altered course NW. Increased to 12 knots. 10.28pm: Altered course N71W, reduced to 8 knots. Spoke Rivulet (British SS) to Grimsby. Midnight: Altered course N28W. [Distance run through the Water: 131.5 miles] [Note: “Penguin” was a trawler built in Aberdeen in 1902 and requisitioned by the Admiralty in November 1914 for conversion to a minesweeper. She was returned to her owners (in Plymouth, registered there as PH178) in 1919 and was scrapped in 1936. No details have been found for the Belgian trawler “Jolui”. SS “Soestdyk” was a cargo ship built in UK in 1901 for Holland America Line, Rotterdam. She was requisitioned by the US Navy in 1917 and returned to her owners in 1919; in 1923 she was sold to Henry M Thomson, London and renamed “Callandia” and was broken up in Japan in 1931. SS “Rivulet” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1906 as “Cresswell”. She was sold to Needham Brothers, Sunderland in 1914 and renamed “Rivulet”; she was to be wrecked off The Bahamas in December 1914.] LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1914 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004268: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-021_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for October 1914, stamped Jan 22, 1915, signed CM Leggatt, Navigating Officer] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c91004269: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-022_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c9100426a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-022_1.jpg) [Page with details of distances run and coal expended, for dates “Not Known”. To Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force “E”. Signed JT Bush, Captain, HMS ISIS, 11 November 1914. HMS “Sutlej” 19 December 1914, signed FJ Sutton, Engineer Commander. Stamped Rear Admiral Commanding 11th Cruiser Squadron, 18 November 1914] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c9100426b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-023_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before (apart from dates)] 4ef4f8a6e53e0a0c9100426c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-023_1.jpg) 1 October 1914 At Sea Lat 50.92, Long -11.03 am: Divisions. Read Prayers. Exercised General Quarters. 0.30pm: Sighted Sutlej. Increased to 12 knots. 1.30pm: Stopped. Communicated with Flag. 2.35pm: Parted company, shaped Course NW 6 knots. 4.35pm: Increased to 12 knots, altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. 5.6pm: Spoke Strathmain [? Strathmore or Strathnairn] (British SS) NEW YORK to Amsterdam. 5.25pm: Shaped Course N60W, 6 knots. 8.0pm: Exercised night defence stations. 9.15pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 9.25pm: Spoke White Star SS. Increased to 12 knots. 9.48pm: Spoke SS “Bendhu” [probably Bendu, listed here] (British) Montreal to Cardiff, shaped Course S74E, 6 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 181.2 miles] [Note: The identity of the ship encountered at 5.6pm is unclear ‒ the name is clearly written in the log but there were no ships of this name registered in UK at this time, it may therefore be a misidentification or phonetic spelling; the most likely ships are “Strathmore” (2) (built in Scotland in 1912, sold to Norwegian company Wilh. Wilhelmsen in 1915 and renamed “Cubano”, sunk by a German submarine off Scotland in June 1915, details here) or “Strathnairn” (2) (built in Scotland in 1906 and sunk by a German submarine off Wales in June 1915 with the loss of 21 lives, details here); both these ships were owned by Burrell & Son, Glasgow and are listed here. SS “Bendu” was a British ship built on the Tyne in 1906 and owned by the Elder Line, Liverpool; she was sold to an Italian company and was renamed “Arcadia”.] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100426d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-024_0.jpg) 2 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.38, Long -11.03 1.30am: Altered course as requisite for chasing sail. 2.30am: Spoke Kese [or Rese] [?] (Danish schooner) “Rio Grante” [presumably Rio Grande] to Copenhagen. 3.20am: Shaped Course S74E. 3.30am: As requisite for closing light. Increased to 12 knots. 4.10am: Shaped course S58E, 6 knots. 6.30am: Altered course N73W. 8.20am: Altered course as requisite for chasing ship, increased to 12 knots. 8.48am: Reduced to 6 knots, shaped Course N73W. 10.50am: Dropped Target. 11.0am: Course and speed as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice. 0.30pm: Picked up target. 1.0pm: Proceeded N73W, 6 knots. 7.20pm: Increased to 12 knots, altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 7.30pm: Spoke “Devonian” [probably this ship]. 7.40pm: Shaped Course S72E, 6 knots. 8.15pm: Dropped targets. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out night defence and aiming rifle practice. 9.50pm: Picked up targets. 10.10pm: Proceeded S73E, 6 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 150.5 miles] [Note: Attempts to identify a Danish schooner named “Kese” or “Rese” for this date have not been successful. SS “Devonian” was a British ocean liner built in Belfast in 1900 and owned by Frederick Leyland and Company; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the north of Ireland in August 1917 with the loss of 2 lives.] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100426e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-024_1.jpg) 3 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.42, Long -11.20 2.55am: Observed Bull Light S88E. 3.30am: Observed Skellig Light N55E. 5.20am: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. Increased to 10 knots. 5.50am: Stopped. 6.0am: Proceeded S70W, 6 knots. 6.20am: Altered course S68E. 6.30am: Altered course N79W. 8.24am: Increased to 12 knots, altered course to close trawler. 8.55am: Stopped. 9.0am: Proceeded N79W, 6 knots. am: Divisions, read Prayers. Exercised General Quarters and night defence stations. pm: Watch employed scraping paintwork. 5.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence stations. 6.30pm: Altered course S72E. [Distance run through the Water: 130.9 miles] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100426f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-025_0.jpg) 4 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.37, Long -10.27 1.50am: Observed Bull Light N74E. 6.30am: Increased to 12 knots, altered course as requisite for closing ship. 6.37am: Increased to 15 knots. 8.0am: Spoke SS Campello [possibly Campanello] Bristol to New York. 8.10am: Proceeded N73W, 6 knots. 11.25am: Altered course S60E. 3.0pm: Observed Sutlej on port bow. Increased to 12 knots. 3.40pm: Took station 4 cables on starboard beam of flag, shaped Course N70W, 6 knots. 5.12pm: Closed flag to 2 cables. 5.16pm: Stopped. Sutlej communicated by boat. 6.8pm: Proceeded to station 5 miles on starboard beam of Flag, 12 knots. 6.40pm: Shaped Course N70W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 154.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 677.0 tons] [Note: It has not been possible to find an SS “Capello” but there was a “Campanello”, an ocean liner built in Newcastle in 1902 as “British Empire”; she was sold to an Italian company in 1906 and became “Campania”; in 1910 she was sold to Uranium Steamship Company, London and was renamed “Campanello”; in 1915 she was sold to Canadian Northern Steamships, London. In 1916 she was sold to Cunard Steamship Company and was renamed “Flavia”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in August 1918 with the loss of 1 life (details here).] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004270: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-025_1.jpg) 5 October 1914 At Sea and Berehaven [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.65, Long -9.86 [estimated] 5.20am: Course as requisite for entering Berehaven. 6.2am: Stopped. 6.4am: Came to with starboard anchor in 6.5 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchored [Bearings]: Minain [Minane] Island phi [symbol], Dinish Island summit N73W, Furious Pier N4.5E, Caringfinhave [?] N68E. 8.0am: Collier secured alongside. [Draught: Forward 18’ 0”, Aft 22’ 8”] 10.0am: Commenced coaling. pm: Employed coaling ship and dismounting No 8 6 inch gun. Lost overboard by accident sacks 15 in number, shovels steel 3 in number. 4.0pm: Completed with coal, received 310 tons. Employed cleaning ship. [Draught: Forward 19’ 4”, Aft 23’ 4”] 7.45pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 116.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 975.0 tons] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004271: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-026_0.jpg) 6 October 1914 At Berehaven [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.65, Long -9.86 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Divers at monthly practice, remainder of hands cleaning ship. pm: Special leave for starboard Watch till 5.30pm. 5.0pm: Lit fires in Nos 1 boiler and No 4 boiler. 9.15pm: Shortened in to 3 cables. 9.45pm: Weighed. 10.35pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 10 knots. 11.0pm: Sighted Sutlej, shaped Course S40W, 110 revs. 11.40pm: Stopped, Communicated with Sutlej. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 708 lbs; Vegetables 5300 lbs; Bread 800 lbs] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004272: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-026_1.jpg) 7 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 50.10, Long -7.38 0.24am: Proceed S34.5E, 12 knots. 1.57am: Fastnet Light abeam 3.5 miles. Lit fires in Nos 1 and 4 boilers. 8.50am: Altered course S20W. Increased to 15 knots. 9.40am: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. 10.0am: Stopped, spoke Rogatieu [or Rogatien] (French barque) Falmouth to Liverpool. 10.25am: Proceeded S47E, 15 knots. 1.40pm: Altered course S37W. Increased to Full speed. 1.58pm: Course as requisite for communicating with SS “Courrier” [possibly “Courier” as there were several ships of that name at this time] (British) Buenos Ayres to Liverpool. 2.10pm: Proceeded S50E, 13 knots. 3.15pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 3.35pm: Bishop’s Rock Light S20E, 2.5 miles. 3.45pm: Spoke “Tiara” (British) Galveston to Havre. 4.0pm: Bishops Rock S74E, 1.25 miles, Shaped Course N73W, 6 knots. 4.40pm: Sighted [HMS] Pelorus West. 5.30pm: Stopped, communicated with Pelorus. 5.48pm: Proceeded SW, 6 knots. 10.15pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 10.3pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Niew Amsterdam [Nieuw Amsterdam (1) listed here] (Dutch NEW YORK to Rotterdam), sent prize crew Lieutenant Day in charge. [Distance run through the Water: 149.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bishops Rock S69E, 39.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: It is possible that the ship encountered at 10am is “Saint Rogatien”, a French barque built in France in 1901; she was to be shelled and sunk in the English Channel by a German submarine in November 1916 (details here). There were several ships named “Courier” at this time (listed here), though none seems likely to have been going from Buenos Aires to Liverpool at this time. SS “Tiara” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1913 and owned by Hall Brothers Steamship Company, Newcastle; she was sold to a Brazilian company in 1933 and was renamed “Camboinhas”, she changed hands again in 1946 and was to run aground and be broken up in Brazil in 1958. SS “Nieuw Amsterdam” was a Dutch passenger ship built in Belfast in 1906 and owned by Holland America Line; she was scrapped in Japan in 1932 (more details here).] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004273: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-027_0.jpg) 8 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.82, Long -7.68 0.30am: “Niew Amsterdam” proceeded to Plymouth. 0.35am: Proceeded N72W, 6 knots. 2.30am: Altered course S72E. 6.30am: Observed Bishop’s Light S77E. 7.0am: Altered course N72W. 2.30pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Teutonian (British) Sabine to Dartmouth. 3.15pm: Boarded SS American (Dutch) New York to Rotterdam. 3.42pm: Proceeded N71W, 6 knots. 4.15pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 4.47pm: Stopped. Boarded “Naragansett” [Narragansett] (British) New York to London. 5.15pm: Proceeded N71W, 75 revs. 7.0pm: Altered course S75E. Reduced to 6 knots. 11.40pm: Altered course As requisite for closing steamer. 11.45pm: Increased to 12 knots. 11.50pm: Increased to 15 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 155.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Teutonian” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1914 and owned by Petroleum Steamship Company; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off southern Ireland in March 1916. SS “American” was a Dutch oil tanker built in 1892 in Jarrow on Tyne and owned by American Petroleum Company, Rotterdam. In 1924 she was sold to a Belgian company and was renamed “Belpétrole”, then in 1927 she was sold to an Italian company and was renamed “Canopus”; in 1930 she became “Ramona” (still Italian); she was sold to a Hungarian company in 1933 and was broken up in that year. SS “Narragansett” was a British oil tanker built in Scotland in 1903 and owned by Anglo-American Oil, London; she was to be torpedoed and sunk off southern Ireland in March 1917 with the loss of 46 lives.] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004274: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-027_1.jpg) 9 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.85, Long -7.62 0.5am: Shaped Course S75E, 45 revs. Spoke “Luz Blanca” (British Admiralty oiler) Port Arthur to London. 3.8am: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. 3.50am: Spoke “Antioche” (French trawler). 4.10am: Shaped Course S72E, 45 revs. 7.0am: Shaped Course N72W. 7.35am: Increased to 12 knots, altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. 8.28am: Stopped. Boarded “Annie Johnson” [Annie Johnson (1) listed here] (Swedish) Glasgow to Buenos Ayres. 9.0am: Proceeded N72W, 6 knots. Divisions, read prayers. Exercised General Quarters. 1.30pm: Altered course NORTH. Increased to 8 knots, spoke Chanticler [Chanticleer] (British trawler). 1.45pm: Altered course N71W, 45 revs. 2.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 3.15pm: Stopped, spoke “Wakefield” [probably the ship listed as number 54 for 1909 here] (British SS) Tampa to London. 3.40pm: Proceeded as requisite for closing steamer, 8 knots. 4.30pm: Spoke “Roumanian” (British) Velasco to London. Proceeded as requisite for closing steamer. 4.55pm: Spoke “Digby” (British) Halifax to London. 5.10pm: Proceeded N71W, 10 knots. 5.55pm: Increased to 90 revs, altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 10.0pm: Sighted [HMS] Venus. Venus took station 2 miles on port beam. [Distance run through the Water: 148.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: SS “Luz Blanca” was a British tanker (more details here) built in Newcastle in 1913 and owned by London & Pacific Petroleum Company. She was sold to International Petroleum, Toronto in 1917 and was to be sunk by a German submarine in August 1918 with the loss of 2 lives. It has not been possible to find details of the French trawler “Antioche”. SS “Annie Johnson” was a Swedish ship built in Goteborg in 1911 and owned by Johnson Line; she was sold to H Stinnes in 1921 and renamed “Otto Hugo Stinnes 9”, and in 1927 she was sold to Hapag and renamed “Albingia”; she was scrapped in 1932. Trawler “Chanticleer” was built in Hull in 1894 and registered as H424; in 1898 she had owners in Plymouth (PH402); she was requisitioned by the Admiralty in November 1914 and returned to her owners in 1919; after this she was registered in Grimsby (GY124); in 1926 she was sold to a French company and became “Henriville”; she was scrapped in 1938. SS “Wakefield” was a British ship built in Sunderland in 1909 and owned by Century Shipping Company, London. SS “Roumanian” was an oil tanker built on the Tyne in 1908 and owned by Petroleum Steamship Company, London; she was renamed “British Baron” in 1917, was sold to British Tanker Company in 1921 and then to a Norwegian company in 1925, when she was renamed “Norne”; she was sold to an Italian company in 1928 and was renamed “Vincas”; she returned to British ownership in 1933 and was broken up in 1936. SS “Digby” was a British cargo/passenger ship built in Hartlepool in 1913 and was owned by Furness Withy; she was converted to an armed merchant cruiser and was in service as “HMS Digby” from November 1916 to November 1915 when she was transferred to the French flag and renamed “Artois” (Auxiliary Cruiser); she was then returned to the Royal Navy and served as “HMS Artois” from July 1917 to January 1919 when she was returned to her owners. She transferred to Bermuda and West Indies SS Company in 1925 and was renamed “Dominica”; in 1934 she was sold to United Baltic Company and was renamed “Baltrover”; she was chartered from 1939 to 1944 before being returned to her owners (see also listing for Digby here and Baltrover here); she was sold to a Greek company in 1947 and was renamed “Ionia”.] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004275: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-028_0.jpg) 10 October 1914 At Sea Lat 49.87, Long -7.52 0.8am: Altered course as requisite. Increased to 12 knots to close steamer. 0.15am: Spoke Veendyke [Veendijk listed here]. 6.30am: Closed Venus. 7.0am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Venus. 7.15am: Proceeded N71W, 6 knots. Venus took station 5 miles on port beam. 8.55am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 9.5am: Spoke “Maine” [probably Maine (3) listed here] (British SS) Philadelphia to London, altered course N71W. 9.30am: Stopped. Dropped target. 9.40am: Course and speed as requisite for towing. Venus carried out sub calibre practice. 11.24am: Stopped, hauled in target. 11.32am: Proceeded N71W, 6 knots. Venus 5 miles on port beam. pm: Watch employed chipping paintwork. 4.55pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 5.10pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Episilon Dutch, Rotterdam to Philadelphia. 6.30pm: Venus proceeded convoying Epsilon towards Scillys. Proceeded S72W, 10 knots. 6.40pm: Altered course NW. 7.45pm: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. 7.55pm: Stopped. Spoke “Bourbaki” French Sailing Vessel, Cardiff to South Africa. 8.8pm: Proceeded SE 8 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 148.7 miles] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 63F, sea temperature 60F] [Note: SS “Maine” was a British cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1904 as “Sierra Blanca”, owned originally by Sierra Shipping, Liverpool. She was sold to Atlantic Transport Company in 1913 and became “Maine II”. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel off Devon in March 1917 (more details here). SS “Veendijk” (or Veendyk) was a Dutch ship built in Sunderland in 1914 and owned by Holland America line. She was requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board in 1918 and returned in 1919; she was scrapped in Holland in 1933. SS “Epsilon” was a Dutch cargo ship built in 1913 in Rotterdam and owned by Vrachtvaart Maatchappij Bothnia, Amsterdam (more details here); she was to strike a mine and sink in the English Channel in January 1917. SV “Bourbaki” was a French barque built in France in 1898 and owned by Guillon and Fleury, Nantes; she was later sold and used as a pontoon and was to be destroyed in a storm in France in 1938.] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004276: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-028_1.jpg) 11 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.90, Long -8.37 7.20am: Venus closed to 4 cables on port beam. 8.30am: Stopped. 8.48am: Observed Sutlej on port bow. 8.52am: Proceeded SW, 12 knots, Venus took station astern 2 cables. 9.10am: Altered course as requisite for taking station 2 cables on starboard beam of Flag. 9.27am: Stopped. 9.50am: Proceeded to station 5 miles on port beam of Flag. 10.20am: Shaped Course N72W, 6 knots. 10.45am: Course as requisite for closing sail, 13 knots. 11.13am: Spoke Annetta [there are two possible ships of this name at this time] (Dutch) Swansea to Figuera. 11.50am: Reduced to 6 knots. Course N72W. 1.0pm: As requisite for closing sail. Increased to 12 knots. 1.20pm: Stopped. Spoke SV “Rhone” [possibly the ship listed here] (French) Iquique to Dungeness. 1.23pm: Proceeded as requisite for closing sail. 1.50pm: Spoke “East African” (Norwegian SV) Chile to Dunkirk. Proceeded as requisite for closing flag, 12 knots. 2.18pm: Shaped Course N72W, reduced to 6 knots. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised General Quarters and Night Defence stations. 11.0pm: Altered course S72E. [Distance run through the Water: 140.2 miles] [Note: The exact identity of the French SV “Rhone” is not clear; it is possible she was the ship shown here. SV “East African” was a steel barque built in Scotland in 1895 and was owned initially by East Africa Company, Kristiania; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1912 and was sold again twice in 1915/6, being renamed “Risør” and then “Skomedal”; she was sold to a Brazilian company in 1918 and was renamed “Ada” and was probably hulked in 1922 (more details here).] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004277: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-029_0.jpg) 12 October 1914 At Sea Lat 49.88, Long -7.40 3.0am: Altered course N72W to close Sutlej. 3.30am: Altered course S72E. 10.50am: Altered course S70W. Increased to 8 knots. 11.30am: Altered course S72E. Reduced to 6 knots. 3.30pm: Altered course N72W. 3.50pm: Sounded in 61 fathoms. 5.15pm: Sounded in 63 fathoms. [Distance run through the Water: 146.0 miles] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004278: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-029_1.jpg) 13 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.90, Long -8.37 5.30am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 6.5 Stopped. Boarded Andyk [Andijk (1) listed here] (Dutch SS) New York to Rotterdam. 6.40am: Proceeded S55E, 10 knots. 8.25am: Reduced to 6 knots, altered course S72E. 10.15am: Altered course to close steamer.10.25am: Spoke La France [possibly this ship] (French SS) to Havre. 10.33am: Increased to 70 revs, altered course WNW. 11.45am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 0.52pm: Shaped course S68W, reduced to 6 knots. [Numerous changes of course and speed until 4.45pm] 6.0pm: Observed [HMSs] “Glory”, “Charybdis” and Minerva and 28 transports ahead steaming east. 7.40pm: Spoke “Princess Royal” [it is unclear whether this is an HMS or an SS]. 7.45pm: Altered course S72E, reduced to 6 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 150.7 miles] [Wind increasing in evening, north westerly then north easterly force 7 from 8pm, with rough sea and rain at times] [Note: SS “Andijk” was a cargo ship built in Newcastle in 1909 as “Brantford” for Neptune Steam Navigation Company; she was sold to Holland America Line in 1909 and was renamed “Andijk” or “Andyk”; she was broken up in 1931 (more details here). SS “France” was a French ocean liner built in France in 1912 and owned by Compagnie Générale Transatlanique; she was requisitioned by the French Navy as an armed merchant cruiser in 1914 and was renamed “France IV”; she was then converted to a troop ship, then a hospital ship; she was returned to her owners in 1919, was withdrawn from service in 1932 and was broken up in 1935. The ship spoken to at 7.40pm was probably HMS “Princess Royal” as her log puts her off the Orkney Islands in early November 1914 and she had been escorting a Canadian troop convoy bound for UK in late September, before rejoining the First Battlecruiser Squadron on 26 October (information here).] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c91004279: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-030_0.jpg) 14 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 49.60, Long -7.08 Noon: Altered course SE. Increased to 67 revs. 1.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer, 10 knots. 1.57pm: Reduced to 60 revs. Spoke “Karla” (Danish) [possibly this ship] Lexington to Seville. 2.7pm: Proceeded as requisite for regaining station on Flagship. 3.4pm: Observed Bishops Light House N61E. 4.25pm: Closed Flag at 12 knots. 4.45pm: Stopped, communicated by boat with Flag. 5.15pm: Proceeded N13W, 12 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 134.3 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 686.0 tons] [Wind mostly north easterly, force 7 all day, with mostly rough, weather generally fine, noon temperature 55F, sea temperature 57F] [Note: SS “Karla” was a Danish ship built in Copenhagen in 1908; she was to be wrecked off Sweden in 1916 (probably the ship shown here as “Carla”).] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100427a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-030_1.jpg) 15 October 1914 At Sea and Queenstown [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.30am: Course and speed as requisite for entering harbour. 7.0am: Secured to No 2 buoy. am: Discharged 1 rating to hospital. Prize crew and Lieutenant Commander Hewitt returned on board. Collier secured alongside. 10.30am: Commenced coaling. Party dismounting No 10 gun. pm: Employed coaling ship. 3.5pm: Completed with coal. Received 312 tons. 4.30pm: Employed cleaning ship. [Distance run through the Water: 179.3 miles] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 286 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 980.0 tons] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100427b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-031_0.jpg) 16 October 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Hands employed painting ship and taking in provisions. pm: Special leave to starboard watch till 6pm, remainder hands employed painting ship. Discharged 1 case to hospital. 1 Lieutenant RNR and prize crew from Venus joined ship. 1 rating rejoined ship from hospital. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. 6.0pm: Darkened ship. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 826 lbs; Vegetables 2500 lbs, Bread 1840 lbs] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100427c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-031_1.jpg) 17 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 52.08, Long -5.75 0.45am: Spread fires in Nos 1, 2, 5, 6 boilers. Lit fires in Nos 2, 7, and 8 boilers. 2.40am: Slipped buoy and proceeded as requisite out of harbour 7 knots. 3.37am: Course S2W. Increased to 110 revs. 3.45am: Altered course S87E. 4.45am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 5.0am: Proceeded S86E, 110 revs. 8.37am: Altered course as requisite to close steamer. 8.56am: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS “Dungeness” [listed here] of Glasgow. 9.1am: Proceeded S10E, 110 revs. 9.30am: Coningbeg Light visible abeam 0.5 miles. 11.43am: Altered course to close steamer. 11.52am: Stopped, spoke Penacastello [probably Peña Castillo]. Noon: Proceeded S85E, 15 knots. 0.30pm: Altered course S86E. Spoke SS Songa (Norwegian). 1.15pm: Observed St Davids Head on starboard bow. 2.25pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 16.5 knots. 2.55pm: Reduced to 110 revs. 2.58pm: Altered course N47W. 4.20pm: Altered course S30W. 4.32pm: Observed Tuskar Rock N76W, 5 miles. 6.0pm: Reduced to 75 revs, altered course N47E, streamed Cherub Log. 11.6pm: Observed Carnarvon Bay Light, visible S76E. 11.45pm: Observed South Stack Light N64E. [Distance run through the Water: 127 miles] [Note: SS “Dungeness” was a British cargo ship built in 1892 in Dundee and owned by Clyde Shipping Company. She was sold to a Turkish company in 1926 and renamed “Inebolu” and was to sink in a gale off Izmir in 1935 (details here). SS “Peña Castillo” was a Spanish cargo ship built in Scotland in 1899 and owned by Cia Santanderina de Nav, Santander; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off south west England in August 1915 with the loss of 23 lives. SS “Songa” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1892 as “Myrtledene” for Dene Steam Shipping Company, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne; in 1898 she was sold to a Norwegian company and was renamed “Songa”; she changed hands again in 1919 and became “Morgana”; she changed hands once more in 1920 (still Norwegian) and was to run aground and be wrecked off Norway in 1920.] 4ef4f8a7e53e0a0c9100427d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-032_0.jpg) 18 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 52.43, Long -4.92 0.44am: Observed Skerries [?] Light N60E. 2.0am: Altered course SW. 4.16am: Cardigan Bay Light Visible N65E. 5.15am: Observed Bardsey Island Light S29E. 6.30am: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 6.40am: Altered course S38W. Reduced to 10 knots. 7.35am: Stopped to examine floating wood. 8.0am: Proceeded S38W, 12 knots. 8.52am: Altered course as requisite for boarding trawler. 9.13am: Stopped. 9.49am: Proceeded S38W, 90 revs. Exercised General Quarters. 10.0am: Altered course N86E. 11.20am: Altered course to close steamer. 1.28pm: Sounded in 13 fathoms. 1.35pm: Altered course S80W. 3.30pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 16.5 knots. 3.55pm: Reduced to 12 knots. 4.25pm: Observed Strumbles Head on port bow. 10.4pm: Observed Coningbeg Light visible N47W. [Distance run through the Water: 263.1 miles] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100427e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-032_1.jpg) 19 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.25, Long -9.73 3.0am: Observed Ballycottin [Ballycotton] Light N27W. 4.12am: Observed Ballycottin Light N30E. 4.45am: Altered course S85W. 9.50am: Spoke [HMS] Pelorus. 10.15am: Reduced to 6 knots. Exercised General Quarters and collision stations. 10.40am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Pelorus 2 cables on starboard beam. 1.0pm: Altered course S56E. Pelorus took station 2 cables on port beam. 5.25pm: Observed [HMS] Sutlej on port beam, altered course 8 points to port. Increased to 12 knots. 5.35pm: Altered course 2 points to port. 5.47pm: Altered course 2 points to starboard. 5.52pm: Altered course 16 points to starboard. 5.57pm: Stopped. Sent boat to flag. 6.36pm: Proceeded S60W 10 knots to take station 5 miles on starboard beam of Flag. 7.12pm: N70W, reduced to 6 knots. 7.50pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 10.30pm: Fastnet Light abeam. [Distance run through the Water: 239.7 miles] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100427f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-033_0.jpg) 20 October 1914 At Sea Lat 51.25, Long -11.55 11.0am: Closed Flag, 8 knots. 11.30am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Flag. 11.48am: Proceeded N8W to take station 5 miles starboard beam of Flag. 5.25pm: Observed Great Skellig Island N81E. 6.0pm: Observed Bull Light S55E. [Various changes in course from 6.5pm to 11.15pm] [Distance run through the Water: 157.1 miles] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004280: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-033_1.jpg) 21 October 1914 At Sea Lat 55.08, Long -10.72 6.12am: Observed Teaaglet Light [probably Tearaght, where the Inishtearaght Light stands] S78E. 5.0pm: Black Rock S86E 11 miles. 8.20pm: Reduced to 5 knots. Spoke Juno. 8.32pm: Proceeded at 12 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 240.1 miles] [South easterly wind force 6 to 8 all day, sea becoming rough at midnight, weather fine or overcast; noon air and sea temperature 57F] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004281: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-034_0.jpg) 22 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.53, Long -10.23 0.47am: Observed Andumare Light [possibly Aranmore] S51E. 1.30am: Passed 2 battle ships steaming SW. 1.56am: Observed Tory Island light S77E. 2.10am: Altered course N71W. Reduced to 6 knots. 5.0pm: Altered course S66E. 7.0pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 7.35pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Caprivi (Norwegian) to Ardrossan. 8.40pm: Proceeded N69E, 6 knots. 10.25pm: Altered course S63E. [Distance run through the Water: 221.1 miles] [Note: SS Caprivi was a Norwegian cargo ship built in UK in 1892 and initially owned by McNabb, Rougier and Company, London. She was sold to Kjaer & Isdahl, Bergen in 1896 and was to sink after striking a mine north of Ireland in April 1915.] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004282: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-034_1.jpg) 23 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.32, Long -9.62 [A day when nothing really happened; all log entries shown here as example] 7.0am: Altered course N69W. Employed cleaning ship. am: Divisions, read prayers. Exercised General Quarters. 5.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence stations. 7.0pm: Altered course S69E. [Distance run through the Water: 140 miles] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004283: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-035_0.jpg) 24 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.47, Long -9.37 7.0am: Altered course N69W. Employed cleaning ship. 8.36am: Altered course to close steamer. 8.45am: Increased to 60 revs. 9.0am: Altered course N69W reduced to 45 revs. Spoke “Monkshaven” (British SS) Campbleton [Campbeltown] to Belfast. 11.45am: Altered course to close steamer, increased to 90 revs. 0.30pm: Altered course N69W, reduced to 45 revs, spoke “Sardinian” (British SS) Glasgow to Montreal. 7.0pm: Altered course S61E, reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 145.5 miles] [Note: SS “Monkshaven” was British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1911 and owned by Eskside Steamship Company, Whitby; she changed hands in 1918 and again in 1919; in 1924 she was sold to yet another British company and was renamed “Remenham”; in 1926 she was sold to a Japanese company and was renamed “Mikage Maru No 11”; she was to run aground and sink to the north of Japan in 1932. SS “Sardinian” was a British ship built in Scotland in 1875 and owned by Allan Line Steamship Company; she was transferred to Canadian Pacific in 1917; in 1920 she was sold to a Spanish company and was hulked at Vigo.] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004284: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-035_1.jpg) 25 October 1914 At Sea Lat 55.42, Long -9.67 7.0am: Altered course to close steamer. Increased to 8 knots. 7.20am: Altered course to N69W. 7.35am: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke “Athenia” (British SS). Glasgow to Montreal. 10.30am: Altered course N74W. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 6.5pm: Altered course S56E. 9.30pm: Altered course to close steamer. Increased to 8 knots. 9.48pm: Increased to 12 knots. Spoke Rio de Janeiro (Norwegian SS) to Rio. 10.25pm: Altered course S61E, reduced to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 138.8 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 584 tons] [South easterly then southerly wind in am, force 5-7 to 7 with rain, wind reducing in pm, when weather fine] [Note: SS “Athenia” was a British passenger/cargo ship built in UK in 1904 and owned by Donaldson Line, Glasgow; she came under Anchor Line in 1916 and was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the north of Ireland in August 1917 with the loss of 15 lives. SS “Rio de Janeiro” was a Norwegian cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1914 and owned by Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab, Trondheim; in 1925 she was sold to a German company and was renamed “Tinos”; she was to be sunk by British aircraft at Benghazi in 1941, was raised in 1942 but was again bombed and sunk in that year.] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004285: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-036_0.jpg) 26 October 1914 At Sea and Loch Swilly [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.11, Long -7.50 [estimated] 4.7am: Observed Tory Island Light S21E. 5.45am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.27am: Observed Fanad Light S32E. 8.30am: Course and speed as requisite for entering Lough Swilley [Lough Swilly]. 8.55am: Stopped. 9.20am: Proceeded as requisite 12 knots. 9.35am: Stopped. Came to with starboard anchor in 6 fathoms off Rathmullen [Rathmullan]. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchored. Buncrana Light S78E, Muckamish Tower N23W, Needs Point [Ned’s Point] Forts N57E] pm: Employed coaling ship. [Draught: 22’ 7” aft, 18’ 3” Forward] 5.20pm: Sailed [HMS] Liverpool. 6.15pm: Completed with coal. Received 419 tons. Employed cleaning ship. [Draught: 23’ 5” aft, 19’ 7” Forward] 8.0pm: Lost overboard by accident sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 8 in number, shovels, steel, 5 in number. 10.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 158.4 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 981 tons] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004286: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-036_1.jpg) 27 October 1914 At Lough Swilly [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.11, Long -7.50 4.0am: Lit Fires in steam cutter. am: Employed coaling [should probably be cleaning] ship. 8.0am: Arrived [HMSs] Exmouth, Russell, Albemarle and Duncan. Employed coaling ship. 11.0am: Sailed TBD [Torpedo Boat Destroyer] Flotilla and [Hospital Ship] Soudan. pm: Employed spreading splinter nets and raising starboard cat davit. 4.0pm: Quarters. 5.0pm: Sailed [HMS] Blonde. Employed preparing for sea. 6.30pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 7.0pm: Veered to 5 shackles. 9.7pm: Observed vivid flash and heard explosion bearing NNE outside Lough Swilly. 9.25pm: Arrived [HMSs] Soudan and Liverpool. Drew fires in steam cutter. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 1132 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 1300 lbs] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004287: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-037_0.jpg) 28 October 1914 At Lough Swilly and at Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.23, Long -9.35 2.0am: Shortened in to 1 shackle. 2.15am: Weighed, proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 3.50am: Shaped Course N13W. 3.58am: Altered course N80W. 4.4am: Fanad Head abeam 1 mile. 5.35am: Inishbeg abeam to port 1.25 miles. 6.30am: Course as requisite for zig-zagging. 8.12am: Reduced to 6 knots. Turned in boats. 8.57am: Altered course S50W to close steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 9.0am: Altered course N70W. 9.45am: Reduced to 10 knots. 0.37pm: Reduced to 60 revs. 1.30pm: N50W. 4.10pm: Altered course South. 6.0pm: Altered course NORTH, reduced to 45 revs. 6.20pm: Altered course N30W. [Distance run through the Water: 99.8 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Squally wind, south westerly force 4 to 6 in am, north westerly force 6 at 4pm, north easterly force 3-5 at midnight, sea rough or very rough throughout pm, weather fine; noon temperature 48F, sea temperature 53F] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004288: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-037_1.jpg) 29 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 50.72, Long -10.60 7.0am: Altered course S69E. Increased to 75 revs. 9.0am: Reduced to 8 knots. Divisions read Prayers. Exercised Physical Drill. am: Exercised General Quarters. 2.30pm: Altered course S21W. 5.0pm: Quarters. Exercised Night Defence. 9.0pm: Altered course N21E. Reduced to 6 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 136.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [North easterly wind force 6 in am, reducing in pm] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c91004289: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-038_0.jpg) 30 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.97, Long -10.00 9.0am: Altered course S45W. 10.55am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 10 knots. 11.45am: Stopped, boarded MI Mandal (Danish SS) Ayr to Egnon Cay [?]. 0.50pm: Proceeded as requisite for closing steamer, 10 knots. 3.10pm: Stopped. Spoke “IP Justusen” [IP Justesen listed here] (Danish SS) Ayr to Baltimore. Proceeded S21W, 8 knots. [Distance run through the Water: 165.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: SS “MI Mandal” was a Danish cargo ship built in Rotterdam in 1913 and owned by Atalanta Steamship Company; she was to be scuttled by a German submarine off northern France in July 1917 (details here). SS “IP Justesen” was a cargo ship built in Hartlepool in 1893 and was originally named “David Mainland”, owned by Coverdale and Son. She was sold to Danish company DS Atalanta in 1907 and was renamed “IP Justesen”; in 1925 she was renamed “Senegal” and in 1932 was sold to a Finnish company and became “Frano”; from 1934 to 1936 she was named “Ergo” and in 1943 she was sold again, to a Swiss company and became “Zurich”, she was to be wrecked near Gibraltar in 1946 (details here).] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100428a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-038_1.jpg) 31 October 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.72, Long -10.00 2.0am: Altered course N21E. 9.15am: Altered course S21W. 8.0pm: Altered course N21E. [Distance run through the Water: 162.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100428b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-039_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1914 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100428c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-039_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for November 1914. Stamped “Admiralty Received 22 Jan 1915”. Signed by CM Leggatt, Navigating Officer] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100428d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-040_0.jpg) [Page with data on distances run and coal expended, for unspecified dates. To Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force “E”; Commander in Chief HMS Sutlej. Signed by JT Bush, Captain, dated 8th December 1914. HMS “Sutlej” 14th January 1915. Submitted, observing: no remarks. Signed FJ Sutton, Engineer Commander] 4ef4f8a8e53e0a0c9100428e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-040_1.jpg) 1 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.93, Long -10.20 9.30am: Divisions. Read Prayers. Exercised General Quarters. 10.10am: Observed [HMSs] Albermarle and Duncan SSE. [Distance run through the Water: 147.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [South easterly wind force 4-5 to 6-7 all day, rain at times in am; noon temperature 51F, sea temperature 54F] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100428f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-041_0.jpg) 2 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.40, Long -10.52 [Nothing of note in log] [Distance run through the Water: 133.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004290: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-041_1.jpg) 3 November 1914 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 54.25, Long -10.62 7.48am: Altered course as requisite for Closing steamer. Increased to 15 knots. 9.2am: Stopped. Boarded SS “Moskov” [Moskov (2) listed here] (Danish) Benkon to Barcelona. 10.0am: Proceeded North, 45 revs. 7.15pm: Altered course East. 10.30pm: Altered course N55E. [Distance run through the Water: 143.5 miles] [Note: SS “Moskov” was built in 1914 and owned by Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S; she was renamed “Margrethe” in 1925 and was scrapped in 1959.] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004291: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-042_0.jpg) 4 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.52, Long -10.57 3.0am: Altered course S21W. 7.0am: Altered course N24W. 0.15pm: Altered course As Requisite for chasing Steamer. Increased to 115 revs. 0.35pm: Increased to 125 Revs. 1.5pm: Reduced to 85 revs owing to priming in 2 boilers. 1.45pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Manchester Citizen (British) Montreal to Liverpool. 2.15pm: Proceeded N24W, 45 Revs. 7.30pm: Increased to 12 knots. Altered course as Requisite for cloas [closing] steamer. 7.45pm: Stopped. Spoke SS Gurrie [Gurre] (Danish) Belfast to Buenos Ayres. 7.55pm: Proceeded N24W, 6 knots. 8.20pm: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out night firing from sub Calibre and 12 pounder Guns. 10.0pm: Completed practice. Picked up Targets. 10.30pm: Proceeded N24W, 45 Revs. 11.0pm: Altered course S19E. [Distance run through the Water: 136.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Note: SS “Manchester Citizen” was a cargo ship built in 1912 on the Tyne and owned by Manchester Liners Ltd; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in April 1917. SS “Gurre” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1891 and owned by O Kongsted, Copenhagen; she was to be sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine in March 1917 with the loss of 21 to 24 lives.] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004292: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-042_1.jpg) 5 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.75, Long -10.78 7.0am: Altered course N23W. Employed cleaning Ship. am: Divisions. Read Prayers. Prepared to take a vessel in tow 4.35pm: Altered course S24E. Quarters. Exercised Night Defence. [Distance run through the Water: 138.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004293: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-043_0.jpg) 6 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.57, Long -10.60 [Long estimated as not given in log] 3.30am: Altered course N21E. 3.55am: Altered course as Requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 12 knots. 4.45am: Altered course S21E. Spoke Consul Corfetigun [Consul Corfitzon] (Sweedish) [sic] SS, Sweeden [sic] to Santander. 11.30am: Spoke HMS Marmtua [possibly Mantua], Stearing [sic] SW. 0.50pm: Torry [Tory] Island abeam to Port 1 Mile. 0.55pm: Altered course N88E. Revolutions as requisite to Minimise priming. 3.15pm: Malim [Malin] Head abeam to starboard 2 Miles. 3.20pm: Altered course S51E. 4.20pm: Course as requisite for closing Trawler. 4.45pm: Stopped. Boarded Admiralty trawler “Louise” [possibly ‒ writing indistinct]. 5.15pm: Proceeded as requisite for chasing Trawler. 6.0pm: Stopped. Boarded SY [HMS] Oriana on Patrol. 6.30pm: Proceeded as Requisite for chasing Trawler. 7.15pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Rolf [there were several ships of this name at this time] (Danish) Speen to Androssan [Ardrossan]. 7.45pm: Proceeded S75W, 6 knots. 8.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 8.30pm: Stopped. 8.40pm: Proceeded S75W, 6 knots. 10.0pm: Altered course NW. 11.30pm: Altered course S71E. [Distance run through the Water: 177.7 miles] [Note: SS “Consul Corfitzon” was a cargo ship built in 1901 in Stockton-on-Tees as “Melobesia”, owned by an Italian company. In 1913 she was sold to a Swedish company and was renamed “Consul Corfitzon”; in 1918 she became “Immein” and in 1921 was sold to a German company and was renamed “Amaler”; she was to be beached and lost after a collision with another ship near Antwerp.] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004294: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-043_1.jpg) 7 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.42, Long -6.83 7.50am: Closed and boarded trawler Belmont. 8.30am: Proceeded as requisite for closing French Barque aground on Chuim Island [?]. 9.52am: As Requisite for boarding trawler. Boarded “Recorder” (Trawler). 10.16am: Proceeded N75W working up to 115 Revs. 0.45pm: Course as Requisite for closing Trawler. Reduced to 10 knots. 1.0pm: Stopped. 1.10pm: Proceeded NW, working up to 115 Revs. 1.50pm: Altered course N56W. 2.10pm: Inishtrahull abeam to Starboard, 1.5 miles, altered course [S]89W. 4.10pm: Altered course N89W. 8.30pm: Altered course S59W. 9.0pm: Altered course N17W. Hauled in Neptune Log. Streamed Cherub Log. [Distance run through the Water: 277.2 miles] [Note: ST “Belmont” was built in Scotland in 1906 and registered at Fleetwood (FD64); she was to be requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a minesweeper in 1915; in 1918 she was registered in Grimsby (GY1262); in 1925 she was registered in Aberdeen (A101) and was to run aground and be lost in 1928. FV “Recorder” was built in Newcastle in 1901; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea in July 1916.] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004295: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-044_0.jpg) 8 November 1914 At Sea Lat 55.33, Long -10.15 7.10am: Altered course S10W. 9.30am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 3.40pm: Altered course S64W. Increased to 75 Revs. 4.20pm: Observed [HMS] Venus on Port Bow, altered course S50W. 4.30pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Venus. 5.30pm: Proceeded S40W, 11 knots. 9.5pm: Observed Eagle Island Light S21W. 10.10pm: Observed Black Rock Light S24E. 11.55pm: Black Rock Light Abeam 9 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 179.6 miles] [Wind south westerly then north westerly force 5 to 6 in pm, sea becoming rough at midnight. Rain for much of day, noon temperature 55F, sea temperature 54F] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004296: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-044_1.jpg) 9 November 1914 At Sea Lat 52.32, Long -10.72 1.5pm: Observed Blasket Islands on Port Bow. 3.45pm: Tearaglet [Tearaght] Rock abeam 5 miles. 6.45pm: Skelligs Light abeam 5 miles. 8.50pm: Bull Rock Light abeam 5 miles, altered course S43E. [Distance run through the Water: 209.9 Miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 480.0 tons] [South westerly wind force 5 to 7 all day, with sea state mostly very rough] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004297: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-045_0.jpg) 10 November 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 0.15am: Fastnet Light abeam 5 miles, altered course S86E. 3.15am: Galley Head Rock abeam, 5.5 miles. 3.30am: Observed craft showing no light, watch closed up. Vessel observed to be sailing ship. 4.35am: Course and speed as requisite for avoiding submarine attack. 5.45am: Proceeded as requisite for swept channel into Queenstown, 10 knots. 7.20pm: Stopped. Came to with Port anchor in 10 fathoms off Honkstown [Monkstown]. [Draugh [Draught]: Forward 17ft 6in, Aft 22ft 3”] [Anchored: Colliers Quay N18W, Dolphin N74E] 7.40am: Weighed. Proceeded as Requisite to No 3 buoy. 8.0am: Secured No 3 buoy. 9.15am: Collier came alongside. 10.15am: Commenced coaling ship. pm: Employed Coaling ship. 3.15pm: Stopped Coaling. 4.15pm: Tug secured alongside. 4.30pm: Slipped Buoy. Ship moved to Spencer Jetty. 5.0pm: Secured alongside. 8.35pm: Resumed Coaling. 11.0pm: Drew Fires in Steam Cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 184.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 457 lbs; Vegetables Received: 900 lbs; Bread Received: 850 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1016.0 tons] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004298: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-045_1.jpg) 11 November 1914 At Haulbowline Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 [estimated] 1.0am: Completed with coal. Received 561 Tons. [Draught: Forward 19ft 4”, Aft 23ft 5”] 4.15am: Lit fires in steam Cutter. 6.30am: Employed coaling [should probably be cleaning] ship. 8.45am: Ship warped into dry dock. Discharged 7 Ratings to Hospital. am: Hands Employed Cleaning Ship. 1.0pm: Lieutenant Day RNR left ship. pm: Hands Employed drawing and returning stores and cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Special leave to Port watch until 7am. 5.30pm: Exercised Fire Stations. 11.0pm: Drew fires in Steam Cutter. [Bread Received: 200 lbs] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c91004299: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-046_0.jpg) 12 November 1914 At Houllbouline [Haulbowline] Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 [estimated] am: Hands Employed painting aloft. Gunners, Boatswains parties in dockyard. Party refitting Wireless aeriel [aerial]. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. 4.30pm: Special Leave to Starboard Watch untill [sic] 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 215 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received 440 lbs] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100429a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-046_1.jpg) 13 November 1914 At Haulbowline Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed painting ship and refitting. Boatswains Party and Gunners in Dockyard. pm: Employed painting Ships Side. Gunners and Boatswains Parties in Dockyard. 3.0pm: Gave special Leave to Starboard watch until 7am. 4.30pm: Quarters. Exercised Fire stations. [Fresh Beef Received: 410 lbs; Vegetables 800 lbs; Bread Received 760 lbs] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100429b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-046a_0.jpg) 14 November 1914 At Haulbowline Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: Eight Midshipmen left Ship for Chatham Barracks. pm: Hands Employed as in Forenoon. 3.0pm: Special leave to Port watch untill [sic] 7am. 4.30pm: Quarters. Exercised Fire Stations. Read Warrant No I. 5.30pm: Landed Patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 410 lbs; Vegetables Received: 800 lbs; Bread Received: 760 lbs] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100429c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-046a_1.jpg) 15 November 1914 At Haulbouline [Haulbowline] Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.30am: Landed RC Church Party. 10.0am: Divisions. Landed Wesleyan Church Party. 10.30am: Landed C of E Church Party at Dockyard Church. 1.0pm: Leave to Port Watch till 7am. 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100429d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-047_0.jpg) 16 November 1914 At Houlbowline [Haulbowline] Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 7.0am: Lieutenant West Left Ship. Ship warped from Dock to E Wall of Basin. am and pm: Hands Employed provisioning and painting ship. 3.30pm: Gave Leave to Starboard Watch untill [sic] 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 1291 lbs; Vegetables Received: 4000 lbs; Bread Received: 1560 lbs] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100429e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-047_1.jpg) 17 November 1914 From Queenstown to Sea, at Haulbowline Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed Cleaning Ship, refitting and preparing for Sea. Discharged 2 Chief ERAs [Engine Room Artificers] to Hospital. Took on charge 1.3 tons of coal supplied to steam cutter during ship’s stay at Queenstown. 2.0pm: Ship warped from basin to Spencer Jetty. Hands employed preparing for Sea. [Draught: Forward 19’ 8”, Aft 23’ 3”] 4.30pm: Slipped from Jetty. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 4.45pm: Speed 12 knots. 5.20pm: Put clock on half hour. 5.35pm: Daunt Rock Light Vessel North, 2 miles. Shaped Course S69W. Reduced to 75 Revs. 7.0pm: Kinsale Head Light North, 3 miles, altered course S89W. 10.45pm: Altered course as requisite for closing Steamer. 11.5pm: Spoke SS Belgium. 11.12pm: Shaped Course N73W. Fastnet Head N87E, 3.5 miles. [Note: It has not been possible to find an SS “Belgium”, though it is possible this was SS “Belgian” a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1900 and owned by Frederick Leyland and Company, Liverpool (listed here as Belgian (2)); she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off southern Ireland in May 1917 with the loss of 2 lives (details here).] 4ef4f8a9e53e0a0c9100429f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-048_0.jpg) 18 November 1914 At Sea Lat 51.38, Long -11.82 1.15am: Bull Light abeam. 7.3am: Altered course S40E. Reduced to 45 Revs. 9.30am: Exercised General Quarters. Guns Crews at Loader. 4.20pm: Altered course N22W. 7.3pm: Altered course S22E. 10.15pm: Altered course as Requisite for closing Trawler. 10.50pm: Spoke Trawler M227 [M is the registration letter for Milford Haven in Wales]. 11.0pm: Shaped Course S22E. [Distance run through the Water: 167.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [South easterly wind force 6 all morning, with very rough sea, somewhat less wind in pm but sea still rough; weather fine or overcast] [Note: ST “Bush” was registered as M227; she was built in 1908 in North Shields; she was requisitioned by the Admiralty in May 1915 as an armed trawler; in 1919 she was sold to a Fleetwood company; she was requisitioned again in May 1940 for anti-submarine duties and was returned to her owners in 1944; in 1949 she was sold to a company in Dundee; she was renamed “Lynn Fenton” (DE24) in 1950; she was sold for demolition in 1954.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-048_1.jpg) 19 November 1914 At Sea Lat 51.50, Long -11.88 0.45am: Altered course S70W. Increased to 10 Knots. Spoke SS Vaderland (Belgian) New York to Liverpool. 1.5am: Altered course N22W. Reduced to 45 Revs. 4.0am: Altered course S22E. 8.15am: Altered course N22W. 9.0am: Divisions. Read Warrant No 2. Noon: Altered course S22E. 0.55pm: Altered course as requisite for closing Steamer. Increased to 75 Revs. 1.40pm: Spoke SS Cabotia (British) Glasgow to St Johns NB [New Brunswick]. 1.45pm: Shaped Course S22E. Reduced 45 Revs. 3.0pm: Altered course as Requisite for Closing steamer. Increased to 75 Revs. 3.30pm: Spoke SS Montfort (British) Glasgow to St Johns NB. 3.40pm: Increased to 90 Revs to close steamer. 3.55pm: Spoke SS Kastalia [Kastalia (1) listed here], Glasgow to Newport News. 4.0pm: Shaped Course N62W. Reduced to 45 Revs. 6.0pm: Altered course as Requisite for closing Steamer. Spoke SS Foylemore (British). 6.50pm: Shaped Course N22W. 8.10pm: Altered course as requisite for cloasing [sic] steamer. Increased to 12 Knots. 9.15pm: Spoke SS Yolen [or Jolen] (Norwegian). Shaped Course N22W. Reduced to 45 revs. 10.10pm: Spoke SS Arabic (British) Liverpool to Boston. 10.30pm: Altered course S35E. [Distance run through the Water: 125.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Vaderland” was an ocean liner built in Scotland in 1900 and initially owned by White Star Line; she was sold to Belgian company Red Star Line in 1903 and became “Vaderland (II)”; she came under control of White Star Line in 1915 and was renamed “Southland”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in June 1917 with the loss of 4 lives. SS “Cabotia” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1900 as “Ontarian” for Allan Line; she transferred to Donaldson Line in 1913 and was renamed “Cabotia”; she was to be shelled and sunk by a German submarine to the west of Ireland in October 1916 with the loss of 32 lives. SS “Montfort” was a cargo ship built in 1899 in Newcastle and originally owned by Elder Dempster Line; she was sold to Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1903 and was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine when approaching the English Channel in October 1918 with the loss of 5 lives. SS “Kastalia” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1897 for Donaldson Line; she was sold to Equinox Steamship Company in 1916 and renamed “Yonne”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in April 1916 off Algeria on her first voyage with her new owners. SS “Foylemore” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1911 and owned by Johnston Line, Liverpool; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel in December 1917. It has not been possible to trace a Norwegian SS “Yolen” (or “Jolen”) but there was an SS “Jarlen” built in Bergen, Norway in 1910; she was owned by Dampbaat Jarlen, Bergen from 1914 onwards and was to sink off Norway in 1956. SS “Arabic” was a British ocean liner built in Belfast in 1903 as “Minnewaska” for Atlantic Transport Company, London; she moved to White Star Line before being launched in 1903 and was renamed “Arabic II”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Southern Ireland in August 1915 with the loss of 44 lives.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-049_0.jpg) 20 November 1914 At Sea Lat 50.83, Long -10.08 7.0am: Observed Sutlej on Port Bow. 7.20am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with Sutlej. 8.15am: Proceeded S48.5E, 75 revs. am and pm: Hands Employed Chipping Paint and refitting. 9.30pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer, 90 revs. 9.45pm: Spoke SS Sepek (British) Montreal to London. Proceeded S46.5E. Reduced to 75 Revs. 10.55pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. 11.10pm: Reduced to 45 Revs. Spoke Barque Silver Stream [Silverstream] (Italian) Cardiff to Catania. 11.36pm: Proceeded S48.5E. [Distance run through the Water: 159.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: Attempts to find an SS “Sepek” (or “Sepik”) have not been successful. SV “Silverstream” was a barque built in 1891 in Northern Ireland and originally owned by WP Herdman, Carrickfergus; she was then owned by an Italian company, Simone Costantino from 1909; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in September 1916.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-049_1.jpg) 21 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.67, Long -8.02 4.0am: Observed Bishop Light E-S. 5.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. Increased to 90 revs. 5.45am: Spoke Astarloa (Spanish), altered course N72W, 60 revs. 7.50am: Stopped. 8.10am: Proceeded N33E, 60 revs. 9.15am: Altered course S46W. Spoke SS Linmere, Glasgow to Garton. 9.20am: Course as requisite for closing steamer. 9.45am: Course N69W, 60 revs. Spoke SS San Fraterno; Texpan to London. 11.15am: Spoke SS Jessmore, Montreal to Leith. pm: Employed Scraping Paint. 5.30pm: Altered course S73E. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 212.9 miles] [North easterly wind force 5 or 6 all day, sea rough in pm; weather fine, noon temperature 45F, sea temperature 53F] [Note: SS “Astarloa” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1896 as “Hillbrook”, for H Evans and Company, London; she was sold to a Spanish company in 1899 and was renamed “Astarloa”; in 1915 she was sold to a Norwegian company and in 1916 was renamed “Snetinden”; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in October 1917 in the Bay of Biscay. SS “Linmere” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1913 and owned by Watson Steamship Company, Manchester; she was to be renamed “Balboa” in 1923, was sold to a Portuguese company in 1928 and became “Goncalo Velho”; in 1949 she was renamed “Generoso” and was scrapped in 1961 or 1963. SS “San Fraterno” was a tanker built in Wallsend in 1913 and owned by Eagle Oil and Shipping Company; she was to run aground and be wrecked off South America in 1927. SS “Jessmore” was a cargo ship built in UK in 1911 and owned by Johnston-Warren Line, Liverpool until 1917 when she was sold to Furness Withy; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in May 1917.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-050_0.jpg) 22 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.58, Long -8.42 10.55am: Altered course N58E. Increased to 75 Revs. Spoke SS Frixos (Russian) [possibly this ship] Hartlepool to St John. 11.10am: Altered course N54W. 11.20am: Altered course N69E. Reduced to 45 Revs. [Distance run through the Water: 91.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Squally easterly then north easterly wind force 6 to 8 all day, sea very rough or high; weather mostly overcast, noon temperature 46F, sea temperature 53F] [Note: SS “Frixos” was a cargo ship built in UK in 1888 as “Hawkhurst”; she was sold to a Norwegian company in 1898 and was renamed “Fos”; in 1911 she was renamed “Bosbon”; in 1914 she was sold to a Finnish company and became “Frixos” and was requisitioned by the Russian Navy; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off the Shetland Islands in April 1917 with the loss of 19 or 20 lives.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-050_1.jpg) 23 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.92, Long -7.30 7.30am: Altered course S56W. 7.45am: Sounded in 59 fathoms. 11.15am: Exercised Fire Stations. pm: Employed Chipping Paint. 1.24pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. Increased to 90 revs. 2.8pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Shaped Course N71W. Spoke SS Bertrand (British) Rosario to Liverpool. 8.6pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. Increased to 75 revs. 8.50pm: Shaped course N71W. Reduced to 45 revs, 11.0pm: Altered course S71E. Increased to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 78.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Wind and sea reducing during day, though still very rough at times] [Note: SS “Bertrand” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1913 and owned by Turnbull Brothers Shipping Company; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Tunisia in July 1918.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-050a_0.jpg) 24 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.88, Long -6.63 5.50am: Observed Bishop Light N80E. 7.55am: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. Increased to 90 revs. 8.55am: Shaped Course N71W, 60 revs. Spoke SS Uroguay [presumably Uruguay] (British) Buenos Ayres to Liverpool. 9.2am: Altered course as requisite for closing Steamer. Increased to 90 [revs]. 9.55am: Stopped Boarded SS “Osterdyk” [presumably Oosterdyk] (Dutch) New York to Rotteram [Rotterdam]. 10.30am: Proceeded as requisite for boarding SS Demetrius Goulandris (Greek) Glasgow to Genoa. 0.5pm: Shaped course N72W, 45 revs. 1.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 60 Revs. 1.55pm: Reduced to 6 Knots. Spoke SS Aquasgorgius (Greek) Genoa to Cardiff. 2.5pm: Proceeded as requisite. 3.30pm: Altered course N72W reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS Kingfield [listed here] (British) Rosario to Belfast. 4.0pm: Employed preparing for coaling. 5.30pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. 5.50pm: Spoke SS Graciana [Graciana (2) listed here] (British) Montreal to Hull. 6.5pm: Proceeded N5.5W, 75 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 169.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bishop Light Vessel S83E, 7 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 728.0 tons] [Note: There were no British steamships called “Uruguay” at this time but this may have been “El Uruguayo” listed here; she was built in Scotland in 1911 and was owned by the British and Argentine Steamship Company (Houlder Line); she was scrapped in 1937. SS “Oosterdyk” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1913 and owned by Holland America Line, Rotterdam until 1918; she was requisitioned by the US Navy in 1918 and was renamed USS “Oosterdijk”; she was to sink after a collision with an American troopship in the Atlantic in July 1918. There is a reference to a Greek “Demetrios Goulandris” of 3,744 tons being sunk during January 1917 in a book here. It has not been possible to trace the Greek ship encountered at 1.55pm. SS “Kingfield” was a British ship built in Yorkshire in 1902 and owned by Field Steamship Company, Stockton. SS “Graciana” was built in Scotland in 1903 and originally called “Sierra Morena”, she was bought by Furness Withy in 1912 and was renamed “Graciana”; in 1924 she was sold to a Greek company and was renamed “Andreas”.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-050a_1.jpg) 25 November 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 3.40am: Observed Kinsale Light N28W. 4.45am: Altered course N17E. 6.0am: Altered course as requisite for entering Queenstown harbour. Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.40am: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 9 Fatham [fathoms]. [Draught: Forward 18’ 7”, Aft 22’ 6”] [Anchored: Collier’s Quay abeam N17W, Dolphin N74E] 7.55am: Weighed. Proceeded to No 2 buoy as requisite. 8.17am: Secured to No 2 buoy. Collier came alongside. 9.40am: Commenced Coaling. am: Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. pm: 2 ERAs, 3 Stokers, 3 Seaman [sic] RNR joined Ship. Employed Coaling ship. 2.55pm: Completed with coal. Received 316 tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 7”, Aft 23’ 3”] 4.0pm: Employed Cleaning Ship. 6.0pm: Special Leave to port watch untill [sic] 7am. 7.0pm: Landed Patrol. 11.45pm: Drew fires in Steam Cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 179 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1024.0 tons] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-051_0.jpg) 26 November 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.85, Long -8.29 am: Employed Cleaning and provisioning Ship. pm: Special Leave to Starboard watch till 9pm. Discharged 1 Chief Petty Officer [to] Hospital. [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 1535 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3400 lbs; Bread Received: 1560 lbs] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-051_1.jpg) 27 November 1914 At Sea Lat 51.42, Long -8.22 6.0am: Employed Cleaning and preparing ship for sea. [Draugh [Draught]: Forward 19’ 7”, Aft 23’ 3”] 8.30am: Tug towed stern top to tideward. 8.45am: Slipped. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 96 revs. 9.40am: Daunt Rock Light Vessel abeam to starboard 1.25 miles. Shaped Course S21W, 75 Revs. Exercised General Quarters. 1.30pm: Streamed Patent Log. 3.0pm: Altered course as requisite for cloasing [sic] Trawler. Increased to 90 revs. 3.50pm: Reduced to 60 Revs. Spoke Trawler “Suma” CF2 [CF is the registration for Cardiff; Suma is listed here]. 4.0pm: Proceeded S71W, 75 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 32.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Westerly then south westerly wind force 5 or 6 in pm, with rough or very rough sea] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042a9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-052_0.jpg) 28 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.88, Long -10.97 8.10am: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 60 revs. 9.45pm: Altered course N70W. Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS Dunsburg [possibly Dansborg] (Danish) Menthil [Methil] to New York. 11.35am: Altered course as requisite for closing trawler. Increased to 75 revs. Noon: Shaped course N71W, 45 revs. 0.42pm: Altered course as requisite for investigating trawler. Increased to 60 revs. 0.55pm: Shaped Course S70E. Reduced to 45 revs. Hands employed Chipping paint work. 4.30pm: Quarters. Read Warrant No 7. Exercised Night Defence. 4.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. Spoke SS “Aspillas”; Bilbao to New Orleans. 5.15pm: Altered course West, 45 revs. 5.45pm: Altered course S70E. [Distance run through the Water: 165.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Wind north westerly for most of day, force 7 in am, force 4 to 5 in pm, sea rough or very rough all day, weather mostly fine, noon air and sea temperature 55F] [Note: SS “Danborg” was a cargo ship built in UK in 1904 and owned by CK Hansen, Copenhagen; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off northern France in December 1916. No information has been found about SS “Aspillas”.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042aa: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-052_1.jpg) 29 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.87, Long -8.28 [long corrected from 80 degrees shown in log] 8.5am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 60 revs. 8.25am: Altered course N71W. Reduced to 45 revs. 1.30pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 2.0pm: Spoke SS Minnewaska, New York to London. Altered course N71W. Reduced to 45 revs. 4.38pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 4.47pm: Spoke La Touraine (French) New York to Havre. Altered course N71W, reduced to 45 revs. 10.0pm: Spoke SS Le Coq (British) New York to Havre. Altered course as requisite to investigate trawler, 75 revs. 11.30pm: Reduced to 45 revs, altered course N71W. [Distance run through the Water: 141.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [South westerly wind force 5-6 to 7 in pm, with very rough or high sea] [Note: SS “Minnewaska” was a British passenger ship built in Belfast in 1909 and owned by Atlantic Transport Company; she was requisitioned by the British Army in 1915 as a troop carrier; she was to be mined off Crete, run aground and be wrecked in November 1916. SS “La Touraine” was a French ocean liner built in France in 1890 and owned by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique; she was scrapped in 1923. SS “Le Coq” was a tanker built in UK in 1895 and owned from 1898 by Le Coq Steamship Company, Newcastle; she was broken up in 1932.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042ab: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-053_0.jpg) 30 November 1914 At Sea Lat 49.95, Long -10.38 am: Divisions. Read Prayers. Hands Employed Chipping Paint. Exercised General Quarters. 1.0pm: Hauled in Patent Log. 4.10pm: Streamed Patent Log. 5.0pm: Altered course West. 8.0pm: Lost overboard by accident Tampion 6 inch, one in Number, Tampion 12 pounder, one in Number. 10.10pm: Altered course as Requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. Spoke SS Florida [Florida (1) listed here] (Danish) New York to Falmouth. 10.40pm: Altered course West. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 71.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Squally south westerly or westerly wind force 6-7 to 8 all day, with sea state mostly high or very high] [Note: SS “Florida” was built in 1898 and owned by Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab; she was scrapped in 1933.] LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1914 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042ac: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-053_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for December 1914, signed by Navigating Officer, as before. Stamped Rear Admiral Commanding 11th Cruiser Squadron 11 Jan 1915 and Admiralty Received 22 Jan 1915] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042ad: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-054_0.jpg) [Page with details of distances run and coal expended for unspecified dates. Signed by Captain Bush (as before), 8 January 1915. To Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force E, HMS “Sutlej”. HMS “Sutlej” 14 January 1915. No remarks. [Signed] FJ Sutton, Engineer Commander] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042ae: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-054_1.jpg) 1 December 1914 At Sea Lat 49.83, Long -11.18 4.0am: Spoke “Rochambeau” (French) Havre to New York. 4.40am: Altered course N81W. 6.0am: Altered course West; Ship rolling very heavily. 8.0am: Spoke SS Paul Paix (British) Philadelphia to London. 10.35am: Altered course S75E. Increased to 75 revs. 4.15pm: Altered course West. Reduced to 45 Revs. [Distance run through the Water: 55.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Squally westerly or south westerly wind force 4-7 to 8 for most of day, sea state high until 4pm] [Note: SS “Rochambeau” was also seen on 20th September 1914. SS “Paul Paix” was a tanker built in Middlesbrough in 1908 and owned by Lennard’s Carrying Company; she was to be damaged by German submarines off the British coast in December 1916 and again in April 1918.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042af: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-055_0.jpg) 2 December 1914 At Sea Lat 49.73, Long -10.85 3.30am: Altered course S80W. 9.30am: Ship rolling heavily. am: Employed Chipping paint. 4.40pm: Altered course N84E. Increased to 75 revs. 8.30pm: Spoke SS Badminton, New Orleans to Falmouth. 8.45pm: Altered course N60W. [Distance run through the Water: 83.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Squally all day, south westerly wind force 6-7 to 9-10 in am, north westerly force 7 or 8 in pm, sea high or very high all day. Barometric pressure recorded hourly ‒ falling in am, rising slowly in pm] [Note: SS “Badminton” was a cargo ship built in Stockton-on-Tees in 1899 as “Swindon” and owned by Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company, Cardiff; she was renamed “Badminton” in 1912 and was to be sunk by a German submarine off the coast of North Africa in July 1916.] 4ef4f8aae53e0a0c910042b0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-055_1.jpg) 3 December 1914 At Sea Lat 49.83, Long -11.77 [Nothing of note in log, apart from the weather: squally north westerly, westerly and south westerly wind force 8 to 9 all day, with sea mostly very high, though phenomenal at 8pm] [Distance run through the Water: 59.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-056_0.jpg) 4 December 1914 At Sea Lat 50.02, Long -12.85 1.30am: Wind increased to hurricane force in squalls. 4.0am: Very high sea. Altered course N84W. Increased to 52 revs. 8.15pm: Altered course S69E. Increased to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 41.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Yet another very squally day, wind westerly then north westerly force 8 to 10 in am, with phenomenal or very high sea; north westerly force 6 or 7 in pm with very rough or high sea; rain or hail at times] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-056_1.jpg) 5 December 1914 At Sea Lat 49.73, Long -10.28 9.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 9.30am: Altered course S69E, reduced to 60 revs. 0.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing Sail. 1.0pm: Stopped. Boarded SV “Windsor Park” (Russian) New Caledonia to Hamburg. 2.50pm: Proceeded East, 75 revs. 3.0pm: Spoke SS Oranian (British) London to Kingston. Altered course S73E, convoying “Windsor Park”. Reduced to 35 revs. 6.0pm: Stopped starboard engine. 7.10pm: Stopped. Wind died away. 11.30pm: Wind freshened. Proceeded S73E 35 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 149.0 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Note: The exact identity of SV “Windsor Park” is somewhat uncertain as it is indicated she was Russian ‒ there was an iron fully rigged ship of this name built in Liverpool in 1882; she was sold to a Norwegian company in 1911 and to a Finnish company in 1913; in 1922 she was sold to a company in Gibraltar, was turned into a barge and was renamed “Saint James II” (details here). SS “Oranian” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1914 and owned by Frederick Leyland and Company, Liverpool; she was sold to a Greek company in 1934 and was renamed “Tamesis”; in 1938 she was renamed “Pagasitikos”; she was to be captured and scuttled in the South Atlantic in 1942.] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-057_0.jpg) 6 December 1914 At Sea Lat 49.77, Long -8.08 5.0am: Revolutions as requisite for keeping company with Windsor Park. 10.0am: Altered course East. 11.45am: Altered course S50E. 1.0pm: Speed as requisite for keeping company with Windsor Park. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant No 8. 11.40pm: Observed Eclips [presumably HMS Eclipse] on Starboard Bow. 11.50pm: Observed Bishops Light N50E. [Distance run through the Water: 92.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Wind mostly south westerly, force 6 in am, with rough sea, force 7 to 4 in pm, with very rough sea at 4pm but reducing thereafter] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-057_1.jpg) 7 December 1914 At Sea [and at Queenstown, though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.71, Long -8.22 0.10am: Stopped. Transferred Windsor Parke [sic] to Eclipse. 0.20am: Proceeded N10W, 90 revs. 7.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 11.20am: Altered course N40E. Observed Kinsale Head N50W, 10 miles. Noon: Daunt Light Vessel abeam to port, 2 miles. 0.30pm: Course as requisite for entering Queenstown Harbour. 1.0pm: Stopped. Secured to No 2 Bouy [Buoy]. 1.20pm: Put clocks back 25 Minutes. 1.50pm: Collier came alongside. 3.50pm: Commenced coaling. 5.0pm: Employed coaling Ship. 8.10pm: Ceased coaling. Darkened ship. 9.30pm: Watch closed up a [at] night defence stations. [Distance run through the Water: 204 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Daunt Rock Light Vessel N70W, 2 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received 244 lbs; Vegetables Received 300 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 672.0 tons] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-058_0.jpg) 8 December 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 2.0am: Watch at night defence stations. 8.45am: Commenced Coaling. 0.45pm: Compleated [sic] with coal. Received 356 Tons. pm: Hands employed Cleaning ship. Discharged 1 rating to Venus; and 2 ratings to hospital. 1 rating joined from Venus. 3.40pm: Hands closed up at night defence stations. 4.30pm: Paid Monthly Money to ships company. 5.0pm: Darkened ship. 5.30pm: Watch closed up at Night defence stations. 8.0pm: Leave to chief and first Class POs till 7.30am. [Distance run through the Water: 10 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 187 lbs; Vegetables Received: 400 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1021 tons] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-058_1.jpg) 9 December 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 1.0am: Watch closed up at night Defence stations. am: Hands employed provisioning ship. Discharged 1 AB to Hospital. pm: Hands employed cleaning, provisioning and preparing ship for sea. 5.40pm: Slipped buoy and proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 5.50pm: Recalled, returned to harbour. 6.35pm: Secured to No 2 buoy. 9.0pm: Watch closed up at night defence stations. [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received: 1519 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3800 lbs; Bread Received 1640 lbs] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-059_0.jpg) 10 December 1914 At Queenstown [and at Sea, though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.03, Long -8.33 7.0am: Employed Cleaning ship and preparing for sea. 9.45am: Slipped and proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 90 ‒ 60 revs. 4 TBs in company. 10.20am: Rocker Point Abeam. 10.35am: Put clocks on 25 Minutes. Increased to 115 revs. 11.15am: Courses as requisite for avoiding submarine attack. 11.55am: Shaped Course N86W, 90 revs. 1.45pm: Galley Head abeam 6 miles. Hands employed cleaning Ship. 3.8pm: Altered course N73W. 3.40pm: Fastnet Rock abeam 3 miles. 4.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 4.35pm: Altered course N51W. 6.45pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 7.20pm: Spoke SS “Wacousta” (Norwegian) Montreal to Liverpool. 7.45pm: Proceeded N70W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 28.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Note: SS “Wacousta” was a cargo ship built in Scotland in 1908 and owned by Norwegian company PA Grøn until 1915, she was then sold to Christensen and Stenseth, Sandefjord; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in the eastern Mediterranean in November 1915.] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-059_1.jpg) 11 December 1914 At Sea Lat 51.42, Long -11.62 2.20am: Altered course S5W. 6.0am: Wind veered to SW. 6.30am: Altered course as requisite for closing Trawler. Increased to 75 Revs. 7.0am: Spoke Gloria; Trawler M215. 7.13am: Proceeded N15W, 45 Revs. 10.30am: Altered course SSW. 4.0pm: Altered course S41W. [Distance run through the Water: 155.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Squally wind mostly south westerly, force 4 to 8 in am, force 8 to 9 in pm; sea very rough to very high. Barometric pressure recorded hourly ‒ low and relatively steady all day, 28.60 from 9pm; rain at times; noon temperature 55F, sea temperature 52F] [Note: ST Gloria (M215) was a trawler built in 1907 and registered in Milford; she was requisitioned by the Admiralty in June 1915 and was returned to her owners in 1919 when she was registered in Grimsby (GY408); she was broken up in 1937.] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042b9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-060_0.jpg) 12 December 1914 At Sea Lat 50.93, Long -12.05 [Nothing of note in log] [Distance run through the Water: 50.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Another squally day, wind southerly then south easterly in am, easterly then north easterly in pm, force 6 to 7-8 all day with sea mostly very rough and rain all day. Barometric pressure still low but rising slowly] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042ba: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-060_1.jpg) 13 December 1914 At Sea Lat 51.27, Long -11.52 9.40am: Altered course Requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 90 Revs. 10.0am: Reduced to 45 Revs. Spoke SS “Lakonia” [Lakonia (1) listed here] (British). 10.12am: Proceeded S69E. 11.0am: Held divine service. 2.30pm: Spoke SS “Saxon Monarch” (British) Liverpool to Boston. 6.50pm: Spoke British Trawler. Altered course N70W. [Distance run through the Water: 92.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Wind and sea much reduced today] [Note: SS “Lakonia” was built in Scotland in 1899 and was owned by Donaldson Line; she was scrapped in Italy in 1924. SS “Saxon Monarch” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1912 and owned by Monarch Steamship Company; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in June 1917 with the loss of 2 lives.] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042bb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-061_0.jpg) 14 December 1914 At Sea Lat 51.27, Long -11.83 1.35am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 Revs. 2.20am: Altered course N70W. Reduced to 45 Revs, spoke SS Georgic (British) Montreal to Avonmouth. 7.5am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased 75 Revs. 7.40am: Alerted course N70W. Reduced to 45 Revs. Spoke Zealand (British) to Liverpool. 9.0am: Altered course S70E. 10.25am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 Revs. 11.15am: Proceeded S70E, 45 Revs. Spoke SS Manchester Port [Manchester Port (2) listed here] Manchester to Chebucto Head. pm: Watch employed cleaning out boats, hammock netting and Davit work, refitting davit quays. 7.20pm: Altered course N70W. 8.30pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to full speed. 8.55pm: Altered course N70W, reduced to 45 Revs. Spoke SS Englishman (British) to Liverpool. [Distance run through the Water: 138.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Note: SS “Georgic” was an ocean liner built in Belfast in 1895 and owned by White Star Line; she was to be captured by the Germans in December 1916 and was scuttled off the east coast of Canada. SS “Zealand” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1906 and owned by Liverpool and Hamburg Steamship Company; she was detained in Germany from 1916 to 1918 before being returned to her owners; she was sold to Ulster Steamship Company in 1935 and was renamed “Fair Head”; she was bombed in Belfast in 1941 and was then demolished. SS “Manchester Port” was a cargo ship built in Hartlepool in 1903 and owned by Manchester Liners; she was sold to H Vogemann, Hamburg in 1925 and was renamed “Vogesen”; she was to be mined and sunk off Denmark in 1940 (details here). SS “Englishman” was a passenger ship built in Belfast in 1891 as “Ionia” for David MacIver; she was sold to Elder Dempster Lines in 1892 and was renamed “Montezuma”; in 1898 she was sold to Union Steamship Company, Vancouver and was renamed “Sandusky”; in 1899 she was sold to Dominion Line, Liverpool and became “Englishman”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off northern Ireland in March 1916 with the loss of 10 lives.] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042bc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-061_1.jpg) 15 December 1914 At Sea Lat 51.40, Long -11.52 [Nothing of note in log] [Distance run through the Water: 89.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Squally north westerly wind force 6-7 to 8-9 in am with very rough sea, force 5 to 6 in pm, with rough sea at times] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042bd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-062_0.jpg) 16 December 1914 At Sea Lat 51.45, Long -12.18 7.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 7.36am: Stopped. 7.50am: Proceeded N70W, 45 revs. 11.0am: Altered course as requisite for adjusting steering compass. 11.30am: Proceeded S66E, 45 revs. 3.0pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 3.30pm: Increased to 90 revs. 3.45pm: Stopped. Spoke SS “Principells” [presumably Principello] (British) Bristol to Halifax. This steamer had to be stopped by firing across bows as she paid no attention to signals. 4.5pm: Proceeded S70E, 68 revs. 5.55pm: Observed challange [challenge] answered same. Made demand received no reply. 6.0pm: Increased to full speed, altered course as requisite for avoiding submarine attack. 6.30pm: Reduced to 15 knots. 6.25pm: Reduced to 12 knots. 7.5pm: Shaped Course S70E, 60 revs. 7.50pm: Observed Fastnet Light S80E. 9.50pm: Altered course as requisite for closing Trawler. Increased to 75 revs. 10.30pm: Hauled in Patent Log. 10.45pm: Streamed Patent Log, shaped course S31E. [Distance run through the Water: 102.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 774.0 tons] [Note: SS “Principello” was an ocean liner built in Sunderland in 1907 and originally owned by an Italian company and named “Principe di Piemonte”; in 1914 she was sold to Canadian Northern Steamships, London and became “Principello”; in 1916 she was owned by Cunard Steamship Company and was renamed “Folia”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off southern Ireland in March 1917 with the loss of 7 lives.] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042be: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-062_1.jpg) 17 December 1914 At Sea and Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 0.35am: Fastnet Light Abeam 4 miles. 3.36am: Galley Head Light abeam 5 miles. 5.25am: Kinsale Head abeam 5 miles. 8.0am: Altered course as requisite for entering Queenstown Harbour. Increased to 75 revs. 9.0am: Stopped. Secured to No 2 buoy. [Draught: forward 18’ 0”, Aft 22’ 7”] 10.0am: Collier secured alongside. 11.20am: Commenced coaling ship. 2 ratings joined ship. 1.0pm: 48 stokers lent from collier for ships work. Employed coaling ship. 5.0pm: Completed with coal. Received 274 tons. Lost overboard by accident sacks coal 2 cwts, 10 in number, Shovels steel 4 in number. 7.45pm: Exercised night defence. 8.30pm: Special leave to watch till 7am. [Distance run through the Water: 175.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1031.0 tons] 4ef4f8abe53e0a0c910042bf: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-063_0.jpg) 18 December 1914 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Employed cleaning ship and unrigging coaling gear. pm: Discharged 1 AB to [HMS] Defiance and 48 stokers to [HMS] Sutlej. Hands Employed cleaning ship and refitting. 3.30pm: Special leave to watch till 7am. 9.0pm: Watch at night defence stations. [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 1556 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3500 lbs, Bread Received: 1600 lbs] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-063_1.jpg) 19 December 1914 At Sea Lat 51.47, Long -8.42 6.0am: Employed preparing for sea. 9.50am: Slipped from Buoy. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour 90 revs. 10.10am: Put clocks on 25 minutes. 11.5am: Streamed Patent Log. 11.10am: Shaped Course S60W. 3.45pm: Hove to to repair flap to Port Hawse pipe. 5.20pm: Proceeded N42W, 70 revs. 9.40pm: Altered course N29W. Bull Light abeam 6 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 19.0 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet Rock S84W, 44 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-064_0.jpg) 20 December 1914 At Sea Lat 53.77, Long -10.55 1.40am: Tearaght Light abeam 7 miles. 6.0am: Altered course N56E to close [HMS] Juno. 6.40am: Stopped. Spoke [HMS] Juno. 6.55am: Proceeded N26E, 75 revs. 7.0am: Observed glare of Cook Head S36E. am: Divisions. Held divine service. 1.55pm: Black Rock abeam 5.5 miles, altered course N34E. 5.0om: Exercised night Defence stations. [Distance run through the Water: 228.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Heavy westerly swell throughout the day, noon temperature 45F, sea temperature 48F] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-064_1.jpg) 21 December 1914 At Sea Lat 55.35, Long -11.50 am: Employed scraping on cable deck and mess deck. pm: Watch employed scraping paint. [Distance run through the Water: 185.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-065_0.jpg) 22 December 1914 At Sea Lat 55.35, Long -11.90 1.30pm: Altered course as requisite for closing Trawler. Increased to 75 revs. 2.30pm: Stopped. Spoke Trawler Romantic. 2.42pm: Proceeded N10W, 45 revs. Watch employed seizing splinter nets, scraping paintwork. [Distance run through the Water: 147.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: ST “Romantic” was built in Hull in 1898 and owned by Grimsby Steam Fishing Company (GY989); she was to be sunk by a German submarine off the Shetlands in July 1917.] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-065_1.jpg) 23 December 1914 At Sea Lat 55.47, Long -11.30 10.0pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 10.40pm: Stopped. Boarded SS Santiago (Norwegian) Bergen to Messina. 11.40pm: Proceeded N86W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 106.8 miles] [Note: SS “Santiago” was a cargo ship built in Norway in 1903 and owned by Otto Thoresen Linje; she was sold to Fred Olsen in 1921; in 1936 she was sold to another Norwegian company and was renamed “Magnhild”; she was to run aground and be wrecked off eastern Canada in 1942.] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-066_0.jpg) 24 December 1914 At Sea Lat 55.30, Long -10.97 4.15am: Increased to 90 revs, altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. 5.55am: Reduced to 60 revs, altered course S42W. Spoke SS Stamboul (Norwegian) Gormberg [?] to Teneriffe [Tenerife]. 6.15am: Shaped course S68E, 45 revs. 10.15am: Read Warrant No 9. 11.15am: Altered course as requisite for adjusting compasses. 0.20pm: Shaped Course S69E. 5.40pm: Altered course N77W. 10.30pm: Wind veered to SSW increased to [force] 7-8. 11.10pm: Altered course S42W. [Distance run through the Water: 136.3 miles] [Note: SS “Stamboul” was a cargo ship built on the Tyne in 1908 and owned by Otto Thoresens Linie, Oslo; in 1920 she was sold to an Italian company and was renamed “Amilcare Cipriani”; in 1926 she was renamed “Disciplina” and in 1930 she was sold to a Russian company and was renamed “Everanna”; she was renamed again in 1946 as “Sudrabu Edzhus” and was hulked in 1949.] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-066_1.jpg) 25 December 1914 At Sea Lat 55.22, Long -11.13 [Log records only changes of course and holding of Divine Service in am, presumably to mark Christmas Day] [Distance run through the Water: 94.5 miles] [South westerly wind force 7-8 at 4am and 8am, with high sea, force 5-6 at noon and 4pm, with rough sea; wind and sea reducing in evening] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-067_0.jpg) 26 December 1914 At Sea Lat 55.22, Long -11.13 [no position in log] 8.0am: Hauled in Patent Log. pm: Watch Employed refitting fenders and coaling gear, and scraping Paint. Nos 5 and 4 6 inch guns crews stripping training gear of breach mechanism. 3.0pm: Spoke Armed Transport Clan McNaughton [HMS Clan MacNaughton]. 6.20pm: Altered course S59E. Spoke SS Auscania [presumably Ascania]. New York to Glasgow 6.40pm: Altered course S89W. Reduced to 45 revs. 9.0pm: Speed ranging from 52 to 60 revs to give sufficient speed for steerage way. 11.0pm: Fierce gale with very heavy squalls and high sea. [Distance run through the Water: 119.5 miles] [A very squally, windy day, south westerly force 5 to 8-9 in am, force 7 to 10-12 in pm, sea state mostly high or very high] [Note: SS (HMS) “Clan MacNaughton” was built in Glasgow in 1911 for Clan Line Steamers; she was commissioned as an armed merchant cruiser in December 1914; she went missing on 3 February 1915 with the loss of 281 lives (see Casualty List for 3 February here). SS “Ascania” was previously met on 27th September 1914.] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-067_1.jpg) 27 December 1914 At Sea Lat 54.82, Long -11.95 [Log records only changes in course and speed] [Distance run through the Water: 65.8 miles] [Another squally day, wind mostly south westerly or westerly, force 6-8 to 9 in am, with very high or phenomenal sea, force 6 to 7 in pm, with very rough sea with confused swell. Thermometer shown as “Broken” at midnight] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042c9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-068_0.jpg) 28 December 1914 At Sea Lat 54.50, Long -13.63 10.40am: Stopped boarded SS “Standford” [possibly this ship], (Norwegian) Copenhagen to New Orleans. 11.58am: Proceeded S82E, 75 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 9.5 miles] [possibly inaccurate figure] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 653.0 tons] [Wind and sea much reduced today but heavy westerly swell in am; moderate swell in pm] [Note: SS “Standford” was a Norwegian cargo ship built in Fredrikstad in 1912 and owned by JB Stang, Kristiana; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1915 and was renamed “Setesdal”; she was to sink after a collision in the Bay of Biscay September 1916 with the loss of 1 life (more details here).] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042ca: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-068_1.jpg) 29 December 1914 At Sea and Buncrana [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.14, Long -7.50 [estimated] 2.40am: Observed Aran Island Light S45E. 4.25am: Observed Tory Island Light S77E. 5.38am: Tory Light abeam 2 miles Top ~. 6.30am: Employed preparing for coaling. 7.50am: Altered course S26E. Reduced to 60 revs. Fanad Head abeam 11 cables. 8.5am: Altered course as requisite for Approaching anchorage off Buncrana. 9.15am: Stopped, came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms off Buncrana. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchored: Dunree Head phi [symbol] Fanad Head N8W, Buncrana pier Light S68E] [Draught: Forward 18ft 6”, Aft 22ft 6”] 10.0am: Collier secured alongside. Put clock back 25 minutes. 11.30am: Commenced coaling. pm: Employed coaling ship. 7.10pm: Completed with coal, received 401 Tons. 7.55pm: Cast off Collier. 9.30pm: Darkened ship. [Distance run through the Water: 220.5 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1027.0 tons] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042cb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-069_0.jpg) 30 December 1914 At Buncrana Lat 55.14, Long -7.50 am: Employed Cleaning ship. pm: Paid Monthly money to ships company. Hands making and mending Clothes. 2.30pm: Commander Todd left ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. 5.30pm: Darkened Ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 1595 lbs; Vegetables Received: 4426 lbs; Bread Received: 1640 lbs] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042cc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-069_1.jpg) 31 December 1914 At Buncrana and at Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.30, Long -7.92 6.30am: Employed preparing for sea and cleaning ship. 9.0am: Drew fires in Steam cutter. 9.20am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 10.30am: Put clock on 25 minutes. 11.6am: Shaped course N55W. Fanad Light House abeam 1.3 miles. 11.36am: Altered course S86W. 1.12pm: Altered course N69W. Torry [sic] Island Light House abeam to starboard, 2 miles. Watch employed securing boats and gear on upper deck. [Distance run through the Water: 26 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Torry [Tory] Island Light House S84W, 12 miles] [Squally south westerly wind force 6-7 to 7 in pm, with sea rough to high with westerly swell and rain at times] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042cd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-070_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR JANUARY 1915 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042ce: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-070_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for January 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before. Stamped Rear Admiral Commanding 11th Cruiser Squadron 6 Feb 1916] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042cf: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-071_0.jpg) [Page with details of distances run and coal expended for dates “Not known”. [Signed] J Mayley [?] Commander, for Captain, 5 February 1915. To The Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force “E”, HMS “Sutlej”. HMS “Sutlej” 7.2.15; no remarks; [signed] FJ Sutton, Engineer Commander. HMS “Sutlej” 16 February 1915. [Signed] H Loftus Tottenham, Rear Admiral] 4ef4f8ace53e0a0c910042d0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-071_1.jpg) 1 January 1915 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 55.27, Long -10.97 [Log mostly records changes in course] [Distance run through the Water: 121 miles] [Squally southerly or south easterly wind force 7 or 8 in am with very rough sea ‒ very high at noon; wind and sea reducing in pm. Rain for much of day, noon temperature 47F, sea temperature 50F] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-072_0.jpg) 2 January 1915 At Sea Lat 55.28, Long -11.60 [Log mostly records changes in course and speed] [Distance run through the Water: 73.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Squally north westerly wind force 7 to 8 until 4pm, with high sea; wind and sea then reducing. Rain for much of the day] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-072_1.jpg) 3 January 1915 At Sea Lat 55.62, Long -10.17 6.52am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 60 revs. 7.35am: Stopped. Spoke “Colonia” Telegraph ship. 8.0am: Proceeded S74E, 45 revs. 6.5pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 60 revs. 6.40pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Annie Johnson” [Annie Johnson (1) listed here] (Swedish) Teneriffe [sic] to Kirkwall. 7.55pm: Proceeded West, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 119.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Note: SS “Colonia” was a British Cable Ship built in Newcastle in 1902 and owned by Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, London; in 1928 she was sold to a Norwegian whaling company, converted to a factory ship and renamed “Torodd”; she was laid up from 1931 until 1934 when she was sold to another whaling company and renamed “Sydis”; in 1937 she was sold to a German company and was renamed “Sudmeer”; she came under control of the German Navy in 1937 and was to be bombed and sunk by the Royal Air Force off Norway in 1944 (details here). SS “Annie Johnson was built in Goteborg in 1911 and was owned by the Johnson Line; she was sold to H Stinnes in 1921 and was renamed “Otto Hugo Stinnes 9”; in 1927 she was sold to Hapag and was renamed “Albingia”; she was scrapped in 1932.] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-073_0.jpg) 4 January 1915 At Sea Lat 55.55, Long -9.95 am: Exercised general quarters, Collision and fire stations. 10.54am: Stopped. 11.36pm: Proceeded S89W, 45 revs. 9.0pm: Altered course N65W. [Distance run through the Water: 111.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-073_1.jpg) 5 January 1915 At Sea Lat 53.03, Long -11.23 am: Employed refitting Coaling gear and chipping paint. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 101.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 18] [South westerly wind force 9-10 at 5am, then reducing; westerly force 6 or 7 in pm. Sea mostly rough in am, very rough or high in pm, with westerly swell] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-074_0.jpg) 6 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.58, Long -12.70 pm: Watch employed chipping paint, and refitting. [Distance run through the Water: 52.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 19] [Squally south westerly wind force 6 or 7 for most of the day, with high sea; rain for much of the time] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-074_1.jpg) 7 January 1915 At Sea Lat 52.93, Long -11.48 11.5am: Altered course N80E to close steamer. Hand[s] to action stations. 11.30am: Altered course S7E. Reduced to 67 revs. Spoke armed boarding steamer “Rigby” [possibly Digby]. 4.30pm: Observed Tearaght Light S85E. 4.40pm: Altered course S14E. 6.0pm: Observed Bull Light S40E. 6.12pm: Spoke HMS “Patia”. 8.45pm: Skellig Light abeam 6.5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 143.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tearaght Light House S45E, 43 miles] [Number on sick list: 23] [Fuel Remaining; Coal 730.0 tons] [South westerly wind force 4-6 to 6 in am, with rough or very rough sea; westerly force 6-7 to 7 in pm, with very rough or high sea] [Note: There were no British steamships named “Rigby” at this time; it is possible this was HMS “Digby” ‒ see 9 October 1914 in this log.] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-075_0.jpg) 8 January 1915 At Sea ‒ Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 3.15am: Galley Head Light Abeam 5 miles. 5.0am: Old Head of Kinsale Light Abeam 5 miles. 6.10am: Altered course as requisite for Closing Trawler. 6.30am: Spoke Patrol Trawler “Brock”. 7.15am: Proceeded as requisite for Queenstown, 75 revs. 8.0am: Stopped. Secured to No. 2 Buoy, Queenstown. 10.0am: Collier secured alongside. Working Party of 25 Stokers from “Colleen” [listed here] Employed on board. 11.45am: Commenced Coaling. pm: Employed Coaling Ship. 5.0pm: Completed with coal. Received 280 tons. 5.50pm: Collier left Ship. 6.0pm: Special leave for Starboard Watch till 10pm. Lost overboard by accident bags, coal, 9 in number, shovels, steel, 3 in number. 10.0pm: Watch Closed up at night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 180.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 21] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 992.0 tons] [Note: ST “Brock” was built in Middlesbrough in 1914 and registered in Fleetwood (FD47); she was requisitioned for service as an armed trawler in November 1914; she was returned to her owner in March 1919; in 1939 she was again requisitioned, for service as a minesweeper; she was returned to her owner in 1945 and was broken up in 1949. “HMS Colleen” was a harbour service base ship in Queenstown.] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-075_1.jpg) 9 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 3.0am: Red Section of watch at night defence. 4.15am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 8.0am: Working party of 25 Stokers arrived on board from “Colleen”. am: Hands Employed Cleaning and provisioning ship. Discharged 11 ratings to hospital. 1.30pm: Special leave to Port watch till 10pm and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending Clothes. 6.0pm: Exercised night defence. 8.0pm: Red Section of Starboard Watch at night defence stations. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 20] [Fresh Beef Received: 1438 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3500 lbs; Bread Received: 1600 lbs] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042d9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-076_0.jpg) 10 January 1915 At Queenstown and Sea Lat 51.59, Long -8.03 0.30am: Lit fires in nos 1, 4, and 6 boilers. 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Employed Cleaning Ship and preparing for Sea. 8.45am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 9.10am: Slipped and Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 90 revs. 9.40am: Roche Point abeam. Increased to 115 revs. 10.5am: Daunt Rock Light Vessel West 0.5 miles, altered course as requisite for closing Trawler. Reduced to 90 Revs. 10.20am: Stopped. Boarded Trawler “Brock”. 10.40am: Proceeded S6E, 45 revs, working up to 75 revs. 1.30pm: Put clock on 25 minutes. 1.58pm: Course as requisite. Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS “Quebra”, (British) Liverpool to Savannah. 8.25pm: Altered course N75W. 11.5pm: Fastnet Light Abeam 4.75 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 22.0 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S14E, 18 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ballycottin [Ballycotton] Light N26E, 14 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] [Westerly wind force 6 or 7 in pm, with rough or very rough sea] [Note: SS “Quebra” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1912 and owned by Mercantile Steamship Company, London; she was to run aground and be wrecked off Ireland in August 1916.] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042da: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-076_1.jpg) 11 January 1915 At Sea Lat 51.20, Long -11.00 4.0am: Bull [Rock] N40E. 5.40am: Reduced to 60 Revs. Spoke HMS “Hazel”. 9.40am: Altered course as requisite for closing “Hazel”, Increased to 75 revs. 10.10am: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke “Hazel”. 10.40am: Proceeded NNE, 60 revs. 1.0pm: Spoke HMS “Cornwallis”, steering SE. 4.0pm: Quarters. Observed Skellig Light N62E. Exercised night Defence. 6.22pm: Observed Tearaght Light N39E. 9.0pm: Tearaght Light Abeam 6.75 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 165.0 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Skellig N28E, 35 miles] [Number on sick list: 17] [Squally north westerly wind force 6-7 or 7 all day with very rough or high sea; rain at times, noon air and sea temperature 47F] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042db: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-077_0.jpg) 12 January 1915 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 53.68, Long -10.65 7.25am: Observed Slyne Head N87E. 11.55am: Observed Inishark (S) [possibly Inishturk] S54E. pm: Watch employed refitting boats’ falls, guns crews at 6 inch gun drill. [Distance run through the Water: 159.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light House N29E, 41 miles] [Number on sick list: 13] [Sea rough for much of the day] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042dc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-077_1.jpg) 13 January 1915 At Sea Lat 53.93, Long -10.42 2.0am: Sounded in 67 fathoms (S) [sand]. 5.23am: Observed Black Rock Light N73E. 5.53am: Observed Black Rock Light S58E, 4 miles. 7.18am: Observed Eagle Island Light S57E, 6.5 miles. 7.34am: Observed Eagle Island S57E, altered course S57E. 10.48am: Observed Black Rock S82E, 4 miles. 11.16am: Observed Black Rock N50E. 2.18pm: Observed Inishark (S), (S)20E. 2.38pm: Observed Inishark (S), S40E, 5 miles. 5.25pm: Observed Slyne Head Light S48E. [Distance run through the Water: 182.0 miles] [Number on sick list: 11] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042dd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-078_0.jpg) 14 January 1915 At Sea Lat 53.38, Long -10.43 3.3am: Observed Black Rock S75E. 8.0am: Stopped. Spoke SS “Wheatfield” (British) Limerick to Westport. 8.12am: Proceeded S12W, 60 revs. 9.35am: Reduced to 30 revs. Spoke SS “Cape York” [listed here], Limerick to Glasgow. 9.40am: Altered course S10W, 60 revs. 5.2pm: Observed Black Rock Light S53E. 6.9pm: Black Rock S32E, 16 miles. 6.33pm: Observed Eagle Island Light S19E. 9.40pm: Eagle Island Light S26E, 5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 163.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] [South westerly wind force 6 or 7 all day with sea state very rough or high for most of day; misty in am, rain throughout pm] [Note: SS “Wheatfield” was built in South Shields in 1909 and owned by Spillers Steamship Company, Cardiff; in 1926 she was sold to James J Stafford, Wexford and was renamed “FJV”; she changed hands a number of times after that and in 1947 was renamed “Fenchurch” and in 1949 “Bannqueen”; she was broken up in 1957. SS “Cape York” was built in Workington in 1902 and owned by Cape Steam Shipping Company, Glasgow; no further information could be found.] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042de: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-078_1.jpg) 15 January 1915 At Sea Lat 53.80, Long -10.87 3.15am: Observed Clare Island Light S42E. 5.18am: Observed Black Rock Light N70E. am: Hand employed Chipping paint and renewing projectile bags, baling out Boats. 6.0pm: Wind veered to NNW. Midnight: Observed Black Rock N68E. [Distance run through the Water: 117.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Slyne Head S42E, 33 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Squally westerly wind force 7 or 8 in am, north westerly force 8 to 6 in pm; sea high to very high until 4pm, then reducing; rain for much of day; noon air and sea temperature 50F] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042df: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-079_0.jpg) 16 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.02, Long -10.48 11.5am: Black Rock Abeam 15 miles. pm: Hands making and mending Clothes. 2.45pm: Altered course S27E. Spoke Coast Guard cruiser [HMS] “Safeguard” [listed here]. 10.15pm: Altered course N53E. Observed Eagle Island Light N71E. 11.0pm: Altered course as requisite for Chasing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. Midnight: Increased to 105 Revs. [Distance run through the Water: 85.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Achill Head S52E, 8.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Wind northerly force 6 for most of day, sea very rough with northerly or north westerly swell; hail for most of day] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042e0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-079_1.jpg) 17 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.00, Long -10.48 0.45am: Altered course S39W. Reduced to 60 revs. 2.15am: Black Rock Abeam 5.75 miles. 3.0pm: Altered course as requisite for investigating Signal flying on Black Rock. 3.45pm: Communicated with Black Rock Light House by signal. 4.0pm: Proceeded N65W, 60 revs. 6.15pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer, worked up to 115 revs. 7.15pm: Reduced to 60 revs, altered course S31W. Spoke SS “Castlereagh” (British). [Distance run through the Water: 175.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Achill Head S80E, 8 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Castlereagh” was a cargo ship built in Scotland in 1898 as “Firth Fisher” for James Fisher and Sons, Barrow-in-Furness; she was sold to Wilson and Reid, then John Kelly, Belfast in 1913 and became “Castlereagh”; she was to founder off the south coast of England in 1925.] 4ef4f8ade53e0a0c910042e1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-080_0.jpg) 18 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.87, Long -9.13 3.50am: Black Rock Abeam 5 miles. am: Employed chipping paint, guns crews at drill. 10.50am: Altered course as requisite for closing Trawler. 11.40sm: Stopped. Spoke trawler “Quixotic”. 11.45am: Proceeded N72E, 75 revs. 0.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 1.5pm: Reduced to 60 revs, Spoke SS “Lily” [there were a number of ships of this name at this time] (British) to Glasgow. 1.25pm: Proceeded N30E, 75 revs. 2.40pm: Owey Island (N) S50E, 6 miles. 5.45pm: Observed Rathlin O’Birne Light S32W. [Distance run through the Water: 197.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Arran Island Light House N68E, 22 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: ST “Quixotic” was a trawler built in Hull in 1898 and registered in Grimsby (GY982); she was part of the Fishery Reserve from 1917 to 1919; she was sold to another company in 1939 and registered as A189 and was to run aground and be wrecked off the east coast of Scotland in 1939. There were several ships named “Lily” at this time and it has not been possible to decide which one was met here.] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-080_1.jpg) 19 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.67, Long -9.12 1.32am: Eagle Island Light Abeam 5 miles. 4.0am: Black Rock abeam 5 miles. 4.20am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Spoke SS “Ashford” [listed here] (British), Birkenhead to Westport. am: Employed refitting splinter nets, scraping paint and about guns. 2.38pm: Arran Island Light House abeam 5 miles. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence, altered course S72W, Bloody Foreland S40E, 6 miles. 8.15pm: Rathlin O’Bione [O’Birne] Light S38E, 4.75 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 219.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Arran Island Light House N42E, 29 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Note: SS “Ashford” was built in Scotland in 1892 and was owned by Ford Shipping Company.] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-081_0.jpg) 20 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.28, Long -10.32 2.18am: Observed Eagle Island Light S50W. 2.48am: Observed Eagle Island Light S44W. 5.50am: Eagle Island Light Abeam, 6.25 miles. 9.10am: Black Rock Abeam, 5 miles. Divisions. Exercised General quarters. am: Hands employed chipping paint, refitting and working about guns. pm: Guns crews working about guns, remainder of hands employed scraping paint, and refitting. [Distance run through the Water: 170.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light House East, 8 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Wind south westerly, southerly or north westerly, force 6 or 7 all day with sea rough or very rough; rain at times] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-081_1.jpg) 21 January 1915 At Sea Lat 54.40, Long -10.63 1.20am: Black Rock Abeam 6 miles. am: Employed chipping paint on mess deck. pm: Frequent, very violent hail squalls. [Distance run through the Water: 135.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island S70E, 20 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Another squally day with wind mostly from north west, force 6-8 to 9 all day, sea high in am, very high in pm; hail during pm] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-082_0.jpg) 22 January 1915 At Sea Lat 53.84, Long -10.73 10.20am: Observed Slievenure [Slievemore] S56E, 28.5 miles. 5.30pm: Observed Inishee [probably Inisheer] Light S60E. [Distance run through the Water: 80.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Slyne Head S33E, 32 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-082_1.jpg) 23 January 1915 At Sea Lat 53.50, Long -10.43 4.12am: Eeragh Light abeam. 3.27pm: Clare Island Light abeam to starboard 17.5 miles. 3.50pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 4.20pm: Altered course S24W. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 134.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Achill Head N13E, 80 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Wind and sea decreasing during am] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-083_0.jpg) 24 January 1915 At Sea Lat 52.65, Long -9.88 0.7am: Altered course as requisite for Chasing Steamer. 0.30am: Stopped. Spoke HMS “Thrush”. 0.35am: Proceeded S47E, 45 revs. 3.45am: Innishear [Inisheer] Light E’N 5 miles. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.10pm: Increased to 75 revs. Altered course as requisite for Chasing Steamer. 1.20pm: Increased to 90 revs. 2.20pm: Altered course S75W. Reduced to 75 revs. 8.15pm: Observed Skellig Light S50E. 8.28pm: Altered course S18E. Skellig Light N88E, 3.5 miles. 8.54pm: Observed Bull Light S39E. 10.25pm: Altered course S43E. Bull Light N42E 3 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 158.0 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Loop Head S20W, 5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-083_1.jpg) 25 January 1915 At sea and Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 [estimated] 1.20am: Fastnet Light N33E, 3 miles, altered course N88E. 4.5am: Galley Head abeam 4 miles. 4.25am: Put clock back 24 minutes. 5.10am: Kinsale Head abeam 3 miles. 7.10am: Course as requisite for entering Queenstown Harbour. Reduced to 45 Revs. 7.45am: Stopped in Outer Roads. 8.5am: Tug secured alongside. Proceeded as requisite to Haulbowline. 8.35am: Secured alongside Spencer Jetty. 9.15am: Let fires die out in no 2, 5, 7 and 8 boilers. am: Hands employed securing Ship and in dockyard. Engineer Commander Andrews (retired) Joined Ship. 10.45am: Ship warped into basin. pm: Employed lifting 6 inch guns and mountings and drawing and returning Stores. General leave to Port watch till noon on Friday [on this Monday]. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised Fire Stations. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 204.9 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 216 lbs; Vegetable Received: 800 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 393 tons] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042e9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-084_0.jpg) 26 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am and pm: Employed surveying cable and working about 6 inch guns. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042ea: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-084_1.jpg) 27 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed cleaning fore hold, Surveying chain cable and cleaning out chain lockers. pm: Hands Employed as in forenoon. 19 hands from “Colleen” employed on board. Engineer Lieutenant Commander Nicholson left ship. 4.0pm: Banked fires in no 4 boiler at 4pm. 5.30pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. 5.30pm: Spread fire in no 4 boiler. [Fresh Beef Received: 342 lbs; Vegetables Received: 200 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042eb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-085_0.jpg) 28 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 6.45am: Arrived “Sutlej”. am: Employed Stowing cable, painting down aloft and cleaning fore hold. 19 hands from “Colleen” employed on board. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. 8.30pm: Let fires die out in no 4 boiler. 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042ec: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-085_1.jpg) 29 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed painting, scraping, drawing and returning stores. Working party from “Colleen” employed on board. 0.15pm: Sailed, “Sutlej”. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 341 lbs; Vegetables Received: 800 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042ed: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-086_0.jpg) 30 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.10am: Arrived Venus. am: Hands employed working about guns and in dockyard, painting and scraping. pm: Hands making and mending clothes, leave to part of watch till 7am. 8.45pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042ee: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-086_1.jpg) 31 January 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Divisions. Landed church parties. 1.30pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042ef: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-087_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1915 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042f0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-087_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for February 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042f1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-088_0.jpg) [Page with details of distances run and coal expended for dates “Not known”. [Signed] JT Bush, Captain, 4th March 1915. To The Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force “E”, HMS “ISIS”. HMS “Juno” 24th March 1915. [Signed] E Hocker, Engineer Commander. HMS “Juno” 24th March 1915. [Signed] H Loftus Tottenham Rear Admiral] 4ef4f8aee53e0a0c910042f2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-088_1.jpg) 1 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Court Martial held on board. Hands employed scapping [scraping] and painting, working about guns and in dockyard. 2.15pm: Sailed “Venus”. pm: Discharged 1 CERA [Chief Engine Room Artificer] to hospital. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 357 lbs; Vegetables Received 784 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-089_0.jpg) 2 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Discharged 1 Leading seaman to hospital. Hands employed scraping and painting, working in dockyard and about guns. pm: Employed reeving new boats falls, scraping and painting. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations. Starboard watch proceeded on long leave. 5.0pm: Discharged 1 chief steward to RN Barracks Devonport. 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-089_1.jpg) 3 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: Employed cleaning ship. Working Party from “Colleen” Employed on board. am: Employed drawing and returning Stores, scraping paint and as requisite. Discharged 1 stoker to hospital. Mr Fisher Assistant Paymaster RNR joined ship. 1.10pm: Paid monthly money to watch. pm: Employed snaking down main rigging, refitting, drawing, returning stores and chipping paint. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. Exercised fire stations. [Fresh Beef Received: 108 lbs; Vegetables Received 448 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [A squally, windy day with rain at times, noon temperature 51F] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-090_0.jpg) 4 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: Working Party from “Colleen” employed on board. am: Employed refitting, drawing, returning stores, cleaning out double bottoms, snaking down rigging. Discharged 1 AB to hospital. 4.30pm: Special leave to part of watch till 7am. 9.0pm: Arrived “Sutlej”. 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-090_1.jpg) 5 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed drawing and returning stores, cleaning out double bottoms, and refitting. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon and chipping paint. 5.0pm: Special leave to part of watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 302 lbs; Vegetables Received 448 lbs; Bread Received: 200 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-091_0.jpg) 6 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed refitting, drawing and returning stores. 11.0am: Discharged 1 stoker to hospital. pm: Discharged 1 court martial Prisoned [Prisoner] to detention Barracks. Hands making and mending clothes. Mr John assistant clerk joined ship. 5.0pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am. [Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-091_1.jpg) 7 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 9.30am: Arrived “Juno”. am: Landed church parties. Divisions. Read Prayers. 1.0pm: Special leave to part of watch till 7am, to boys till 6pm. 6.0pm: Landed Patrol. 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042f9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-092_0.jpg) 8 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 9.0am: Arrived HMS “Heroic”. am and pm: Hands employed painting ship. 1.0pm: Sailed HMS “Hazel”. Arrived HMS “Partridge”. 5.0pm: Special leave to part of watch till 7am. 7.15pm: Sailed, “Sutlej”. 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042fa: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-092_1.jpg) 9 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed painting ship. 9.20am: Arrived HMS “Woodnut”. 10.50am: Sailed HMS “Partridge”. 1.0pm: Starboard watch returned from leave. Discharged 1 private RMLI to hospital. pm: Hands employed painting ship, and cleaning out double bottoms. 5.0pm: Special leave to watch till 7am. 7.0pm: 1 ERA and 12 seaman ratings joined ship. 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042fb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-093_0.jpg) 10 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed refitting, provisioning ship and painting. Discharged 1 PO to hospital. pm: Hands employed provisioning ship, embarking ammunition and painting. 5.0pm: Discharged 12 ratings to HMS “Vivid”. Special leave to watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 404 lbs; Vegetables Received: 754 lbs; Bread Received 550 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042fc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-093_1.jpg) 11 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 6.0am: Arrived “Venus”. am: Hands employed painting, refitting and Working about guns. Discharged 1 private RMLI, 1 stoker to hospital. Mr Johns, assistant clerk left ship. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042fd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-094_0.jpg) 12 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed refitting, painting, cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Leave to Watch till 7am. 6.0pm: Landed Patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 607 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1232 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042fe: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-094_1.jpg) 13 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 7.30am: Arrived HMS “Lancaster”. am: Hands employed refitting and preparing for coaling. Discharged 1 Stoker PO and 1 AB to hospital. 9.10am: Lit fires in nos 1, 3 and 4 boilers. pm: Employed preparing for coaling and shifting ship. 3.45pm: Warped ship from basin to spencer Jetty. 4.0pm: Tug secured alongside. 4.10pm: Slipped from Spencer Jetty. Proceeded with tug to No 2 Buoy. 4.45pm: Secured to No 2 buoy. 1 ERA joined ship. 5.45pm: Collier secured alongside, leave to watch till 10pm. [Bread Received: 800 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 342.0 tons] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c910042ff: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-095_0.jpg) 14 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 4.50am: Sailed, “Venus”. 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. [Draught: Forward 17’ 7”, Aft 22’ 4”] 9.0am: Commenced coaling ship. pm: Employed coaling ship. 2.20pm: Spread fires in nos 1, 3, and 4 boilers. 3.15pm: Completed with coal. Received 644 tons. 4.25pm: Collier shoved off. Hands employed cleaning ship. 6.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal 2 cwt, 11 in number. Banked fires in nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 boilers. [Fuel Remaining: Coal 977.0 tons] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c91004300: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-095_1.jpg) 15 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 6.30am: Arrived “Sutlej”. am: Employed cleaning ship. Noon: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, 7 and 8 boilers. 0.30pm: Let fires die out in nos 5, 6, 7, and 8 boilers. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised fire stations, leave to watch till 7am. 5.0pm: Tug secured alongside. 5.15pm: Slipped buoy. Proceeded alongside Spencer Jetty. Landed Patrol. 5.50pm: Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, and 3 boilers. [Fresh Beef Received: 1450 lbs; Vegetables Received: 4000 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c91004301: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-096_0.jpg) 16 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 [estimated] 4.15am: Ship warped into basin. Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Hands employed working about guns, refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Supplied “Lancaster” with 340 lbs of fresh meat. Hands employed refitting, working about guns, and cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 6.30pm: Landed Patrol. 11.0am: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 11] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c91004302: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-096_1.jpg) 17 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed refitting coaling gear, and provisioning ship. 1 Electrician joined ship. 10.40am: Discharged 1 private RMLI to hospital. pm: Employed refitting coaling gear and tackles, cleaning ship, working about guns. Mr Ashton, assistant paymaster RNR, left ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 5.30pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 13] [Fresh Beef Received: 320 lbs] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c91004303: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-097_0.jpg) 18 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed refitting, and working about guns. pm: Employed working about guns, refitting. 9 ratings joined ship from “Vivid”. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 6.0pm: Landed Patrol. [Number on sick list: 18] 4ef4f8afe53e0a0c91004304: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-097_1.jpg) 19 February 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 7.0am: Arrived, “Juno”. 8.10am: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, and 3 boilers. am: Employed refitting and spreading splinter and coaling nets, returning .303 ammunition and cleaning ship. 11.45am: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, 7, and 8 boilers. pm: Employed as in forenoon, and preparing for sea. 4.20pm: Exercised general quarters, and night defence stations. 6.0pm: Ship warped from basin to spencer Jetty. 7.0pm: Tug moved ship from spencer Jetty to no 3 buoy. 8.30pm: Slipped buoy. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 8 knots. 8.50pm: Increased to 12 knots. 9.0pm: Increased to 15 knots. 9.7pm: Roche point abeam. 9.16pm: Increased to 125 revs. 9.22pm: Daunt Rock Light Vessel abeam 1 mile, Shaped Course S10W. 9.45pm: Reduced to 115 revs. 10.8pm: Put clocks on 24 minutes. 11.0pm: Altered course N89W, reduced to 75 revs. [Number on sick list: 19] [Fresh Beef Received: 1172 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 1720 lbs] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004305: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-098_0.jpg) 20 February 1915 At Sea Lat 51.71, Long -11.07 4.5am: Fastnet Light abeam 15 miles. 6.20am: Observed Bull Light N5W. am: Employed refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.20pm: Observed Tearaght Island S58E. 11.0pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 11.15pm: Stopped boarded SS “Malmo” (Swedish) Galveston to Galway. [Distance run through the Water: 154.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Skelligs N78E, 20 miles] [Number on sick list: 20] [Note: SS “Malmo” may possibly have been this ship, built in 1900 and in service until 1949.] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004306: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-098_1.jpg) 21 February 1915 At Sea Lat 55.27, Long -11.68 0.5am: Proceeded N18E, 75 revs. 0.15am: Streamed Patent Log. 8.20am: Reduced to 75 revs. Observed masts of 3 men-o-war on starboard beam. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 11.42am: Course and speed as requisite for closing sail. Spoke SV “Bornsvit” [possibly Bennestvet] (Norwegian) Christiansand to Mobile. 11.55am: Altered course S22E, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 228.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tory Island N89E, 118 miles] [Number on sick list: 20] [Note: SV “Bennestvet” was a full rigged sailing ship built in Stockton, UK in 1885 as “Harland” for British owners; in 1899 she was sold to a German company and renamed “Wilhelmine”; in 1912 she was sold to a Norwegian company and became “Bennestvet”; she was broken up in 1923 or 1924 (more details here).] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004307: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-099_0.jpg) 22 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.38, Long -13.53 am: Employed scraping paint and working about guns. 11.18am: Stopped to reeve bottom lines. 11.30am: Proceeded N79E. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 1.23pm: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 3.17pm: Shaped course N83E. Spoke SS “Massas” [Massis] (British) oil steamer. [Distance run through the Water: 128.8 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] [Note: SS Massis was a tanker built on the Tyne in 1914 and owned by Massis Oil Transport Company, London; she was sold to a French company in 1924 and was seized by the Italian Government in 1941 and renamed “Saturno”; she was to sink off Tunisia after being bombed by British aircraft in 1943 (details here).] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004308: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-099_1.jpg) 23 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.79, Long -12.23 am: Employed refitting, cleaning ship, and working about guns. pm: Watch employed scraping paint, and working about guns. 4.7pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 5.15pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Drottning Sophia” [listed here] (Swedish). Made Prisoners of 3 German subjects eligible for military service. 6.55pm: Proceeded S88E, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 132.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] [Note: SS “Drottning Sophia” was built in Stockholm in 1875 and was bought by Svea Lines in 1909; she was laid up in 1941 and was in service for the Swedish Navy from 1941 to 1945; she was sold to a Norwegian company in 1945 and renamed “Vestri”; she was scrapped in 1955.] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004309: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-100_0.jpg) 24 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.38, Long -13.78 am: Hands employed scraping paint, and working about guns. 2.20pm: Stopped. Dropped Target. Course and Speed as requisite for carrying out firing from Sub calibre guns. 4.20pm: Picked up Target. 5.25pm: Proceeded N68W, 45 revs, streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 1341.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c9100430a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-100_1.jpg) 25 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.47, Long -15.03 10.0am: Stopped. Dropped target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out firing from Sub-calibre guns. 11.20am: Picked up target. 11.25am: Proceeded S66E, 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 112.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 12] [Wind increasing in pm, south westerly force 6 to 8, sea rough or very rough from noon. Weather mostly fine or overcast, noon air and sea temperature 48F] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c9100430b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-101_0.jpg) 26 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.16, Long -13.93 am: Hands employed scraping paint, and about guns. 1.50pm: Altered course S41W to secure port fore back stay. 3.5pm: Altered course N46W. [Distance run through the Water: 77.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 15] [Wind south westerly in am force 7 or 8, north westerly force 4 to 7 from noon; sea mostly rough or very rough; rain at times] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c9100430c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-101_1.jpg) 27 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.20, Long -15.22 [Log mainly records changes in course] [Distance run through the Water: 51.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 13] [Squally north westerly wind force 8 to 9-10 all day, sea high or very high, hail on and off] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c9100430d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-102_0.jpg) 28 February 1915 At Sea Lat 54.55, Long -16.53 [Log mostly records changes in course] [Distance run through the Water: 58.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet Light House S53E, 320 miles] [Number on sick list: 14] [Another very wind, squally day, north westerly force 6-7 to 8 until 8pm; sea state high or very high all day] LOGS FOR MARCH 1915 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c9100430e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-102_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for March 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before. Stamped Rear Admiral Commanding 11th Cruiser Squadron, 5 Apr 1915] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c9100430f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-103_0.jpg) [Page with details of distances run and coal expended, for dates “Not known”. [Signed] JT Bush, Captain, 4th April 1915. To The Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force “E”, HMS “Juno”. HMS “June”, 6 April 1915. [Signed] E Stocker, Engineer Commander. HMS “Juno”, 6 April 1915. [Signed] H Loftus Tottenham, Rear Admiral] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004310: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-103_1.jpg) 1 March 1915 At Sea Lat 51.13, Long -11.42 am and pm: Employed chipping paint and refitting. 10.3am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 10.55am: Reduced to 75 revs. Spoke Swedish SS “Orion”, Savannah to Queenstown. 11.15am: Shaped course S12E, 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 288.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet Light N78E, 69 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 568.0 tons] [Wind and sea reducing during the day] [Note: SS “Orion” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1896 for Koninklijke Nederlansche Stoomboot Maatschappij, Amsterdam; in 1910 she was sold to Rederi A/B Fortuna, Helsingborg; she was sold to another Swedish company in 1921 and was to capsize and sink off Norway in 1924.] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004311: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-104_0.jpg) 2 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 2.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 3.19am: Observed Kinsale Light N38W. 4.0am: Altered course as requisite for avoiding submarine attack. 4.45am: Let fires die out in 4, 6, and 7 boilers. 4.50am: Daunt Light Vessel WNW, half mile. Hauled in Patent Log. 5.12am: Roche Point abeam. Reduced to 75 revs. 5.35am: Stopped. Secured to no 2 buoy. Employed preparing for coaling. [Draught: Forward 18’ 8”, Aft 22’ 0”] 6.30am: Let fires die out in no 5 boiler. 7.15am: Collier secured alongside. am: 1 stoker and I private RMLI joined ship. Working party from “Colleen” employed on board. 9.40am: Commenced coaling. 11.0am: Let fires die out in nos 2, 3, and 8 boilers. 1.5pm: Completed with coal. Received 456 tons. 1.30pm: Collier cast off. Paid monthly money to ship’s company. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 4”] 2.30pm: Military escort came on board and removed German prisoners. pm: Hands employed cleaning ship, and disembarking 12 pounder ammunition. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 225 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 220 lbs; Vegetables 448 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1005.0 tons] 4ef4f8b0e53e0a0c91004312: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-104_1.jpg) 3 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 9.0am: Discharged 1 rating to hospital. am: Hands employed cleaning ship, and working in dockyard. 0.30pm: Tugs secured alongside. 1.0pm: Slipped buoy and proceeded alongside Spencer Jetty. Hands employed working about wires and guns. pm: Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations, leave to watch till 7am. 5.0pm: Ship warped into basin. Secured alongside West wall. 6.0pm: Rear-Admiral’s staff joined ship. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 433 lbs; Vegetables Received: 896 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004313: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-105_0.jpg) 4 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 [estimated] 2.0am: Sailed, “Juno”. 6.45am: Arrived, “Venus”. 7.20am: Arrived, “Essex” and “Heroic”. 8.0am: Hoisted flag of Rear-Admiral commanding Cruise Force E. am: Employed drawing and returning stores, returning 12 pounder 8 cwt gun, and working about 6 inch guns. 10.0am: [HMS] “Woodnut” secured alongside. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 3.0pm: 3 EP [?], 1 PO telegraphist joined ship. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 6] [Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Note: HMS “Woodnut” was a passenger/cargo ship built in 1906 on the Clyde as “Woodcock”; she was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 as an armed boarding steamer and was renamed “Woodnut” in 1915; she was returned to her owners in 1920 and reverted to “Woodcock” in 1929; from 1940 to 1945 she was involved in evacuation from Norway and sailings to Shetlands and Iceland; she was sold to a Panamanian company in 1946 and was broken up in 1952.] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004314: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-105_1.jpg) 5 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed working about guns, chipping paint, and cleaning torpedoes. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 6.0pm: Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 632 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004315: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-106_0.jpg) 6 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 4.0am: Sailed, “Venus”. 5.0am: Sailed, “Woodnut”. am: Employed dismounting guns, chipping paint, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Warped into dock. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations. Read Warrant No 12. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 6.0pm: Landed patrol. 6.30pm: “Lancaster” left basin. [Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004316: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-106_1.jpg) 7 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: “Lancaster” proceeded to no 4 buoy. am: Landed Roman Catholic, Wesleyan and C of E church parties. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, boys till 6.30pm. 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004317: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-107_0.jpg) 8 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Landed Small Arm Companies. Remainder of hands employed scraping paint. pm: Employed scraping paint, working about guns, and refitting. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations. Read Warrant no 13. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. Leave to watch till 7am. Banked fires in no 1 boiler. [Fresh Beef Received: 418 lbs; Vegetables Received: 784 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004318: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-107_1.jpg) 9 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Landed Small Arm Companies. Remainder of hands employed refitting, and chipping paint. 10.30am: Spread fires in no 1 boiler. 0.30pm: Banked fires in no 1 boiler. pm: Hands employed working about guns, refitting, and chipping paint. 9.30pm: Sailed, “Heroic”. [Number on sick list: 5] [Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004319: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-108_0.jpg) 10 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 4.45am: Arrived, “Juno”. 5.0am: Spread fires in no 1 boiler. am: 3 ratings joined ship from RN barracks, Devonport. Hands employed working about guns in dockyard, refitting, and scraping paint. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. 1 cell prisoner joined from “Colleen”. 5.0pm: Banked fires in no 1 boiler. 9.15pm: Sailed, “Lancaster”. [Fresh Beef Received: 446 lbs; Vegetables Received 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Weather mostly fine and quiet, noon temperature 46F] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c9100431a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-108_1.jpg) 11 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: Hauled down flag of RA [Rear Admiral] Commanding Cruiser Force E. am: Water pumped out of dock. Hands employed scraping and cleaning ship’s bottom. Discharged Rear-Admiral’s staff to “Juno”. pm: Hands employed cleaning ship’s bottom, and working about guns. 2.30pm: Discharged 18 ratings to “Hazel”. 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c9100431b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-109_0.jpg) 12 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed sweeping dock, scraping paint, and working about guns. pm: Hands employed scraping paint work, scraping caulking on upper deck, and hoisting in forecastle 6 inch gun. 1 cell prisoner joined ship from “Partridge”. [Fresh Beef Received: 640 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c9100431c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-109_1.jpg) 13 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 1.0am: Sailed, “Juno”. am: Hands employed working about guns. Landed Small Arm company for drill. Remainder of hands employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Lieutenant Drake-Brockman RMLI joined ship. [Bread Received: 750 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c9100431d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-110_0.jpg) 14 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: Discharged 1 rating to hospital. am: Landed church parties. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c9100431e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-110_1.jpg) 15 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 4.45am: Arrived, “Venus”. am: Sub-Lieutenant Lowson RNR joined ship. Discharged Lieutenant Drake-Brockman RMLI to “Venus”. Landed Small Arms company for drill. Remainder of hands employed working about guns. pm: Hands employed working about guns, and scraping paint-work. 2.0pm: Landed funeral party. 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c9100431f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-111_0.jpg) 16 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed working about guns, and scraping paint. Landed RMLI detachment for drill. 10.30pm: Mr Barker, skipper, joined ship to await court-martial. [Fresh Beef Received: 207 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 760 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004320: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-111_1.jpg) 17 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am and pm: Hands employed working about guns, and scraping paint. 10.0am: Land RC church party [though it is unclear why, on this Wednesday]. 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004321: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-112_0.jpg) 18 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed working about guns, and scraping paint. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Watch employed working about guns. Leave to boys till 6.30pm. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. Part of watch employed working about guns. [Fresh Beef Received: 175 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 380 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004322: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-112_1.jpg) 19 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed working about guns, scraping paint, and refitting. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. 1.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Part of watch employed working about guns. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations. Sub Lieutenant Lowson left ship. 5.30pm: Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 619 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004323: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-113_0.jpg) 20 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Hands employed working about guns, scraping, and painting. pm: Employed working about guns, scraping, painting and cleaning ship. [Bread Received: 700 lbs] 4ef4f8b1e53e0a0c91004324: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-113_1.jpg) [Log page for 21 March 1915, crossed through] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004325: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-114_0.jpg) 21 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Landed Church parties. 10.30am: Divisions. 0.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 2.30pm: Landed patrol. 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004326: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-114_1.jpg) 22 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 Midnight: Lit fires in no 5 boiler. 4.30am: Arrived, “Juno”. 6.0am: Arrived, “Woodnut”. am: Hands employed scraping paint, refitting, and working about guns. 3.0pm: Banked fires in no 5 boiler. [Fresh Beef Received: 404 lbs; Vegetables Received: 700 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004327: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-115_0.jpg) 23 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am and pm: Hands employed scraping paint, and working about guns. 0.45am: Hands mustered by the Ledger. Issued life saving equipment. 2.30pm: Captain Davenport RMLI joined ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 5.0pm: Part of watch employed working about guns in dockyard. Landed patrol. 9.30pm: Sailed, “Juno”. [Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004328: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-115_1.jpg) 24 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 8.0am: 1 private RMLI joined ship. am and pm: Hands employed scraping paint and working about guns. 2.30pm: 1 leading carpenters crew joined ship. 4.30pm: Part of watch working about guns. [Fresh Beef Received: 454 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004329: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-116_0.jpg) 25 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed scraping paint, working about guns and mountings, and scraping torpedo tubes. Held court martial on board. pm: Employed painting down aloft, scraping paint, and working about guns and mountings. [Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c9100432a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-116_1.jpg) 26 March 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 am: Employed painting down aloft, working about guns, and scraping paint. 2 stoker ratings joined ship. Discharged 1 rating to hospital. 0.30pm: Spread fires in no 5 boiler. 1.15pm: Ship moved out of dock, and secured alongside east wall of basin. pm: Discharged 1 cell prisoner to “Partridge”. Employed scraping paint and cleaning ship. 5.0pm: 2 ABs joined ship. [HMS] “Ariadne” warped into dock. [Fresh Beef Received: 208 lbs; Vegetables Received: 448 lbs] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c9100432b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-117_0.jpg) 27 March 1915 From Queenstown to Sea and at Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.30 4.0am: Lit fires in 6, 7, and 8 boilers. 4.45am: Arrived, “Venus”. am: Hands employed working and guns and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Warped out of basin, and alongside Spencer Jetty. Employed preparing for sea and scraping paint. 1.45pm: Tug secured alongside. 3.0pm: Lit fires in 1, 2, 3, 4 boilers. 3.15pm: Slipped jetty and proceeded with tug to buoy. 3.45pm: Secured to no 3 buoy. 5.10pm: Exercised General Quarters, and night defence stations. 10.17pm: Slipped buoy, and proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 10.50pm: Roche Point abeam. Shaped course S21W. 11.6pm: Daunt Light Vessel abeam to starboard 5 cables. [Fresh Beef Received: 1295 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3800 lbs; Bread Received: 1600 lbs] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c9100432c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-117_1.jpg) 28 March 1915 At Sea Lat 51.00, Long -10.73 0.50am: Reduced to 60 revs with starboard engine. 1.0am: Reduced to 90 revs with port engine, altered course S66W. 1.10am: Put clocks on 24 minutes. 2.8am: Increased to 70 revs with starboard engine. 2.27am: Increased to 80 revs with starboard engine. 2.40am: Increased to 90 revs with starboard engine. 7.8am: Altered course N34W. Reduced to 75 revs. 10.0am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 4.40pm: Altered course N9E. 9.5pm: Altered course as requisite for closing trawler, 90 revs. 9.45pm: Spoke Trawler “Natano” [Hatano] (CF39). Sighted trawler Suma (CF2) [both trawlers from Cardiff, listed here]. 9.56pm: Proceeded N5E, 75 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 159.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet Rock N62E, 48 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Easterly or north easterly wind force 6 in am, force 4-6 to 5 in pm, sea rough for most of day. Snow on and off, noon temperature 43F, sea temperature 44F] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c9100432d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-118_0.jpg) 29 March 1915 At Sea Lat 54.69, Long -13.15 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Hands employed scraping paint. Guns’ crews at divisional drills. Exercised general quarters. 1.34pm: Altered course N82W. Reduced to 45 revs. 5.0pm: Course and speed as requisite for swinging ship for correction of compasses. Exercised night defence stations. 6.35pm: Shaped course N82W, 45 revs. 11.0pm: Altered course S82E. [Distance run through the Water: 246.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Black Rock S69E, 107 miles] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c9100432e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-118_1.jpg) 30 March 1915 At Sea Lat 55.17, Long -13.60 8.30am: Altered course N19W to close sail. 10.0am: Stopped. Spoke and boarded SV “Nordsee” (Norwegian) Aalborg to Santos. 10.26am: Proceeded N82W, 45 revs. Employed scraping paint work. Gun’s crews at divisional drills. Control party at Spotting table. 6.35pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 7.55pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Avance” (Swedish) Savannah to Aalborg. 9.50pm: Stopped. Boarded SV “Manicia” (Norwegian) New Caledonia to Glasgow. 11.50pm: Proceeded S6E 60 revs, convoying “Manicia”. [Distance run through the Water: 161.6 miles] [Note: SV “Nordsee” was a fully rigged sailing ship built in Germany in 1893 as “Phos”; she was sold several times from 1894 to 1914 when she was bought by a Norwegian company and renamed “Nordsee”; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1916 and became “Fjong”; she was broken up in 1925. SS “Avance” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1883 as “Crete” for J Dent and Company, Newcastle; in 1894 she was sold to a German company and was renamed “Borussia”; in 1905 she was sold to a Swedish company and became “Avance”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the east coast of England in June 1918. SV “Manicia” was a barque built in UK in 1883 as “Benicia” for British and Chilean Steamship Company, Liverpool; in 1891 she was sold to John Edgar and Company, Liverpool; in 1911 she was sold to a Norwegian company and renamed “Manicia”; she was to run aground off Denmark in 1921 and was later broken up.] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c9100432f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-119_0.jpg) 31 March 1915 At Sea Lat 53.90, Long -13.62 [Numerous changes in course and speed from 0.10am to 9.20am] am: Guns’ crews at divisional drills. Control party exercised. Remainder of hands scraping paint and refitting. 1.35pm: Altered course N85E, 75 revs close “Manicia”. 2.10pm: Altered course S11W. Reduced to 40 revs. Spoke “Manicia”. 3.55pm: As requisite for closing “Manicia” and speaking her. 4.25pm: Parted company with “Manicia”. Proceeded N1W, 90 revs. 7.7pm: Altered course N40E to close steamer. 8.20pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Ulric Holm” [Ulrik Holm, listed here] (Danish) Newport News to Aalborg. 9.15pm: Proceeded N1W, 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 133.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tearaght Light S44E, 155 miles] [Note: SS “Ulrik Holm” was built in Netherlands in 1905; at some point she was registered in Denmark as “Rigmor”; she was to be seized by the British Ministry of War Transport in 1940 and was probably broken up after 1946 (more details here).] LOGS FOR APRIL 1915 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004330: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-119_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for April 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004331: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-120_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004332: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-120_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by JT Bush, Captain, 6th May 1915, To The Secretary of the Admiralty London] 4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004333: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-121_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers:]
4ef4f8b2e53e0a0c91004334: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-121_1.jpg) 1 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.63, Long -14.71 pm: Paid monthly money to ship’s company. Gun watch employed filling boat’s breakers [barricoes] and refitting on upper deck. [Distance run through the Water: 160.6 miles] [South westerly wind force 5-6 to 7-8 in pm, with rough sea] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004335: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-122_0.jpg) 2 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.90, Long -13.82 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service [to mark Good Friday]. [Distance run through the Water: 101.5 miles] [Wind variable in direction during day, force 5-6 to 7 all day with rough or very rough sea; heavy rain early and late in day; noon temperature 54F, sea temperature 49F] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004336: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-122_1.jpg) 3 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.88, Long -13.00 pm: Gun watch employed scraping paint and cleaning ship. [Distance run through the Water: 121.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tearaght Light S24E, 176 miles] [Westerly or south westerly wind force 6-7 or 7 all day, sea rough to high] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004337: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-123_0.jpg) 4 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.78, Long -10.90 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service [on this Easter Sunday]. 4.15pm: Hauled in Patent Log. 5.30pm: Streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 242 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S16E, 253 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N55E, 61 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 633.0 tons] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004338: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-123_1.jpg) 5 April 1915 At Sea and Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 0.28am: Observed Kinsale Light N23W. 2.6am: Daunt Light Vessel abeam 3 cables. Reduced to 90 revs. Course as requisite for entering harbour. 2.30am: Roche Point abeam. Reduced to 75 revs. 2.50am: Stopped. Secured to no 3 buoy. 3.30am: Arrived, “Juno”. 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 6.45am: Collier secured alongside. 7.30am: 15 hands from “Colleen” employed on board. 9.5am: Commenced coaling. 11.15am: Completed with coal. Received 400 tons. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Remainder of hands employed cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 6 in number. Shovels, steel, 3 in number. 7.0pm: Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 171.9 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1020.0 tons] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004339: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-124_0.jpg) 6 April 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Discharged 1 rating to hospital. Employed cleaning ship, and painting. Party drawing 3 pounder ammunition. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 2.0pm: Discharged 2 POs to “Vivid”. 3.0pm: Landed patrol. 4.45pm: Lost overboard by accident, meat, fresh, 60 lbs. 6.0pm: Messrs [blank], clerks, Mr [blank] Signal Boatswain, and 8 ratings joined from “Juno”. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 1303 lbs; Vegetables 3800 lbs; Bread 1520 lbs] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c9100433a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-124_1.jpg) 7 April 1915 At Queenstown and at Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 1.35am: Arrived, “Venus”. 5.40am: Arrived, “Hazel”. am: Employed refitting coaling gear, scraping, painting, and cleaning ship. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 4”] 4.0pm: Quarters. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 7.0pm: Exercised night defence. Prepared for sea. 8.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. 9.35pm: Slipped buoy, and proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 10.12pm: Roche Point abeam. Streamed Patent Log. 10.30pm: Daunt Light Vessel abeam (West) 1 mile, altered course S6W. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 279 lbs] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c9100433b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-125_0.jpg) 8 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.38, Long -9.92 0.50am: Altered course S76W. Reduced to 75 revs. 1.0am: Put clocks on 24 minutes. 10.30am: Altered course N64W. Watch employed scraping and refitting. 8.50pm: Altered course N60W. [Distance run through the Water: 135 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N12E, 59 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Squally north westerly wind force 6-7 to 8 all day, rain in pm; sea very rough to very high] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c9100433c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-125_1.jpg) 9 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.75, Long -13.17 7.18am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 8.0am: Spoke SS “Routh Head” (British). 8.20am: Shaped course N40W, 45 revs. am: Hands employed scraping paint and refitting. Guns’ crews at drill. 0.35pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 1.55pm: Stopped. Spoke SS “Zent” (British) Santa Maria to Liverpool. 2.7pm: Proceeded N62W, 45 revs. pm: Gun watch employed working about upper deck. [Distance run through the Water: 138.9 miles] [Somewhat less windy today but sea still very rough until 4pm] [Note: There were no British ships named “Routh Head” listed at this time but it is possible this was “Howth Head”, a cargo ship built in 1906 in Belfast for Ulster Steamship Company, Belfast; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in April 1917. SS “Zent” was a passenger/cargo ship built in Belfast in 1905 and owned by Elders and Fyffes, Garston; she was to be torpedoed and sunk off the south coast of Ireland in April 1916.] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c9100433d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-126_0.jpg) 10 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.77, Long -14.17 0.55am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 1.10am: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS “Cabotia” (British) Newport News to Dublin. 1.25am: Shaped course N70W. 8.0am: Altered course S80E. 8.20am: Altered course S1W to close steamer. 8.30am: Altered course S80E. 1.0pm: Altered course N69W. Observed “Venus”, N75E. 1.12pm: Altered course N79W. “Venus” took station in starboard beam 2 cables. 2.0pm: “Venus” opened to 6 miles on starboard beam. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 14. [Distance run through the Water: 121.4 miles] [Note: Details of SS “Cabotia” are shown in the entry for 19 November 1914 in this log.] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c9100433e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-126_1.jpg) 11 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.67, Long -13.93 3.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 3.50am: Reduced to 60 revs. Spoke SS “Lakonia” (British) Glasgow to Newport News. 4.10am: Proceeded N80E, 60 revs. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Distance run through the Water: 142.8 miles] [Note: Details of SS “Lakonia” are shown in the entry for 13 December 1914 in this log.] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c9100433f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-127_0.jpg) 12 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.70, Long -14.18 8.34am: Altered course N9W to close “Venus”. 9.30am: Dropped target. Course and speed as requisite for carrying out firing at submarine target with maxim and 1 inch Aiming. 11.15am: Picked up targets. 11.30am: Proceeded N74W, 45 revs. “Venus” parted company. 10.12pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 10.40pm: Spoke SS “Lord Sefton” (British) Liverpool to New York. 10.43pm: Proceeded S82E, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 115.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Note: SS “Lord Sefton” was built in Scotland in 1906 and owned by Occidental and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (John Herron), Liverpool; she was sold in 1922, renamed “Essex Abbey” and scrapped in Germany in 1934 (further details here).] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004340: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-127_1.jpg) 13 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.77, Long -14.35 4.55am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 5.5am: Increased to 90 revs. Spoke SS “Victorian” [there were several ships of this name at this time] (British) Boston to Liverpool. 5.15am: Proceeded S82E, 45 revs. 9.30am: Stopped. Dropped target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch Aiming practice from 6 inch guns. 0.42pm: Picked up target. 0.50pm: Proceeded N76W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 121 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004341: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-128_0.jpg) 14 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.88, Long -14.50 10.3am: Dropped target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at submarine target. 11.20am: Picked up target. 11.40am: Proceeded N76W, 45 revs. 11.45am: Streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 123.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004342: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-128_1.jpg) 15 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.67, Long -10.98 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Hands employed scraping paint and refitting. Guns’ crews at divisional drills. pm: Employed preparing for coaling. 8.21pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 8.35pm: Shaped course N83E, 115 revs. 11.10pm: Increased to 115 revs. Course as requisite for avoiding submarine attack. Midnight: Daunt Light Vessel abeam 2 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 218.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N50E, 54 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 661 tons] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004343: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-129_0.jpg) 16 April 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 0.20am: Roche Point abeam. 0.45am: Stopped. Secured to No 2 buoy, Queenstown Road. 4.15am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 4.45am: Sailed, “Partridge”. 6.30am: Collier secured alongside. Employed preparing for coaling. [Draft: Forward 18’ 6”, Aft 22’ 6”] 7.0am: 1 AB joined from “Colleen”. Working party from “Colleen” employed on board. 9.0am: Commenced coaling. 10.45am: Completed with coal. Received 370 tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 9”, Aft 23’ 4”] am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and to boys till 7pm. 3.0pm: Discharged 1 PO Telegraphist to “Sutlej”. 5.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, Shovels, steel, 12 in number. [Distance run through the Water: 164.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1023 tons] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004344: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-129_1.jpg) 17 April 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Employed reeving new boats’ falls, scraping and painting, and cleaning ship. Discharged 1 stoker to hospital. Discharged ratings of RA’s [Rear Admiral’s] staff to “Juno”. Dockyard divers examined shaft-casings. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 8.0pm: Exercised night defence. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 1304 lbs; Vegetables 3400 lbs; Bread 1600 lbs] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004345: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-130_0.jpg) 18 April 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Landed church parties. Divisions. Held divine service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Discharged Mr Chapman, clerk, to “Juno”. 7.0pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 7] 4ef4f8b3e53e0a0c91004346: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-130_1.jpg) 19 April 1915 At Queenstown [though not stated at top of page] Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 0.15am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 4.45am: Lit fires in steam cutter. Arrived, “Heroic”. am: Employed cleaning ship, and scraping and painting. Divers carried out monthly practice. 1.0pm: Discharged Mr Neville, signal boatswain, to “Juno”. pm: Employed cleaning ship, scraping and painting. 6.0pm: Exercised General Quarters and night defence stations. 6.55pm: Sailed, “Woodnut”. 8.20pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. 9.10pm: Tug secured to stern and towed stern to westward. 9.27pm: Slipped. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 10.10pm: Roche Point abeam. Increased to 115 revs. 10.26pm: Daunt Light Vessel abeam 2 cables. Shaped course S19W. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 214 lbs; Vegetables 840 lbs; Bread 800 lbs] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004347: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-131_0.jpg) 20 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.98, Long -10.98 0.6am: Put clocks on 24 minutes. am: Hands employed scraping paint, and as requisite. Training classes at instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 15. 8.0pm: Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 162.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bull Light House N35E, 45 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Northerly or north westerly wind force 5 or 6 until 8pm, sea rough until 4pm; rain or showers at times, noon temperature 52F, sea temperature 49F] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004348: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-131_1.jpg) 21 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.40, Long -13.27 am: Employed scraping paint. Training classes at instruction. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. [Distance run through the Water: 239.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island S85W, 115 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004349: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-132_0.jpg) 22 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.95, Long -12.60 0.50am: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. Increased to 90 revs. 1.15am: Reduced to 60 revs. Spoke SV “Perfect” (Norwegian), bound to Halifax. 1.22am: Shaped course S78E, 45 revs. 6.18am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 75 revs. 7.12am: Shaped course S55E. Reduced to 90 revs. 8.30am: Stopped. Boarded SS “Inland” [possibly this ship] (Swedish), Newport News to Trelleborg. 9.15am: Proceeded N74W, 45 revs. am: Employed scraping paint and cleaning ship. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed scraping paint. 9.30am: Hauled in Patent Log. 9.40am: Streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 171.0 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Mist and/or rain for much of day] [Note: SV “Perfect” was a barque built in Scotland in 1877 as “Seriol Wyn” for a British company; she was sold to a Norwegian company in 1898 and became “Perfect”; after being owned by several Norwegian companies she was to be sunk by a German submarine east of the Shetlands in June 1917. SS “Inland” may have been the ship built in England in 1909; she was sold to a Swedish company in 1934 and became “Särimner”; in 1942 she was renamed “Ulla” and then “Vindő”; she was probably broken up in 1958.] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c9100434a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-132_1.jpg) 23 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.83, Long -13.90 am and pm: Hands employed scraping paint. Training classes at instruction. [Distance run through the Water: 147 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Black Rock S70E, 133 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Misty all day] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c9100434b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-133_0.jpg) 24 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.92, Long -15.10 am: Hands employed scraping paint, painting on mess-deck, and cleaning ship. Training classes at instruction. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Distance run through the Water: 141.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S78E, 186 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Yet another misty day] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c9100434c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-133_1.jpg) 25 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.97, Long -14.88 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 5.15pm: Altered course as requisite for closing vessel. Increased to 75 revs. 7.0pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Hermes” [possibly this ship] (Norwegian), Baltimore to Skein. 7.30pm: Proceeded N76W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 146.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S78E, 184 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Note: SS “Hermes” was a Norwegian cargo ship built in Sunderland 1905; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1928; she was sold to a German company in 1929 and was renamed “Asien”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine off Norway in 1944.] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c9100434d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-134_0.jpg) 26 April 1915 At Sea Lat 55.03, Long -15.57 0.54am: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. Increased to 90 revs. 1.5am: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SV “Lord Templeton” (British), Tyne to San Francisco. 1.10am: Shaped course S76E, 45 revs. 10.10am: Dropped targets. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at submarine target. 0.20pm: Picked up targets. 0.35pm: Proceeded N76W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 146.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S77E, 200 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Note: SV “Lord Templetown” was a sailing ship built in Belfast in 1886; she was sold to a Canadian company in 1900 and was laid up in 1921 and converted to a barge at Vancouver in 1925.] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c9100434e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-134_1.jpg) 27 April 1915 At Sea Lat 54.98, Long -15.18 10.25am: Dropped target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 12 pounder and sub-calibre practice at submarine target. 11.30am: Picked up targets. 11.55am: Proceeded N76W, 45 revs. pm: Employed scraping paint, cleaning ship, and refitting. [Distance run though the Water: 129.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Black Rock S72E, 180 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c9100434f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-135_0.jpg) 28 April 1915 At Sea Lat 55.23, Long -13.23 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Training classes at instruction, remainder of hands employed scraping paint, cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Watch employed scraping paint. [Distance run through the Water: 147.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tearaght Light S25E, 214 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004350: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-135_1.jpg) 29 April 1915 At Sea Lat 50.88, Long -10.93 am: Training classes at instruction, remainder of hands employed scraping paint. pm: Employed painting on cable deck, and scraping paint. 4.30pm: Altered course N59E. Watch closed up at guns. 5.12pm: Altered course as requisite for avoiding submarine attack. 5.26pm: Shaped course N59E. 9.10pm: Heard Kinsale fog signal on port beam. 10.9pm: Observed Ballycotton Light N27E, altered course N45W. Reduced to 76 revs. 11.32pm: Daunt Rock Light Vessel abeam 1 cable, altered course N18E. 11.50pm: Reduced to 90 revs. Course as requisite for entering harbour. [Distance run through the Water: 299.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N60E, 59 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 569 tons] [Misty from 8am onwards] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004351: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-136_0.jpg) 30 April 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 0.15am: Stopped. Secured to no 3 buoy. 3.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 6.30am: Collier secured alongside. 7.30am: 4 ratings joined ship. 8.0am: Working party from “Colleen” employed on board. 8.55am: Commenced coaling. 10.50am: Completed with coal. Received 430 tons. pm: Employed cleaning ship. Leave to starboard watch till 7am, and boys will 6pm. 3.0pm: Mr Swan-Mason, temporary chaplain, joined ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 9.0pm: Darkened ship. 11.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 168.9 miles] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 440 lbs; Bread 400 lbs[ [Fuel Remaining: Coal 992 tons] LOGS FOR MAY 1915 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004352: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-136_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for May 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004353: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-137_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004354: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-137_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 8th June 1915, To The Secretary of the Admiralty] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004355: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-138_0.jpg) [Page for details of Barometer and Thermometers, not filled in] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004356: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-138_1.jpg) 1 May 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 1.45am: Sailed, “Juno”. am: Parties employed drawing stores from dockyard, unrigging coaling stay, painting on cable-deck, and provisioning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to port watch till 7am. Starboard watch employed provisioning ship and painting bow-wave. Discharged 1 Lance Sergeant RMLI to Plymouth Headquarters. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 215 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004357: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-139_0.jpg) 2 May 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 9.0am: Landed church parties. 9.25am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. Noon: Lit fires in 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 boilers. 1.0pm: Discharged 1 wireless operator to [HMS] “Hazel”. 1 CPO (wireless) joined from “Hazel”. 4.30pm: Exercised General Quarters. Landed patrol. 7.40pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [8.0pm barometer reading shown as “(Mercurial)”] 8.15pm: Tug secured to stern and towed stern up harbour. 8.30pm: Slipped buoy. 8.50pm: Slipped tug. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 90 revs. 9.23pm: Roche Point abeam. 9.40pm: Daunt Light Vessel WNW, 1.5 miles. Shaped course S19W. 10.45pm: Altered course S63W. 11.45pm: Reduced to 90 revs. [Midnight barometer reading shown as “(Aneroid)”] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 1317 lbs; Vegetables 4200 lbs] 4ef4f8b4e53e0a0c91004358: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-139_1.jpg) 3 May 1915 At Sea Lat 51.25, Long -11.45 am and pm: Hands employed chipping and painting. Training classes at instruction. 7.0pm: Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 207.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Skelligs N57E, 56 miles] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004359: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-140_0.jpg) 4 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.17, Long -13.77 am: Employed chipping, painting, and refitting. Training classes at instruction. [Distance run through the Water: 275.6 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N17W, 244 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S67E, 140 miles] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c9100435a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-140_1.jpg) 5 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.22, Long -14.60 am: Hands employed chipping paint, painting, and refitting. Training classes at instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 16. [Distance run through the Water: 154.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S70E, 167 miles] [Weather fine and winds light; noon temperature 55F (no sea temperature shown today)] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c9100435b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-141_0.jpg) 6 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.02, Long -14.25 10.4am: Altered course as requisite for examining floating object. Found to be log of wood. 10.27am: Resumed course and speed. Hands employed scraping and painting. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed scraping paint. [Distance run through the Water: 158.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S73E, 154 miles] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c9100435c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-141_1.jpg) 7 May 1915 At Sea Lat 54.92, Long -15.43 am: Hands employed scraping paint, and cleaning ship. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed scraping paint. [Distance run through the Water: 158.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S80E, 189 miles] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c9100435d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-142_0.jpg) 8 May 1915 At Sea Lat 54.87, Long -15.47 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Distance run through the Water: 152.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S80E, 191 miles] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c9100435e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-142_1.jpg) 9 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.10, Long -14.27 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Distance run through the Water: 148.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S71E, 155 miles] [Misty throughout pm] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c9100435f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-143_0.jpg) 10 May 1915 At Sea Lat 51.38, Long -11.68 am: Hands employed scraping and painting. Training classes at instruction. pm: Hands employed scraping paint, and preparing for coaling. Training classes at instruction. 5.0pm: Port engine reduced to 90 revs. 6.11pm: Port engine increased to 115 revs. 10.0pm: Reduced to 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 269.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet S89E, 79 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 617.0 tons] [Misty on and off all day; noon temperature 61F, sea temperature 54F] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004360: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-143_1.jpg) 11 May 1915 At Sea and Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 1.38am: Observed Kinsale Light N42W. 2.13am: Observed Kinsale Light N64W. 2.55am: Daunt Light Vessel abeam to port, 3 cables, course as requisite for entering harbour. Hauled in Patent Log. 3.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 3.14am: Roche Point abeam. 3.40am: Stopped. Secured to no 3 buoy, Queenstown. [Draught: Forward 18’ 7”, Aft 22’ 7”] 4.0am: Let fires die out in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 boilers. 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 7.0am: Collier secured alongside. Working party from “Colleen” employed on board. 9.11am: Commenced coaling. am: Employed coaling ship. 11.20am: Coaling stay parted. 1.28am: Completed with coal. Received 392 tons. 2.15am: Collier left ship. pm: Employed cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Discharged 1 CPO telegraphist to “Hazel”. 1 ordinary telegraphist joined from “Hazel”. [Draught: Forward 19’ 6”, Aft 23’ 4”] 5.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Landed patrol. 8.0pm: Sailed, “Hazel”. 11.50pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 219.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 205 lbs, Bread 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 996.0 tons] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004361: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-144_0.jpg) 12 May 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Hands employed painting ship. Gunner’s party returning rifles to dockyard. Discharged 1 rating to hospital. pm: Employed painting ship. 6.0pm: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 boilers. Mr Brimmacombe, gunner, left ship. Employed preparing for sea. 7.0pm: Exercised night defence stations. 9.0pm: Darkened ship. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 1236 lbs; Vegetables 4000 lbs; Bread 2000 lbs] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004362: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-144_1.jpg) 13 May 1915 At Sea Lat 50.72, Long -10.58 1.15am: Slipped buoy. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 1.56am: Roche’s Point abeam. Worked up to 130 revs. 2.15am: Daunt Light Vessel abeam to port, 2 cables. Shaped course S18W. 2.50am: Put clocks on 24 minutes. 4.30am: Commenced zigzagging, making good S72W, 16 knots. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.0pm: Spoke SV “Galgate”, to Queenstown. 4.45pm: Spoke SV “Vardvik” (Norwegian) Fleetwood to Arendal. 4.50pm: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. 5.6pm: Reduced to 6 knots. Spoke SV “Inverclyde” (British) Seattle to Queenstown. 5.25pm: Proceeded N56W, 90 revs. 10.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 11.48pm: Altered course S50W. Spoke SS “Wallace” [possibly ship 68 listed here] (British) Galveston to Liverpool. 11.58pm: Altered course N49W. [Distance run through the Water: 154.4 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S53W, 116 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N47E, 60 miles] [North easterly wind force 4 to 6 all day, sea rough at noon and 4pm, rain in am, fine later on; noon temperature 48F, sea temperature 51F] [Note: SV “Galgate” was a fully rigged ship later rerigged as a barque, built in UK in 1888 and owned by the Galgate Company (John Joyce, Liverpool); she was to be sunk by a German submarine in May 1916 when approaching the English Channel (more details here). SV “Vardvik” was a Norwegian schooner built in Norway in 1897 and owned from November 1915 by Chr Christensen, Arendal; she was to run aground and be wrecked off Mozambique in May 1916 (more details here). SV “Inverclyde” was a British barque built in Glasgow in 1898 and owned by G Milne and Company, Aberdeen; she was sold to New York and Pacific Steamship Company, Liverpool in 1917 and to a Finnish company in Turku; she was scrapped in Germany in 1923. There were a number of steamships named “Wallace” at this time; the most likely was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1904 or 1905 and owned by Taylor and Sanderson Steam Shipping Company, Sunderland; she was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a collier from February to March 1916; she was sold several times to companies in Swansea, in 1917 and 1919 and in 1925 to a company in London, when she was renamed “Woodburn”; she was broken up in Italy in 1933.] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004363: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-145_0.jpg) 14 May 1915 At Sea Lat 52.47, Long -15.98 0.25am: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. 0.50am: Resumed course N49W. Spoke SS “Charterhouse” (British) to Glasgow. pm: Hands employed cleaning ship and refitting. Training classes at instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 17. 5.0pm: Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 280.3 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N62W, 221 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tearaght Light S83E., 200 miles] [Note: SS “Charterhouse” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1895 and owned by Preston Steam Navigation Company, London; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in September 1916 (more details here).] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004364: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-145_1.jpg) 15 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.15, Long -15.00 [Log just records routine matters] [Distance run through the Water: 195.1 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N12E, 165 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Black Rock S68E, 177 miles] [South easterly wind force 5 or 6 all day, sea rough from 8pm] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004365: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-146_0.jpg) 16 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.58, Long -12.87 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Course and Distance made good: N71E, 77 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S51E, 127 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [South easterly wind force 5 or 6 all day, with rough sea] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004366: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-146_1.jpg) 17 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.48, Long -13.77 am: Hands employed scraping paint, and cleaning ship. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed cleaning out boats. 9.40pm: Increased to 90 revs, altered course as requisite for closing sail. 10.10pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SV “Equator” (Russian). 10.30pm: Proceeded S75E, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 117.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S61E, 147 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: There was a Russian barque named “Equator” listed here, built in Haynasch in modern-day Latvia in 1892.] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004367: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-147_0.jpg) 18 May 1915 At Sea Lat 55.37, Long -14.58 am: Hands employed scraping, painting, rigging windsails, and cleaning ship. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed scraping paint, refitting, and riggings windsails. Training classes at instruction. [Distance run through the Water: 136.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Eagle Island Light S68E, 172 miles] 4ef4f8b5e53e0a0c91004368: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-147_1.jpg) 19 May 1915 At Sea Lat 53.52, Long -15.75 am: Hands employed cleaning out boats, refitting and bending boats’ sails and painting windsails. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed cleaning out boats, scraping iron work, and painting windsails. Training classes at instruction. [Distance run though the Water: 174.0 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S20W, 118 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet S60E, 266 miles] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c91004369: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-148_0.jpg) 20 May 1915 At Sea Lat 51.05, Long -15.17 am: Employed cleaning out boats, scraping 12 pounder guns and refitting. Training classes at instruction. 0.44pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. Increased to 60 revs. 1.54pm: Shaped course West, 45 revs. Spoke SS “Lorca” (British), to Manchester. [Distance run through the Water: 184.7 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S8E, 152 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N85E, 215 miles] [Note: SS “Lorca” was a cargo ship built in South Shields in 1910 and owned by The English and American Shipping Company, London; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in November 1916.] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c9100436a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-148_1.jpg) 21 May 1915 At Sea [though not stated at top of page] Lat 50.71, Long -14.67 9.0am: Spoke SV “Wray Castle” (British). Employed painting in store rooms. Training Classes at instruction. 10.48am: Increased to 75 revs, altered course as requisite for closing stranger. 11.0am: Shaped course N81W. Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS “Horatio” (British) South Shetlands to Glasgow. pm: Employed scraping paintwork, and scrubbing hammocks. Training classes at instruction. 3.0pm: “Hazel” took station 3 miles on port beam. 8.24pm: Altered course as requisite for closing stranger. Increased to 90 revs. 9.20pm: Altered course N81W. Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS “Chagress” [probably Chagres (1) listed here] (British) Port Limon to Avonmouth. 10.0pm: Altered course S81E. [Distance run through the Water: 138.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N78E, 200 miles] [Note: SS “Wray Castle” was a sailing ship built in 1889 in UK and owned by Lancashire Shipping Company, Liverpool; in 1921 she was owned by JB Walmsley, Liverpool and was renamed “Garthwray”; she was to run aground and be wrecked in 1924 off Chile. The most likely SS “Horatio” was a passenger/cargo ship built in the UK in 1892 as “Horsley Tower”; she was renamed “Horatio” in 1893 when she was sold to another British company. After changing hands several times she was bought by Theodore E Salvesen, Leith and was converted to a whale factory ship in 1911; she was to be lost due to fire at Leith Harbour, South Georgia. SS “Chagres” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1912 and owned by Elders & Fyffes; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean near Crete in March 1918 with the loss of 1 life (more details here).] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c9100436b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-149_0.jpg) 22 May 1915 At Sea Lat 50.63, Long -14.92 8.0am: “Hazel” in company 11.6am: Increased to 75 revs, altered course as requisite for closing sail. 0.40pm: Spoke SV “Ourances” [possibly Uranus] (Russian) St Malo to Miranichi [probably Miramichi] Bay. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence, and abandon ship stations. 8.0pm: “Hazel” in company. 11.0pm: Increased to 75 revs. Parted company with “Hazel”. [Distance run through the Water: 144.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N78E, 210 miles] [Misty in pm, noon temperature 59F, sea temperature 55F] [Note: SV “Uranus” was a brigantine built in 1892 and owned by a company in Riga (modern-day Latvia); she was scuttled off the Isles of Scilly in October 1918.] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c9100436c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-149_1.jpg) 23 May 1915 At Sea Lat 50.66, Long -11.48 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 0.20pm: Passed carcass. 6.0pm: Placed submarine look-outs. 8.0pm: Commenced zig-zagging to avoid submarine attack, making good N76E. [Distance run through the Water: 217.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N59E, 85 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 515.0 tons] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c9100436d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-150_0.jpg) 24 May 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 [estimated] 1.32am: Daunt Light Vessel abeam 1.5 miles. 1.50am: Course as requisite for entering Queenstown Harbour. 2.25am: Stopped. Secured to No 4 buoy. 3.45am: Lit fires in steam cutter. [Draught: Forward 18’ 3”, Aft 22’ 9”] 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 7.45am: Collier secured alongside. Working Party from “Colleen” employed on board. 8.30am: 8 ratings joined ship. 9.10am: Commenced coaling. am: Employed coaling ship. 0.10pm: Completed with coal. Received 500 tons. 1.50pm: Collier cast off. Hands employed cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 7.0pm: Landed patrol. 10.40pm: Sailed, “Partridge”. [Distance run through the Water: 198.8 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 219 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1004.0 tons] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c9100436e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-150_1.jpg) 25 May 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Discharged 1 PO to hospital. Hands employed painting ship. Lost overboard by accident, brooms, hair, 1 in number. pm: Hands employed painting ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 5.30pm: Discharged 3 ratings and 4 privates RMLI to RN Barracks Devonport. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 215 lbs; Vegetables 600 lbs; Bread 800 lbs]
THE VOYAGES OF HMS ISIS
4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c9100436f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-151_0.jpg) 26 May 1915 At Queenstown Lat 51.84, Long -8.29 am: Hands employed drawing stores from dockyard, painting and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to POs and natives till 6pm. pm: Hands employed drawing stores, and preparing for sea. 4.30pm: Watch employed preparing for sea and hoisting boats. 6.30pm: Hands employed provisioning ship and hoisting in propellor blades. 10.50pm: Slipped buoy. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 11.22pm: Roche Point abeam. Increased to 115 revs. 11.52pm: Daunt Light Vessel abeam, 1 cable. Shaped course S30W. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 1277 lbs; Vegetables 380 lbs; Bread 1640 lbs] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c91004370: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-151_1.jpg) 27 May 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda Lat 50.43, Long -11.58 3.30am: Commenced zigzagging to avoid submarine attack. 4.0am: Making good S76W. 5.58am: Altered course N74W. Reduced to 90 revs. Continued zig-zagging. 7.0am: Steadied on N74W. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Hands employed stowing provisions. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Let fires die out in 1, 2, 3, and 4 boilers. 5.0pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. 6.50pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 184.1 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S56W, 151 miles[ [True Bearing and Distance: Fastnet N53E, 93 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c91004371: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-152_0.jpg) 28 May 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 49.79, Long -18.32 9.10am: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. 9.20am: Streamed Patent Log. 10.28am: Altered course N38E. Slow both. Turned in barge and pinnace. 10.42am: Proceeded N79W, 75 revs. Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 1.35pm: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. 1.40pm: Streamed Patent Log. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 4.45pm and 6.55pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. 10.0pm: Exercised gun watch. [Course and Distance made good: S81.5W, 262 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c91004372: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-152_1.jpg) 29 May 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 48.72, Long -24.48 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 18. 4.45pm and 6.45pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 263 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S75W, 250 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c91004373: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-153_0.jpg) 30 May 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 47.27, Long -30.70 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 5.15pm and 6.45pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S71W, 264 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Weather mostly fine and quiet, noon temperature 63F, sea temperature 58F] 4ef4f8b6e53e0a0c91004374: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-153_1.jpg) 31 May 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda Lat 45.73, Long -36.23 am: Employed scraping paint, and refitting. Training classes at instruction. 10.20am: Wind veered to W’N. pm: Watch employed refitting, and chipping paint. 5.10pm and 6.45pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S68W, 244 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004375: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-154_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR JUNE 1915 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004376: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-154_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for June 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004377: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-155_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004378: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-155_1.jpg) [Page not filled in, signed by Captain Bush, 16th July 1915; To The Secretary of the Admiralty] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004379: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-156_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before, apart from numbers not being given for Thermometers for Air Temperature and Thermometer for Sea Temperature now Negretti and Zambra A9134] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c9100437a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-156_1.jpg) 1 June 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 43.65, Long -41.42 pm: Employed cleaning out boats and scraping paint. Training classes at instruction. 5.0pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 9 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S60.5W, 254 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c9100437b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-157_0.jpg) 2 June 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, At Sea Lat 41.43, Long -46.57 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed refitting, painting on mess-deck, and cleaning ship. Training classes at instruction. 0.30pm: Passed SS “Zaandyk” (Dutch) bound East. 2.30pm: Passed SS “Crown Point” bound East. 5.0pm: Altered course S89W. Put clocks back 16 minutes. 6.0pm: Spoke SS “Laura” [there were several ships of this name at this time], bound East. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 16 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S60W, 263 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: SS “Zaandyk” was an ocean liner built in Sunderland in 1899; from 1904 to 1909 she was SS “Ohio”, owned by Furness Withy and Company (Neptune Steam Navigation Company) then Holland America Line and renamed “Zaandyk” or “Zaandijk” in 1909; she was to be mined by a German submarine in March 1916 and was sunk by a German submarine in February 1917 off Cornwall. SS “Crown Point” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1900 and owned by Furness Withy and Company; she was to be torpedoed and sunk in February 1917 off Cornwall. There were a number of ships called “Laura” at this time and it has not been possible to identify the one encountered at 6.0pm.] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c9100437c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-157_1.jpg) 3 June 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 39.13, Long -52.58 am and pm: Employed cleaning and painting boats. Training classes at instruction. 5.30pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 16 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S63W, 308 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Weather mostly fine, noon temperature 58F, sea temperature 66F] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c9100437d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-158_0.jpg) 4 June 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 36.92, Long -56.68 5.30pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 16 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S56W, 235 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c9100437e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-158_1.jpg) 5 June 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 34.43, Long -61.02 5.30pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 16 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S55W, 258 miles] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c9100437f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-159_0.jpg) 6 June 1915 From Queenstown to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 7.5am: Observed St Davids Light House S62W. 8.16am: Altered course as requisite for entering and passing through Narrows, and for proceeding from Narrows to Grassy Bay. 9.32am: Stopped. 9.34am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, 3, 4 boilers. [Anchored: SW Breakwater end N81W, Ireland Island Point N28W, Hog Fish Beacon S36W] 1.30pm: Special leave to starboard watch till 9pm. 5.0pm: Employed preparing for coaling. [Distance run through the Water: 247.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Bread 440 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 334 tons] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 78F] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004380: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-159_1.jpg) 7 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 4.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 5.20am: Collier secured alongside. 8.20am: Commenced coaling. am: Discharged 1 stoker to hospital. Employed coaling ship. pm: Employed coaling ship. Lost overboard by accident, sacks coal (2 cwt) 25 in number. 4.30pm: Completed with coal. Received 687 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 5”] 6.0pm: Employed cleaning ship. 10.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 440 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1013 tons] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004381: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-160_0.jpg) 8 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 9pm. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 380 lbs] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004382: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-160_1.jpg) 9 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Hands employed drawing stores from dockyard, refitting, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to Watch and boys till 9pm and 6pm. pm: Watch employed working about torpedo tubes, cleaning ship, and refitting. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 380 lbs] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004383: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-161_0.jpg) 10 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Carried out torpedo practice at towed target. am: Hands employed cleaning ship and refitting. Divers working about port propellor. 1.0pm: Leave to watch and boys till 10pm and 6pm. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 380 lbs] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004384: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-161_1.jpg) 11 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Roman Catholic chaplain held Divine Service on board. am: Employed cleaning ship, refitting, drawing and returning stores, and as requisite. 1.30pm: Leave to watch and boys till 10pm and 6pm. pm: Watch employed drawing and returning stores, and preparing for sea. 9.30pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 2200 lbs; Bread 1600 lbs] 4ef4f8b7e53e0a0c91004385: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-162_0.jpg) 12 June 1915 From Bermuda to Sea, and at Sea Lat 32.42, Long -64.58 [Cross Bearings] 2.0am: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, 3, 4 boilers. 4.10am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 9.30am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay, and for proceeding through Narrows. 11.40am: Left Narrows. Shaped course N57E. 1.15pm: Altered course N55W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 15.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St Davids Light House S45W, 5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004386: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-162_1.jpg) 13 June 1915 At Sea Lat 34.03, Long -68.82 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 6.10pm: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. 6.24pm: Resumed course. Passed SV “William Burnham” (American) [Schooner William E Burnham, listed here]. [Distance run through the Water: 246.6 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N67W, 226 miles (since 1.15pm 12th)] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry 377 miles] [Weather fine and quiet, noon air and sea temperature 77F] [Note: SV “William E Burnham” was a 4 masted schooner built in 1909 in Rockland, Maine, USA.] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004387: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-163_0.jpg) 14 June 1915 At Sea Lat 36.13, Long -73.83 am: Exercised General Quarters, and collision stations. Employed cleaning ship, stowing provisions, and painting on mess deck. pm: Employed refitting, making windsails and cleaning ship. 8.10pm: Observed Cape Henry Light House N58W. 8.25pm: No 2 CB Buoy abeam 1 cable, altered course N38W. 8.45pm: Altered course N62E. 9.0pm: Turned 32 points. 11.32pm: Hog Island Light abeam. [Course and Distance made good: N63W, 277 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N64W, 100 miles 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004388: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-163_1.jpg) 15 June 1915 At Sea Lat 39.15, Long -73.55 2.45am: Observed Winter Quarter Light Vessel N11E. 3.32am: Winter Quarter Light Vessel abeam to port, 6.5 miles. 0.55pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 4.10pm: Sighted “Suffolk”, altered course SE to close. 4.25pm: Altered course NW. Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Suffolk”. 5.0pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 5.5pm: Proceeded S67W, 75 revs. Parted company with “Suffolk”. 7.0pm: Altered course S89W. 9.0pm: Altered course S88E. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 293.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004389: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-164_0.jpg) 16 June 1915 At Sea Lat 39.70, Long -73.58 1.0am: Altered course N66W. 5.0am: Altered course N72E. 7.30am: Altered course N37W. 9.3am: Reduced to 45 revs. Heard syren [siren] ESE. 9.33am: Increased to 75 revs, altered course as requisite for closing “Berwick”. 9.53am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Berwick”. 10.10am: Proceeded S44W, 75 revs. Parted company with “Berwick”. Exercised General Quarters and fire stations. pm: Employed refitting, painting, and cleaning ship. 2.0pm: Altered course N89E. 9.0pm: Altered course S64W. 10.25pm: Fog cleared. [Distance run through the Water: 203.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light N81W, 24 miles] [Foggy on and off all day, noon temperature 67F, sea temperature 62F] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c9100438a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-164_1.jpg) 17 June 1915 At Sea Lat 40.38, Long -73.77 [Cross Bearings] 7.10am: Sounded in 27 fathoms, s [sand]. 9.30am: Divisions. Read prayers. Fog cleared. 11.20am: Commenced Zig-zagging, making good N25W. 11.5 knots. Noon: Observed Ambrose Light Vessel N26W. 0.30pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging in vicinity of Ambrose Light Vessel, 90 revs. 1.45pm: Commenced zig zagging making good S26E, 11.5 knots. 3.30pm: Steadied on S26E. 8.40pm: Altered course N80W. 10.20pm: Altered course N72E. [Distance run through the Water: 175.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel N36W, 7 miles] [Mist or fog for most of day, heavy rain at 4pm] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c9100438b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-165_0.jpg) 18 June 1915 At Sea Lat 39.80, Long -73.98 [Cross Bearings] 7.0am: Altered course as requisite for obtaining deviation. 7.40am: Proceeded S86W. am: Employed cleaning out boats, painting on mess deck, and refitting lower booms. 10.20am: Altered course N22E. Observed New Inlet bearing W by S. 10.30am: Sounded in 12.5 fathoms. 11.25am: Observed Barnegat Light House N37W, 6.5 miles. 0.45pm: Observed mast of wreck on starboard beam. 1.3pm: Altered course S79E. Observed Sea Girt N15W. 3.15pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Fog closed down. 7.15pm: Altered course N52E. 8.0pm: Altered course East. 9.30pm: Sounded in 39 fathoms. 10.0pm: Sounded in 42 fathoms. 10.8pm: Stopped. [Distance run through the Water: 212.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House S69W, 6 miles] [Weather fine in am, thick fog throughout pm] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c9100438c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-165_1.jpg) 19 June 1915 At Sea Lat 39.73, Long -72.80 2.0am: Dense fog. 5.35am: Proceeded S89W, 45 revs. 7.35am: Altered course N87E. 9.40am: Stopped. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.33pm: Fog lifted. Proceeded S89W, 75 revs. 5.0pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Proceeded as requisite for adjusting compasses. 7.15pm: Proceeded N2E, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 99.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House N89E, 60 miles] [Thick fog until about 3.30pm] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c9100438d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-166_0.jpg) 20 June 1915 At Sea Lat 39.68, Long -73.12 4.45am: Reduced to 45 revs. Proceeded as requisite for swinging ship for obtaining compass errors. 8.16am: Proceeded S89W. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.30am: Stopped. 10.40am: Proceeded S87W, 75 revs. 11.26am: Stopped. 0.10pm: Proceeded S87W, 45 revs. 6.45pm: Altered course N36E. Sounding every 15 minutes. 7.48pm: Observed Barnegat Light N37W. 8.0pm: Barnegat Light N70W, 5 miles. 8.6pm: Altered course S77E. [Distance run through the Water: 115.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: New Inlet S78W, 76 miles] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c9100438e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-166_1.jpg) 21 June 1915 At Sea Lat 40.33, Long -73.78 8.30am: Altered course as requisite for zig-zagging. 9.30am: Observed Navesink Light N26W. 0.52pm: Shaped course S31W, 75 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 163.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel N10W, 9 miles] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c9100438f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-167_0.jpg) 22 June 1915 At Sea Lat 39.43, Long -71.17 [Cross Bearings] 5.0am: Spoke SS “Oakmore” [or possibly Oakmere], to Baltimore. am: Hands employed cleaning mess deck, and refitting. First Aid class under instruction. RMLI detachment at drill. pm: Watch employed refitting and painting boats. 5.0pm: Read Warrant no 19. [Distance run through the Water: 208.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Absecon Light House S79W, 11.5 miles] [Note: SS “Oakmere” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1910 and owned by Watson Steamship Company, Manchester; she changed hands in 1916 and in 1923 was renamed “Bazan”; in 1936 she became “Thorpehall” and was to be sunk during an air raid off Spain in 1938.] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004390: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-167_1.jpg) 23 June 1915 At Sea Lat 38.70, Long -71.95 6.0am: Observed “Cumberland” S70E, altered course as requisite for closing, 90 revs. 6.44am: Proceeded S36E, increased to 98 revs. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed painting and refitting. Guns’ crews at divisional drills. pm: Employed refitting boats’ sails and masts, and rigging lower booms. [Distance run through the Water: 220.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda 545 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004391: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-168_0.jpg) 24 June 1915 At Sea Lat 34.85, Long -67.27 2.0am: Put clocks on 20 minutes. am: Exercised physical drill. Hands employed rigging coaling stay. Guns’ crews at divisional drills. Control party at spotting table. pm: Watch employed preparing for coaling. [Course and Distance made good: S44E, 323 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda 227 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 358 tons] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004392: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-168_1.jpg) 25 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 2.0am: Put clocks on 20 minutes. 3.9am: St David’s Light S13W, 23.5 miles. 5.27am: Increased to 90 revs. Course as requisite for passing through Narrows and approaching Grassy Bay. 6.34am: Stopped. 6.36am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchored: Lodge Point House abeam S76W, Ireland Island Flag Staff N32W, Chimney N72W] 7.45am: Collier secured alongside. 9.5am: Commenced coaling. am: Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal (2 cwt) 14 in no, Shovels, steel, 2 in no. 2.55pm: Completed with coal. Received 670 tons. [Distance run through the Water: 229.4 miles] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1012 tons] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004393: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-169_0.jpg) 26 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 200 lbs] 4ef4f8b8e53e0a0c91004394: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-169_1.jpg) 27 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed RC Church party. Landed Wesleyan church party. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c91004395: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-170_0.jpg) 28 June 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Hands employed drawing stores and cleaning ship. pm: Employed drawing stores. Leave to watch from 3.30 till 7am and boys till 6.30pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c91004396: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-170_1.jpg) 29 June 1915 From Bermuda to Sea and at Sea Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Port watch landed in dockyard for provisions. am: Employed provisioning ship and preparing for sea. pm: Hands employed striking down provisions and preparing for sea. 4.30pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 4.45pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay by Ship Channel. 5.55pm: Left Narrows. Shaped course N56E. Streamed Patent Log. [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c91004397: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-171_0.jpg) 30 June 1915 At Sea Lat 35.17, Long -67.53 11.0am: Put clocks back 20 minutes. Gun watch at divisional drill. Remainder refitting. pm: Watch employed refitting, and cleaning out boats. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 241.2 miles] [Course and Distance made good: Since 7pm N43W, 214 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] LOGS FOR JULY 1915 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c91004398: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-171_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for July 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c91004399: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-172_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c9100439a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-172_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 4th August 1915, To The Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, London] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c9100439b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-173_0.jpg) [Page for details of Barometer and Thermometers, not filled in] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c9100439c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-173_1.jpg) 1 July 1915 At Sea Lat 38.60, Long -71.72 am: Exercised general quarters. Employed chipping paint, cleaning out boats, and refitting. 11.0am: Altered course N30.5W. Put clocks back 20 minutes. 7.0pm: Observed “Cumberland”, bearing West, altered course as requisite for closing. 7.24pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Cumberland”. 7.40 Proceeded N21.25W, 45 revs. Parted company. [Course and Distance made good: N44W, 288 miles] [Squally south westerly wind force 6 or 7 until 8am with rough sea and swell; wind and sea then reducing; misty in evening] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c9100439d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-174_0.jpg) 2 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.42, Long -73.68 8.0am: Altered course S89W. Spoke SS “Russian Prince”, to Sandy Hook. am: Exercised physical drill. First Aid class at instruction. Gunnery record party at instruction. Remainder employed cleaning ship and stowing provisions. 2.41pm: Observed Tuckerton Light House N44W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant No 20. 5.9pm: Observed Barnegat Light House N66W, 6.5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 207.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tuckerton Light House N79W, 28 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Russian Prince” was a British tanker built in 1912 on the Tyne and owned by Prince Line; she changed hands in 1917 and in 1918, when she was taken over by British Tanker Company, London and renamed “British Marshal”; in 1930 she was sold to an Italian company and was renamed “Tritone”; she was to run aground and be wrecked off Turkey in 1933 and was then broken up in Italy.] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c9100439e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-174_1.jpg) 3 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.67, Long -74.02 [Cross Bearings] 10.50am: Observed Beach Haven N59W. 0.30pm: Observed Barnegat Light House N64W. 5.50pm: Altered course to avoid collision. 5.57pm: Resumed course. 8.6pm: Observed Barnegat Light N40W. 8.46pm: Observed Barnegat Light N30.5W, altered course S72E. [Distance run through the Water: 176.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House N35W, 7.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c9100439f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-175_0.jpg) 4 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.75, Long -73.80 [Cross Bearings] 9.53am: Observed Barnegat Light House N9W. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.57am: Barnegat Light House N73W, 6.5 miles. 5.30pm: Altered course S86W. Passed USS “Kearsage” [Kearsarge]. [Distance run through the Water: 177.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House N72W, 14 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: USS “Kearsarge” was a battleship launched in 1898 and commissioned in 1900; she was decommissioned in 1909 for modernisation and was recommissioned in June 1915 for operations along the Atlantic coast; she joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in February 1916 and was used for training until 1919; she was decommissioned in 1920 and was converted to a crane ship (AB-1); she was scrapped in 1955.] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c910043a0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-175_1.jpg) 5 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.40, Long -73.73 [Cross Bearings] 6.0am: Commenced sounding every half-hour. 8.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging. Making good N34W, 11.5 knots. 11.40am: Altered course as requisite for zig-zagging in vicinity of Ambrose Light Vessel, 90 revs. pm: RMLI training class at instruction. Watch employed cleaning ship, and refitting. [Distance run through the Water: 188.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel NW, 7 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c910043a1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-176_0.jpg) 6 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.65, Long -73.24 7.10am: Observed “Niobe”, altered course as requisite for closing. 7.56am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Niobe”. 8.38am: Proceeded West, 60 revs. pm: Watch making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 21. 10.15pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 11.15pm: Reduced to 75 revs. Spoke SS “Russian Prince” (British) to Trinidad. 11.35pm: Altered course N35E. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 167.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tucker Beach Light House S80W, 49 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c910043a2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-176_1.jpg) 7 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.45, Long -74.42 am: Exercised physical drill. Firing record party and RMLI training class at instruction. Remainder employed refitting and cleaning ship. [Distance run through the Water: 187.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tucker Beach Light House N55W, 8 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c910043a3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-177_0.jpg) 8 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.52, Long -74.00 7.0pm: Altered course S85W. Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke “Niobe”. [Distance run through the Water: 177.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Tucker Beach Light House N87W, 13 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8b9e53e0a0c910043a4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-177_1.jpg) 9 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.38, Long -73.82 [Cross Bearings] 9.30am: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging, making good N16W, 11.5 knots. 9.42am: Observed Navesink Highlands N42W. 10.11am: Observed Ambrose Light Vessel N13W. Course as requisite for zig-zagging in vicinity of Ambrose Light Vessel. 0.2pm: Commenced zig-zagging making good S22W, 11.5 knots. 1.0pm: Steadied on South. pm: Training classes at instruction. Watch refitting coaling gear. 5.40pm: Observed “Niobe” and challenged her. 5.45pm: Altered course as requisite for closing. Increased to 75 revs. 6.0pm: Altered course S58E. Reduced to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 178.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel N5E, 6 miles] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043a5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-178_0.jpg) 10 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.17, Long -72.03 7.30am: Observed “Niobe”. 7.55am: Altered course S74E to close “Cumberland”. Increased to 75 revs. 8.25am: Altered course S31E. Increased to 98 revs. Parted company. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Distance run through the Water: 213.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda, 570 miles] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043a6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-178_1.jpg) 11 July 1915 At Sea Lat 35.23, Long -67.40 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Course and Distance made good: S43E, 324 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 319.0 tons] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043a7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-179_0.jpg) 12 July 1915 At Bermuda and Sea Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 0.30am: Put clock on 20 minutes. 5.52am: Observed St Davids Light House S54W. 7.0am: Employed preparing for anchoring. 7.30am: Entered Narrows. Course as requisite. Reduced to 90 revs. 8.32am: Stopped. 8.34am: Came to with port anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles, in Grassy Bay. [Anchored: SW corner Breakwater S69.5W, Ireland Island Point Flagstaff N54W, Hogfish Beacon S8W] 9.20am: Collier came alongside. [Draught: Forward 17’ 6”, Aft 22’ 0”] 10.52am: Commenced coaling. pm: Employed coaling ship. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal (2 cwt) 10 in no, Shovels, steel, 3 in no. 4.45pm: Completed with coal. Received 700 tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 6”, Aft 23’ 3”] 11.50pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 252.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 988 tons] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043a8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-179_1.jpg) 13 July 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.0am: Sailed, “Berwick”. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. Party employed in dockyard. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043a9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-180_0.jpg) 14 July 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 0.20am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 4.15am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Sailed “Caesar”. am: Employed cleaning ship and refitting. Guns’ crews at aiming rifle practice at towed target. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am and to boys till 7pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 6.0pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Rain and showers from noon onwards; noon temperature 79F] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043aa: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-180_1.jpg) 15 July 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am and pm: Employed cleaning ship and refitting. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 360 lbs] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043ab: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-181_0.jpg) 16 July 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Party employed in dockyard. Remainder employed painting on mess-deck and securing for sea. Divers at monthly practice. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 360 lbs] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043ac: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-181_1.jpg) 17 July 1915 At Sea Lat 32.42, Long -64.50 [Cross Bearings] 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. 7.45am: Shortened in to 2 cables. 8.0am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 90 revs. 9.10am: Entered Narrows. 9.25am: Cleared Narrows. Shaped course East. 9.54am: Stopped. Dropped target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming and sub-calibre firing from 6 inch guns. Noon: Picked up target. 0.7pm: Proceeded N31W, 90 revs. Streamed Patent Log. 1.9pm: North Rock Beacon abeam 7 miles. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.30pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 37 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 620 lbs; Vegetables 3400 lbs; Bread 1600 lbs] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043ad: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-182_0.jpg) 18 July 1915 At Sea Lat 36.13, Long -68.58 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.30am: Put clocks back 20 minutes. Noon: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 0.12pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with SS “Bermudian” [listed here as Bermudian (1)] (British) New York to Bermuda. 0.43pm: Proceeded N31W, 90 revs. [Course and Distance made good: N42.5W, 301 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: SS “Bermudian” was built in Sunderland in 1904 and was owned by Quebec Steamship Company; in 1920 she was renamed “Fort Hamilton” and in 1926 was sold to Cosulich, Trieste and renamed “Stella d’Italia”, she was transferred to Lloyd Triestino in 1932.] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043ae: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-182_1.jpg) 19 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.33, Long -73.01 6.0am: Spoke SS “Hernatius” [possibly Horatius, listed here] (British). am: Employed cleaning out boats, refitting coaling and anchor gear. 0.5pm: Spoke “Cumberland”. pm: Watch employed painting. 5.5pm: Observed Beach Haven N60W. [Course and Distance made good: N48, 286 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: New Inlet Light House N80W, 60 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: SS “Horatius” was built in Glasgow in 1898 and was owned by British and South American Steamship Company, Liverpool; she was sold to Brown, Jenkinson and Company, London in 1918.] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043af: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-183_0.jpg) 20 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.37, Long -73.78 [Cross Bearings] 2.17am: Stopped on account of fog. Hauled in Patent Log. 5.30am: Fog cleared. Proceeded N21E, 45 revs. 9.30am: Observed Navesink Heights N47W. 10.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zigzagging, making good N10W, 11.5 knots. 11.0am: As requisite for cruising in vicinity of Ambrose Light Vessel. 1.0pm: Proceeded S17E, 75 revs. 4.35pm: Observed and challenged “Suffolk”. 8.15pm: Observed Barnegat Light N37.5W. 9.0pm: Observed Barnegat Light N25.5W, altered course East. [Distance run through the Water: 186.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel N26W, 7 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043b0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-183_1.jpg) 21 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.70, Long -73.77 2.0am: Altered course West. 5.30am: Altered course East. 8.0am: Altered course West. 9.17am: Altered course as requisite for chasing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 10.15am: Stopped. Boarded SS Nickerie [listed here] Paramaribo (Dutch). Removed and made prisoner 2 German passengers. 11.48am: Proceeded S56E, 75 revs. pm: Employed refitting and cleaning ship. Training classes and record parties at instruction. 3.0pm: Altered course West. 5.0pm: Altered course N1W. 6.0pm: Altered course S82W. 7.43pm: Barnegat Light N1E. 7.53pm: Altered course S79E. Reduced to 45 revs. 10.20pm: Observed Barnegat Light N32W. [Distance run through the Water: 199.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 283 degrees, 16 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Nickerie” was built in 1907 as “St Jan” for East Asiatic Company, Copenhagen; she was sold to Royal West Indies Mail Company, Amsterdam in 1907 and renamed “Nickerie”; in 1927 she was sold to KNSM and in 1932 was sold to an Italian company and renamed “Risveglio”.] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043b1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-184_0.jpg) 22 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.12, Long -73.72 8.30am: Challenged “Berwick”. 8.45am: Altered course as requisite for closing Berwick. 9.15am: Stopped. Discharged 2 German prisoners to “Berwick”. 10.2am: Proceeded West, 75 revs. Parted company. Employed painting on mess deck, and refitting. Training classes at instruction. 1.0pm: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging making good N25W, 11.5 knots. 1.45pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging in vicinity of Ambrose Light Vessel. 3.0pm: Commenced making good S26W. 4.0pm: Reduced to 75 revs. Steadied on S26W. Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 190.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel 346 degrees, 22 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043b2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-184_1.jpg) 23 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.32, Long -72.45 7.0am: Spoke [HMS] “Caronia”. 3.15pm: Observed Shinnecock Light House N10W, 9 miles. 7.43pm: Altered course S22E. Reduced to 45 revs. Fire Island Light Vessel phi [symbol] Light House N6E, 1 mile. [Distance run through the Water: 211.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Shinnecock Light House N7W, 32 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Weather mostly fine, noon air and sea temperature 68F] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043b3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-185_0.jpg) 24 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.67, Long -72.63 [Cross Bearings] 8.35am: Observed Shinnecock Light House N7E. 2.56pm: Fire Island Light Vessel abeam 4 cables. [Distance run through the Water: 193.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fire Island Light Vessel 244 degrees, 28.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043b4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-185_1.jpg) 25 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.67, Long -72.63 5.47am: Observed Shinnecock Light House N26E. 6.5am: Observed Shinnecock Light House N34E, 9.5 miles, altered course S14W. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 0.20pm: Altered course N15E. 6.45pm: Observed land ahead. 7.0pm: Altered course S14W. [Distance run through the Water: 203.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Shinnecock Light House 5 degrees, 70 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8bae53e0a0c910043b5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-186_0.jpg) 26 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.08, Long -73.19 [Soundings] 0.10am: Stopped on account of fog. 5.33am: Fog cleared. Proceeded S14W, 75 revs. 5.40am: Streamed Patent Log. 8.6am: Sounded in 32 fathoms. am: Hands employed painting and refitting. Training and recording parties at instruction. 1.45pm: Observed Fire Island Light Vessel N7W. 3.0pm: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging. 5.0pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging in vicinity of Ambrose Light Vessel. 6.0pm: Commenced making good S38E, 11.5 knots. 7.0pm: Steadied on S38E. Reduced to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 165.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fire Island Light Vessel 359 degrees, 24 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Foggy early in the day and misty in evening] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043b6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-186_1.jpg) 27 July 1915 At Sea Lat 40.70, Long -72.53 [Cross Bearings] 8.0am: Altered course N1E. Sounded in 26 fathoms (s) [sand]. 10.25am: Observed Shinnecock Light House N11E. 10.52am: Observed Shinnecock Light House N27W, 8 miles. 4.20pm: Fire Island Light Vessel abeam to port, 1 mile, altered course S17E. [Distance run through the Water: 195.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fire Island Light Vessel 246 degrees, 33.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043b7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-187_0.jpg) 28 July 1915 At Sea Lat 39.24, Long -72.20 9.0am: Observed Cumberland ESE, altered course S52E. Increased to 90 revs. 9.9am: Altered course S30E. Increased to 98 revs. Parted company. am: Employed cleaning ship and chipping paint. Training class and control party at instruction. 10.50pm: Put clock on 10 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 194.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043b8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-187_1.jpg) 29 July 1915 At Sea Lat 35.53, Long -67.67 0.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised General Quarters. Employed preparing for coaling. 10.50pm: Put clocks on 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S44E, 310 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 301 tons] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043b9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-188_0.jpg) 30 July 1915 At Sea and Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 0.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 4.27am: Observed St Davids Light House S14W. 7.10am: Course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows and to Grassy Bay. 8.35am: Stopped. Came to with starboard anchor. 8.45am: Weighed foul anchor. 8.56am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. [Draught: Forward 17’ 6”, Aft 22’ 6”] 9.50am: Collier secured alongside. 10.25am: Commenced coaling. Discharged 1 Leading Seaman to hospital. pm: Employed coaling ship. 6.30pm: Completed with coal. Received 766 tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 8”, Aft 23’ 5”] [Distance run through the Water: 271.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1034 tons] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043ba: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-188_1.jpg) 31 July 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to Port Watch till 7am, and to boys till 7pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Landed patrol. 11.40pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 568 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043bb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-189_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR AUGUST 1915 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043bc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-189_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for August 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043bd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-190_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043be: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-190_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, dated 3rd September 1915, To The Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall London] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043bf: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-191_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043c0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-191_1.jpg) 1 August 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian church parties. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 840 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043c1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-192_0.jpg) 2 August 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Dockyard party drawing stores, guns crews at 1 inch aiming rifle practice, remainder of hands provisioning ship. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Remainder of hands employed provisioning ship. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 380 lbs] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043c2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-192_1.jpg) 3 August 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.30am: Dockyard party employed embarking ammunition. Remainder employed cleaning ship. am: Dockyard parties drawing stores. Remainder employed embarking ammunition, and refitting. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. pm: Remainder employed cleaning ship and refitting. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. Read warrant no 22. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 360 lbs] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043c3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-193_0.jpg) 4 August 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 3.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Torpedo party employed running torpedoes. Fired one torpedo from each tube at towed target. Remainder employed cleaning ship. am: RMLI detachment at gunnery instruction in “Caesar”. Remainder employed embarking stores and fitting awnings and stanchions. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am and boys till 7pm. pm: Watch employed drawing targets from dockyard. Divers recovering oil drums in camber. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 6.0pm: Discharged 1 AB to Charybdis. 7.0pm: 6 ratings joined ship from “Sydney”. 11.45pm: Banked fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 360 lbs] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043c4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-193_1.jpg) 5 August 1915 From Bermuda to Kingston Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.50am: Spread fires in steam cutter. am: Employed drawing whaler and skiff from dockyard, and preparing for sea. Sent Record party for battle practice to tug. 0.40pm: Weighed and proceeded as requisite out of harbour, and for passing through the Narrows. 2.30pm: Course and speed as requisite for carrying out battle practice at towed target. 5.35pm: Shaped course S44W, 75 revs. 7.30pm: Altered course to clear steamer. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 650 lbs; Vegetables 1800 lbs; Bread 1400 lbs] 4ef4f8bbe53e0a0c910043c5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-194_0.jpg) 6 August 1915 From Bermuda to Kingston Lat 29.55, Long -66.62 am: Marines Training Class at instruction. Remainder employed refitting awnings and coaling gear, and painting on mess-deck. 11.45am: Put clocks back 15 minutes. [Course and distance made good: S34W, 195 miles] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043c6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-194_1.jpg) 7 August 1915 From Bermuda to Kingston Lat 26.10, Long -69.31 11.0am: Put clocks back 10 minutes. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 23. [Course and Distance made good: S35W, 252 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043c7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-195_0.jpg) 8 August 1915 From Bermuda to Kingston Lat 22.73, Long -71.88 5.6pm: Observed land N49W. 5.41pm: Observed Mariguana Island [Bahamas] N29W. 10.0pm: Hauled in Patent Log to repair electrical mechanism. [Course and Distance made good: S35W, 247 miles] [Distance: Kingston, 440 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 85F, sea temperature 83F] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043c8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-195_1.jpg) 9 August 1915 From Bermuda to Kingston Lat 19.55, Long -74.53 2.30am: Observed Inagua Light S49E. 3.32am: Inagua Light abeam. 5.40am: Observed Cuban land S20W. 7.0am: Cape Maysi [Cabo Maysi, Cuba] Light House S33W. 8.19am: Cape Maysi Light House N37W, 5 miles. am: Employed getting 6.5 inch and 5.5 inch wires on deck, and cleaning ship 10.0am: Put clocks back 15 minutes. 5.35pm: Observed Navassa Island S10E. 7.14pm: Navassa Island (S) S49E. [Course and Distance made good: S38W, 241 miles] [Distance: Kingston, 192 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: 762.0 tons] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043c9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-196_0.jpg) 10 August 1915 From Bermuda to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 [estimated] 0.38am: Observed Morant Point Light S78W. 1.58am: Morant Point Light abeam, 7 miles. 2.8am: Altered course S86W. 4.26am: Observed Plum [Plumb] Point Light N61W. 6.0am: Course as requisite for proceeding from Port Royal to Kingston. 7.8am: Secured alongside No 3 Wharf, Kingston. 8.45am: Commenced coaling, with native labour. am: Hands employed refitting. [Draft: Forward 19’ 2”, Aft 23’ 4”] 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 2.0pm: Completed with coal. Received 300 tons. Employed cleaning ship. [Draft: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 4”] 4.30pm: Hands bathed. [Distance run through the Water: 199.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1042.0 tons] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043ca: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-196_1.jpg) 11 August 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am and boys till 7pm. pm: Employed furling and stowing splinter nets. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043cb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-197_0.jpg) 12 August 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 6.0am: Employed painting down aloft. am: Employed painting and cleaning ship. Preparing to leave wharf, furled all awnings in anticipation of hurricane. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Hands bathed. 6.0pm: Slipped wharf, and proceeded as requisite to anchorage in harbour. 6.28pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 8 fathoms veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Pond Beacon N67W, Plum Point Light House S28E, Harbour Shoal S60W] 9.30pm: Set anchor watch. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs] [Barometric pressure recorded hourly (falling slowly during day); wind becoming squally ‒ north westerly force 3-5 at midnight, with rain; noon temperature 88F] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043cc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-197_1.jpg) 13 August 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.77 [estimated] 1.0am: Wind backed to SW. 6.0am: Heavy squalls and rain. am: Gun’s crews at deflection teacher. Remainder of hands refitting and cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Read warrant no 24. [South westerly wind force 6-7 to 4 until 4am, then south easterly force 5, 7 or 6-8 until noon, then force 4-5; heavy rain and very rough sea in am; barometric pressure rising all day] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043cd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-198_0.jpg) 14 August 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 [estimated] 6.0am: Shortened in to 2 cables. 6.30am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite alongside no 3 wharf. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 25. 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043ce: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-198_1.jpg) 15 August 1915 At K [Kingston] Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 9.0am: Landed RC and Wesleyan church parties. 10.30am: Held Divine Service. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043cf: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-199_0.jpg) 16 August 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed spreading awnings and cleaning ship. Gun’s crews at deflection teacher. 0.30pm: Read warrant no 26. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 7pm. 6.0pm: Employed preparing for sea. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetable 2700 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043d0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-199_1.jpg) 17 August 1915 From Kingston to Havana Lat 17.64, Long -77.07 [Cross Bearings] 8.30am: Slipped wharf, and proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 9.40am: Shaped course South. Plum Point Light House North 8 cables. am: Employed refitting and cleaning ship. Guns’ crews at deflection teacher. 0.30pm: Altered course N76W. Spoke SS Mont Pelvena [possibly Mont Pelvoux, listed here] (French) to Guadaloupe. 4.12pm: Altered course N62W. Pedro Bluff N7E 6.5 miles. 8.12pm: West Point Light abeam to starboard, 9.5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 33.7 miles] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 630 lbs; Bread 1260 lbs] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 85F, sea temperature 83F] [Note: SS “Mont Pelvoux” was built in 1907 and owned by French company Société Générale de Transport Maritimes; she was scrapped in 1933.] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043d1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-200_0.jpg) 18 August 1915 From Kingston to Havana Lat 19.58, Long -80.95 am: Employed cleaning out boats, and scraping iron work. Guns’ crews at deflection teacher. 0.40pm: Altered course as requisite to examine wreckage. 0.50pm: Shaped course N65W. 4.0pm: Hands mustered by the ledger. Returned life-saving gear. 6.0pm: Read warrant no 27. [Course and Distance made good: N62W, 251 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Havana, 450 miles] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043d2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-200_1.jpg) 19 August 1915 From Kingston to Havana Lat 21.63, Long -84.90 am: Read Courts Martial returns to ship’s company. Employed cleaning mess-deck, cleaning out boats, and refitting. Gunlayers and trainers at deflection teacher. 2.15pm: Observed San Antonio Light House East. 10.41pm: Observed Jutias Cay Light S64E, 15.5 miles. [Course and Distance made good: N61W, 254 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Havanah [sic], 206 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043d3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-201_0.jpg) 20 August 1915 From Kingston to Havana Lat 23.18, Long -83.57 [Cross Bearings] 3.30am: Observed Gobernado Light S75E. 4.6am: Gobernado Light S61.5E, 12 miles. 9.0am: Observed Morro Light House S63E. 9.30am: Reduced to 45 revs. Course as requisite for patrolling off Havana. 10.30am: Proceeded S82W, 75 revs. Hands employed cleaning ship and refitting. pm: Employed about magazines, and rigging apparatus for director-firing. 3.52pm: Gobernado Light House abeam 9 miles. 7.55pm: Observed Jutias Cay Light S6W. 8.32pm: Jutias Cay Light S23E, 11.5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 240 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Gobernado Point [Punta Gobernadora], S75W, 39.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8bce53e0a0c910043d4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-201_1.jpg) 21 August 1915 From Havana to Cienfuego [Cienfuegos, Cuba] Lat 21.55, Long -82.05 4.50am: Observed San Antonio Light East. 4.59am: San Antonio Light N88E, 18 miles. 9.11am: Cape Corrientes abeam 6 miles. 4.5pm: Observed San Jose Point N52E. 5.30pm: Cape Pepe abeam to port, 5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 253.6 miles] [Distance: Cienfuegos, 220 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043d5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-202_0.jpg) 22 August 1915 From Havana to Cienfuegos and Kingston Lat 21.73, Long -80.32 3.42am: East Rock Light N39.25E, 20 miles. 5.17am: East Rock Light N19W, 10 miles. 8.50am: Colorados Light House N35E. 9.20am: Reduced to 5 knots. Course as requisite for patrolling off Cienfuegos. 10.0am: Shaped course S30.5E, 70 revs. am: Divisions. Read Articles of War. Held Divine Service. [Distance run through the Water: 244.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Punta Colorados N23W, 19 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043d6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-202_1.jpg) 23 August 1915 From Cienfuegos to Kingston Lat 18.38, Long -78.50 9.15am: Observed West Point S30E. 1.18pm: West Point Light House N56E, 3 miles. pm: Employed preparing for coaling. [Course and Distance made good: S27E, 232 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: West Point Light House S47E, 9.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 654 tons] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043d7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-203_0.jpg) 24 August 1915 From Cienfuegos to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.79 [estimated] 3.50am: Observed Plum Point Light N9W. 6.0am: Increased to 75 revs. Course as requisite for entering Kingston harbour. 6.51am: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. 7.40am: Collier secured alongside. [Draught: Forward 19’ 2”, Aft 22’ 2”] [Anchor [Bearings]: Red cliff N81E, RMSP Wharf N18E, Plum Point Light House S25E] 9.30am: Commenced coaling, native labour employed. 11.0am: Discharged 1 AB to hospital. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 4.30pm: Completed with coal. Received 360 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] [Distance run through the Water: 146.7 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 1600 lbs; Bread 1030 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 999 tons] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043d8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-203_1.jpg) 25 August 1915 From Kingston to Cape Tiburon and at Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.79 4.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. 4.0pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 4.15am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 5.7pm: Passed between Gun and Rackman [Rackhams] Cays. Reduced to 67 revs. 5.30pm: Plum Point Light House abeam. 5.45pm: Shaped course S54.5E. 7.55pm: Observed Morant Light N67.5E. 9.47pm: Morant Point Light abeam 4 miles. [Number on sick list: 9] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043d9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-204_0.jpg) 26 August 1915 From Kingston to Cape Tiburon, and Grand Cayman Lat 18.35, Long -74.68 [Cross Bearings] 4.0am: Observed Navassa Island N8E. 7.17am: Altered course as requisite for closing French cruiser “Descartes”. 7.45am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Descartes”. 8.10am: “Descartes” parted company. 8.45am: Cleared ship for action. 9.0am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out aiming rifle practice at fixed target. 11.20am: Picked up target. 11.30am: Proceeded S69W, 75 revs. 2.1pm: Navassa Island (W) North, 4 miles. 9.20pm: Observed Port Antonio S43W. [Distance run through the Water: 149.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Navassa Island (East) N79W, 20 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Note: “Descartes” was a Cruiser built in France in 1894 and was serving in the West Indies at the outbreak of WWI; she stayed there until 1917 when she was laid up; she returned from France at the end of the war and was stricken in 1920.] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043da: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-204_1.jpg) 27 August 1915 From Kingston to Grand Cayman Lat 18.81, Long -78.77 [Cross Bearings] am: Divisions. Read prayers. Control party at instruction, guns’ crews at deflection teacher. Remainder of hands cleaning ship. pm: Watch employed chipping paint work, and refitting. [Distance run through the Water: 223.0 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Weather fine and quiet, with lightning early and late in the day; noon temperature 88F, sea temperature 85F] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043db: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-205_0.jpg) 28 August 1915 At Georgetown, Grand Cayman Lat 19.32, Long -81.33 [estimated] 4.38am: Observed Collier Point Light N19E. 5.40am: Observed NW point Grand Cayman N36W. 6.50am: Course as requisite for approaching anchorage. 7.0am: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 8 fathoms off Georgetown. [Anchor [Bearings]: Cotton Tree S43E, Low Point (S) N53E, Eden House S17E] [Draught: Forward 19’ 3”, Aft 23’ 3”] pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 4.10pm: Weighed. Took Schooner “Express” in tow. 4.40pm: Proceeded out of harbour 60 revs, “Express” in tow. 4.50pm: Shaped course S10E. 5.10pm: Altered course S70E. 9.0pm: Exercised sea boat’s crew. 11.0pm: Exercised closing WT [Watertight] doors. [Distance run through the Water: 164.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: There were a number of schooners named “Express” at this time (listed here).] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043dc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-205_1.jpg) 29 August 1915 From Georgetown to Kingston Lat 18.10, Long -78.77 1.30am: Exercised sea boat’s crew. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 6.0pm: Observed Pedro Bluff N89E. 10.0pm: Exercised watch closing WT doors. [Distance run through the Water: 169.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: West Point Light House N66E, 23.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 851 tons] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043dd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-206_0.jpg) 30 August 1915 From Georgetown to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 [estimated] 0.45am: Observed Portland point abeam 8 miles. 2.0am: Exercised sea boat’s crew, and watch closing WT doors. 4.8am: Observed Plum Point Light House N3W. 6.12am: Altered course as requisite for entering Kingston Harbour. 6.40am: Stopped off Port Royal. Slipped schooner in tow. Proceeded as requisite into Kingston Harbour, and alongside no 3 pier. 7.30am: Secured alongside no 3 pier. [Draught: Forward 19’ 6”, Aft 23’ 0”] am: Hands employed refitting. Mr Walker, Acting Gunner left ship. 10.30am: Commenced coaling, native labour, from SS “King John” alongside. 1.0pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 to 7am, boys till 7pm. 2.50pm: Completed with coal. Received 180 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 2”, Aft 23’ 4”] [Distance run through the Water: 152.0 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 800 lbs; Bread 650 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1017 tons] [Note: SS “King John” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1906 and owned by King Line, London until 1920 when she was sold to another British company and was renamed “Carlo Victoria”; in 1923 she was sold to a Brazilian company and was renamed “Lydia M”; in 1952 she was sold to another Brazilian company and was renamed “Antonio Castro”; she was to catch fire in 1970 in Brazil and was later broken up (more details here under “King John (1)).] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043de: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-206_1.jpg) 31 August 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. [Number on sick list: 5] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043df: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-207_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1915 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043e0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-207_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for September 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043e1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-208_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043e2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-208_1.jpg) [Page not filled in by signed by Captain Bush, 5th October 1915, To The Secretary of the Admiralty] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043e3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-209_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before] 4ef4f8bde53e0a0c910043e4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-209_1.jpg) 1 September 1915 At Kingston [though not stated at top of page] Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed painting ship. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043e5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-210_0.jpg) 2 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed painting ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Watch employed painting ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 28. Corrected aneroid by mercurial barometer [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043e6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-210_1.jpg) 3 September 1915 At Kingston [though not stated at top of page] Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed painting ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Watch employed painting. 3.0pm: 3 ratings joined ship from Port Royal. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043e7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-211_0.jpg) 4 September 1915 At Kingston, Jamaica Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Read warrant no 29. Special leave to watch till 7am. Hands making and mending clothes. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 800 lbs; Bread 840 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043e8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-211_1.jpg) 5 September 1915 At Kingston, Jamaica Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 9.0am: Landed RC, Wesleyan and C of E church parties. 9.30am: Divisions. Read prayers. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 198 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043e9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-212_0.jpg) 6 September 1915 At Kingston, Jamaica Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed painting ship. Noon: Lit fires in No 2 boiler. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Watch employed painting ship. 6.0pm: Let fires die out in No 3 boiler. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 198 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043ea: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-212_1.jpg) 7 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Hands employed painting ship, and refitting. am: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Watch employed painting ship, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant nos 30 and 31. [Number on sick list: 10] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 198 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043eb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-213_0.jpg) 8 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed painting boats, and reeving new boats’ falls. [Number on sick list: 10] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 198 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043ec: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-213_1.jpg) 9 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Shifted berth to west side of pier. 7.0am: Drew fires in steam cutter. Arrived, HMAS “Melbourne” and secured to no 3 pier, East side. pm: Watch employed painting out boats. 4.0pm: Quarters. Discharged 8 ratings to “Melbourne”. [Number on sick list: 9] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 198 lbs; Vegetables 600 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 86F] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043ed: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-214_0.jpg) 10 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 6.0am: Employed provisioning ship. am: Watch employed provisioning ship, remainder of hands employed lifting steam pinnace’s boiler, and painting and refitting. 4.30pm: Discharged 1 rating to “Melbourne”. Employed provisioning. 11.0pm: SS “Tamplin” [FA Tamplin] grounded on Beacon shoal. [Number on sick list: 10] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 192 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] [Note: SS “FA Tamplin” was a tanker built on the Tyne in 1912 and owned by FA Tamplin Steamship Company, London; she was sold to a Belgian company in 1921 and was renamed “Arminco”; in 1930 she was bought by an Italian company and was renamed “Lucifero”; in 1940 she was interned at Tampico, Mexico and was seized by the Mexican Government in 1941 and was renamed “Potrero del Llano”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Florida in 1942 (more details here).] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043ee: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-214_1.jpg) 11 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 2.50am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Employed transporting 6.5 inch wire to “Melbourne”. 9.0am: Sailed, “Melbourne”, to salve SS “Tamplin”. 1.15pm: Arrived, “Melbourne” and anchored. 4.30pm: Discharged 5 ratings to “Melbourne”. 9.30pm: Lit fires in nos 1, 3, and 4 boilers. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 192 lbs; Vegetables 2400 lbs; Bread 820 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043ef: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-215_0.jpg) 12 September 1915 From Kingston to Port Royal and at Port Royal Lat 17.94, Long -76.85 [estimated] 6.0am: Slipped wharf, and proceeded as requisite to Port Royal. 7.10am: Came to with starboard anchor in 11 fathoms. Engines as requisite for turning ship. 8.0am: Secured stern to stern of “Tamplin”. Veered to 8 shackles on starboard cable. SS “Lucerna” anchored SW of “Tamplin”, and secured stern to starboard quarter of “Tamplin”. “Lucerna” commenced pumping oil from “Tamplin” into her tanks. [Anchor [Bearings]: Corner of Dockyard phi [symbol] Gallows Point N35E, Beacon Shoal Beacon S69E] pm: Divers examining bottom. “Lucerna” pumping oil from “Tamplin”, and keeping steady strain on hawsers. “Isis” keeping steady strain on hawsers. Working party assisting in “Tamplin”. 5.45pm: Made attempt to tow “Tamplin” off shoal. Worked up to 98 revs. Hove in on starboard cable. 7.45pm: Gave up attempt. 8.30pm: Banked fires in nos 2, 3, and 4 boilers. [Distance run through the Water: 5 miles] [Number on sick list: 13] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 192 lbs] [Note: SS “Lucerna” was a tanker built in Newcastle in 1892 and owned by Moss Tankers Ltd, Liverpool; in 1930 she was sold to an Italian company and was renamed “Giuseppina Ghirardi”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a Royal Navy ship in the Mediterranean in 1941.] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f0: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-215_1.jpg) 13 September 1915 Off Port Royal [though not stated at top of page] Lat 17.94, Long -76.85 [estimated] 6.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. Sent divers to “Tamplin”. 9.30am: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, 7, and 8 boilers. Laid out stream anchor 180 yards. Load on starboard bow of “Tamplin”. am: Shore labour employed disembarking coal from “Tamplin” to lighters. SS “Lucerna” cast off and anchored off Port Royal. 0.30pm: Banked fires in nos 5 ‒ 8 boilers. pm: SS “King John” secured alongside “Tamplin”, to take oil into her ballast tanks. 4.0pm: Laid out Kedge anchor from stern of “King John”. 9.30pm: Spread fires in nos 2 to 4 boilers. 9.50pm: “Tamplin” floated, and moved to the southward off shoal. Hove in to 7 shackles, and tautened hawsers. Secured for the night. [Number on sick list: 15] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 192 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f1: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-216_0.jpg) 14 September 1915 From Port Royal to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.94, Long -76.85 [estimated] 5.30am: “King John” cast off and proceeded. 5.50am: Hove in to 2 shackles, towing “Tamplin”. 6.25am: Weighed. 6.30am: Cast off “Tamplin”, who proceeded to anchorage off Port Royal. Proceeded as requisite for weighing sheet anchor. 8.45am: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage off Port Royal. 8.54am: Stopped. 8.59am: Came to with port anchor off Port Royal in 8 fathoms. [Anchor [Bearings]: Coal Wharf N75E, Gallows Point N56E, Beacon Shoal Beacon S30.5E]. am: Hands employed cleaning ship and restowing gear. 11.0am: Let fires die out in nos 5 to 8 boilers. 1.0pm: Sent divers to examine bottom of “Tamplin”. 1.35pm: Weighed and proceeded as requisite to Kingston. 2.25pm: Secured alongside no 3 wharf, Kingston. Let fires die out in nos 1 to 3 boilers. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 7.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 15] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f2: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-216_1.jpg) 15 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 [estimated] 6.0am: Divers employed examining bottom of “Tamplin”. am: Employed refitting, painting and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Watch employed cleaning and painting ship. 7.30pm: Divers returned on board. [Distance run through the Water: 5 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 204 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f3: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-217_0.jpg) 16 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 5.0am: Divers left ship. 6.0am: Warped ship to west side of No 3 wharf. am: Employed cleaning ship, refitting, and painting. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and to boys till 7pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.30pm: Discharged 1 private RMLI to SS “Jason” [probably Jason (2) listed here, though there were several ships of this name at this time] for passage to England. 7.0pm: Divers returned. [Number on sick list: 14] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Note: The most likely SS “Jason” was built in Belfast in 1902 and owned by Ocean Steam Ship Company, Liverpool; she was scrapped in 1931.] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f4: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-217_1.jpg) 17 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed cleaning and painting ship, and refitting. Guns’ crews at deflection teacher. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 3.30pm: Arrived HMS “Suffolk”, and anchored off Kingston. [Number on sick list: 16] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 85F] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f5: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-218_0.jpg) 18 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Employed cleaning ship, and drawing stores from HMS “Suffolk”. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Hands making and mending clothes. 5.0pm: Watch employed clearing lighter of stores. Hands bathed. [Number on sick list: 16] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Bread 800 lbs] 4ef4f8bee53e0a0c910043f6: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-218_1.jpg) 19 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, and C of E Church parties. Divisions. pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 3.0pm: Mr Ussher, Lieutenant-Commander RNR [listed here], left ship for RN barracks, Devonport. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. [Number on sick list: 16] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043f7: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-219_0.jpg) 20 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Hands employed cleaning and painting ship. Gun’s crews at deflection teacher. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 11pm. Watch employed preparing for sea, and cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. [Number on sick list: 15] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 2000 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043f8: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-219_1.jpg) 21 September 1915 From Kingston to Portland Bight [Jamaica] Lat 17.82, Long -77.07 [estimated] Midnight: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, 7, and 8 boilers. 5.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. 7.30am: Let fires die out in no 4 boiler. 8.30am: Slipped from wharf. 8.45am: Proceeded 75 revs, course as requisite for proceeding out of harbour. 9.40am: Shaped course S6E, 75 revs. 9.50am: Altered course S54W. 11.6am: Altered course N71W. 11.40am: Altered course S80W. 11.46am: Pigeon Island abeam. 11.55am: Altered course S47W. 0.6pm: Stopped. 0.8pm: Came to with port anchor in 10 fathoms off Portland Point. Veered to 6 shackles. Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Pigeon Island centre phi [symbol] Helshire [Hellshire] Ruin [?] N49E, Portland Point S2E, Point N51W] pm: Guns’ crews at .303 practice at target towed by steam cutter. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrants nos 32 and 33. 5.0pm: Guns’ crews at .303 practice from 6 inch guns at towed target. 8.30pm: Exercised night defence. Burned search lights. [Distance run through the Water: 34 miles] [Number on sick list: 13] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Bread 820 lbs] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043f9: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-220_0.jpg) 22 September 1915 At Portland Bight Lat 17.75, Long -77.11 [estimated] 3.30am: Spread banked fires. 4.15am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out torpedo practice. 9.5am: Completed torpedo practice. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. 9.23am: Came to with port anchor in 10 fathoms, veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Portland Point S5E, Little Half Moon Cay (N) S74E, Point N49W] am: Guns’ crews at loader and deflection teacher. Let fires die out in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 34. 5.0pm: Guns’ crews at .303 practice from 6 inch guns at towed target. 8.30pm: Exercised night defence. Burned search lights. 9.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 7 miles] [Number on sick list: 14] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043fa: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-220_1.jpg) 23 September 1915 At Portland Bight Lat 17.75, Long -77.11 5.45am: Cleared ship for action. Carried out .303 inch practice from 6 inch guns. 8.30am: Guns’ crews at .303 inch practice at towed target. Lit fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.30pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 4.20pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming practice from 6 inch guns. Exercised general quarters. 5.0pm: Completed practice. 5.20pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 9 fathoms veered to 6 shackles. Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Portland Point S2E, Green Point N51W, Little Half Moon Cay (N) S74E] 8.30pm: Exercised night defence. Burned search-lights. [Number on sick list: 17] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043fb: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-221_0.jpg) 24 September 1915 From Portland Bight to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.74, Long -76.89 [estimated] 6.40am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 7.10am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming practice. 8.15am: Completed practice. 8.35am: Come to with port anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 4 shackles. [[Anchor Bearings:] Big Pelican Island (S) S86E, Pigeon Island (W) S29.5E, Goat Island 315 N28E] 9.55am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 10.10am: Weighed, proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 60 revs. 10.33am: Shaped course S75E. Carried out anti-aircraft practice at kite. 11.12am: Increased to 75 revs, altered course N73E. 1.0pm: Course as requisite for entering Kingston harbour. 2.0pm: Stopped. 2.30pm: Proceeded as requisite. 2.40pm: Came to with port anchor in 9.5 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Martello Tower N87E, Plum Point Light S8W, Patent Slip N53E] 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 10.50pm: Heavy squall. Drew fires in, and hoisted steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 13.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Pigeon Island (S) N70W, 9 miles] [Number on sick list: 18] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043fc: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-221_1.jpg) 25 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.95, Long -76.78 [estimated] 1.0am: Set anchor watch. 3.48am: Veered to 8 shackles. 4.0am: Spread banked fires. 4.15am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 9.0am: Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 7.30pm: Drew fires in, and hoisted steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 21.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] [Provisions received: Bread 400 lbs] [Squally south easterly wind force 7-8 to 4-5 until 4pm, with rain or showers; noon temperature 83F] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043fd: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-222_0.jpg) 26 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.95, Long -76.80 [estimated] Midnight: Lit fires in steam cutter. 1.0am: Lowered steam cutter. Landed orderly. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.45am: Spread banked fires. 10.50am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 11.0am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite to new anchorage. 11.30am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Plum Point Light House S25E, Martello Tower N86E, Patent Slip N70E] 0.15pm: Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. [Distance run through the Water: 1.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 16] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Wind mostly south easterly and squally all day, with rain for most of day and lightning in evening] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043fe: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-222_1.jpg) 27 September 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.95, Long -76.80 am: Employed reeving boats’ falls, cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Watch employed refitting and cleaning ship. [Number on sick list: 14] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 2000 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c910043ff: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-223_0.jpg) 28 September 1915 From Kingston to Portland Bight Lat 17.86, Long -76.89 [rough estimate] am: Employed preparing for sea. 11.0am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 11.15am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 0.30pm: Plum Point Light House N16E, altered course S1E. [A number of changes of course 0.50pm to 2.47pm] 2.58pm: Stopped. 3.0pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 9 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Pigeon Island (centre) N49E, Green Point N51W, Portland Point S4E] 4.15pm: Exercised general quarters. Carried out .303 practice at towed target from 6 inch guns. 8.30pm: Exercised night defence. Burned search-lights. [Distance run through the Water: 6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Portland Point East, 5 cables] [Information elsewhere in log suggests this is incorrect and should be Hellshire Point] [Number on sick list: 19] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Bread 820 lbs] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004400: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-223_1.jpg) 29 September 1915 At Portland Bight Lat 17.82, Long -77.0 [estimated] 5.35am: Weighed. 5.45am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice from 6 inch guns at towed target. 8.15am: Completed practice. 8.36am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms off Pigeon Island. [Anchor [Bearings]: Little Pelican Island S84.5E, Pigeon Island (W) S24E, Goat Island (315) N32E] am: Hands employed rigging targets, and cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Shortened in. 4.20pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out sub-calibre practice from 6 inch guns. 5.10pm: Completed practice. 5.50pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 7.5 fathoms off Pigeon Island, veered to 6 shackles. Banked fire in 6, 7, and 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Pigeon Island (S) S40E, Little Pelican Island N89E, Goat Island (315) N30E] [Distance run through the Water: 30 miles and as requisite] [Number on sick list: 20] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004401: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-224_0.jpg) 30 September 1915 Carrying out firing off Portland Point Lat 17.65, Long -77.38 [Cross Bearings] 5.30am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 7.7am: Shaped course West. 7.31am: Altered course N78W. 9.0am: Altered course S78E. 9.3am: Sounded in 10.5 fathoms. 9.30am: Observed “Lucerna”, altered course S44E. 9.43am: Stopped. Rigged targets. 11.0am: Sent targets and record party to “Lucerna”. 11.30am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out sub-calibre firing. pm: Course and speed as requisite for carrying out practice from sub-calibre guns. 4.10am: Completed practice, closed “Lucerna” and hoisted targets inboard. 5.10pm: Proceeded N16E, 75 revs. 6.15pm: Stopped. 6.17pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms in Carlisle Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Rocky Point S83.5E, Portland Point S72E, Wharfingers House N76E] [Distance run through the Water: 37.5 miles and as Requisite] [Number on sick list: 20] [Note: Details of SS “Lucerna” are shown in the entry for 12 September 1915.] LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1915 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004402: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-224_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for October 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004403: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-225_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004404: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-225_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 8th November 1915. To The Secretary of the Admiralty] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004405: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-226_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004406: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-226_1.jpg) 1 October 1915 From Sea to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.71, Long -77.03 [Cross Bearings] 2.0am: Lit fires in nos 1 and 2 boilers. 4.0am: Spread fires in 6, 5, and 7 boilers. 5.0am: Rigged target, and sent ditto to “Lucerna”. 6.20am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 6.40am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite for carrying out battle-practice off Portland Point. 9.15am: Completed battle practice. Hoisted in target. 9.45am: Proceeded N67E, 70 revs. 1.38am: Altered course North, on Plum Point Light House. 2.15pm: Stopped. 2.35pm: “Suffolk” passed. 2.36pm: Proceeded as requisite for passing Port Royal and entering Kingston Harbour. 3.30pm: As requisite for securing alongside no 3 pier. Parted 5 inch hemp hawser. 4.20pm: Secured. 6.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Let fires die out in nos 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 boilers. [Distance run through the Water: 21.5 miles and as requisite] [True Bearing and Distance: Plum Point Light House 46 degrees, 19 miles] [Number on sick list: 20] 4ef4f8bfe53e0a0c91004407: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-227_0.jpg) 2 October 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 [estimated] am: Employed cleaning ship, and loading lighter from Naval Store. pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Port watch employed loading lighter with victualling stores from Naval Store. 4.0pm: Quarters. [Distance run through the Water: 29.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 19] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 800 lbs; Bread 1200 lbs] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004408: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-227_1.jpg) 3 October 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Landed RC, C of E, and Wesleyan Church parties. 9.30am: Divisions. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 5.0pm: Party employed loading lighter with victualling stores from naval store. Prepared for coaling. [Number on sick list: 20] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 668 tons] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004409: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-228_0.jpg) 4 October 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 6.25am: SS “King John” secured alongside. [Draught: 19’ 4” forward, 22’ 9” aft] 8.30am: Commenced coaling ship with native labour. am: Hands employed refitting. 1.30pm: Completed with coal. Received 350 tons. Watch employed cleaning ship. Leave to watch till 7am. [Draught: Forward 20’ 6”, Aft 23’ 6”] 2.30pm: Arrived [HMAS] “Sydney” and secured to no 3 pier, east side. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. [Number on sick list: 20] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 420 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1011.4 tons] [Note: Details of SS “King John” are shown in the entry for 30th August 1915.] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c9100440a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-228_1.jpg) 5 October 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 7.45am: Sailed, “Suffolk”. am: Employed cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 35. [Number on sick list: 19] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs, Vegetables 400 lbs, Bread 400 lbs] [Weather fine, noon temperature 85F] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c9100440b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-229_0.jpg) 6 October 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Hands employed cleaning ship, pointing ends of falls and refitting. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. [Number on sick list: 21] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c9100440c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-229_1.jpg) 7 October 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 am: Starboard watch employed provisioning ship. Port watch painting and refitting. Divers clearing port propellor, and examining submerged tubes. pm: Hands employed provisioning ship. 5.0pm: Watch employed stowing provisions. [Number on sick list: 22] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 194 lbs] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c9100440d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-230_0.jpg) 8 October 1915 From Kingston to Florida Strait, at Sea Lat 17.81, Long -76.41 [Cross Bearings] 1.0am: Lit fires in nos 1, 3, and 4 boilers. 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. 8.5am: Slipped wharf. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 9.18am: Plum Point Light House N11E, 7.5 cables. Shaped course S78E. Hands employed cleaning ship and refitting. 11.24am: Altered course N80E. 9.34pm: Observed Navassa Island (E) N26E. 10.45pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 11.20pm: Spoke US transport “Panama”. 11.55pm: Shaped course N22E. [Distance run through the Water: 32.0 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S76E, 26.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: SE Morant Point 66.5 degrees, 13 miles] [Number on sick list: 22] [Note: The exact identity of US Transport “Panama” is somewhat unclear; she could have been this ship, a passenger ship built in Philadelphia in 1899 as “Havana”; she was sold to Panama Railroad Steamship Company in 1905 and renamed “Panama”; on 1926 she was sold to Alaska Steamship Company and was renamed “Aleutian”; she was to be wrecked off Alaska in 1929 (more details here).] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c9100440e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-230_1.jpg) 9 October 1915 From Kingston to Florida Strait, at Sea Lat 20.05, Long -74.12 [Cross Bearings] 2.0am: Exercised closing WT doors. 3.0am: Exercised sea-boat’s crew. 0.30pm: Spoke SS “Chelston”, to Honduras 1.30pm: Cape Maysi abeam to port, 3.5 miles, altered course N52W. 2.0pm: Spoke SS “Belita” (Norwegian) [listed here]. 10.0pm: Exercised watch closing WT doors. [Distance run through the Water: 217.3 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 44 degrees, 187 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Maysi Light House 9 degrees, 12 miles] [Number on sick list: 22] [Note: SS “Chelston” was a British cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1904 and owned by Waverley Shipping Company, Glasgow; she was to run aground and be wrecked off Nova Scotia in 1919. SS “Belita” was a Norwegian ship built in 1903 and chartered to United Fruit Company from 1903 to 1917.] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c9100440f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-231_0.jpg) 10 October 1915 From Kingston to Florida Strait, at Sea Lat 22.03, Long -77.30 [Cross Bearings] 1.13am: Port Saina Light abeam to port, 9 miles. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.0am: Maternillos Point Light abeam to port, 13 miles. 1.26pm: Observed Lobos Cay Light House N12W, 17.5 miles. 5.55pm: Pareston Grande Light House abeam to port, 6.25 miles. 9.0pm: Exercised closing WT doors. Furled Quarterdeck awning. 10.26pm: Santa Maria Cay Light abeam to port, 10.5 miles. [Course and Distance made good: 123 degrees, 213 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Lobos Cay Light House 143 degrees, 26 miles] [Number on sick list: 24] [Weather fine in am, squally with rain in pm; noon temperature 82F, sea temperature 84F] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004410: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-231_1.jpg) 11 October 1915 From Kingston to Florida Strait, at Sea Lat 24.96, Long -80.40 [Cross Bearings] [Long corrected from 80 34 W shown in log as on land] 1.30am: Patent log continually fouled by weed. 8.36am: Observed Bahia de Cadiz Light House S2E 15 miles. 9.16am: Observed Cay Sal (S) N47E. am: Employed cleaning ship and refitting. 0.3pm: Elbow Cay Light House S80E, 6.5 miles. pm: Employed cleaning and painting out boats. 4.23pm: Observed Sombrero Cay Light N75W. 6.55pm: Observed America Shoal Light N74W. [Course and Distance made good: 303 degrees, 214 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sombrero Cay 41 degrees, 50 miles] [Number on sick list: 26] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004411: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-232_0.jpg) 12 October 1915 From Florida Strait to Havana, at Sea Lat 23.50, Long -83.02 4.54am: Observed Havana Light S7W, 20 miles. 6.50am: Altered course S51W. Reduced to 45 revs. Examined Havana Harbour. 7.30am: Altered course N61.5W, 70 revs. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed cleaning out cofferdams, overhauling leather-gear, and refitting tackles. pm: Employed refitting, scraping, and painting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised physical drill. 8.0pm: Altered course N62.5W. 11.0pm: Exercised sea-boat’s crew. [Distance run through the Water: 220.7 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 140 degrees, 139 miles] [True Bearings and Distance: Sabine 684 miles] [Number on sick list: 27] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004412: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-232_1.jpg) 13 October 1915 From Havana to Sabine, at Sea Lat 25.08, Long -85.98 am: Employed scraping and painting, getting up provisions, and cleaning out boats. pm: Employed refitting tackles, scraping, and painting. 5.0pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 15 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 217.5 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N60W, 187 miles] [Distance: Sabine 497 miles] [Number on sick list: 26] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004413: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-233_0.jpg) 14 October 1915 From Havana to Sabine, at Sea Lat 27.08, Long -89.62 4.39am: Increased to 75 revs to close steamer. 5.47am: Reduced to 70 revs. am: Guns’ crews at drill. Remainder employed refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 2.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 3.0pm: Resumed course. 3.30pm: Increased to 100 revs, working up to 110 revs. 4.0pm: Put clocks back 15 minutes. 4.18pm: Altered course to close steamer. Spoke SS “Masconomo” [listed here under previous name of “Winnehago”] (Admiralty oiler no 84). 4.35pm: Proceeded N63W, 70 revs. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 15 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: N58.5W, 230 miles] [Distance: Sabine 267 miles] [Number on sick list: 24] [Note: SS “Masconomo” was a British tanker built in Newcastle in 1901 as “Winnehago” for Anglo-American Oil; she was sold to Tank Storage and Carriage Company, London in 1912 and was renamed “Masconomo”; she was sold to Standard Transportation, Hong Kong in 1916 and to a German company in 1931; she was sold to an Italian company in 1936 and in 1943 was taken over by the German Navy; she was scuttled in France as an obstruction in 1944, was raised in 1946 and scrapped.] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004414: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-233_1.jpg) 15 October 1915 From Havana to Sabine, at Sea Lat 29.32, Long -93.61 am: Employed chipping paintwork, cleaning out boats, about sub-calibre guns, and cleaning ship. 0.19pm: Observed Sabine Bank Light House N47.5W. 1.7pm: Observed Sabine Bank Light House N17W, 4.5 miles. 1.20pm: Sabine Bank Light House N15W. 2.6pm: Sabine Bank Light House abeam to port, 3 miles. 2.20pm: Altered course N53W. Reduced to 45 revs. 3.11pm: Altered course S67W. 4.30pm: Altered course N66E. 6.30pm: Altered course S62W. 8.30pm: Altered course N74E. 11.0pm: Altered course S65W. [Course and Distance made good: 235 miles, 304 degrees] [True Bearing and Distance: Sabine Bank Light House 12 miles, 312 degrees] [Number on sick list: 23] [Weather mostly fine and quiet, noon temperature 82F, sea temperature 77F] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004415: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-234_0.jpg) 16 October 1915 Off Sabine, at Sea Lat 29.58, Long -93.67 [Cross Bearings] 1.0am: Altered course N69E. 2.50am: Fog closed down. 3.0am: Altered course S67W. 3.8am: Stopped. 3.14am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms veered to 3 shackles. 11.30am: Fog cleared. 11.40am: Weighed. 11.46am: Proceeded S66W, 45 revs. [Further course changes, to and fro, about every 2 hours] 8.34pm: Altered course N40E to close steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 8.50pm: Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 93.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sabine Bank Light House 204 degrees, 7 miles] [Number on sick list: 24] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004416: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-234_1.jpg) 17 October 1915 Off Sabine, at Sea Lat 29.61, Long -93.80 [estimated] 2.0am: Altered course S65W. 2.50am: Fog closed down. 3.0am: Stopped. 3.7am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms veered to 3 shackles. [Anchor [Bearing]: Sabine Bank Light House 183 degrees, 5 miles] 9.20am: Divisions. 10.0am: Held Divine Service. 10.7pm: Weighed. 10.22pm: Proceeded North 45 revs to close steamer. 11.54pm: Stopped. 11.56pm: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms veered to 3 shackles. [Anchor [Bearing]: Sabine Bank Light Vessel 185 degrees, 7.5 miles] [Distance run through the Water: 87.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 24] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004417: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-235_0.jpg) 18 October 1915 At Sabine Road Lat 29.63, Long -93.76 [estimated] 3.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 5.0am: Fog lifted. [Anchor [Bearings]: Sabine Pass Light N52W, Sabine Bank Light S4E] am: RMLI detachment at rifle-practice at moored target. Gun’s crews at divisional drill. Boys at school. Remainder of hands refitting, and working about boats. pm: Employed scraping and painting and refitting. 5.50pm: Drew fires in and hoisted steam cutter. 11.0pm: Furled Quarterdeck awning. [Distance run through the Water: 9.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 25] 4ef4f8c0e53e0a0c91004418: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-235_1.jpg) 19 October 1915 At Sabine Road Lat 29.63, Long -93.76 am: Gun’s crews at loader. Hands employed scraping and painting, refitting, and cleaning ship. pm: Employed refitting, chipping and painting. 10.30pm: Spoke SS “Ashtabule” (British) [Ashtabula]. [Number on sick list: 24] [Note: SS “Ashtabula” was a British oil tanker built in Jarrow as “Graf Stroganoff” for Northern Steamship Company, St Petersburg; she was sold to Anglo-American Oil Company in 1906 and was renamed “Ashtabula”; she was sold to an Italian company in 1930 and was renamed “Alabama”; she came under US Government control in 1943 and was renamed “Osmond”; in 1944 she was renamed “Quiros” and was used as a mobile storage tanker; after WWII she was decommissioned and became “Osmond” again in 1945; she was scrapped in 1947.] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004419: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-236_0.jpg) 20 October 1915 At Sabine Road Lat 29.63, Long -93.76 1.20am: Spoke SS “Llangwen” [just possibly “Llangolen” listed here]. 6.36am: Weighed. 6.45am: Proceeded as requisite for closing steamer. Spoke SS “San Silvester” [San Silvestre] (British). 7.3am: Came to with port anchor in 6 fathoms. Veered to 3 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Sabrine [Sabine] Pass Light House N54W, Sabrine Bank Light House S5E] 9.0am: Sailed, oil-tanks “Iroquois” [listed here] and “Navaho” [possibly the schooner oil barge “Navahoe” listed on same page as Iroquois]. am: Exercised general quarters. RMLI detachment at loader. Boys at school. Remainder employed cleaning out boats, refitting and scraping. pm: Tested life-saving rafts. 7.15pm: Spoke SS Roma (American). [Distance run through the Water: 2 miles] [Number on sick list: 23] [Note: SS “Llangollen” was built in Thornaby-on-Tees in 1900 and was owned by Llangollen Steamship Company, Cardiff. SS “San Silvestre” was a tanker built on the Tyne in 1913 for Eagle Oil Transport Company, London; she was broken up in 1936. SS “Iroquois” an oil tanker was built in Belfast for Anglo American Oil Company in 1907; she was scrapped in 1946 or 1947. “Navahoe” was a schooner oil barge built in Belfast for Anglo American Oil Company in 1907; she was scuttled in 1936 (both ships also shown here). There was an SS “Roma” listed here as being a US tanker registered in 1915, built in Sunderland, UK in 1880 with San Francisco as home port.] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c9100441a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-236_1.jpg) 21 October 1915 At Sabine Road [though not stated at top of page] Lat 29.63, Long -93.76 am: Guns’ crews at loader drill, boys at school, remainder employed painting, cleaning out boats and refitting. pm: Employed scraping and painting and cleaning out boats. Guns’ crews at loader-drill. 3.30pm: Spoke SS “Carpathian” (British). 10.40pm: Spoke SS “Trinculo” [listed here]. 11.0pm: Weighed. 11.5am: Proceeded as requisite for closing “Trinculo” 11.25pm: Stopped. Boarded “Trinculo”. [Number on sick list: 24] [Note: SS “Carpathian” was a tanker built in Newcastle in 1908 and owned by Petroleum Steamship Company, London; she was renamed “British Peer” in 1918 and in 1921 came under British Tanker Company; she was sold to an Italian company in 1930 and became “Tampico”; she was to be torpedoed in 1941 and was scuttled in 1945. SS “Trinculo” was a tanker built in 1908 on the Tyne and owned by Bear Creek Oil and Shipping Company (Bowring and Company), Liverpool; she was broken up in 1933 (more details here).] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c9100441b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-237_0.jpg) 22 October 1915 From Sabine to Belize Lat 28.01, Long -92.43 Midnight: Removed one suspicious person from “Trinculo”. 0.15am: Proceeded N75E, 75 revs. 0.20am: Altered course S15E. 0.30am: Altered course S23E. 0.49am: Sabine Bank Light House abeam to starboard 2.6 miles. am: Employed working about magazines and provision rooms, refitting and painting. pm: Employed cleaning and painting ship. [Distance run through the Water: 120.5 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S36E, 113 miles] [Distance: Belize 790 miles] [Number on sick list: 23] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c9100441c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-237_1.jpg) 23 October 1915 From Sabine to Belize Lat 24.89, Long -89.49 am: Aired night clothing. Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Course and Distance made good: S40E, 245 miles] [Distance: Belize 545 miles] [Number on sick list: 26] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c9100441d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-238_0.jpg) 24 October 1915 From Sabine to Belize, at Sea Lat 21.67, Long -86.53 6.18am: Altered course S88E to close sail. 7.12am: Reduced to 60 revs. Spoke SV “Osecola” [possibly Osceola as there were other ships of this name] (American). 7.18am: Stopped. 7.35am: Proceeded S40.5E, 82 revs. am: Lost overboard by accident, rotator for “Trident” patent log, one in number. Divisions. Read prayers. 10.30am: Sounding every half-hour. 1.0pm: Observed Contoi Island [Isla Contoy] Light House S89.5W, 15 miles. 2.21pm: Observed Mugeres Island [Isla Mujeres] (S) S67.5W. 5.26pm: Observed Point Molas [Punta Molas] Light House S50W. 6.16pm: Point Molas Light House N78E, 8 miles. [Course and Distance made good: 140 degrees, 254 miles] [Distance: Belize 290 miles] [Number on sick list: 27] [Note: There was an American schooner named “Osceola” listed here ‒ she was built in Milton, Florida in 1901.] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c9100441e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-238_1.jpg) 25 October 1915 From Sabine to Belize, at Sea Lat 17.53, Long -87.95 9.55am: Observed Crawl Cay S23W. 10.38am: Observed Mauger Cay Light House S9E, 11 miles. 1.20pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Course as requisite for approaching Belize by Main Ship Channel. 1.40pm: English Cay abeam. 3.19pm: Stopped. 3.21pm: Came to with port anchor in 5 fathoms. Veered to 4 shackles. Let fires die out in nos 5 to 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Hospital Point N32W, Swallow Cay (E) N27E, Drowned Cays (S) S62E] 9.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 292.3 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 198 degrees, 262 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: English Cay 207 degrees, 14 miles] [Number on sick list: 29] [Rain at times during day, noon temperature 78F, sea temperature 83F] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c9100441f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-239_0.jpg) 26 October 1915 At Belize Lat 17.49, Long -88.17 [estimated] am: Employed cleaning ship, painting and refitting. Guns’ crews at loader drill. pm: Employed cleaning water-line, painting, and refitting. [Number on sick list: 28] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 927 lbs; Bread 331 lbs] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004420: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-239_1.jpg) 27 October 1915 From Belize to Port Barrios and at Belize Lat 17.49, Long -88.17 1.30pm: Watch employed preparing for sea. 3.50pm: Weighed. 3.54pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 56 revs. 4.57pm: Cleared One Man Cay Channel. 5.20pm: Cleared South Grennels Channel. Shaped course S6E. 6.18pm: Observed Manati [probably Manatee] Light N85W. 8.3pm: Observed North Stamm Light S42W. 9.26pm: Observed Sitte Island [Sittee Island] S38W. 9.56pm: Observed Alpines Light S76W. 11.58pm: Observed Bugle Cay Light S6W. [Number on sick list: 27] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004421: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-240_0.jpg) 28 October 1915 From Belize to Port Barrios and at Port Barrios [Puerto Barrios, Guatemala] Lat 16.00, Long -88.66 [Cross Bearings] 0.46am: Bugle Cay Light abeam 7.5 miles. 1.33am: Altered course S64W. Observed Monkey River Light [Monkey River Town Lighthouse] S64W. 3.44am: East Snake Light abeam 2.5 miles, altered course S39.5W. 5.45am: Cape Three Point Light [Cabo Tres Puntas] S4E, 6 miles. 6.33am: Cape Three Point Light abeam 3.5 miles, altered course S33.5W. 7.32am: Heredia Shoal Beacon abeam 1.25 miles. 8.20am: Course as requisite for entering Port Barrios Harbour. 8.44am: Stopped. 8.47am: Came to with port anchor in 5 fathoms. Veered to 3 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Rocky Bluff S11W, Palma Point N62W, End of Pier S23E] 10.0am: Weighed. 10.4am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 10.15am: Shaped Course N34W. 10.53am: Heredia Beacon abeam 8 cables, altered course N69W. 11.12am: Ox Tongue Beacon abeam 1 mile. 11.56am: Cape Three Points abeam 2 miles, altered course N84E. 6.55pm: Altered course N3W. [Distance run through the Water: 139.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Three Points 322 degrees, 2.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 27] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004422: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-240_1.jpg) 29 October 1915 From Port Barrios to Kingston, at Sea Lat 17.45, Long -85.55 [Lat shown as “assumed”] 0.17am: Observed Half Moon Cay Light N59W. 0.31am: Observed Half Moon Cay Light N69W, 14 miles. am: Employed cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Watch employed scraping, and refitting. 7.59pm: Observed Swan Island S59E. 9.49pm: Observed Swan Island Light S8E, 14 miles. 11.15pm: Put clocks on 15 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 245.4 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 60 degrees, 205 miles] [Distance: Kingston 520 miles] [Number on sick list: 29] [Weather overcast and squally with rain on and off, noon temperature 79F, sea temperature 82F] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004423: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-241_0.jpg) 30 October 1915 From Port Barrios to Kingston Lat 17.71, Long -81.46 1.0am: Put clock on 15 minutes. 9.45pm: Put clocks on 15 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 86.5 degrees, 234 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Kingston 286 miles] [Number on sick list: 27] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004424: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-241_1.jpg) 31 October 1915 From Port Barrios to Kingston and at Kingston Lat 17.67, Long -77.29 0.30am: Put clocks on 15 minutes. 6.12am: Observed high land of Jamaica NE by N. 6.37am: Dolphin Head N8W. 8.35am: Altered course S82.5E. 0.47pm: Portland Point abeam 5 miles. 3.55pm: Course as requisite for entering Kingston Harbour. 4.20pm: Rackam Cay abeam. 4.53pm: Stopped. 5.3pm: Proceeded as requisite alongside no 3 wharf, west side. 5.25pm: Secured. Banked fires in Nos 1, 2, and 4 boilers. [Draught: Forward 17’ 6”, Aft 22’ 6”] 8.20pm: Commenced coaling with native labour. [Course and Distance made good: 90 degrees, 233 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Portland Point 74 degrees, 7.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 26] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 148 tons] 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004425: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-242_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1915 4ef4f8c1e53e0a0c91004426: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-242_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for November 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004427: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-243_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004428: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-243_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 4th December 1915; To The Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall London] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004429: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-244_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c9100442a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-244_1.jpg) 1 November 1915 From Kingston to Progresso [Progreso, Mexico] and at Progresso [at Sea] Lat 17.98, Long -76.82 [estimated] 5.0am: Lost overboard by accident: sinkers for Sounding machine Mark IV, 1 in no; Brass Tube for Sounding Machine, 1 in no; Swivel Piece for Sounding Machine, 1 in no; Rotator for “Trident” Patent log, 1 in no. am: Employed provisioning ship, and preparing for sea. Natives employed coaling ship. 1 blacksmith joined ship from hospital. 3.0pm: Completed with coal, received 861 tons. Employed cleaning ship. 4.8pm: Slipped wharf, and proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 4.52pm: Rounded Port Royal. 5.20pm: Plum Point abeam. Streamed Patent Log. Shaped course S1E. 5.55pm: Altered course S48W. 7.5pm: Altered course S57W. Sounding every half-hour. 9.30pm: Sounding every half hour. [Distance run through the Water: 52.4 miles] [Number on sick list: 28] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 990.0 tons] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c9100442b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-245_0.jpg) 2 November 1915 From Kingston to Progresso Lat 18.44, Long -79.65 2.30am: Exercised sea-boat’s crew. 4.25am: South Negril Point Light abeam 18 miles. 1.0pm: Paid monthly money to ship’s company. 10.0pm: Exercised sea boat’s crew. 11.0pm: Exercised closing WT doors. 11.33pm: Observed Georgetown Light N1W. [Distance run through the Water: 203.9 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 280 degrees, 165 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Grand Cayman (E) 302 degrees, 101 miles] [Number on sick list: 28] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c9100442c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-245_1.jpg) 3 November 1915 From Kingston to Progresso, at Sea Lat 19.92, Long -83.31 am: Employed surveying chain cable, working about torpedo tubes, painting, and refitting. pm: Employed surveying chain cable, cleaning and painting cable-lockers, and painting ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrants nos 37, 38. [Course and Distance made good: 293 degrees, 225 miles] [Distance: Progresso 390 miles] [Number on sick list: 23] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c9100442d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-246_0.jpg) 4 November 1915 From Kingston to Progresso Lat 21.86, Long -87.20 5.0am: Employed surveying chain cable, and cleaning out chain lockers. 9.26am: Observed Rancho Light House S19E. am: Guns’ crews at loader-drill. Remainder surveying chain cable, cleaning out chain lockers, and painting. pm: Employed surveying chain-cable, getting up ammunition, and cleaning and painting chain lockers. Sounding every half-hour. 5.45pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 15 minutes. 9.0pm: Exercised night defence stations. Altered course S69.5W. [Course and Distance made good: 298 degrees, 247 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cabo Catoche 156 degrees, 16.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 22] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c9100442e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-246_1.jpg) 5 November 1915 From Kingston to Progresso and at Progresso Lat 21.31, Long -86.69 [rough estimate] 6.30am: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 4.5 fathoms off Progresso, veered to 4 shackles. Boarded SS “Zealandia”, American, she being more than 3 miles from High Water mark, and suspected of carrying contraband destined for Germany, and having German subjects among the crew. Reported circumstances to C-in-C, and awaited orders. [Anchor [Bearings]: Huai-munn S85E, Light House S28E 800 yards, St Andres S30W] pm: Employed scraping, painting, and cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Gun-watch fell out. Spread awnings. 10.0pm: Exercised burning search-lights. [Distance run through the Water: 140.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 20] [Note: SS “Zealandia” was a cargo ship built in Glasgow in 1875 and originally owned by W Pearce, Glasgow; in 1906 she was sold to a Cuban company and in 1915 was sold again, to Fisk Trading, New York; she was to run aground and be wrecked near Liverpool in April 1917 with the loss of 2 lives.] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c9100442f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-247_0.jpg) 6 November 1915 Off Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.1 [estimated] 2.0am: Exercised burning search lights. 7.10am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for shifting berth, 45 revs. 7.30am: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 5 fathoms. Veered to 4 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Huai-munn S80.5E, Light House S28.5E,10,500 yards, St Andres S19.5W] am: Employed cleaning ship, and stowing starboard cable. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 1.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 20] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 82F] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004430: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-247_1.jpg) 7 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 6.45am: Banked fires in 1, 2, and 3 boilers. Steam at 3 hours notice. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 5.30pm: Spread fires in nos 1, 2, and 3 boilers. [Number on sick list: 20] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004431: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-248_0.jpg) 8 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 7.40am: Banked fires in 1, 2, and 3 boilers. Steam at 3 hours notice. 9.45am: Weighed port anchor and let go starboard anchor. Veered to 3 shackles. am: Employed hauling up port cable for survey, scraping and painting, and cleaning ship. Noon: Lit fires in nos 5 to 8 boilers. pm: Employed surveying cable, refitting and working about torpedo tubes. Let fires die out in nos 1 to 3 boilers. 7.0pm: Let fires die out in no 4 boiler. [Number on sick list: 20] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004432: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-248_1.jpg) 9 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 8.0am: Banked fires in 5, 6, and 7 boilers. Steam at 3 hours notice. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed surveying cable, cleaning and painting in chain-lockers, and refitting. Boys at school. pm: Employed cleaning port cable and chain locker, and painting. 5.30pm: Spread fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. [Number on sick list: 20] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004433: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-249_0.jpg) 10 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 6.0am: Employed surveying cable, and cleaning ship. 8.25am: Banked fires in 6, 7, and 8 boilers. Steam at 3 hours notice. am: Employed stowing port cable, cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Employed painting and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 39. 5.30pm: Spread fires in nos 6. 7, and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 20] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004434: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-249_1.jpg) 11 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 7.35am: Banked fires in Nos 6, 7, and 8 boilers. Steam at 3 hours notice. Arrived SS “Monteray” [possibly Monterey (1) listed here]. am: Employed cleaning ship, working about torpedo tubes, and refitting. pm: Employed oiling 6 inch wire, and painting. 5.0pm: Spread fires in nos 6, 7, and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 22] [Note: SS “Monterey” [listed here] was a passenger ship built in 1901 and owned by Ward Line (New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company); she was scrapped in 1931 after a collision.] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004435: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-250_0.jpg) 12 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 3.0am: Sailed SS “Monteray”. 8.30am: Mexican gun-boat proceeded alongside “Zealandia”. am: Employed oiling wire hawsers, refitting coaling whips, and painting. pm: Employed working about torpedo tubes, scraping, and painting. [Number on sick list: 19] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004436: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-250_1.jpg) 13 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 6.25am: Arrived SS Morro Castle [Morro Castle (1) listed here] (American). 8.45am: Mexican gunboat left “Zealandia”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.10pm: Arrived SS “Alm” (Norwegian). 7.35pm: Sailed, SS “Morro Castle”. [Number on sick list: 19] [Note: SS “Morro Castle” was an American passenger ship built in 1900 and owned by Ward Line; she was laid up in 1924 and scrapped in 1926 (a few more details here). SS “Alm” was built in Kristiania (Oslo) in 1903 and was owned by D/S A/S Alm (Pedersen and Company), Kristiania; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1916 and was renamed “Snepiggen”; she went to another Norwegian company in 1918 and in 1926 was sold to a company in Shanghai, China; in 1928 she was renamed “Hsin Foo Sing” and in 1933 she became “Yung Sing”; her fate after 1946 is unknown.] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004437: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-251_0.jpg) 14 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 am: Held Divine Service. 2.45pm: USS “Celtic” arrived and anchored. 3.30pm: CO [Commanding Officer] of “Celtic” came on board. [Number on sick list: 16] [Note: USS “Celtic” (AF-2) was a Celtic Class stores ship built in 1891 in Belfast as SS “Celtic King” and purchased by the US Navy in 1898 and commissioned in that year; she was anchored off Veracruz, Mexico from June 1914 to July 1915 and then carried stores from New York to the Caribbean; she was in service until 1922 and was sold in 1923 (more details here).] 4ef4f8c2e53e0a0c91004438: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-251_1.jpg) 15 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 10.15am: Employed working about torpedo tubes, cleaning out boats, and refitting. Gun’s crews at loader drill. 10.45am: Arrived USS “Kentucky”. pm: Employed scraping, painting, and cleaning ship. 3.20pm: Sailed, USS “Celtic”. 9.15pm: Veered to five shackles. [Number on sick list: 17] [Note: USS “Kentucky” (BB-6) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built in Virginia and launched in 1898; she was decommissioned in 1909 and recommissioned in June 1915 and arrived off Mexico on 28 September 1915; she was decommissioned in 1920 and was sold for scrap in 1924 (more details here).] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004439: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-252_0.jpg) 16 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.32, Long -89.71 am: Gun’s crews at instruction, remainder employed cleaning out boats, scraping and painting. pm: Employed working about torpedo-tubes, and refitting. [Number on sick list: 15] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c9100443a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-252_1.jpg) 17 November 1915 At Progresso Lat 21.38, Long -89.74 [estimated] 7.0am: Landed two officers to visit pro-consul. 9.35am: Weighed. Proceeded N16W, 75 revs to close “Kentucky”. 9.53am: Stopped. Came to with starboard anchor in 6.5 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. Captain visited “Kentucky”. [Anchor [Bearing]: Progreso Light House S25E, 7.1 miles] pm: Employed scraping and painting steel-work. [Course and Distance made good: 11 degrees, 2.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 15] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c9100443b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-253_0.jpg) 18 November 1915 From Progreso to Kingston Lat 21.50, Long -89.34 1.50am: Arrived HMS “Sydney”, and anchored. 7.0am: Communicated with “Sydney”. 9.48am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for turning. 9.56am: Proceeded N62E, 75 revs. 10.5am: Streamed Patent Log. Sounding every half-hour. am: Employed scraping and painting, and refitting. pm: Employed cleaning ship, scraping, and painting steel-work. [Course and Distance made good: 68 degrees, 20 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Catoche Light House 87 degrees, 125 miles] [Number on sick list: 12] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c9100443c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-253_1.jpg) 19 November 1915 From Progreso to Kingston Lat 21.24, Long -85.38 1.23am: Observed Cape Catoche Light S8E, 14 miles. 1.52am: Observed Cape Catoche Light S12.5W. 2.0am: Altered course S68.5E. 2.7am: Observed Contoi Light S32E. 3.36am: Observed Contoi Light abeam 11 miles. am: Guns’ crews at drill, tubes crews about torpedo-tubes, remainder employed cleaning ship and refitting. 6.0pm: Altered course S67.5E. Spoke SS “Parismina” [Parismina (1) listed here] (American). 11.0pm: Put clock on 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 94 degrees, 222 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Grand Cayman (SW) 117 degrees, 258 miles] [Number on sick list: 11] [Squally northerly or north easterly wind force 4-5 from noon, with rain at times; noon temperature 76F, sea temperature 82F] [Note: SS “Parismina” was built in Belfast 1908 and was originally British, owned by Tropical Fruit Steamship Company, Glasgow; she was transferred to the US flag in 1912 and was owned by United Fruit Company, New York; in 1933 she was chartered to States Steamship Company and was renamed “General Sherman”; she returned to UFC in 1937 and became “Parismina” again; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic in 1942, with the loss of 20 lives (more details here and here).] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c9100443d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-254_0.jpg) 20 November 1915 From Progreso to Kingston Lat 19.51, Long -81.97 2.0am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 11.0pm: Altered course S72.5E. Put clocks on 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 118 degrees, 219 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Grand Cayman Island (SW) 113 degrees, 34 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c9100443e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-254_1.jpg) 21 November 1915 From Progreso to Kingston Lat 18.24, Long -78.73 0.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.30am: Observed Jamaica high land S80E, altered course S66.5E. 2.18pm: Negril Point abeam 10.5 miles. 4.45pm: Altered course to close sail. 5.0pm: Spoke SV “Clara Davis” [shown here] (American). Altered course S70.5E. 8.45pm: Pedro Bluff abeam 4.5 miles. [Course and Distance made good: S67E, 210 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Negril Point 88 degrees, 19 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 474.0 tons] [Note: SV “Clara Davis” was a schooner built in 1908 in Connecticut.] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c9100443f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-255_0.jpg) 22 November 1915 From Progreso to Portland Bight and Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.80 [estimated] 0.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 6.18am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 6.42am: Proceeded as requisite for firing 1 torpedo from each tube. 8.5am: Hoisted boats. 8.35am: Proceeded S81.5E, 90 revs. 10.20am: Altered course as requisite for entering Kingston Harbour. 11.25am: As requisite for proceeding alongside RMSP [Royal Mail Steam Packet Company] wharf. [Draught: Forward 18’ 9”, Aft 26’ 6”] Noon: Secured. 1.0pm: General leave to port watch till 7am on Wednesday [on this Monday]. 1.30pm: Commenced coaling with native labour. 4.25pm: Completed with coal. Received [blank] tons. Read Warrant No 40. [Distance run through the Water: 175.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 598.0 tons] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004440: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-255_1.jpg) 23 November 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.80 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing decks for oil drums. am: Employed hoisting in and stowing oil-drums on upper deck. pm: Employed hoisting in and stowing oil drums, and ammunition. 5.0pm: Employed hoisting in oil drums. [Number on sick list: 10] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004441: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-256_0.jpg) 24 November 1915 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.80 5.0am: Employed embarking stores. 8.0am: Leave to starboard watch till midnight on Thursday [on this Wednesday]. am: Employed embarking stores, and securing oil drums. pm: Employed embarking spare stream anchor (25 cwt), and two field guns and carriages. 5.0pm: Employed preparing for sea. [Number on sick list: 9] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004442: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-256_1.jpg) 25 November 1915 At Kingston [though not stated at top of page] Lat 17.96, Long -76.80 am: Employed securing oil-drums, and gun carriages, and hoisting in and securing two spare dinghies. pm: Employed clearing sand-boat and securing for sea. 5.0pm: Discharged 5 ratings to “Melbourne”. [Number on sick list: 9] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004443: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-257_0.jpg) 26 November 1915 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 17.88, Long -76.70 [Cross Bearings] [Draught: Forward 18’ 10”, Aft 23’ 0”] 10.0am: Slipped from wharf. Proceeded as requisite. 10.15am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Melbourne”. 10.30am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 11.30am: Shaped course S78E. 1.27pm: Altered course N78.5E. 3.21pm: Morant Light House abeam. 3.40pm: Altered course N39E. [Distance run through the Water: 10 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Plum Point Light House 298 degrees, 5.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Squally north easterly wind force 5 or 6 in pm, sea rough at midnight, rain or showers at times; noon temperature 79F, sea temperature 83F] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004444: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-257_1.jpg) 27 November 1915 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 20.38, Long -74.00 6.0am: Observed Cuba high land NW. 9.20am: Point Negra Point abeam 3 miles. 9.40am: Observed [HMS] “Leviathan”. 10.2am: Cape Maysi Light House abeam, altered course to close “Leviathan”. 10.18am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Leviathan”. [According to log of HMS Leviathan for this date Captain Bush came on board at 10.0am and left at 10.50am.] 11.0am: Proceeded N22E, 75 revs. 3.0pm: Observed Great Inagua Light House. 3.55pm: Great Inagua Light House abeam 6 miles. [Course and Distance made good: 47 degrees, 219 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Great Inagua Light House 29 degrees, 39 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Sea rough until 8am, then reducing] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004445: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-258_0.jpg) 28 November 1915 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 23.55, Long -71.40 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Course and Distance made good: 37 degrees, 239 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda, 655 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004446: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-258_1.jpg) 29 November 1915 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 26.93, Long -68.87 5.0am: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, and 3 boilers. am: Employed cleaning out boats, and working with gunner. 9.23am: Commenced working up to 130 revs. 10.40am: Worked down. 11.7am: Proceeded at 83 revs. Let fires die out in 5 to 8 boilers. pm: Employed working in magazines, painting, and cleaning out boats. [Course and Distance made good: 34 degrees, 245 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda, 410 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004447: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-259_0.jpg) 30 November 1915 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 30.32, Long -66.12 0.10am: Put clocks on 20 minutes. 10.5pm: Put clocks on 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 250 degrees, 35.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda, 160 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Weather fine in am, cloudy in pm with rain at times, noon temperature 75F, sea temperature 71F] LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1915 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004448: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-259_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for December 1915, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8c3e53e0a0c91004449: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-260_0.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 4th January 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c9100444a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-260_1.jpg) 1 December 1915 From Kingston to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 [estimated] 1.0am: Observed Gibbs Hill Light N14E. 5.40am: Stopped. St Davids Head N22W, 5 miles. 6.55am: Proceeded N7W, 75 revs. 7.40am: Altered course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows. 9.7am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 9.10am: Proceeded as requisite into camber. 9.30am: Secured alongside dock wall. am: Employed discharging stores to dockyard. Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, and 3 boilers. pm: Paid monthly money to ship’s company. Employed discharging stores, scraping ship’s side, and refitting. Mr Adams, mate, left ship. 4.0pm: Exercised fire stations. Leave to watch till 10.30pm. 1 stoker joined ship. Let fires die out in no 4 boiler. 7.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 157.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received: 416 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 850 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 290 tons] [North westerly wind force 4 or 5 in am; weather fine, noon temperature 65F] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c9100444b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-260a_0.jpg) 2 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 5.0am: Employed disembarking ammunition and stores. 6.45am: Sailed, [HMS] “Caesar”. am: Employed refitting, disembarking ammunition, clearing hold, and scraping ship’s side. pm: Employed as in forenoon. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 10.30pm. Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c9100444c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-260a_1.jpg) 3 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 5.0am: Lit fires [in] steam cutter. 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and dismounting 6 inch guns. am: Employed returning torpedoes to dockyard, dismounting 6 inch guns, cleaning hold, refitting. Divers at monthly practice. Arrived SS “Bermudian”. Read warrants no 41, and 42. pm: Discharged 3 ratings to detention Barracks. Hands employed as in forenoon. [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Note: For details of SS “Bermudian” see 18 July 1915 in this log.] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c9100444d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-261_0.jpg) 4 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 5.30am: Lit fires in dockyard launch. 6.0am: Employed dismounting 6 inch guns, painting out holds, and cleaning ship. am: Employed refitting, working about guns, painting out holds, and scraping ship’s side. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. Exercised fire stations. [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c9100444e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-261_1.jpg) 5 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 1.0am: Drew fires in dockyard launch. 9.0am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, Presbyterian and Church of England church parties. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. 9.0pm: Drew fires in dockyard launch. 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c9100444f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-262_0.jpg) 6 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed working about guns, painting in provision rooms, hauling boats up on slip, and refitting. am: Employed hauling up boats on slip, working about guns, and torpedo tubes, refitting, and scraping ship’s side. 4.0pm: Read warrant no 43. Leave to watch till 7am. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. Exercised fire stations. [Fresh Beef Received: 476 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 450 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004450: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-262_1.jpg) 7 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting, working about guns, drawing stores, and scraping ship’s side. 3.0pm: Read warrant no 44. [Fresh Beef Received: 476 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 310 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004451: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-263_0.jpg) 8 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, drawing and returning stores, painting and scraping ship’s side. 5.0pm: Read Warrant no 45. [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004452: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-263_1.jpg) 9 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and stowing provisions. 7.0am: Discharged 1 rating to Detention Barracks. am: Employed working about guns, drawing and returning stores, painting, and refitting. [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004453: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-264_0.jpg) 10 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and stowing hold. am: Employed working about guns, refitting, and scraping ships side. pm: Employed as in forenoon, and drawing stores. [Fresh Beef Received: 220 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] [Weather fine but squally all day; noon temperature 62F] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004454: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-264_1.jpg) 11 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 8.30am: Arrived, “Cumberland”. am: Employed working about guns, painting on mess-deck, drawing stores, and scraping ship’s side. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Read warrant no 46. [Fresh Beef Received: 216 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 780 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004455: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-264a_0.jpg) 12 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, and Church of England church parties. 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004456: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-264a_1.jpg) 13 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 [estimated] 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for docking. am: Ship warped from berth to floating dock. Employed refitting, painting, working about guns, and scrubbing ship’s bottom. pm: Employed scrubbing ship’s bottom. [Fresh Beef Received: 411 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004457: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-265_0.jpg) 14 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Divisions. Mustered winter clothing. Employed working about guns, refitting, painting, and scraping ship’s bottom. pm: Employed as in forenoon. AOC [Army Ordnance Corps] officer examining guns. [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 360 lbs] 4ef4f8c4e53e0a0c91004458: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-265_1.jpg) 15 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed drawing and returning stores, refitting, painting, and scraping bottom. [Fresh Beef Received: 203 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004459: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-266_0.jpg) 16 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, working about guns, painting, and scraping ship’s side. [Fresh Beef Received: 208 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100445a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-266_1.jpg) 17 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed scraping ship’s side, refitting, painting, and working about guns and torpedo tubes. [Fresh Beef Received: 208 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100445b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-267_0.jpg) 18 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed working about guns and torpedo tubes, scraping ship’s side, painting, and refitting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am. 2.30pm: Arrived “Cumberland”, with RCTB [Royal Canadian Torpedo Boat] “Grilse” in tow. 3.30pm: Read warrants nos 47 and 48. 4.0pm: Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 208 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 750 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100445c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-267_1.jpg) 19 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed Church of England, RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian Church parties. 10.0am: Sailed, “Cumberland”. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and part of watch till 10.30pm. Boys till 7pm. 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100445d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-268_0.jpg) 20 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed working about guns and torpedoes, painting, and scraping ship’s side. 11.0am: Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 208 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 420 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100445e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-268_1.jpg) 21 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed returning and drawing stores, refitting, working about guns and torpedo-tubes, painting, and scraping ship’s side. 2.0pm: 2 ERAs,11 stokers, 25 boys and 1 carpenters crew joined ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 435 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100445f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-269_0.jpg) 22 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 [estimated] 6.0am: Employed refitting, painting, and scraping ship’s side. 9.0am: Undocked ship, and secured to dockyard wall. am: Employed refitting, working about guns, painting, and scraping ship’s side. [Fresh Beef Received: 238 lbs; Bread Received 360 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004460: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-269_1.jpg) 23 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed refitting, painting, working about guns, and scraping ship’s side. 8.0am: Arrived “Suffolk”, and secured alongside dockyard wall. am: Employed refitting, painting, working about guns, and scraping and red-leading ship’s side. pm: Employed as in forenoon, and preparing [blank]. [Fresh Beef Received: 238 lbs; Bread Received 420 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004461: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-270_0.jpg) 24 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed scraping and painting ship’s side. am: Employed refitting, working about guns, scraping, painting, and red-leading. Lost overboard by accident, brushes, paint, 1 in no. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am. 2.30pm: “Grilse” proceeded to “Hamilton”. 4.30pm: 2 ratings returned from hospital. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 436 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received 1100 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004462: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-270_1.jpg) 25 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Working party employed embarking invalids at Hospital. 7.0am: Discharged 44 ratings to “Chignecto” [listed here under previous name of Segura (1)] for passage to England. 8.30am: Landed RC and Wesleyan church parties. 9.15am: Sailed, “Chignecto”. 9.40am: Performed Divine Service [presumably to mark Christmas Day]. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and part of watch till 10pm, and boys till 7pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. [Note: SS “Chignecto” was built in 1893 for a Greek company she was purchased by Royal Mail Line from Union Castle Line in 1906 and renamed “Segura”; she transferred to Jenkin’s Shire Line in 1908 and was renamed “Pembrokeshire”; in 1913 she reverted to Royal Mail and was renamed “Chignecto” (on Canada ‒ West Indies service); she was scrapped in 1927.] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004463: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-271_0.jpg) 26 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed C of E, RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 10.30pm. 4.30pm: Employed preparing for coaling. 5.30pm: Landed patrol. [Fuel Remaining: Coal 273.4 tons] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004464: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-271_1.jpg) 27 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 5.0am: Lit fires in no 8 boiler. 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. [Draught: 17’ 4” Forward, 22’ 2” Aft] am: Employed coaling ship. Discharged 1 boy to hospital. pm: Employed coaling ship. 8.50pm: Completed with coal, received [blank] tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 10”] 9.30pm: Banked fires in no 8 boiler. [Fresh Beef Received: 208 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 420 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: 1020 tons] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004465: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-272_0.jpg) 28 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Spread fires in no 8 boiler. am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 4.0pm: Read warrant no 50. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 416 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004466: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-272_1.jpg) 29 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and red-leading ship’s side. am: Employed refitting, working about torpedo tubes, painting, and drawing and returning stores. [Fresh Meat Received: 208 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread Received: 420 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004467: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-273_0.jpg) 30 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 8.30am: Arrived, “Cumberland”. am: Employed refitting, painting, working about torpedo tubes, and provisioning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 207 lbs; Bread Received: 420 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004468: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-273_1.jpg) 31 December 1915 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed stowing stores and provisions. am: Employed drawing stores, painting and refitting. 10.30am: Arrived, “Melbourne”. 2.30pm: 1 rating joined from “Melbourne”. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Landed patrol. 1 rating joined from hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 209 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c91004469: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-274_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] LOGS FOR JANUARY 1916 4ef4f8c5e53e0a0c9100446a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-274_1.jpg) [Cover of Copy of Log for January 1916, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c9100446b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-275_0.jpg) [Page not filled in, signed by Captain Bush, 7th February 1916. To the Secretary of the Admiralty] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c9100446c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-275_1.jpg) 1 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 0.30am: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, 7 boilers. 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. Employed preparing to leave dockyard. 7.50am: Left dockyard, and proceeded as requisite to anchorage in Grassy Bay. 8.15am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 2 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Ireland Island Flagstaff N35W, Hog Fish S15.5W, SW corner of Breakwater N87.5W] 9.15am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite for anchoring in no 2 berth. 10.5am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: South end of North Breakwater N81.5W, Hog Fish Beacon S20W, Tide Guage [Gauge] S76E] am: Employed cleaning and painting ship. 11.0am: Let fires die out in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. 1.0pm: Paid monthly money to ship’s company. Leave to watch till 7am. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. Midnight: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 213 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 700 lbs] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c9100446d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-276_0.jpg) 2 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed Wesleyan, Presbyterian, and RC church parties. 9.20am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c9100446e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-276_1.jpg) 3 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.0am: Sailed, “Caesar”. am: Employed refitting, blacking down aloft, painting, scraping, and red-leading. pm: Employed refitting, painting, blacking down rigging, and painting ship’s side. 4.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 441 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c9100446f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-277_0.jpg) 4 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 4.30am: Set anchor watch. am: Employed refitting, painting, and cleaning ship. pm: Employed refitting, working about guns, and painting ship. 6.0pm: Let go starboard anchor under the fore-foot. 9.30pm: 3 stokers joined ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 223 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] [North westerly wind force 7-8 or 6-8 from 8am to 8pm] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004470: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-277_1.jpg) 5 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.30am: Weighed starboard anchor. 7.30am: “Carnarvon” proceeded into camber. am: Employed refitting, painting down aloft, and working about guns and torpedo tubes. pm: Employed painting aloft, and on mess-deck, refitting, and working about guns and torpedo tubes. [Fresh Beef Received: 228 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004471: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-278_0.jpg) 6 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed painting on mess deck, drawing and returning stores, and refitting. 10.30am: Sailed, “Cumberland”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 228 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2885 lbs; Bread Received: 360 lbs] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004472: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-278_1.jpg) 7 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed refitting, setting up rigging, painting, and working about torpedo tubes. 9.35am: Arrived “Caesar”. am: Received from Dockyard, and expended in steam boat while in dockyard hands, 7.95 tons of coal. [Fresh Beef Received: 50 lbs; Vegetables Received: 115 lbs; Bread Received: 1200 lbs] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004473: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-279_0.jpg) 8 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.38, Long -64.64 [estimated] 2.0am: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. 8.30am: Lieutenant Daniel left the ship. Discharged 1 SBA [Sick Berth Attendant] for passage to England. Employed preparing for sea. 10.0am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay and through Narrows. 11.32am: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort Catherine N65W, St David’s Light House S23W, Lloyds Signal Station N85W] 0.10pm: Banked fires in nos 5, 7, and 8 boilers. 1.30pm: Exercised General Quarters. 5.0pm: Exercised night defence stations. [Distance run through the Water: 10 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 322 lbs] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004474: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-279_1.jpg) 9 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.38, Long -64.64 am: Hands mustered by the ledger. 10.30am: Held Divine Service. 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004475: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-280_0.jpg) 10 January 1916 To Carrying out Firing and at Bermuda Lat 32.40, Long -64.55 [Cross Bearings] 6.20am: Arrived, “Suffolk”. 8.30am: Shortened in to 2 cables. Sent target to “Creole”. 9.0am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. 11.45am: Stopped. 1.30pm: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. 3.15pm: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage in Five Fathom Hole. 3.40pm: Stopped. Came to with starboard anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort St Catherine N65W, St Davids Light House S31W, Lloyds Signal Station N84W] 8.0pm: Exercised night defence stations. Burned search lights. [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 241 degrees, 6 miles] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004476: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-280_1.jpg) 11 January 1916 To Carrying out Firing and at Bermuda Lat 32.42, Long -64.53 8.45am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. am: Lost overboard by accident through fouling bottom. Rope, coir, 115 fathoms, Target, pattern VII, 1 in no. pm: Course and speed as requisite for carrying out night defence practice from 12 pounder guns and 1 inch aiming rifle from 6 inch guns. 4.35pm: Stopped. 7.20pm: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out night firing at stationary targets. 10.15pm: Picked up targets. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. 10.40pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort St Catherine N65W, St Davids Light House S31W, Lloyds Signal Station N84W] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 239 degrees, 7 miles] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004477: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-281_0.jpg) 12 January 1916 To Carrying out Firing and at Bermuda Lat 32.38, Long -64.66 [estimated] 8.40am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite for carrying out preliminary battle-practice from sub-calibre and 12 pounder guns. 11.0am: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage off St George’s Island. 0.5pm: Came to with port anchor in 9 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort St Catherine N65W, St Davids Light S31W, Lloyds Signal Station N84W] pm: Employed preparing for coaling. 5.0pm: Exercised night defence. 6.10pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out night firing from 12 pounder and sub-calibre guns. 9.0pm: Picked up targets. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage off St George’s. 10.7pm: Came to with port anchor in 8.5 fathoms, veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort St Catherine N65W, St Davids Light S31W, Lloyds Signal Station N84W] [True Bearing and Distance: At entrance to Narrows] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 872.0 tons] 4ef4f8c6e53e0a0c91004478: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-281_1.jpg) 13 January 1916 To Carrying out firing and at Bermuda Lat 32.36, Long -64.73 [rough estimate] 9.0am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out battle-practice at towed target. 10.0am: Hoisted in target. 11.10am: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows to Grassy Bay. 1.22pm: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 22’ 11”] 3.5pm: Collier secured alongside. 3.5pm: Commenced coaling. 4.39pm: Completed with coal. Received 160 tons. 5.15pm: Collier cast off. Employed cleaning ship. [Anchor [Bearings]: Ireland Island Flagstaff N54W, SW corner of Breakwater S69W, Hogfish Beacon S7W] 6.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, landed patrol. pm: Lost overboard by accident Shovel square 2 in no, Sacks coal 2 cwt 7 in no. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 3”] [True Bearing and Distance: At entrance to Narrows] [Fresh Beef Received: 224 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1017.0 tons] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004479: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-282_0.jpg) 14 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] am: Employed cleaning ship, and lifting fore capstan, and returning ammunition boxes. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. Lost overboard by accident, brushes, paint, 3 in no. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. pm: Employed unrigging coaling stay and reeving cat purchase. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 5.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, potatoes, 200 lbs. 2 ratings joined ship from hospital. 1 rating joined ship from “Suffolk”. Discharged 1 rating to “Suffolk”. [Fresh Beef Received: 960 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3400 lbs; Bread Received: 1200 lbs] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c9100447a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-282_1.jpg) 15 January 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 32.53, Long -64.68 [Cross Bearings] 1.0am: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. 6.0am: Employed preparing for sea. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 4”] 8.45am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 9.0am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite out of harbour and through Narrows, 75 revs. 10.30am: Shaped course N53E. 11.28am: Altered course N52W. Employed securing for sea. 0.30pm: North Rock abeam 5 miles. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised General Quarters. [Distance run through the Water: 25.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chesapeake Bay 605 miles] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c9100447b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-283_0.jpg) 16 January 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 34.24, Long -68.85 10.30am: Held Divine Service. 6.0pm: Darkened ship. [Course and Distance made good: N64W, 233 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chesapeake Bay 372 miles] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c9100447c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-283_1.jpg) 17 January 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 35.90, Long -72.95 am: Employed working about guns, and cleaning ship. Midnight: Sounded in ./100. [Distance run through the Water: 228 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chesapeake Bay 150 miles] [Squally south westerly then north westerly or northerly wind force 5 to 7 until 8pm; sea rough or very rough through middle of day; rain in am; noon temperature 54F, sea temperature 69F] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c9100447d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-284_0.jpg) 18 January 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 38.01, Long -75.66 [Cross Bearings] 4.0am: Sounded in 23 fathoms. 7.19am: Observed Cape Charles Light N26W. 7.42am: Altered course West. 8.12am: Reduced to 35 revs, altered course N28E. 8.20am: No 2 CB buoy abeam to port 2 cables. 9.55am: Altered course N33E. Hauled in Patent Log. Exercised guns’ crews at loader drill. 11.0am: Altered course S29E. Cape Charles Light Vessel North, 2 miles. Noon: Altered course S6W. 1.0pm: Spoke Admiralty Oiler Y.65. 2.20pm: Altered course N66W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 4.48pm: Altered course as requisite to investigate floating wreckage. 5.17pm: Proceeded N30E. 8.50pm: Cape Charles Light Vessel abeam 1 mile, altered course S85E. [Distance run through the Water: 182.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel N35W, 5.5 miles] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 29F, sea temperature 40F] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c9100447e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-284_1.jpg) 19 January 1916 Off Chesapeake Bay Lat 37.00, Long -75.63 [Cross Bearings] 1.0am: Altered course S66W. 7.30am: Altered course N30E. 9.0am: Stopped Starboard engine. Increased to 45 revs with port engine. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. training classes at instruction. 11.0am: Proceeded 35 revs with both engines. Noon: Altered course S6W. 2.0pm: Altered course N87W. 4.30pm: Course and speed as requisite for swinging ship for deviation of compasses. 5.40pm: Proceeded N47W, 35 revs. 6.0pm: Altered course S56E. 7.0pm: Increased to 75 revs, altered course S57E. Streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 113.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel N37W, 7 miles] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c9100447f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-285_0.jpg) 20 January 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 35.68, Long -72.02 am: Divisions. Exercised physical drill. Employed refitting coaling gear, painting, scraping, and cleaning out boats. 11.53am: Increased to 90 revs, carried out practice from 3 pounder and maxim guns at Kite. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Course and Distance made good: S69E, 191 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda 437 miles] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004480: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-285_1.jpg) 21 January 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 33.67, Long -67.41 am: Employed cleaning ship, painting on mess-deck, and preparing for coaling. pm: Employed cleaning ship, preparing for coaling, and scraping upper deck. 4.50pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Swung ship for adjustment of Conning Tower Compass. 5.42pm: Proceeded S55E, 75 revs. [Course and Distance made good: S62E, 257 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda 180 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 727.0 tons] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004481: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-286_0.jpg) 22 January 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 2.40am: Sighted Gibbs Hill Light S15W. 3.20am: North Rock Light abeam 11 miles. 6.35am: Stopped to allow dredger to clear Narrows. 6.37am: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows, and to anchorage in Grassy Bay. 75 revs. 7.50am: Came to with port anchor in Grassy Bay. [Draught: Forward 19’ 0”, Aft 22’ 10”] [Anchor [Bearings]: Ireland Island Flagstaff N54W, Hogfish Beacon S7W, SW Corner of Breakwater S69W] 8.15am: Collier secured alongside. 9.0am: Commenced coaling. am: Discharged 1 signal boy to hospital. Employed coaling ship. 0.30pm: Arrived “Carnarvon”. 0.40pm: Completed with coal. Received 310 tons. pm: Employed cleaning ship. Lost overboard by accident Sacks coal 2 Cwt 8 in no. [Draught: 19’ 10” Forward, 23’ 6” Aft] 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 187.9 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs, Mutton 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 600 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1022 tons] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004482: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-286_1.jpg) 23 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed RC, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan church parties. 9.45am: Held Divine Service. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004483: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-287_0.jpg) 24 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. Employed painting on mess-deck, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 480 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1200 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004484: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-287_1.jpg) 25 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Divers at monthly practice. Remainder of hands painting on mess-deck, and cleaning ship. pm: Watch employed snaking down rigging, scraping, and painting. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004485: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-288_0.jpg) 26 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed painting on cable and mess-decks, and cleaning ship. pm: Watch employed painting on cable and mess-decks. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004486: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-288_1.jpg) 27 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed painting on cable and mess-decks. Training classes at instruction. Boys at gunnery drill and physical exercise. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004487: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-289_0.jpg) 28 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed painting on cable and mess decks, working about torpedo tubes, and cleaning ship. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. Sailed, HMCTBD “Grilse”. pm: Watch employed embarking ammunition and provisions. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Vegetables Received: 360 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 67F] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004488: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-289_1.jpg) 29 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: Sent working party of 1 officer and 33 hands to discharge coal from SS “Ilderton” to coal depôt “Shah”. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. Boys at physical drill. 9.0am: Arrived Admiralty collier “King John”. 11.10am: Arrived HMCTBD “Grilse”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Note: SS “Ilderton” was a British cargo ship built in Stockton-on-Tees in 1903 for Steel, Young and Company, London. She was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Northern Russia in October 1917. For details of collier “King John” see 30th August 1915.] 4ef4f8c7e53e0a0c91004489: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-290_0.jpg) 30 January 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.30am: Working party returned on board. am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian Church parties. 9.0am: Sailed “Carnarvon”. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c9100448a: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-290_1.jpg) 31 January 1916 From Bermuda to Gunnery Practices and at Murray’s Anchorage Lat 32.38, Long -64.71 [Cross Bearings] 5.30am: Employed preparing for sea. 7.30am: “Melbourne” moved from dockyard to Grassy Bay. 8.25am: Arrived “Sydney”. 10.0am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay, and as requisite for carrying out torpedo practice in Murray’s Anchorage at towed target. 1.30am: Completed practice. Hoisted cutter. 1.35pm: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage off Fort St Catherine. 1.45pm: Came to with port anchor in 8 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. Carried out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. Banked fires in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort St Catherine S58E, Cherry Stone Hill S23W, Round Tower S43W] 4.0pm: Quarters. Carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. 5.15pm: Completed practice. [True Bearing and Distance: St Davids Light 112 degrees, 3.25 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 460 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1600 lbs; Bread Received: 360 lbs] 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c9100448b: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-291_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c9100448c: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-291_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c9100448d: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-292_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c9100448e: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-292_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c9100448f: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-293_0.jpg) [Blank page, half black cover] 4ef4f8c8e53e0a0c91004490: (https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/oldweather/ADM53-45020/ADM 53-45020-293_1.jpg) [Blank page, half black cover] LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1916 4f961187a2fc8e2def000907: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for February 1916] 4f961187a2fc8e2def000908: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f961187a2fc8e2def000909: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-002_0.jpg) [Page not completed, signed by Captain Bush, 4th March 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4f961188a2fc8e2def00090a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-002_1.jpg) 1 February 1916 From Murray’s Anchorage, Bermuda, at Gunnery Practices Lat 32.38, Long -64.72 [rough estimate] 7.0am: Carried out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. 9.30am: Weighed. Catted by hand. 9.35am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. 0.30pm: Stopped. 1.0pm: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out firing from 12 pounder and sub-calibre guns, at towed target. 3.35pm: Completed practice. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. 3.55pm: Came to with port anchor in 9 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. 4.0pm: Boys exercised boat-pulling. [Anchor [Bearings]: Fort St Catherine S58E, Cherry Stone Hill S23W, Round Tower S43W] [True Bearing and Distance: In Murray’s Anchorage, Bermuda] 4f961188a2fc8e2def00090b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-003_0.jpg) 2 February 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay and at Bermuda Lat 32.59, Long -64.84 [Cross Bearings] 5.30am: Employed preparing for sea. Shortened in to 2 shackles. 6.30am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite to Grassy Bay, 75 revs. 7.30am: Stopped. 7.33am: Came to with port anchor in 7.5 fathoms. Veered to 4 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Ireland Island Flagstaff N54W, Hogfish Beacon S7W, SW Corner of Breakwater S58W] 8.30am: Discharged 4 stokers to “Caesar”. 1 LS and 1 ERA joined ship. 8.40am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay and through Narrows, 75 revs. 10.0am: Passed Fairway Buoy, altered course N55E. 10.45am: Altered course N54W. 11.23am: North Rock Beacon abeam 5 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 46.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chesapeake Bay 600 miles] 4f961188a2fc8e2def00090c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-003_1.jpg) 3 February 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 34.73, Long -69.99 am: Employed refitting, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Wind veered to NW. 4.0pm: Altered course N57W. Quarters. Exercised night defence. 6.30pm: Darkened ship. 7.45pm: Altered course to clear steamer. 8.0pm: Altered course N68W. 9.20pm: Altered course to clear steamer. [Course and Distance made good: N64W, 288 miles] [Wind south westerly force 5 to 6-7 in am, north westerly or northerly force 6 in pm; sea rough or very rough from 8am onwards. Noon temperature 70F, sea temperature 67F] 4f961189a2fc8e2def00090d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-004_0.jpg) 4 February 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.23, Long -74.82 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed cleaning ship, and refitting. Training classes at instruction. Boys at physical drill. 3.0pm: Sounded 9.5 fathoms. 3.30pm: 13 fathoms. 3.45pm: Observed “Calgarian”, altered course S40W. Increased to 115 revs. 4.14pm: Stopped. Spoke “Calgarian”. 4.45pm: Proceeded N43W, 90 revs. 5.30pm: No 2 CB buoy abeam 2 cables, altered course N30E. Zig-zagging. 6.20pm: Altered course S30W. Zig-zagging. 7.0pm: Altered course N30E. Reduced to 75 revs. Put clocks back 10 minutes. 8.20pm: Altered course S30W. 9.35pm: Altered course N30E. 10.55pm: Altered course S30W. [Course and Distance made good: N68W, 254 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chesapeake Bay Entrance N57W, 60 miles] [Rough sea in early am but pm mostly quiet and calm; noon temperature 41F, sea temperature 48F] 4f961189a2fc8e2def00090e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-004_1.jpg) 5 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.82 [Changes of course N30E, S30W at 0.12am, 1.35am, 3.10am, 4.35am and 6.0am] 7.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging, making good N30E. 7.20am: Altered course S30W. 8.25am: Altered course N30E. Zig-zagging. 9.0am: Course as requisite for speaking vessels, and zig-zagging between Cape Charles Light Vessel, and No [2] CB light buoy. 90 revolutions. pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging on patrol between Cape Charles Light Vessel and no 2 CB light buoy. 2.30pm: Spoke SS Helvedale [Helredale] (British). 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 7.0pm: Reduced to 75 revs. Shaped course S30W. 8.30pm: Altered course N32E. Reduced to 60 revs. 10.15pm: Altered course S30W. 11.10pm: Course as requisite for closing steamer, 90 revs. 11.35pm: Spoke SS “Dramatist” (British). 11.40pm: Course N30E, 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 261.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 284 degrees, 9.5 miles] [Note: SS “Helredale” was a cargo ship built in Middlesbrough in 1906 and owned by Thomas Turnbull and Sons, Whitby; she was sold to a Greek company in 1929 and was renamed “Kapetan Stratis”; she was to be sunk off Ireland in an air raid in 1941. SS “Dramatist” was a passenger/cargo ship built in Scotland in 1914 and owned by Charente Steam Ship Company, Liverpool; she was to be captured and sunk by a German ship in the North Atlantic in December 1916.] 4f961189a2fc8e2def00090f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-005_0.jpg) 6 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.93, Long -75.82 7.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging. 9.0am: Reduced to 60 revs on account of fog. 9.35am: Increased to 90 revs, fog cleared. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. pm: Course as requisite for patrolling and speaking vessels. Spoke following vessels bound East, Kinross (British), Portsea (British), Norman Monarch (British) [listed here], Collier No 634 (British), Ethel Brytha [Ethelbryhta] (British), Tyler (American), Certo (Norwegian). Bound to Chesapeake:- Kassanga, Dramatist (British), Tenier [possibly Terrier] (Norwegian), Uppomendic [Upo-Mendi listed here] (Spanish), SV Balmoral (Italian). 7.20pm: Shaped course S30W, reduced to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 241.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 270 degrees, 9 miles] [Mist or fog until 4pm] [Note: SS “Kinross” was a cargo ship built on the Tyne in 1911 and owned by AM Sutherland, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Cornwall in May 1917. SS “Portsea” was a cargo ship built in 1912 in Hull and owned by Sea Steamship Company, Hull; in 1923 she was sold to another British Company and was renamed “Onaway”; she was sold to a Greek company in 1924 and was renamed “Aghios Georgios”; she was to be sunk by a mine in the Suez Canal in 1941. SS “Norman Monarch” was built in 1909 in Scotland and owned by Monarch Steamship Company, Glasgow; she was sold to Bristol Channel Steamers Ltd, Glasgow in 1928 and was renamed “Lady Lewis”; in 1932 she was sold to an Italian company and renamed “Collodi”; she was scrapped in 1933. SS “Ethelbryhta” was a cargo ship built in 1898 in Sunderland for Robert Harrowing and Company, Whitby; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in July 1916. SS “Tyler” was a cargo ship built in New Jersey in 1913 and owned by Old Dominion Steamship Company, New York; she was requisitioned by the US Shipping Board in 1917 and was to be sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in May 1918, with the loss of 11 lives. SS “Certo” was a Norwegian cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1910 as “Terno”; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1915 and was renamed “Havhelt”; she was sold again in 1916 and became “Certo”; she was to be torpedoed by a German submarine outside Le Havre, France, in May 1917. SS “Kassanga” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1899 as “John Coverdale”, she was sold to Maclay & McIntyre, Glasgow in 1911 and became “Kassanga”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Wales in March 1918. SS “Terrier” was built in Sunderland in 1911 for Wilhelmsens, Tønsberg; she was sold to Far Eastern Steamship Company, Bergen in 1934 and was renamed “Mabuhay I”; she was sold to a Japanese company in 1938 and became “Ryunan Maru”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine off Japan in 1942. SS “Upo-Mendi” was built in 1911 or 1912 and owned by Sota y Aznar, Bilbao; she was transferred to Naviera Aznar in 1940 and renamed “Monte Jarindo”; she was sold to another Spanish company in 1952 and was renamed “Felguera”. SV “Balmoral” was a barque built in Liverpool in 1892 and was in British ownership until 1911 when she was sold to an Italian company; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off Porto Maurizio in August 1916.] 4f96118aa2fc8e2def000910: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-005_1.jpg) 7 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 37.04, Long -75.75 [Cross Bearings] 3.0am: Altered course N30E. Spoke SS “Vestland” (ex St Andrew), Norwegian and “Tremayne” (British). 7.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Course as requisite for zig-zagging. am: Employed refitting coaling gear, cleaning out boats. Control party at spotting table. Boys at physical drill and gunnery training. pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging on patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 247.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel N22E, 3 miles] [Note: SS “Vestland” (detailed at bottom of page here) was built in 1894 as “Maria” for J de Poorter, Rotterdam; she then sailed under the Swedish Flag from 1897 as “St Andrew”; she was purchased by Vestland in 1915 and was renamed “Vestland”; in 1916 she was sold and renamed “Arnøy”; she sailed under the Finnish flag from 1924 as “Björneborg”; she was sold again in 1943 and was broken up in Denmark as “Maria” in 1953. SS “Tremayne” was a cargo ship built on the Tyne in 1906 for Hain Steamship Company; she was sold to Kingdom Steamships, London in 1926 and was renamed “Collingdale”; she was to be wrecked in 1927 off North Africa.] 4f96118aa2fc8e2def000911: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-006_0.jpg) 8 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.92, Long -75.80 [Cross Bearings] 7.0am: Course as requisite for zig-zagging. Increased to 90 revs. am: Employed refitting and cleaning ship. Boys at physical drill. Training classes at instruction. Control party at spotting table. pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging on patrol, 90 revs. Watch employed refitting and cleaning ship. Boys at instruction. 7.0pm: Shaped course N30E, reduced to 60 revs. 7.20pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 7.45pm: Reduced to 60 revs, altered course N30E. [Distance run through the Water: 242.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 265 degrees, 10 miles] 4f96118aa2fc8e2def000912: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-006_1.jpg) 9 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 37.02, Long -75.75 [Cross Bearings] 2.40am: Altered course S30W. Spoke SS “Transportation”. 7.0am: Course as requisite for zig-zagging. Increased to 90 revs. 9.22am: No 2 CB buoy S20W 1 mile. am: Employed cleaning ship and refitting. Boys at physical drill and instruction. Control party at the spotting table. 1.0pm: Course as requisite for zig-zagging on patrol. 7.0pm: Reduced to 60 revs, altered course N30E. 7.10am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 7.30pm: Shaped course N30W. 8.50pm: Cape Charles Light vessel abeam 2 miles, altered course S30W. [Distance run through the Water: 243.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel 20 degrees, 4.5 miles] [Mist, rain and/or fog for most of day] [Note: SS “Transportation” was an American cargo bulk carrier built in New Jersey in 1910 and owned by Coastwise Transportation; she was sold to another American company in 1940 and was renamed “Panchito”; she was to sink off France in 1948.] 4f96118ba2fc8e2def000913: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-006a_0.jpg) 10 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.85 [Cross Bearings] 7.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Course as requisite for zig-zagging. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised general Quarters, and collision stations. Boys at instruction and physical drill, guns’ crews at loader. Remainder cleaning ship and refitting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 6.0pm: Spoke SS “Fert” (Italian). 7.0pm: Shaped course N30E. Reduced to 60 revs. 10.10pm: As requisite for closing steamer. 10.20pm: Course S30W. [Distance run through the Water: 239.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 290 degrees, 8.5 miles] [Misty throughout the day, noon temperature 46F, sea temperature 43F] [Note: SS “Fert” was a cargo ship built in Scotland in 1909 as “Aspromite SWS” for Walter F Becker, Genoa; she was sold to Societa Anonima Navigazione Alta Italia, Turin in 1914 and was renamed “Fert”; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean off Spain in June 1917.] 4f96118ba2fc8e2def000914: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-006a_1.jpg) 11 February 1916 From Chesapeake to Bermuda and Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.89, Long -75.83 [Cross Bearings] 0.40am: Increased to 90 revs, altered course to close steamer. 0.44am: Reduced to 60 revs. 0.55am: Shaped course S30W. 5.50am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 6.15am: Shaped course S30W. 7.20am: Increased to 90 revs. Course as requisite for zig-zagging. 11.5am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with SS “Mandalay” (British) [Mandalay (4) listed here]. 11.28am: Proceeded as requisite for zig-zagging, 90 revs. Control party at spotting table. 0.46pm: Shaped course SE to close “Leviathan”. 1.10pm: Altered course S57E. Increased to 100 revs. Parted company. 7.30pm: Altered course to clear steamer. [Distance run through the Water: 234 miles] [True Bearing and Distance; Cape Henry Light House 296 degrees, 9 miles] [Note: There were two British ships named “Mandalay” at this time; the most likely was built in Scotland in 1911 and owned by The Burmah Steam Ship Company, Glasgow; she was scrapped in 1947.] 4f96118ba2fc8e2def000915: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-007_0.jpg) 12 February 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 34.79, Long -69.75 2.30am: Exercised gun-watch. am: Employed preparing for coaling. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Current in 22 hours: N70E, 11.5 miles (Gulf Stream)] [Course and Distance made good: 320 miles S66E (Since 1.12pm)] [True Bearing and Distance: Bermuda 310 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 280 tons] 4f96118ba2fc8e2def000916: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-007_1.jpg) 13 February 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 2.0am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 8.25am: Observed St David’s Light House S10W. 9.37am: Passed fairway buoy. Course as requisite for Narrows, and approach to Grassy Bay. 10.26am: Stopped. Came to with Port anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lodge Point House (S) S77W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N36W, Hogfish Beacon S16W] 11.45am: Collier secured alongside. 1.35pm: Commenced coaling. [Draught: Forward 16’ 10”, Aft 22’ 6”] 5.30pm: Employed coaling ship. 9.5pm: Completed with coal. Received [blank] tons. [Distance run through the Water: 323.2 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 973 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1020 tons] 4f96118ca2fc8e2def000917: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-008_0.jpg) 14 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Discharged 1 private RMLI to hospital. Employed cleaning ship. 10.0am: “Caesar” shifted berth from Dockyard to Grassy Bay. 5 ratings joined ship from RN Barracks. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 1.20pm: Arrived SS “Caraquet” [listed here as “Guelph”]. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 1.55pm: Sailed “Caesar”. 4.0pm: Quarters. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1176 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Note: SS “Caraquet” was a British cargo ship built in Belfast in 1894 as “Guelph” for Union Steamship Company; she transferred to Union Castle Mail in 1900 and in 1913 was sold to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and was renamed “Caraquet”; she was to run aground and be wrecked off Bermuda in 1923 (more details here).] 4f96118ca2fc8e2def000918: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-008_1.jpg) 15 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 1.10am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 4.45am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Landed port watch for provisioning ship. am: Employed rigging sheers on forecastle, unrigging coaling-stay, and provisioning ship. pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Remainder employed stowing provisions. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. 10.30pm: Set anchor watch. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 488 lbs; Bread Received: 360 lbs] [Rain at times, wind becoming squally in pm, south westerly force 6-8 or 6-9 from 8pm; noon temperature 69F] 4f96118ca2fc8e2def000919: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-009_0.jpg) 16 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.35am: Arrived and anchored “Caesar”. am: Employed replacing capstan spindle, reeving new boats falls, and cleaning ship. 11.0am: Discharged one patient to hospital. Boys at physical drill. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. pm: Employed reeving new boats’ falls and cleaning ship. 1.40pm: Sailed, “Sydney”. 3.25pm: Sailed, “Caesar”. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant No 51. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received 980 lbs; Bread Received: 360 lbs] [Wind decreasing during am] 4f96118da2fc8e2def00091a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-009_1.jpg) 17 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Weighed starboard anchor. Training classes at instruction. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 52. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 980 lbs; Bread Received 400 lbs] 4f96118da2fc8e2def00091b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-010_0.jpg) 18 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.50am: Arrived “Suffolk”. 9.10am: Sailed, “Carnarvon”. am: Divers at monthly practise, remainder cleaning ship. 9.50am: “Suffolk” proceeded into Basin. 5.30pm: Arrived “Caesar”. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 488 lbs; Bread Received 400 lbs] 4f96118da2fc8e2def00091c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-010_1.jpg) 19 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.0pm: 1 private RMLI rejoined ship from hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received 800 lbs] 4f96118ea2fc8e2def00091d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-011_0.jpg) 20 February 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and RC church parties. 9.30am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 5.30pm. Lowered steam cutter to land boiler in Dockyard. 4.30pm: Hoisted steam cutter. 6 hands employed drying up water in fore hold, and restowing provisions. 4f96118ea2fc8e2def00091e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-011_1.jpg) 21 February 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay and at Bermuda Lat 32.58, Long -64.82 [Cross Bearings] 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. 7.40am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 8.40am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour and through Narrows, 90 revs. 10.7am: Passed fairway buoy. Shaped course N56E. am: Boys and Training class at instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant No 53. 5.0pm: Exercised night defence. 5.2pm: Altered course to secure cable. 5.6pm: Altered course N56W. 6.55pm: Altered course to clear sail. [Distance run through the Water: 34.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock 163 degrees, 7.5 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 960 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f96118ea2fc8e2def00091f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-012_0.jpg) 22 February 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 34.47, Long -69.92 am: Training classes at instruction. Boys at school and physical drill. Control party at Spotting Table. Remainder cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Altered course N60W. Quarters. Read Warrant no 54. [Course and Distance made good: N66W, 279 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chesapeake Bay 319 miles] 4f96118fa2fc8e2def000920: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-012_1.jpg) 23 February 1916 From Bermuda to and at Chesapeake Bay [though not stated at top of page] Lat 36.60, Long -75.40 [shown in log as “Estimated”] am: Exercised physical drill. Commenced sounding every half-hour. Training class at gun-drill. Boys at physical and gun-drill. .Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 1.30pm: Observed land ahead. Altered course North. 2.20pm: Observed No 2 CB buoy N40E, 7 cables. Reduced to 60 revs. 2.35pm: Sighted “Sydney”. 2.40pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Sydney”. 3.48pm: Parted company. Proceeded N25E, 45 revs. 4.21pm: Altered course as requisite for closing SS “Maltby” (British). 4.45pm: Resumed course. 6.23pm: Altered course S35W. 7.45pm: Altered course N31E. 9.25pm: Altered course S33W. [Distance run through the Water: 303.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 303 degrees, 35 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Rain, mist or fog all day; noon temperature 56F, sea temperature 54F] [Note: SS “Maltby” was a cargo ship built in UK in 1906 and owned by John Ropner, West Hartlepool (Sunderland); she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in February 1918, with the loss of 5 lives.] 4f96118fa2fc8e2def000921: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-013_0.jpg) 24 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.89, Long -75.83 [Changes of course N30E and S30W at 0.15am, 1.40am, 3.10am, 4.45am, 6.5am and 7.48am] 8.0am: Course as requisite for patrolling. am: Training classes and boys under instruction. Remainder of hands working about boats, and cleaning ship. 0.42pm: Shaped course East. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.0pm: Altered course West. 6.0pm: Altered course East. 6.40pm: Altered course West. 6.50pm: Increased to 75 revs. 7.0pm: Altered course N78W. 7.30pm: Reduced to 45 revs. 11.35pm: Observed no 2 CB buoy West 2 cables, altered course East. [Distance run through the Water: 150.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 285 degrees, 8.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fog, thick at times, all day] 4f96118fa2fc8e2def000922: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-013_1.jpg) 25 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.89, Long -75.81 [Cross Bearings] [Changes of course East and West at 2.30am, 3.58am, 6.19am, 7.20am, 7.54am] 9.35am: Sounded in 10 fathoms. 10.0am: Sounded in 9 fathoms. 10.10am: Altered course North. 10.13am: Observed No 2 CB buoy N15E, 2 miles. Reduced to 45 revs, altered course N15E. 11.0am: Course as requisite for examining steamers. pm: Training classes at instruction. Boys at seamanship. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 2.50pm: Increased to 75 revs, altered course S41E. [Distance run through the Water: 149.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 281 degrees, 10 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Mist, fog and/or rain all day; north westerly wind force 6 at midnight with very rough sea] 4f961190a2fc8e2def000923: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-014_0.jpg) 26 February 1916 Patrolling off Cape Hatteras Lat 36.95, Long -74.63 1.0am: Altered course NW. 9.0am: Altered course SE. 9.10am: Sounded in 23 fathoms. 1.15pm: Altered course NW. Hands making and mending clothes. 5.25pm: Altered course as requisite for intercepting SS “Atlas” (Norwegian) [there were several Norwegian ships of this name at this time]. Increased to 90 revs. 6.0pm: Resumed course N35E, 60 revs. 7.40pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 8.45pm: Altered course S30E. Reduced to 60 revs. 9.30pm: Altered course S50E. 11.45pm: Altered course NE. 11.56pm: Altered course N9E. [Distance run through the Water: 173.0 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Hatteras 227 degrees, 60 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [North westerly wind force 6-8 or 7 until 8am, with rough sea; wind and sea reducing in pm] 4f961190a2fc8e2def000924: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-014_1.jpg) 27 February 1916 Patrolling off Cape Hatteras Lat 36.30, Long -75.08 2.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 2.20am: Shaped course S40E. 4.15am: Altered course NW. 6.0am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 6.15am: Resumed course. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.30pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 2.40am: Increased to 90 revs. Spread fires in 1, 2, and 8 boilers. 3.5pm: Increased to 115 revs. 3.50pm: Reduced to 90 revs. 3.55pm: Reduced to 60 revs. Course SSE. Banked fires in 1, 2, and 8 boilers. 4.25pm: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Increased to 90 revs. 4.40pm: Reduced to 60 revs. 4.53pm: Shaped course S22E. 7.30pm: Altered course SE. 9.0pm: Altered course NW. [Distance run through the Water: 175.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Currituck Light House 275 degrees, 37 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [North westerly wind force 5 or 6 all day, sea rough in middle of day; weather fine, noon temperature 44F, sea temperature 37F] 4f961190a2fc8e2def000925: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-015_0.jpg) 28 February 1916 Patrolling off Cape Hatteras Lat 35.98, Long -74.64 6.45am: Observed US Cruiser, “California” class N by E 7 miles. 6.48am: Altered course S45E. am: Training classes at instruction. Boys at physical drill and school. Remainder employed refitting and cleaning ship. 1.30pm: Altered course N45W. Training class at instruction. Third Watch attending Health Lecture. Remainder refitting. 8.56pm: Observed Currituck Light (glare) S46W. 9.22pm: Observed Cape Henry Light N66W. 9.35pm: Altered course N80W. Reduced to 60 revs. 10.55pm: Altered course N30E. 11.40pm: Altered course S30W. [Distance run through the Water: 173.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Hatteras 215 degrees, 61 miles] 4f961191a2fc8e2def000926: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-015_1.jpg) 29 February 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.84 [Changes of course N30E and S30W at 0.30am, 1.10am, 2.15am, 3.15am, 4.35am, 6.7am and 7.45am] 8.15am: Observed “Calgarian”, NNW 9.10am: Stopped. Communicated with “Calgarian”. 9.42am: Parted company. Proceeded as requisite for patrolling between No 2 and No 2 CB buoys at 45 revs. 1.0pm: Course as requisite for patrolling off Chesapeake Bay. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 193.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 292 degrees, 8.5 miles] 4f961191a2fc8e2def000927: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-016_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f961191a2fc8e2def000928: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-016_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f961192a2fc8e2def000929: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-017_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4f961192a2fc8e2def00092a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45021/ADM 53-45021-017_1.jpg) [Blank page] LOGS FOR MARCH 1916 4f961192a2fc8e2def00092b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for March 1916 (stained)] 4f961193a2fc8e2def00092c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before (heavily stained)] 4f961193a2fc8e2def00092d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-002_0.jpg) [Page not completed but signed by Captain Bush, 6th April 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall, London] 4f961193a2fc8e2def00092e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-002_1.jpg) 1 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.92, Long -74.88 [Cross Bearings] am: Boys at physical drill and school. Training class under examination. Remainder employed refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Course as requisite for patrolling. Employed cleaning ship, painting boats, and refitting. 9.30pm: Observed and challenged “Leviathan”. Closed and communicated with her. 9.45pm: Stopped. 10.15pm: Parted company. Proceeded S79E, 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 144 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 275 degrees, 6 miles] 4f961194a2fc8e2def00092f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-003_0.jpg) 2 March 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 36.70, Long -72.27 1.0am: Altered course S78E. 2.30pm: Altered course S44E. 5.48pm: Altered course as requisite for closing sail. 5.58pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SV “Crillon” (French). 6.0pm: Altered course S42E. Increased to 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 225.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SV “Crillon” was a three-masted barque built in St Nazaire in 1902 and was broken up in 1928.] 4f961194a2fc8e2def000930: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-003_1.jpg) 3 March 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 34.07, Long -67.27 9.42am: Altered course as requisite for closing steamer. 10.12am: Stopped. Communicated with SS “Ribe” [details here under a previous name] (Denmark) and SS “Memnon” [possibly this ship] (British). 11.0am: Proceeded S48E, 83 revs. pm: Training classes at instruction. Rigged coaling stay. [Distance run through the Water: 291.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Squally south westerly wind force 7 to 8 from 8pm, with very rough confused sea; rain at times, noon air and sea temperature 65F] [Note: SS “Ribe” was built in Hartlepool in 1897 as “Cresyl” for W Tully and Company; in 1906 she was sold to a Greek company and became “Georgios B Panoutsos”; in 1915 she was sold to Danish Company AS Nord-Osterso Rederiet and became “Ribe”; in 1924 she was sold to a Japanese company and was renamed “Daishin Maru No 5; in 1938 she was renamed “Eigju Maru”; she was to be torpedoed by an American ship and sank off Korea in 1945. There were 2 ships named “Memnon” at this time, the most likely was a cargo ship built in Belfast in 1890 as “Plassey” and owned by Elder Dempster Lines; she was renamed “Memnon” in 1892 and was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel in March 1917, with the loss of 6 lives. The other possibility was a ship built in Scotland in 1906 and owned by China Mutual Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool; she was scrapped in 1930 (see Memnon (3) here).] 4f961194a2fc8e2def000931: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-004_0.jpg) 4 March 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.40, Long -64.48 10.30am: Observed St Davids Head S87W. 2.53pm: Course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows, and to Grassy Bay. Increased to 90 revs. 4.17pm: Stopped. 4.19pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms in Grassy Bay. Veered to 7 shackles. [Draught: Forward 17’ 8”, Aft 22’ 6”] [Anchor [Bearings]: Ireland Island Flagstaff N35W, Hogfish Beacon S19W, Lodge Point House S78W] [Distance run through the Water: 209.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St Davids Head S76W, 8 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 400 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 371 tons] [Wind squally south westerly then north westerly force 6-8 or 7 all day; sea very rough in am] 4f961195a2fc8e2def000932: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-004_1.jpg) 5 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 7.30am: Collier secured alongside. Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, and 3 boilers. 8.40am: Commenced coaling. am: Employed coaling ship. 10.0am: Discharged one Ammunition crew to hospital. 0.30pm: Sailed, “Cumberland”. 2.20pm: Completed with coal. Received 660 tons. 3.0pm: Collier cast off. Employed cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Landed patrol. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 12 in number. [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1020 tons] [Wind reducing during am] 4f961195a2fc8e2def000933: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-005_0.jpg) 6 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 2 ratings rejoined from hospital. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received: 480 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1200 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f961195a2fc8e2def000934: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-005_1.jpg) 7 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder employed drawing provisions from Dockyard, refitting coaling gear and cleaning ship. pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. Watch employed stowing provisions.1 rating rejoined from hospital [Number on sick list: 9] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f961196a2fc8e2def000935: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-006_0.jpg) 8 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed drawing stores, reeving new boats’ falls, and painting on mess deck. Boys at instruction and physical drill. pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. Employed reeving new boats’ falls, and cleaning ship. 11.30pm: Let go port anchor. Veered to 1 shackle. Set anchor watch. [Number on sick list: 9] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 900 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f961196a2fc8e2def000936: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-006_1.jpg) 9 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed drawing ammunition, and cleaning ship, and refitting. Lost overboard by accident, boat-hooks, brass, one in no. 10.45am: Weighed port anchor. pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. Watch employed stowing ammunition. [Number on sick list: 10] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f961196a2fc8e2def000937: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-007_0.jpg) 10 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: RC service held on board. am: Employed reeving new boats’ falls, refitting fenders, and painting on mess-deck. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Noon: Arrived, HMS “Leviathan”. pm: Watch employed clearing sand boat, refitting gun-port lanyards, and cleaning ship. [Number on sick list: 13] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4f961196a2fc8e2def000938: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-007_1.jpg) 11 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Number on sick list: 15] [Fresh Beef Received: 1000 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2700 lbs; Bread Received: 1150 lbs] 4f961197a2fc8e2def000939: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-008_0.jpg) 12 March 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 32.72, Long -65.15 [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] 5.30am: Employed hoisting boats and preparing for sea. 6.45am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 6.56am: Weighed Turned to ESE. 7.22am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 90 revs. 8.30am: Cleared Narrows, shaped course N58E. 9.10am: Altered course N54E. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 9.50am: North Rock beacon abeam 5 miles. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised general quarters, and night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 54 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon 126 degrees, 15 miles] [Number on sick list: 17] 4f961197a2fc8e2def00093a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-008_1.jpg) 13 March 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 34.75, Long -70.23 am: Training classes and boys at instruction. Control party at spotting table. [Distance run through the Water: 279.1 miles] [Number on sick list: 18] [Weather generally fine, sea rough for part of pm, noon temperature 63F, sea temperature 65F] 4f961197a2fc8e2def00093b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-009_0.jpg) 14 March 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.58, Long -75.12 [Soundings] am: Training class at instruction. Boys at physical drill and school. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. Control party at spotting table. 11.0am: Sounded in 19.5 fathoms. 1.36pm: Altered course West to examine floating object. 2.47pm: Altered course N45W. Spoke HMS “Cumberland”. 3.15pm: Stopped. Communicated with “Cumberland”. 3.51pm: Proceeded as Requisite, 45 revs. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 4.18pm: Shaped course N30E. 7.0pm: Stopped. Cape Charles Light Vessel North 1.5 miles. 11.22pm: Proceeded S79E, 35 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 262.0 miles] [Current in 54 hours: Gulf Stream N39E, 9.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: No [2] CB buoy N65W, 38 miles] [Number on sick list: 14] 4f961198a2fc8e2def00093c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-009_1.jpg) 15 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 37.06, Long -74.72 [Cross Bearings] 0.27am: Stopped. 1.12am: Proceeded West, 35 revs. 2.25am: Altered course North. 2.55am: Stopped Cape Charles Light Vessel North 2 miles. am: Control party at spotting table, training class at instruction, boys at physical drill and school. Remainder of hands cleaning ship. Moving engines as requisite for maintaining position. 5.0pm: Read warrant no 55. [Distance run through the Water: 70.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel N6W, 2 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] [Misty in am; north westerly wind increasing in pm, up to force 6-7 at midnight] 4f961198a2fc8e2def00093d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-010_0.jpg) 16 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 37.02, Long -75.68 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 3.40pm: Proceeded S54W, 45 revs. 4.15pm: Stopped. 4.30pm: Proceeded S58W, 45 revs. 5.55pm: Stopped. [Moving Engines as Requisite] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel N26W, 5 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] [Wind north westerly varying from force 7 to force 4 during day; snow at noon but otherwise fine; noon temperature 28F, sea temperature 35F] 4f961198a2fc8e2def00093e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-010_1.jpg) 17 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.85, Long -75.83 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Boys at instruction and physical drill. Training class at instruction. Remainder employed refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Third watch attending medical lecture. Training class at instruction. Remainder employed refitting. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 300 degrees, 10 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] 4f961199a2fc8e2def00093f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-011_0.jpg) 18 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.87, Long -75.85 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 296 degrees, 8 miles] [Number on sick list: 9] 4f961199a2fc8e2def000940: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-011_1.jpg) 19 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.83, Long -75.82 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 10.15am: Held Divine Service. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 300 degrees, 10 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4f961199a2fc8e2def000941: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-012_0.jpg) 20 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.83 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Divisions. Exercised physical drill. Training class at instruction, boys at physical drill and school, remainder refitting and cleaning ship. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 293 degrees, 9 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] 4f96119aa2fc8e2def000942: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-012_1.jpg) 21 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.85 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 1.30pm Boarded SS “Samoset” (British). pm: Watch employed refitting pinnace’s rigging, cleaning ship, and repairing voice-piping. Boys and training class at instruction. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 290 degrees, 8.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Samoset” was a British tanker built in Glasgow in 1909 as “Cadillac” for Anglo-American Oil Company, London; in 1912 she was sold to Tank Storage and Carriage Company, London and was renamed “Samoset”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean off Port Said in March 1918, with the loss of 3 lives.] 4f96119aa2fc8e2def000943: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-012a_0.jpg) 22 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.75 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 6.30am: Fog closed down 7.0am: Proceeded N85E, 35 revs. 9.25am: Altered course S75W. 9.55am: Steadied. am: Training class and boys at instruction. Remainder painting on mess-deck, refitting boats’ gear, and cleaning ship. 1.55pm: Observed No 2 CB buoy S70W, 3 miles. 4.30pm: Altered course N30E. 5.45pm: Stopped. [Moving Engines as Requisite] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 280 degrees, 12.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4f96119aa2fc8e2def000944: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-012a_1.jpg) 23 March 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.84, Long -75.82 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Boys training class at instruction. Remainder cleaning ship, refitting and working about boats. 1.15pm: Proceeded as requisite for dropping target, and carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice from 6 inch guns, to test Director Firing apparatus. 3.30pm: Completed firing. 6.0pm: Spoke SS “Lakonia” (British) [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 300 degrees, 10.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: Details of SS “Lakonia” are shown in the entry for 13th December 1914 in this log.] 4f96119ba2fc8e2def000945: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-013_0.jpg) 24 March 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 36.22, Long -74.17 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 5.0am: Proceeded S57E 90 revs. Streamed Patent Log. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 85.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 296 degrees, 98 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] 4f96119ba2fc8e2def000946: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-013_1.jpg) 25 March 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 34.42, Long -68.72 am: Employed preparing for coaling, and working about boats. 9.30pm: Exercised closing Watertight doors. [Distance run through the Water: 301.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Light 119 degrees, 226 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4f96119ba2fc8e2def000947: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-014_0.jpg) 26 March 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 4.45am: Observed Mount Hill Light SSE. 6.27am: Course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows to Grassy Bay. 7.40am: Stopped. 7.45am: Came to with starboard anchor Grassy Bay, 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lodge Point House S77W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N35W, Hog Fish Beacon S19W] am: Employed preparing for coaling. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. 3.45pm: Collier secured alongside. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 2 ABs joined ship from RNB [Royal Naval Barracks]. 6.30pm: Collier cast off, owing to weather. [Distance run through the Water: 272.6 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 399 tons] 4f96119ba2fc8e2def000948: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-014_1.jpg) 27 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.45am: Collier secured alongside. Employed preparing for coaling. 8.20am: Commenced coaling ship. am: Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal 2 cwt, 17 in no. 1.15pm: Completed with coal. Received 640 tons. 1.45pm: Collier cast off. Employed cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1031 tons] 4f96119ca2fc8e2def000949: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-015_0.jpg) 28 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 4.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Employed drawing stores from dockyard, and cleaning ship. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 2.10pm: Arrived, “Caesar”. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 1 rating returned from hospital. 3 stokers joined from “Caesar”. Sailed HMS “Grilse”. 10.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 400 lbs; Bread Received: 360 lbs] 4f96119ca2fc8e2def00094a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-015_1.jpg) 29 March 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: Landed port watch to draw provisions from dockyard. am: Employed provisioning ship, refitting, and cleaning ship. 10.30am: Arrived, SS “Verdala” [listed here for 30th November 1916 and more information here], troopship. pm: Starboard watch employed stowing provisions. 3.0pm: Arrived, HMS “Grilse”. Discharged 1 private RMLI to RNB. 5.30pm: Discharged 3 stokers to RNB. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3500 lbs; Bread Received: 1100 lbs] [Note: SS “Verdala” was a cargo ship built in Scotland in 1913 and owned by Verdala Steamship Company, Glasgow; she was sold to Prince Line in 1917 and was renamed “Mongolian Prince”; in 1928 she was sold to a Yugoslavian company and was renamed “Istok”; from 1940 she was again in British hands (Crest Shipping Company) and was renamed “Maycrest”; she was scuttled as a blockship off Normandy in 1944.] 4f96119ca2fc8e2def00094b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-016_0.jpg) 30 March 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 boilers. 8.0am: Sailed, HMS “Grilse”. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed refitting coaling gear, working about guns and torpedoes, preparing for sea, and cleaning ship. Discharged 1 stoker to Hospital and 1 AB to SS “Lucerna” for passage to Devonport. Noon: Arrived, HMS “Grilse”. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 7”] 2.20pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 2.45pm: Weighed. 3.5pm: Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay and through Narrows, 90 revs. 4.10pm: Cleared Narrows. Shaped course N56E. Streamed Patent Log. 5.33pm: North Rock Beacon abeam to port 5 miles. [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs] [Note: Details of SS “Lucerna” are shown in the entry for 12th September 1915.] 4f96119da2fc8e2def00094c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-016_1.jpg) 31 March 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 33.94, Long -68.45 11.0am: Exercised General Quarters. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 57. Exercised night defence. 5.55pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 238.1 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N65.5W, 203 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House N65W, 400 miles] 4f96119da2fc8e2def00094d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-017_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f96119da2fc8e2def00094e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-017_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f96119ea2fc8e2def00094f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-018_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4f96119ea2fc8e2def000950: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45022/ADM 53-45022-018_1.jpg) [Blank page] LOGS FOR APRIL 1916 4f96119ea2fc8e2def000951: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for April 1916] 4f96119fa2fc8e2def000952: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f96119fa2fc8e2def000953: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in, signed by Captain Bush, dated 5th May 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty London] 4f96119fa2fc8e2def000954: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-002_1.jpg) 1 April 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.06, Long -74.04 0.32pm: Altered course to clear steamer. 5.15pm: Altered course N61W, put clocks back 10 minutes. 6.10pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. 6.20pm: Observed “Suffolk”, bearing WNW. 7.40pm: Stopped. 8.0pm: Proceeded as requisite for chasing steamer, 90 revs. 9.0pm: Reduced to 45 revs. 10.30pm: Stopped off no 2 CB buoy. [Course and Distance made good: N65W, 302 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House N62W, 109 miles] 4f9611a0a2fc8e2def000955: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-002a_0.jpg) 2 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.86, Long -74.84 [Cross Bearings] [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 126.2 miles] [Cape Henry Light House 297 degrees, 9 miles] [Weather mostly fine through misty through middle of day; noon temperature 55F, sea temperature 47F] 4f9611a0a2fc8e2def000956: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-002a_1.jpg) 3 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.87, Long -74.83 [Cross Bearings] [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Exercised physical drill. Training class and boys at instruction. Remainder employed cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Training class and boys at instructions. Remainder employed refitting coaling gear. 11.10pm: Proceeded S85E 45 revs. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 293 degrees, 9.5 miles] 4f9611a0a2fc8e2def000957: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-003_0.jpg) 4 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.82, Long -75.33 2.15am: Stopped. 2.40am: Proceeded S85E, 45 revs. 4.0am: Stopped. 10.0am: Proceeded North, 45 revs. am: Training class and boys at instruction. Remainder cleaning out boats, painting, and cleaning ship. 11.30am: Stopped. Noon: Sounded in 13 fathoms. 2.0pm: Proceeded N65W, 45 revs. 3.0pm: Stopped. 4.0pm: Quarters. Sounded in 11 fathoms. 6.15pm: Proceeded N63W, 45 revs. 7.55pm: Observed False Cape buoy S35W, altered course SW. 8.15pm: Altered course N10W. 9.30pm: Altered course N67E. [Distance run through the Water: 30.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 281 degrees, 33 miles] [Fog, thick at times, for most of day; sea rough at noon] 4f9611a1a2fc8e2def000958: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-003_1.jpg) 5 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.82, Long -75.57 1.0am: Stopped. am: Training class and boys at instruction. Guns’ crews at loader drill. Control party at spotting table. Remainder scraping and red leading. 10.30am: Proceeded N69W, 45 revs. 0.30pm: Altered course N10W. 2.12pm: Altered course N67W. 2.57pm: Stopped by No 2 CB buoy. [Distance run through the Water: 51.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 294 degrees, 22 miles] [Foggy until 4pm] 4f9611a1a2fc8e2def000959: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-003a_0.jpg) 6 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.86, Long -74.84 [Cross Bearings] [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Training class and boys at instruction. Control party at spotting table. Remainder refitting, scraping, and red-leading. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 293 degrees, 9 miles] 4f9611a1a2fc8e2def00095a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-003a_1.jpg) 7 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.80, Long -74.80 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 8.45am: Lowered target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1 inch aiming rifle practice from 6 inch guns. 11.45am: Picked up target. pm: Employed cleaning guns and aiming tubes, and scraping and red-leading iron-work. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 308 degrees, 12.5 miles] 4f9611a2a2fc8e2def00095b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-004_0.jpg) 8 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.87, Long -74.82 [Cross Bearings] [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.30pm: Exercised night defence. Exercised sea boats’ crew. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 291 degrees, 10 miles] 4f9611a2a2fc8e2def00095c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-004_1.jpg) 9 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.87, Long -74.83 [Cross Bearings] [Moving Engines as Requisite] 10.30am: Held Divine Service. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 291 degrees, 10 miles] 4f9611a2a2fc8e2def00095d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-005_0.jpg) 10 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.83, Long -74.74 [Cross Bearings] [Moving Engines as Requisite] 8.0am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out experiments with director-firing apparatus. 8.30am: Dropped target. 10.45am: Carried out practice from 12 pounder guns at pattern VII target. 11.30am: Picked up target. 11.40am: Proceeded to patrol. [Moving Engines as Requisite] pm: Employed refitting, scraping, red-leading and cleaning ship. 7.30pm: Proceeded S58E, 90 revs. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 292 degrees, 14 miles] 4f9611a2a2fc8e2def00095e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-005_1.jpg) 11 April 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 35.61, Long -71.97 am: Training class at instruction. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder cleaning out boats and painting. 10.50am: Stopped. 11.14am: Proceeded S56E, 90 revs. [Course and Distance made good: S68E, 201 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock S62E, 403 miles] 4f9611a3a2fc8e2def00095f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-006_0.jpg) 12 April 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 33.80, Long -67.20 am: Employed preparing for coaling. Training class at instruction. Lost overboard by accident, thermometers, ordinary, 1 in number. 4.30pm: Returned ammunition to magazines. Read warrant no 58. 10.0pm: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 11.0pm: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. [Course and Distance made good: S65E, 259 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon S53E, 144 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 482.0 tons] 4f9611a3a2fc8e2def000960: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-006_1.jpg) 13 April 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 [estimated] 0.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 2.5am: Observed Gibbs Hill Light S10W. 5.40am: Increased to 90 revs. Proceeded as requisite through Narrows and to Grassy Bay. 7.10am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 7.15am: Proceeded as requisite into camber and alongside dockyard wall. 7.47am: Secured. [Draught: Forward 18’ 1”, Aft 22’ 7”] 8.50am: Collier secured alongside. 9.25am: Commenced coaling. am: Employed coaling ship. pm: Lost overboard by accident Sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 8 in number. 2.55pm: Completed with coal. Received 550 tons. 3.20pm: Collier cast off and proceeded. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am. 5.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. Landed patrol. Let fires die out in nos 5 to 8 boilers. [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 6”] [Distance run through the Water: 166.8 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1019.0 tons] 4f9611a3a2fc8e2def000961: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-007_0.jpg) 14 April 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed drawing provisions and stores from dockyard, unrigging coaling stay, and cleaning ship. 14 ratings joined from “Charybdis”. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 5.0pm: 1 AB and 1 private RMLI returned from Hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611a4a2fc8e2def000962: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-007_1.jpg) 15 April 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3500 lbs; Bread Received: 750 lbs] [Squally north westerly wind all day, force 4 to 7, with showers in pm; noon temperature 63F] 4f9611a4a2fc8e2def000963: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-008_0.jpg) 16 April 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 9.0am: Landed RC and Wesleyan church parties. 9.40am: Held Divine Service. 10.30am: Discharged 1 OS to hospital 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 11pm, and boys till 6.30pm. 5.0pm: Hoisted and turned in steam cutter. Discharged 1 PO to RNB. 1 AB joined from RNB. 11.0pm: Lit fires in nos 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 5] 4f9611a4a2fc8e2def000964: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-008_1.jpg) 17 April 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 32.71, Long -65.15 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. 7.10am: Cast off wires. 7.22am: Proceeded as requisite out of Camber, 75 revs. 8.25am: Passed fairway buoy. Shaped course N56E. Streamed Patent Log. 9.20am: Altered course N51W. 10.0am: North Rock S39W, 5 miles. pm: Training class at instruction. Remainder refitting coaling gear, covering voice-piping, and cleaning ship. 5.0pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: Various 51 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House N65W, 589 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 830 lbs; Vegetables Received: 800 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f9611a5a2fc8e2def000965: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-009_0.jpg) 18 April 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 34.73, Long -70.33 4.20am: Reduced to 45 revs, altered course S30W to secure lower boom. 4.30am: Stopped. 5.5am: Proceeded N56W, 97 revs. am: Training class at instruction. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder refitting, and cleaning ship. 5.20pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: N65.5W, 284 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: No 2 CB buoy N64.5W, 297 miles] [Wind mostly north westerly, force 5 to 6-7 all day, with sea mostly rough or very rough; weather fine, noon air and sea temperature 63F] 4f9611a5a2fc8e2def000966: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-009_1.jpg) 19 April 1916 From Bermuda to Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.79, Long -74.41 0.57pm: Altered course N79E. Increased to 108 revs. Observed USS “Vermont”. 1.2pm: Observed “Suffolk”, altered course N62W. 1.37pm: Stopped. Communicated with “Suffolk”. 1.50pm: “Suffolk” parted company. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 60. [Course and Distance made good: N63.5W, 276 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House N70W, 31 miles] [Wind and sea reducing after 4am; misty at times] [Note: USS “Vermont” (BB-20) was a battleship built in Massachusetts and commissioned in 1907; at this time she was used for training exercises; she was converted to a troop transport in 1918; she was decommissioned in 1920 and was scrapped in 1923.] 4f9611a5a2fc8e2def000967: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-010_0.jpg) 20 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.91, Long -75.78 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Training class at instruction. Remainder of hands scraping and painting ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 22 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 284 degrees, 10.5 miles] [Misty all day] 4f9611a6a2fc8e2def000968: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-010_1.jpg) 21 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.88, Long -75.85 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 1.30am and 6.0am: Exercised gun-watch. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 11.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 293 degrees, 8 miles] [Misty for most of day] 4f9611a6a2fc8e2def000969: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-011_0.jpg) 22 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.86, Long -75.83 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 9.30am: Corrected aneroid to mercurial barometer reading (29.75). Hands employed painting ship. pm: Watch employed scraping, red-leading, and painting ship. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 295 degrees, 9 miles] 4f9611a6a2fc8e2def00096a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-011_1.jpg) 23 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.82, Long -75.82 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 304 degrees, 9 miles] 4f9611a7a2fc8e2def00096b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-012_0.jpg) 24 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.81, Long -75.82 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am and pm: Employed painting ship. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 306 degrees, 11.5 miles] 4f9611a7a2fc8e2def00096c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-012_1.jpg) 25 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.87, Long -75.84 [Moving Engines as Requisite] [Log just records routine matters] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 295 degrees, 9 miles] 4f9611a7a2fc8e2def00096d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-013_0.jpg) 26 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.87, Long -75.78 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Employed painting ship. pm: Employed cleaning out and painting boats, and cleaning ship. 4.15pm: Boarded SS “Mandalay” (British). [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 288 degrees, 11 miles] [Note: For details of SS “Mandalay” see 11 February 1916 in this log.] 4f9611a7a2fc8e2def00096e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-013_1.jpg) 27 April 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Bay Lat 36.83, Long -75.83 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 8.30am: Boarded SS “Principessa Lataetia” [Principessa Laetitia] (Italian) am: Training class and boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder employed blacking down aloft, scraping and painting. 2.51pm: Proceeded N30E 90 revs. 4.20pm: Stopped. 4.40pm: Proceeded S30W, 90 revs. 6.40pm: Stopped. [Moving Engines as Requisite] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 302 degrees, 10 miles] [Note: SS “Principessa Laetitia” was a cargo ship built in Italy in 1903 and initially owned by L Capuccio and Company, Genoa; in 1906 she was sold to Societa Anonima Navigazione Alta Italia, Turin; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Italy in March 1918.] 4f9611a8a2fc8e2def00096f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-014_0.jpg) 28 April 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 36.88, Long -75.81 [Moving Engines as Requisite] am: Exercised general quarters. Employed preparing coaling gear. Training class and boys at instruction. 10.45am: Spoke “Suffolk”. 11.30pm: Communicated by boat with “Suffolk”. 0.3pm: Shaped course S58E 96 revs. pm: Watch employed working about boats, and refitting. 4.40pm: Altered course to clear steamer. 11.0pm: Put clocks on 10 minutes. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 284 degrees, 10 miles] 4f9611a8a2fc8e2def000970: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-014_1.jpg) 29 April 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 34.87, Long -70.31 1.0am: Altered course S56E. Put clocks on 10 minutes. 6.0am: Employed placing port lower boom and preparing for coaling am: Employed rigging coaling stay, and cleaning out boats. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 11.0pm: Altered course S54E. Put clocks on 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S65.5E, 294 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon S62E, 311 miles] 4f9611a8a2fc8e2def000971: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-015_0.jpg) 30 April 1916 From Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda Lat 32.85, Long -65.17 3.0am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.15am: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. 1.40pm: Observed North Rock Beacon S1E. 3.20pm: Course as requisite for passing through Narrows and approaching Grassy Bay. 4.23pm: Stopped. 4.25pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles, in Grassy Bay. Leave to watch till 10pm. Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 297.2 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S65E, 284 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon S41E, 30.5 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 412 tons] 4f9611a9a2fc8e2def000972: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-015_1.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611a9a2fc8e2def000973: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-016_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611a9a2fc8e2def000974: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-016_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611aaa2fc8e2def000975: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-017_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611aaa2fc8e2def000976: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45023/ADM 53-45023-017_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR MAY 1916 4f9611aaa2fc8e2def000977: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for May 1916] 4f9611aba2fc8e2def000978: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611aba2fc8e2def000979: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 4th June 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London SW] 4f9611aba2fc8e2def00097a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-002_1.jpg) 1 May 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 9.20am: Let go port anchor. Veered to 1 shackle. Set anchor watch. [Distance run through the Water: 56.5 miles] [North westerly then northerly wind force 4-5 to 5-6 from 8am onwards; weather mostly fine, noon temperature 66F] 4f9611aca2fc8e2def00097b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-003_0.jpg) 2 May 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. Weighed port anchor. 7.30am: Collier secured alongside. 9.5: Commenced coaling. [Draught: 17’ 7” forward, 22’ 8” Aft] pm: Employed coaling ship. 5.45pm: Leave to starboard watch till 10pm. Port watch employed coaling ship. 9.45pm: Completed with coal. Received 612 tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 4”] [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 965 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1010.0 tons] 4f9611aca2fc8e2def00097c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-003_1.jpg) 3 May 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. Divers employed repairing copper sheathing. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1072 lbs; Bread Received: 480 lbs] 4f9611aca2fc8e2def00097d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-004_0.jpg) 4 May 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Party drawing provisions from dockyard. Divers repairing copper sheathing, remainder cleaning ship. 8.0am: Sailed “Caesar”. am: Employed drawing stores, striking down provisions, and unrigging coaling stay, and cleaning ship. Divers repairing copper sheathing. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Port watch employed striking down provisions. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611ada2fc8e2def00097e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-004_1.jpg) 5 May 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and drawing stores. 9.30am: Arrived, HMAS “Sydney”. pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6.30pm. Watch employed drawing stores, and cleaning ship. 2.25pm: Arrived “Caesar”. 11.0pm: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, 3, and 7 boilers. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2116 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611ada2fc8e2def00097f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-005_0.jpg) 6 May 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Lat 32.83, Long -65.05 0.10pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 7.20am: Weighed. 7.40am: Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay, and through Narrows, 90 revs. 8.0am: Lit fires in no 8 boiler. 8.43am: Passed Fairway buoy. Shaped course N56E. 0.35pm: Altered course N39W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised general quarters, and night defence stations. Read Warrant no 61. 5.0pm and 6.0pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 52 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Absecon Light N48.5W, 598 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 300 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f9611ada2fc8e2def000980: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-005_1.jpg) 7 May 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol, off New York Lat 35.82, Long -69.47 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch. am: Held Divine Service. 5.30pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: N50.5W, 282 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Absecon Light N47.5W, 316 miles] 4f9611aea2fc8e2def000981: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-005a_0.jpg) 8 May 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol off New York Lat 39.52, Long -73.23 9.30am: Lit fires in nos 5 and 6 boilers. am: Exercised physical drill. Sounding every quarter hour. Training classes at instruction. Control party exercising. Guns’ crews at loader. Remainder painting on mess-deck and cleaning ship. pm: Boys and training class at instruction. Remainder painting and refitting. 3.12pm: Commenced working up to 130 revs. 3.32pm: 105 revs. 3.37pm: 115 revs. 4.0pm: Altered course N89W. 125 revs. 4.10pm: 130 revs. 4.20pm: Reduced to 60 revs. 5.30pm: Sounded in 19 fathoms. 8.0pm: Sounded in 14.5 fathoms. 8.30pm: Observed Absecon Light West. 9.0pm: Altered course East. Let fires die out in no 3 boiler. [Course and Distance made good: N39W, 285 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 290 degrees, 43 miles] 4f9611aea2fc8e2def000982: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-005a_1.jpg) 9 May 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.57, Long -73.40 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch. 4.38am: Stopped port engine. Banked fires in nos 1 and 2 boilers. 6.0am: Exercised sea-boat’s crew. 7.30am: Altered course N89W. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. Boys and training class at instruction. Control party exercising, guns’ crews at loader, boats’ crews painting boats, party painting on mess-deck. pm: Employed cleaning out boats, and painting on mess-deck. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.0pm: Ahead port engine, 45 revs. 7.57pm: Observed Barnegat Light N13.5W, 23 miles. 8.19pm: Barnegat Light N8.5W. 8.30pm: Altered course N80E. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Distance run through the Water: 140.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Absecon Light House 255 degrees, 48 miles] [Misty through middle of day, noon temperature 59F, sea temperature 48F] 4f9611aea2fc8e2def000983: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-006_0.jpg) 10 May 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.61, Long -73.38 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch and sea-boat’s crew. 4.40am: Stopped starboard engine for repairs. 6.30am: Altered course S80W. am: Training class and boys at instruction, guns’ crews at loader, remainder employed refitting and painting. 7.30pm: Proceeded 45 revs with starboard engine. 8.45pm: Altered course East. 10.0pm: Exercised gun-watch, and sea-boat’s crew. [Distance run through the Water: 111.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 285 degrees, 34.5 miles] 4f9611afa2fc8e2def000984: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-006_1.jpg) 11 May 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.57, Long -73.07 [Soundings] 1.15am: Thick fog closed down. 5.0am: Sounding every half-hour. Spread fires in no 2 boiler. 7.0am: Banked fires in no 7 boiler. 7.30am: Altered course N89W. 8.30am: Sounding every half-hour. am: Boys and training class at instruction. Remainder employed painting on mess-deck, painting boats, and cleaning ship. 11.30am: Lit fires in no 3 boiler. 0.30pm: Altered course N64E. pm: Training class and boys at instruction. Remainder employed painting out boats, and on mess-deck, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Altered course S38E. Exercised night defence. 5.30pm: Altered course S70W. Let fires dies out in no 2 boiler. 8.0pm: Sounding every half-hour. 11.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Distance run through the Water: 115.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 284 degrees, 49 miles] [Thick fog during am, misty from noon] 4f9611afa2fc8e2def000985: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-007_0.jpg) 12 May 1916 From New York to Delaware Lat 39.78, Long -72.72 2.0am: Altered course N68E. 7.45am: Altered course S38W. 8.30am: Spoke “Calgarian”. 8.50am: Altered course as requisite for closing. 9.40am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Calgarian”. 10.45am: Proceeded S70W, 45 revs. 11.8am: Stopped. Dropped target. Carried out 1 inch aiming director firing. Noon: Hoisted in target. 0.8pm: Proceeded S70W, 45 revs. 4.30pm: Altered course N89W. 8.0pm: Altered course S55W. Increased to 60 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 124.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 269 degrees, 64 miles] 4f9611afa2fc8e2def000986: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-007_1.jpg) 13 May 1916 Patrolling off Delaware Bay Lat 38.75, Long -73.93 1.20am: Observed NE Light Vessel S80W. 2.30am: Observed Five Fathom Light Vessel S58W. 2.40am: Altered course S63W. 4.5am: Altered course N84W. 6.10am: Reduced to 45 revs, altered course as requisite for patrolling from 5 to 11 miles SW of McCries Shoal [McCrie Shoal] Light buoy. 11.18am: Increased to 75 revs to chase steamer. 11.40am: Reduced to 45 revs. 11.40pm: Increased to 90 revs to chase steamer. [Distance run through the Water: 165.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henlopen Light House N74W, 7.5 miles] 4f9611afa2fc8e2def000987: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-008_0.jpg) 14 May 1916 Patrolling off Delaware Bay Lat 38.75, Long -73.88 0.5am: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke SS Virginia [Virginia (1) listed here] (Danish). Course and speed as requisite for chasing and speaking SS “Massapequa” (American), “Leonatus” (British) and “Gulfaxe” [listed here] (Danish). 4.30am: Passed SS “José” [listed here] (Norwegian). 5.36am: Stopped. 8.10am: Proceeded as requisite for chasing steamer. 8.40am: Spoke SS “Remier” (Belgian). am: Held Divine Service. [Moving engines as Requisite] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henlopen Light House N80W, 10 miles] [Note: SS “Virginia” was built in 1899 as “Euxinia” for Hafnia, Copenhagen; she was purchased by United Steamship Company in 1913 and renamed “Virginia”; she was sold to Malabar Shipping Company, London in 1927 and was renamed “Carama”. SS “Massapequa” was a cargo ship built in 1893 in Sunderland and owned by New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company, New York; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off France in July 1917. SS “Leonatus” was a cargo ship built in Stockton-on-Tees in 1903 as “Scarsdale” for Dale Coasters Limited, Sunderland; she was sold to John Gaff and Company, Glasgow in 1912 and was renamed “Leonatus”; she was sold again to Clark and Service, Glasgow in 1915 and was to be torpedoed or mined by a German submarine off the Shetlands in December 1917. SS “Gulfaxe” was built in 1909 and owned by Dampskibs-Aktieselskabet “Skandia”, Copenhagen. SS “Jose” was a Norwegian ship built in 1908 and chartered to United Fruit Company until 1933. SS “Remier” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1905 as “Gloriana” for Furness Withy and Company; in 1913 she was sold to a Belgian company Antwerpsche Zeevaart Mij., Antwerp and was renamed “Remier”; from 1917 to 1923 she was owned by Lloyd Royal Belge; from 1923 to 1924 she was owned by Gwalia Steamship Company, Cardiff; she was sold to a Japanese company in 1924 and renamed “Kenjo Maru”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by an American ship off Japan in 1945.] 4f9611b0a2fc8e2def000988: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-008_1.jpg) 15 May 1916 Patrolling off Delaware Bay Lat 38.77, Long -74.87 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 1.45pm: Proceeded as requisite for chasing steamer, 90 revs. 2.20pm: Reduced to 45 revs. 3.15pm: Stopped. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henlopen Light House N87W, 10 miles] 4f9611b0a2fc8e2def000989: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-009_0.jpg) 16 May 1916 Patrolling off Delaware Bay Lat 38.83, Long -74.87 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 0.5pm: Observed McCries Light buoy NE 0.5 miles. [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henlopen Light House S72W, 11.5 miles] [Misty in am, thick fog for much of pm] 4f9611b0a2fc8e2def00098a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-009_1.jpg) 17 May 1916 Patrolling off Delaware Bay Lat 38.69, Long -74.54 [Moving Engines as Requisite for Intercepting Vessels] 4.30am: Proceeded N60E, 60 revs to examine steamer. 5.20am: Reduced to 45 revs. 5.25am: Increased to 115 revs. 5.58am: Altered course S80E. Reduced to 45 revs. 8.12am: Proceeded East, 90 revs. 9.40am: Altered course N51E. Five Fathom Light Vessel N40W, 2 cables. 1.45pm: Stopped. Spoke “Calgarian”. 2.15pm: Proceeded N9W, 75 revs. Fenwick Island Light Vessel S60W, 2.5 miles. 7.50pm: Stopped. [Moving Engines as Requisite] [True Bearing and Distance: Fenwick Island Light Vessel S50W, 18.5 miles] 4f9611b1a2fc8e2def00098b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-010_0.jpg) 18 May 1916 From Delaware to Hallifax [Halifax] Lat 38.90, Long -74.33 [Moving Engines as Requisite] 9.12am: Proceeded N74E, 75 revs. 9.50am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Suffolk”. 10.30am: Proceeded S60E, 105 revs. 10.53am: Altered course N77E. 11.0am: Five Fathom Bank Light Vessel S14E, 1 mile. 0.21pm: Altered course to clear sailing vessel. 1.50pm: Altered course N78E. 10.15pm: Put clocks on 30 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 84.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel 105 degrees, 242 miles] 4f9611b1a2fc8e2def00098c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-010_1.jpg) 19 May 1916 From Delaware to Halifax Lat 41.17, Long -68.22 1.0am: Altered course N49E. Put clocks on 30 minutes. 5.0am: Sounded in 47 fathoms. 6.15am: Observed Nantucket Light Vessel N41E. 6.49am: Nantucket Light Vessel N19W 4 miles. am: Boys at physical drill and school. Training class at instruction. Remainder preparing for coaling. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 10.30pm: Put clocks on 30 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 314 miles, N64E] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Sable N41E, 178 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 385.0 tons] 4f9611b1a2fc8e2def00098d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-011_0.jpg) 20 May 1916 From Delaware to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 44.36, Long -63.53 2.0am: Put clocks on 30 minutes. 4.38am: Sounded in 53 fathoms. 4.54am: Observed Little Hope Island Light N10W. 4.57am: Sounded in 62 fathoms. 8.0am: Sounded in 60 fathoms. 8.30am: Reduced to 90 revs. Sounding continuously. 11.13am: Passed Pennant Whistle buoy 0.5 cable NE, altered course S50E. Increased to 75 revs. 0.4pm: Sambro Light Vessel S26W 1 mile, altered course N36E. 0.50pm: Course as requisite for proceeding through swept channel. 1.30pm: Fog cleared. Proceeded as requisite up harbour, 75 revs. 2.0pm: Stopped. Embarked Chief Examination Officer. 2.15pm: Proceeded as requisite up harbour, 75 revs. 2.40pm: Stopped. Let go starboard anchor. Moored ship, 5 shackles on each in 11 fathoms. Collier came alongside. [Draught: Forward 17’ 7”, Aft 22’ 0”] [Middled: Sugar Factory Chimney N52.5W, Rope Walk Chimney N32.5E, Exhibition Building Tower N87.5E] 6.5pm: Commenced coaling. 7.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, Sacks, coal 2 cwt, 8 in no, and Shovels, 3 in no. 9.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, sinkers, iron, sounding, 1 no. [Course and Distance made good: N47W, 282 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island Light Vessel S40E, 2 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 480 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1440 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 782.0 tons] [Foggy in am, overcast in pm, noon temperature 46F, sea temperature 47F] 4f9611b2a2fc8e2def00098e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-011_1.jpg) 21 May 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 [estimated] 1.0am: Hands employed coaling ship. 4.30am: Completed with coal. Received 700 tons. [Draught: 19’ 10” Forward, 23’ 6” Aft] 7.30am: Collier cast off. am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 7pm. pm: Starboard watch unrigging coaling stay. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 20.5 miles] [Bread Received: 800 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1034.2 tons] 4f9611b2a2fc8e2def00098f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-012_0.jpg) 22 May 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 8.0am: Sailed, “Drake”. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. pm: Watch employed embarking provisions and cleaning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1080 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f9611b2a2fc8e2def000990: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-012_1.jpg) 23 May 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Boys at boat-pulling instruction, training class at instruction, remainder cleaning and painting ship. pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Watch employed cleaning ship, and refitting. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1080 lbs] 4f9611b3a2fc8e2def000991: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-013_0.jpg) 24 May 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. Employed working about torpedo tubes, getting up cat davits, stowing provisions, and cleaning ship. 10.0am: Sailed “Calgarian”. 7.30pm: Arrived “Olympic”. Midnight: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Note: SS or RMS “Olympic” (HMS Olympic before and after this date) was built in Belfast in 1911 and owned by White Star Line; she was requisitioned by the Admiralty in May 1915 as a troop transport; she was chartered by Canadian Government from 1916 to 1917 to transport troops; she returned to civilian service in 1919; she was owned by Cunard White Star Line from 1934 to 1935 when she went out of service and was scrapped.] 4f9611b3a2fc8e2def000992: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-013_1.jpg) 25 May 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Employed drawing stores, refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Watch employed hoisting in provisions, and cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. 9.30pm: Burned search-lights. 11.0pm: Lit fires in nos 1 to 6 boilers. [Fresh Beef Received: 1500 lbs; Vegetables Received: 4500 lbs; Bread Received: 1600 lbs] 4f9611b3a2fc8e2def000993: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-014_0.jpg) 26 May 1916 From Halifax to Patrol off New York Lat 43.98, Long -63.98 5.40am: Unmoored. 6.40am: Weighed port anchor. 7.3am: Weighed Starboard anchor. Turned to SE. 7.22am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour 60 revs. 7.41am: Passed through boom defence. Increased to 75 revs. 8.0am: Exercised general quarters. 8.3am: Mars Head buoy abeam. 8.34am: Chebucto Fog Signal abeam. 8.55am: Increased to 90 revs. 9.32am: Sambro Light Vessel East, 0.75 miles. Shaped course S64W. pm: Employed painting, and cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 62. Exercised night defence. 5.30pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 25 minutes. 9.0pm: Sounding every hour. Sounded in 45 fathoms. 11.0pm: Fog cleared. [Course and Distance made good: Various 51.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel 231 degrees, 338 miles] [Foggy all day with light winds, noon temperature 46F, sea temperature 41F] 4f9611b4a2fc8e2def000994: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-014_1.jpg) 27 May 1916 From Halifax to Patrol off New York Lat 40.77, Long -68.52 9.0am: Sounded in 39 fathoms. Divisions. Read prayers. Hands employed cleaning ship. 10.0am: Sounded in 36 fathoms. 11.0am: Sounded in 30 fathoms. Noon: 38 fathoms. 1.0pm: Altered course N88W. 39 fathoms. Hands making and mending clothes. 2.0pm: 41 fathoms. 3.0pm: 48 fathoms. 4.0pm: Quarters. 37 fathoms. 4.33pm: Observed Nantucket Light Vessel N56W. 4.55pm: Put clocks back 25 minutes. 5.5pm: Nantucket Light Vessel N8E, 2.7 miles. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: S46.5W, 281 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel S80W, 51 miles] 4f9611b4a2fc8e2def000995: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-015_0.jpg) 28 May 1916 From Hallifax [sic] to Patrol off New York Lat 39.74, Long -72.79 4.30am: Observed Shinnecock Light N28W. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Sounding every hour. 3.0pm: Lost by accident, Sinkers, cast-iron, 24 lbs, 1 in no. Guards, brass, 1 in no. Swivels, 1 in no. 10.37pm: Observed: Absecon Light S88W; Barnegat Light N30W. [Distance run through the Water: 235.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 271 degrees, 60 miles] [Foggy through middle of day] 4f9611b4a2fc8e2def000996: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-015_1.jpg) 29 May 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.50, Long -73.21 5.45am: Observed “Calgarian” N60E. am: Boys and training class at instruction. Remainder employed surveying chain cable, cleaning out boats, and cleaning ship. pm: Training class at instruction. Remainder employed cleaning out and red-leading chain-lockers, and scrubbing chain-cable. 4.23pm: Reduced to 45 revs. Spoke “Calgarian”. 11.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Distance run through the Water: 135.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 290 degrees, 44 miles] 4f9611b4a2fc8e2def000997: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-015a_0.jpg) 30 May 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.67, Long -72.99 9.40am: Observed “Calgarian” N76E. 11.0am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out practice at miniature balloon. 11.40pm: Shaped course S65W, 45 revs. pm: Employed surveying chain cable. Training class at instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Altered course N85W. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 139.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 276 degrees, 52 miles] 4f9611b5a2fc8e2def000998: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-015a_1.jpg) 31 May 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.42, Long -74.08 am: Exercised physical drill. Boys at physical drill and gunnery instruction. Training class at “First Aid” instruction. Remainder surveying cable. 0.15pm: Observed: Tucker Beach Light House N53W; Absecon Light House S85W. 2.0pm: Barnegat Light House N10W, 11.5 miles. Altered course S65E. Watch employed stowing cable in chain-locker. [Distance run through the Water: 134.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 357 degrees, 20 miles] 4f9611b5a2fc8e2def000999: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-016_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611b5a2fc8e2def00099a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-016_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611b6a2fc8e2def00099b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-017_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611b6a2fc8e2def00099c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45024/ADM 53-45024-017_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR JUNE 1916 4f9611b6a2fc8e2def00099d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for June 1916] 4f9611b7a2fc8e2def00099e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611b7a2fc8e2def00099f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 3rd July 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4f9611b7a2fc8e2def0009a0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-002_1.jpg) 1 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.44, Long -73.27 am: Training class and boys at instruction. Remainder employed painting on cable deck, and refitting. pm: Training class at instruction. Remainder of watch painting on cable deck, and refitting coaling gear. 3.57pm: Altered course N34E. Spoke “Calgarian”. 4.14pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Calgarian”. 5.12pm: Proceeded S65W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 135.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 292 degrees, 41 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 783 lbs] [it is unclear where this came from] 4f9611b8a2fc8e2def0009a1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-003_0.jpg) 2 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.52, Long -73.07 3.0am: Altered course S86E. 8.0am: Altered course N67E. 9.30am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out practice at submarine target. 11.50am: Picked up targets. 0.2pm: Proceeded N67E, 45 revs. pm: Watch employed painting on cable-deck. 3.0pm: Altered course S65W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised collision stations. 4.20pm: Stopped. Placed mat. 4.45pm: Proceeded S65W, 45 revs. 5.30pm: Altered course S81W. 9.0pm: Altered course N81W. [Distance run through the Water: 120.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 286 degrees, 50 miles] 4f9611b8a2fc8e2def0009a2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-003_1.jpg) 3 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.83, Long -72.88 pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. Read warrant no 63. [Distance run through the Water: 129.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 265 degrees, 57 miles] 4f9611b8a2fc8e2def0009a3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-004_0.jpg) 4 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.65, Long -72.78 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Distance run through the Water: 131.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 277 degrees, 62 miles] 4f9611b9a2fc8e2def0009a4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-004_1.jpg) 5 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.75, Long -72.82 9.32am: Dropped “submarine target”. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out practice from 1 inch aiming rifles at submarine targets. 11.45am: Picked up targets. 11.55am: Shaped course S65W, 45 revs. 0.13pm: Altered course S40E. Increased to 75 revs to close steamer. 0.33pm: Altered course S69W. Reduced to 45 revs. 4.17pm: Stopped. Exercised collision stations, and abandonning [abandoning] ship. 4.47pm: Proceeded S69W, 45 revs. 6.0pm: Altered course N85W. [Distance run through the Water: 120.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 271 degrees, 60 miles] 4f9611b9a2fc8e2def0009a5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-005_0.jpg) 6 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 39.71, Long -72.94 am: Training class at instruction, boys at school. Remainder of hands painting on cable deck, and cleaning ship. pm: Training class at instruction. Remainder employed refitting coaling gear. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 64. 4.10pm: Stopped. Exercised collision stations and abandonning [sic] ship. 4.35pm: Proceeded S66W, 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 129.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 273 degrees, 54 miles] 4f9611b9a2fc8e2def0009a6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-005_1.jpg) 7 June 1916 Patrolling off New York Lat 40.50, Long -73.20 6.50am: Altered course N24W. Spoke [HMS] “Caronia”. 7.12am: Altered course N11W. Sounding every half-hour. am: Employed painting on cable-deck. Sounding every half-hour. 11.55am: Observed Fire Island Light Vessel S5E, 2 miles. 0.10pm: Fire Island Light Vessel abeam 2 cables, altered course S20E. 6.30pm: Sounded in 38 fathoms. 9.0pm: Sounded in 34 fathoms. [Distance run through the Water: 173.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fire Island Light Vessel 165 degrees, 2 miles] [Mist and/or rain all day, easterly wind increased in pm, up to force 6 at midnight, with rough sea. Noon temperature 59F, sea temperature 58F] 4f9611baa2fc8e2def0009a7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-006_0.jpg) 8 June 1916 From Off New York to Halifax Lat 40.50, Long -73.08 0.30am: Sounded in 34 fathoms. 7.30am: Sounded in 21 fathoms. 8.30am: Sounding every 15 minutes. 0.9pm: Streamed Patent Log. 0.30pm: Sounded in 16 fathoms. 0.32pm: Altered course S81E. 1.30pm: Sounding every half-hour. 8.30pm: Sounding every half-hour. 10.10pm: Put clocks on 20 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 142.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Fire Island Light Vessel 252 degrees, 5 miles] [North easterly wind force 2 to 5 all day; mist or fog throughout] 4f9611baa2fc8e2def0009a8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-006_1.jpg) 9 June 1916 From Patrol Area to Halifax Lat 40.66, Long -67.84 [Lat shown as “Estimated”] 0.30am: Sounding every half hour. 1.5am: Put clocks on 25 minutes. 4.18am: Nantucket Light Vessel abeam 3 cables. 9.0am: Commenced sounding every hour. Divisions. Read prayers. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. Noon: Altered course N56E. 1.0pm: Sounding every hour. 10.10pm: Put clocks on 20 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: N89E, 244 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel 41 degrees, 296 miles] [Thick fog in am, misty in pm] 4f9611baa2fc8e2def0009a9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-007_0.jpg) 10 June 1916 From Patrol area to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 43.74, Long -64.05 [Lat shown as “Estimated”] 1.5am: Put clocks on 25 minutes. 2.0am: Sounding every hour. am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for coaling. [Draught: Forward 17’ 6”, Aft 22’ 6”] 3.40pm: Observed Sambro Light buoy N36E, 4 miles. 4.0pm: Sambro buoy abeam 0.25 cables, altered course N34E. 4.38pm: Altered course as requisite for swept channel, and for Halifax Harbour. 4.49pm: Chebucto Head abeam. 5.42pm: Stopped. 5.44pm: Came to with Starboard anchor in 11 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. 6.15pm: Collier secured alongside. [Anchor [Bearings]: Richmond Point N30.5W, Exhibition Building Tower N30E, Hospital abeam N64W] 11.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Course and Distance made good: 43 degrees, 253 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light buoy 34 degrees, 43 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 500 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1360 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 373.0 tons] 4f9611bba2fc8e2def0009aa: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-007_1.jpg) 11 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 [estimated] 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.15am: Commenced coaling. am: Employed coaling ship. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 11 in no. 1.55pm: Completed with coal. Received 660 tons. [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 7”] pm: Employed cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. 5.30pm: Collier cast off. Arrived HMS “Drake”. [Distance run through the Water: 71.5 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1025.3 tons] 4f9611bba2fc8e2def0009ab: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-008_0.jpg) 12 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 540 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611bba2fc8e2def0009ac: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-008_1.jpg) 13 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 till 7am, and boys till 7pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 540 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611bca2fc8e2def0009ad: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-009_0.jpg) 14 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 6.30am: Landed party to embark provisions. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. Hands employed provisioning ship, getting sand, and cleaning ship. 1 bugler RMLI joined ship from “Niobe”. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 7pm. pm: Watch employed provisioning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611bca2fc8e2def0009ae: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-009_1.jpg) 15 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 5.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. Employed cleaning ship. Rigged diving boat. 6.0am: Lit fires in no 8 boiler. am: Divers at monthly practice. Boys at boat-work instruction. Remainder employed drawing stores, refitting, and cleaning ship. Let fires die out in no 2 boiler. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 7pm. 11.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 890 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611bca2fc8e2def0009af: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-010_0.jpg) 16 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Exercised physical drill. Employed refitting, and cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Read warrants nos 65, 66, and 67. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611bca2fc8e2def0009b0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-010_1.jpg) 17 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 6.15am: Sailed, “Calgarian”. 7.0am: Arrived “Carnarvon”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 480 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1980 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f9611bda2fc8e2def0009b1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-011_0.jpg) 18 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Landed C of E, RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. 9.30am: Divisions. Read prayers. [Mist or rain for much of day, noon temperature 59F] 4f9611bda2fc8e2def0009b2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-011_1.jpg) 19 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Exercised physical drill. Hands employed drawing stores, and cleaning ship. Boys at instruction. pm: Watch employed painting and cleaning ship. Discharged Mr Dyer, Acting Gunner, and 1 bugler RMLI to “Drake”. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2530 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4f9611bda2fc8e2def0009b3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-012_0.jpg) 20 June 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.57 am: Employed painting on mess-deck, cleaning out boat, and cleaning ship. Sailed SS “Missanabie” and “Empress of Britain”. 11.20am: Sailed “Drake”. pm: Watch employed preparing for sea. 4.0pm: Quarters. Arrived, “Caronia”. Landed patrol. 5.0pm: Discharged two privates RMLI to “Carnarvon” (prisoners). [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 1250 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2070 lbs; Bread Received: 1600 lbs] [Note: SS “Missanabie” was an ocean liner built in Glasgow in 1914 and owned by Canadian Pacific Steamships, Liverpool; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in September 1918, with the loss of 45 lives. SS or RMS “Empress of Britain” was an ocean liner built in Scotland in 1905 for Canadian Pacific Steamships; she was armed in 1914 and was a troop transport from May 1915 until the end of the war; she was renamed “Montroyal” in 1924 and was scrapped in 1930.] 4f9611bea2fc8e2def0009b4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-012_1.jpg) 21 June 1916 From Halifax to Patrol off New York Lat 44.06, Long -63.93 0.30am: Lit fires in nos 1 to 6 boilers. 5.30am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. [Draught: 19’ 10” [Forward], 23’ 7” [Aft]] 7.30am: Shortened in to 2 cables. 7.53am: Weighed. Turned to SE. Let fires die out in no 8 boiler. 8.10am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 9.13am: Chebucto Head abeam 1 mile. 9.57am: Shaped Course S60W. am: Boys at physical drill. Training class at instruction. Remainder employed cleaning ship. 3.30pm: Altered course S58W. 4.0pm: Quarter. Exercised night defence. 4.30pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 25 minutes. 9.30pm: Exercised gun-watch, and sea-boat’s crew. [Course and Distance made good: Various 40 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel 231 degrees, 332 miles] 4f9611bea2fc8e2def0009b5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-013_0.jpg) 22 June 1916 From Halifax to Patrol off New York Lat 40.68, Long -68.73 4.30am: Altered course S57W. Sounded in 36 fathoms. 6.0am: Sounded in 32 fathoms. 6.30am: Altered course N89W. 7.0am: Sounded in 40 fathoms. 7.45am: Fog cleared. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. Training class at instruction. boys at physical drill, remainder employed cleaning ship and refitting. pm: Boys and Training class at instruction, remainder of hands cleaning ship. 2.50pm: Observed Nantucket Light Vessel N38W. 3.19pm: Nantucket Light Vessel abeam 7 miles. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.25pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Course and Distance made good: S47W, 298 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel 264 degrees, 42 miles] [Thick fog from 5am to 7am, weather fine from noon onwards] 4f9611bea2fc8e2def0009b6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-013_1.jpg) 23 June 1916 From Halifax to Patrol Area Lat 39.38, Long -73.43 1.0am: Exercised sea-boat’s crew. 4.35am: Observed “Calgarian”. 4.46am: Altered course as requisite for closing “Calgarian”. 5.34am: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Calgarian”. 5.52am: Proceeded N84E, 45 revs. am: Boys and training classes at instruction, Control party at spotting table. Boats’ crews cleaning out boats. 1.40pm: Increased to 75 revs, altered course as requisite for investigating vessel. 2.2pm: Reduced to 45 revs, altered course N74W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.0pm: Altered course S73E. Observed Barnegat Light House N10W. 10.0pm: Exercised gun-watch and sea boat’s crew. [Course and Distance made good: 250 degrees, 233 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 306 degrees, 39 miles] 4f9611bfa2fc8e2def0009b7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-014_0.jpg) 24 June 1916 On Patrol Area Lat 39.39, Long -73.73 3.30am: Altered course S66W. 10.0am: Altered course N80W. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.5pm: Absecon Buoy N72W, 5 miles, altered course S85E. 9.0pm: Altered course N68E. [Distance run through the Water: 139.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Atlantic City Light House 267 degrees, 32 miles] 4f9611bfa2fc8e2def0009b8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-014_1.jpg) 25 June 1916 On Patrol Area Lat 39.43, Long -73.83 1.30pm: Observed Beach Haven Water Tower N63W. [Distance run through the Water: 135.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Atlantic City Light House 262 degrees, 27 miles] 4f9611bfa2fc8e2def0009b9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-015_0.jpg) 26 June 1916 On Patrol Area Lat 39.58, Long -72.40 [By Soundings] 6.0am: Fog closed down. 7.30am: Sounded in 35 fathoms. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised General Quarters, Fire stations and preparing tow. Training classes at instruction. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 7.30pm: Fog cleared. [Distance run through the Water: 133.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Absecon Light House 261 degrees, 93 miles] [Thick fog through middle of day; noon temperature 78F, sea temperature 67F] 4f9611c0a2fc8e2def0009ba: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-015_1.jpg) 27 June 1916 On Patrol Area Lat 39.54, Long -73.15 am: Boys and training classes at instruction. SGs [Seaman Gunners] range-taking. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 68. Exercised night defence. 5.10pm: Altered course S84E. Observed Absecon Inlet buoy S72W, 4 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 146.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 287 degrees, 46 miles] 4f9611c0a2fc8e2def0009bb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-016_0.jpg) 28 June 1916 On Patrol Area Lat 39.58, Long -73.02 5.0am: Fog set in. 5.10am: Reduced to 45 revs. 11.40am: Increased to 75 revs. 0.40pm: Altered course to clear steamer. 5.0pm: Observed Absecon Buoy N68E, 3 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 175.8 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 282 degrees, 51 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4f9611c0a2fc8e2def0009bc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-016_1.jpg) 29 June 1916 From Patrol Area to Bermuda Lat 38.68, Long -71.87 6.45am: Altered course S76W to investigate spar. 6.53am: Altered course S30E. 10.50pm: Altered course to clear steamer. Exercised gun-watch and sea boat’s crew. [Distance run through the Water: 214.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon S43E, 508 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Mist or fog all day] 4f9611c1a2fc8e2def0009bd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-017_0.jpg) 30 June 1916 From Patrol Area to Bermuda Lat 35.07, Long -67.77 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Training classes at instruction, remainder of hands cleaning ship and preparing for coaling. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 69. [Course and Distance made good: S43.5E, 294 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon 137 degrees, 214 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 491.0 tons] 4f9611c1a2fc8e2def0009be: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-017_1.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611c1a2fc8e2def0009bf: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-018_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611c1a2fc8e2def0009c0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-018_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611c2a2fc8e2def0009c1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-019_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611c2a2fc8e2def0009c2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45025/ADM 53-45025-019_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR JULY 1916 4f9611c3a2fc8e2def0009c3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for July 1916] 4f9611c3a2fc8e2def0009c4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611c3a2fc8e2def0009c5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-002_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611c3a2fc8e2def0009c6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-002_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 2nd August 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London SW] 4f9611c4a2fc8e2def0009c7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-003_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before, except Thermometer for Sea Temperature now shown as Negretti & Zambra No A2248] 4f9611c4a2fc8e2def0009c8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-003_1.jpg) 1 July 1916 From Patrol Area to [and at] Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 1.10am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 6.26am: Observed: St Davids Light House S25W; North Rock Beacon S66W. 7.30am: Stopped in rain squall. 7.34am: Proceeded as requisite for entering Narrows, 90 revs. [Draught: Forward 18’ 0”, Aft 22’ 6”] 8.46am: Stopped. 8.48am: Came to in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: SW corner of Breakwater S69W, Hog fish Beacon S7W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N54W] 9.15am: Collier secured alongside. 10.25am: Commenced coaling. Let fires die out in nos 3 to 8 boilers. Arrived, “Cumberland”, and store-ship. pm: Employed coaling ship. 3.30pm: Completed with coal. Received 560 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 5”] 4.30pm: 1 private RMLI joined ship from hospital. Employed cleaning ship. 6.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. Landed patrol. 11.45pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 255 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 480 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1025.0 tons] 4f9611c4a2fc8e2def0009c9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-004_0.jpg) 2 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 4.15am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Landed RC church party. Held Divine Service. Hands employed unrigging coaling stay, and cleaning ship. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Paid monthly money to ship’s company. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 11.50pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 6] 4f9611c5a2fc8e2def0009ca: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-004_1.jpg) 3 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Sailed, “Cumberland”. 7.0am: Arrived, “Melbourne”. 7.30am: Arrived Oil-tank “San Gregoria” [San Gregorio]. am: Employed drawing stores, and cleaning ship. Party employed dismounting and landing gun from “San Gregoria”. Discharged 8 ratings to Hospital. Divers employed examining propellors of “San Gregoria”. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. pm: Watch employed turning out boats, embarking sand, and cleaning ship. 3.30pm: Sailed, “San Gregorian” [sic]. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 460 lbs; Bread 200 lbs] [Note: SS “San Gregorio” was a tanker built in Wallsend in 1913 and owned by Eagle Oil Transport Company, London; in 1926 she was sold to a Norwegian company, was converted to a whale factory ship and was renamed “CA Larsen”; she changed hands again in 1936 (still Norwegian); in 1940 she was requisitioned by the German Navy and used as a storage tanker; she was returned to the Norwegian Government in 1945 and was renamed “Antarctic”; she was converted back to a tanker in 1952 and was broken up in Germany in 1954.] 4f9611c5a2fc8e2def0009cb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-005_0.jpg) 4 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: Sailed, French cruiser “Marseillaise”. Arrived, “Silverlap” [Silverlip, more details here] (Government oil-tank). am: Party employed dismounting and landing gun from “Silverlap” [sic]. Remainder of hands employed drawing stores, spreading awnings, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. pm: Watch employed striking down stores, and cleaning ship. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Bread 200 lbs] [Note: “Marseillaise” was a Gloire-class armoured cruiser built in France in 1900; she was commissioned in 1903; during WW1 she patrolled the English Channel and then transferred to the Caribbean and Atlantic for convoy escort duties; she became a gunnery training ship in 1925 and was decommissioned in 1929; she was broken up in 1933. SS “Silverlip” was a tanker built in Newcastle in 1914 as “San Isidoro” for Eagle Oil & Shipping Company, London; she was bought by the French Navy and operated from 1914 to 1915 as “Dordogne”; in 1915 she became “Silverlip” and was returned to the Admiralty, managed by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum, London; she was again under French Navy control as “Dordogne” from 1919 to 1940; she was scuttled off Brest in 1940 to avoid capture by the Germans.] 4f9611c5a2fc8e2def0009cc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-005_1.jpg) 5 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 9.0am: Sailed, “Caesar”. am and pm: Employed reeving new boats’ falls and cleaning ship. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f9611c6a2fc8e2def0009cd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-006_0.jpg) 6 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed drawing stores, refitting coaling gear, and overhauling boats’ davits, and cleaning ship. pm: Employed drawing stores and provisions. 2.30pm: Arrived SS “Magician” [Magician (1) listed here]. Sent party to mount gun in “Magician”. 6.30pm: Party returned from “Magician”. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 210 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 350 lbs] [Note: SS “Magician” was built in Belfast in 1896 and was owned by Charente Steamship Company, Liverpool; she was chartered to the British Government in 1900 as Boer War transport; she was sold to a Japanese company in 1922 and was renamed “Magician Maru”, then “Keigo Maru” or “Keigi Maru”; she was to run aground and be wrecked off the Philippines in 1923 (more details here).] 4f9611c6a2fc8e2def0009ce: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-006_1.jpg) 7 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.0am: Sailed, “Magician”. 6.0am: Arrived “Carnarvon”. am: Tubes crews employed carrying out torpedo practice at towed target. Remainder employed cleaning ship. 2.0pm: 5 ratings returned from hospital. 3.45pm: Arrived, “Caesar”. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f9611c6a2fc8e2def0009cf: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-007_0.jpg) 8 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: Arrived SS “Tascaluca” [Tascalusa]. am: Employed cleaning ship, hoisting boats, and preparing for sea. 3.0am: Sailed, “Tascaluca”. 1 rating returned from Hospital. 11.0pm: Lit fires in nos 3 to 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 3000 lbs; Bread 200 lbs] [Note: SS “Tascalusa” was a tanker built in Middlesbrough in 1913 and owned by Tank Storage and Carriage Company, London; she was to catch fire after being bombed in Falmouth in 1940.] 4f9611c7a2fc8e2def0009d0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-007_1.jpg) 9 July 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Area Lat 32.93, Long -65.87 4.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 7”] 5.30am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. 6.45am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 7.8am: Weighed. Turned to SE. 7.18am: Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay, 95 revs. 8.26am: Cleared Narrows. Shaped course N56E. 9.5am: Altered course N33.5W. Exercised General Quarters. 9.35am: North Rock Beacon abeam 6.5 miles. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night-defence. [Course and Distance made good: Various 57.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beadon 138 degrees, 30.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 79F, sea temperature 78F] 4f9611c7a2fc8e2def0009d1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-008_0.jpg) 10 July 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Area Lat 36.58, Long -69.21 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch. am: Employed cleaning out and painting boats, and refitting. Guns’ crews at loader-drill. Training classes at instruction. pm: Watch employed cleaning ship and refitting. Training classes at instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Passed Admiralty Oiler No 9, steering to Eastward. Read Warrant no 70. Exercised night defence. 4.30pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Course and Distance made good: N43W, 299 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Barnegat Light House 310 degrees, 300 miles] 4f9611c7a2fc8e2def0009d2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-008_1.jpg) 11 July 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Area, on Patrol Lat 40.43, Long -71.66 5.20am: Spoke “Calgarian”. 9.30am: Lit fires in no 2 boiler. Altered course N21E. am: Training classes at instruction, boys at physical drill, control party at spotting table. Remainder cleaning ship. Banked fires in Nos 4 and 6 boilers. 11.20am: Fog closed down. Noon: Altered course S32W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 71. Exercised night defence. 8.30pm: Altered course S62W. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 281.8 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N26.5W, 258 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Montauk Point Light House 346 degrees, 39 miles] 4f9611c8a2fc8e2def0009d3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-009_0.jpg) 12 July 1916 On Patrol Lat 38.83, Long -73.89 4.0am: Altered course S84W. 9.30am: Altered course N64W. am: Training classes at instruction, boys at physical drill, remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 10.0am: Altered course N70W. 3.15pm: Observed NE Light Vessel N63W. 4.15pm: NE Light Vessel N82W, 1.25 miles. Exercised night defence. Altered course S71E. 10.45pm: Altered course N77E. [Distance run through the Water: 166 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: NE Light Vessel 285 degrees, 32 miles] 4f9611c8a2fc8e2def0009d4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-009_1.jpg) 13 July 1916 On Patrol Lat 38.78, Long -73.58 4.40am: Altered course S77W. Noon: Altered course N69W. 5.0pm: Altered course N41E. 10.0pm: Altered course S41W. [Distance run through the Water: 155.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: NE Light Vessel 284 degrees, 46 miles] 4f9611c8a2fc8e2def0009d5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-010_0.jpg) 14 July 1916 On Patrol Lat 39.13, Long -73.00 4.0am: Altered course N89E. am: Training classes and boys at instruction. Boats’ crews cleaning out and painting boats. Remainder refitting coaling gear, and cleaning ship. 10.30am: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. 4.0pm: Altered course N61E. Quarters. Exercised night defence. 7.0pm: Altered course S61W. 8.10pm: Commenced working up to 95 revs. 8.25pm: Proceeding at 95 revs 8.51pm: Altered course S58W. Spread fires in nos 3, 4, and 7 boilers. [Distance run through the Water: 131.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: NE Light Vessel 263 degrees, 73 miles] [Mist and fog, thick at times, in pm] 4f9611c9a2fc8e2def0009d6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-010_1.jpg) 15 July 1916 From Patrol Area to Chesapeake Bay Lat 37.08, Long -75.53 1.0am: Altered course S56.5W. Fog cleared. 9.33am: Commenced working up 115 revs. Cleared ship for action. 10.22am: Altered course S58W. 10.34am: Engine doing 115 revs. 11.0am: Exercised action. 11.20am: Secured. 0.14pm: Observed Cape Charles Light Vessel N59W. 11.16pm: Reduced to 90 revs. Course as requisite for investigating steamers in approach to Chesapeake Bay. 3.20pm: Shaped course East. 5.11pm: Altered course West. 6.55pm: Altered course N30E. 7.30pm: Altered course S30W. 8.30pm: Courses as requisite for Patrolling. [Distance run through the Water: 248.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Charles Light Vessel N70W, 8 miles] 4f9611c9a2fc8e2def0009d7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-011_0.jpg) 16 July 1916 Patrolling off Chesapeake Lat 36.94, Long -75.80 5.0am: No 2 CB buoy close aboard. Altered course East. Reduced to 45 revs. Fog closed down. 7.15am: Fog cleared, altered course West. Increased to 75 revs. 8.30am: Fog closed down. Altered course East. Reduced to 45 revs. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 9.10am: Fog cleared. 9.30am: Increased to 75 revs. Course as requisite for investigating steamers, and patrolling, passed SS “Marie” [possibly this ship, shown under a subsequent name] (Swedish), “Grassholm” [probably Grosholm] (Norwegian) and USS “Vermont”. [Distance run through the Water: 211 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 265 degrees, 10 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Marie” was built in Denmark in 1902; in 1917 she was sold to a Swedish company and was renamed “Uppland”; she was sold to another Swedish company in 1924 and became “Atos”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the west of Scotland in 1940. SS “Grosholm” was a cargo ship built in Norway in 1914 and owned by Skibs AS Grosholm, Grimstad; she was to be torpedoed by a German submarine in the North Atlantic in May 1917 (more details here). Details of USS “Vermont” are given in the entry for 19th April 1916 in this log.] 4f9611c9a2fc8e2def0009d8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-011_1.jpg) 17 July 1916 From Patrol Area to Bermuda Lat 36.13, Long -73.99 3.20am: Shaped course S58E. Worked up to 95 revs. 3.35am: Proceeded at 95 revs. 4.12am: Streamed Patent Log. Banked fires in nos 4 and 8 boilers. 9.48am: Reduced to 60 revs, altered course as requisite for closing SS “Van der Duyn” [listed here] (Dutch). 10.0am: Stopped. Boarded “Van der Duyn”. 10.35am: Proceeded S57E, 95 revs. am: Training classes at instruction, boats’ crews painting boats, remainder cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Distance run through the Water: 215.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon S64E, 508 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Note: SS “Van der Duyn” was built in Newcastle in 1914 and owned by Algemeene Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam; in 1917 she was sold to Atlantic Fruit Company and was renamed “Tanamo”; she was taken under control of the US Navy in 1918 and was returned to AFC in 1920; in 1923 she was sold to Cuyamel Fruit Company and renamed “Lempira”; in 1929 she transferred to United Fruit Company and in 1934 became “Tanamo” again; in 1946 she was sold to a Panamanian company and was renamed “Samaria”; she capsized and was then scrapped in 1951.] 4f9611c9a2fc8e2def0009d9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-012_0.jpg) 18 July 1916 From Patrol Area to Bermuda Lat 34.19, Long -68.67 am: Employed preparing for coaling. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 9.0pm: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. [Course and Distance made good: S66E, 286 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon S62E, 222 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 416.0 tons] [Squally south easterly wind force 5 with south easterly swell in am, wind and sea reduced in pm; weather mostly fine, noon air and sea temperature 80F] 4f9611caa2fc8e2def0009da: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-012_1.jpg) 19 July 1916 From Patrol Area to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 3.0am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 6.49am: Observed North Rock Beacon S8W. 8.33am: Course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows, and approaching Grassy Bay. 9.40am: Stopped. 9.41am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. [Draught: Forward 17’ 8”, Aft 22’ 6”] [Anchor [Bearings]: Lodge Point House S77W, Ireland Island Flagstaff, North End South Breakwater N74W] 9.45am: Sailed, “Caesar”. 11.0am: Commenced coaling ship. Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 boilers. pm: Employed coaling ship. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 12 in no. Shovels, steel, 2 in no. 7.45pm: Completed with coal. Received 640 tons. 8.30pm: Collier cast off. [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 5”] Midnight: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 257 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 470 lbs; Bread 650 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1023.0 tons] 4f9611caa2fc8e2def0009db: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-013_0.jpg) 20 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Employed cleaning ship, and cleaning out water tanks. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 3.15pm: Arrived, “Caesar”. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 11.50pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 6] 4f9611cba2fc8e2def0009dc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-013_1.jpg) 21 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Watch employed drawing provisions from dockyard. Remainder cleaning ship. 7.0am: SS “Tecumseh” arrived. am: Employed embarking provisions, and cleaning ship. 11.30am: “Patricia” [possibly the ship listed here for December 1912] and “Kelsomoor” sailed. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. pm: Employed stowing provisions, and cleaning ship’s side. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 460 lbs; Bread 500 lbs] [Note: SS “Tecumseh” was a tanker built in Flensburg in Germany in 1908 as “Niagara” for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft, Hamburg; in 1914 she was owned by the British Standard Transportation Company and was renamed “Tuscarora”; she was renamed “Tecumseh” in 1915; she was to run aground and be wrecked off what is now Mozambique in 1932. There were several ships named “Patricia” at this time: one possibility was built in Dublin in 1912/13 and owned by Michael Murphy, Dublin (registered in Cardiff, 1913 (listed here). SS “Kelsomoor” was a cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1914 and owned by Moor Line, Newcastle; in 1920 she was sold to Edwards and Company, Cardiff, and was renamed “Kelsomead”; in 1922 she again came under Moor Line and became “Kelsomoor” again; in 1930 she was sold to a Chinese company and was renamed “Hai Yu”; in 1938 she was sold to Wheelock, Marden and Company, London and was renamed “Gemlock”; she was under control of the British Government (Ministry of War Transport) from 1945 and was to be scuttled in the eastern Mediterranean in 1946 (see also listing here).] 4f9611cba2fc8e2def0009dd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-014_0.jpg) 22 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 0.30pm: Arrived SS “Silverlap” [Silverlip ‒ see 4th July 1916 in this log]. 1.0pm: Leave to watch, and part, till 10pm, and boys till 8.30pm. 2.0pm: Sailed SS “Silverlap” and “Tecumseh”. 3.0pm: 1 rating rejoined from hospital. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables1500 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f9611cba2fc8e2def0009de: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-014_1.jpg) 23 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed RC, and Wesleyan church parties. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.30am: Sailed SS “Hamask” [?]. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. 2.0pm: Arrived SS “San Gregoria” [San Gregorio ‒ see 3rd July 1916 in this log]. [Note: It has not been possible to trace an SS “Hamask” (or similar).] 4f9611cca2fc8e2def0009df: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-015_0.jpg) 24 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.30am: Arrived SS “San Melito” [listed here, more information here]. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed drawing stores from dockyard, turning boats’ falls, and cleaning ship. Boys at swimming instruction. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 72. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 460 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 260 lbs] [Note: SS “San Melito” was a tanker built on the Tyne in 1914 for Eagle Oil Transport Company, London; from 1946 she was owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, London and was a depot ship at Shanghai and then Singapore; she was sold to Shell Company of Gibraltar, London in 1953 and was broken up in 1954.] 4f9611cca2fc8e2def0009e0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-015_1.jpg) 25 July 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Boys at swimming instruction, remainder refitting coaling gear, and cleaning ship. pm: Employed cleaning ship, and hoisting in fresh provisions. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 73. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f9611cca2fc8e2def0009e1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-016_0.jpg) 26 July 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Area Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 4.0am: Lit fires in nos 1 to 4, and 7 boilers. 4.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.30am: Arrived, “Cumberland”. 9.40am: Arrived, “Suffolk”. am: Employed preparing for sea. 2.45pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 2.50pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for leaving Grassy Bay, 75 revs. 4.6pm: Cleared Narrows. Shaped course N56E. 5.23pm: North Rock Beacon abeam 7 miles. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 500 lbs] 4f9611cda2fc8e2def0009e2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-016_1.jpg) 27 July 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Area Lat 34.31, Long -68.99 3.0am: Exercised sea-boat’s crew. am: Boys at physical drill and school. Training class at instruction. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Training classes at instruction, remainder employed scraping gun-pedestals, and cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 4.45pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 270.9 miles] [Course and Distance made good: Since abeam of North Rock N64W, 241 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N65W, 377 miles] 4f9611cda2fc8e2def0009e3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-017_0.jpg) 28 July 1916 From Bermuda to Patrol Area Lat 35.76, Long -74.36 8.0am: Altered course S75W. 1.38pm: Altered course N87W. 3.50pm: Altered course N52E. 9.0pm: Altered course S52W. [Distance run through the Water: 302.4 miles] [Course and Distance made good: N71.5W, 277.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House N49W, 106 miles] 4f9611cda2fc8e2def0009e4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-017_1.jpg) 29 July 1916 On Patrol Area Lat 35.68, Long -74.58 1.0am: Exercised gun-watch, and sea-boat’s crew. 3.30am: Altered course N52E. 8.45am: Altered course S52W. 11.13am: Altered course as requisite for investigating sail. Increased to 75 revs. 11.35am: Shaped course S52W, 60 revs. 1.38pm: Altered course N52E. 8.30pm: Altered course S52W. Reduced to 45 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 172.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N47W, 97 miles] 4f9611cea2fc8e2def0009e5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-018_0.jpg) 30 July 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.19, Long -74.81 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.30pm: Observed “Berwick”. 5.39pm: Altered course N31W to close. 6.0pm: Course as requisite for approaching “Berwick”. 6.12pm: Stopped. Communicated by boat with “Berwick”. 1 boy joined ship. 7.3pm: Proceeded N70W, 45 revs. 7.27pm: As requisite for patrol. 9.0pm: Course as requisite for patrolling off Chesapeake Bay. [Distance run through the Water: 169.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N52W, 72 miles] 4f9611cea2fc8e2def0009e6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-018_1.jpg) 31 July 1916 On Patrol Lat 35.88, Long -75.87 2.55am: Stopped. 3.5am: Proceeded as requisite 45 revs. am: training classes and boys at instruction. Boats’ crews working about boats. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 4.17pm: Increased to 75 revs, altered course as requisite for closing SS “Marina” [possibly this ship]. 5.0pm: Proceeded as requisite 60 revs. 5.35pm: Increased to 115 revs. 5.50pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Mowinckel” [probably Johan Ludwig Mowinckel] (Norwegian). 6.15pm: Proceeded as requisite 60 revs. 9.30pm: Shaped course S45E. [Distance run through the Water: 174.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N67W, 7.5 miles] [Note: SS “Marina” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1900 and owned by Donaldson Line, Glasgow; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off southern Ireland in October 1916, with the loss of 18 lives. SS “Johan Ludwig Mowinckel was built in Newcastle in 1905 as “Spennymoor” for Walter Runciman, Newcastle; she was sold to Norwegian company Olaf Ørvig, Bergen in 1914 and was renamed “Johan Ludwig Mowinckel”; in 1928 she was sold to a Japanese company and was renamed “Tsukumo Maru”; in 1932 she changed hands and became “Unyo Maru No 6”; in 1939 she was renamed “Takuzan Maru”; in 1955 (and still in Japanese ownership) she became “Shunmei Maru”; in 1957 she was renamed “Yoshinogawa Maru” and was broken up in 1960.] 4f9611cea2fc8e2def0009e7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-019_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611cfa2fc8e2def0009e8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-019_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611cfa2fc8e2def0009e9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-020_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611cfa2fc8e2def0009ea: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45026/ADM 53-45026-020_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR AUGUST 1916 4f9611d0a2fc8e2def0009eb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for August 1916] 4f9611d0a2fc8e2def0009ec: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611d0a2fc8e2def0009ed: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in, signed by Captain Bush, 7th September 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall, London SW] 4f9611d1a2fc8e2def0009ee: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-002_1.jpg) 1 August 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.85, Long -75.85 5.0am: Course as requisite for patrolling. 3.50pm: Spoke SS “Freda” [possibly this ship] (Norwegian). 5.50pm: Spoke SS “Menapier” [Menapier (2) listed here] (British). 11.0pm: Shaped course S45E. [Distance run through the Water: 177.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N57W, 8 miles] [Note: SS “Freda” was built in Fredrikstad, Norway in 1914 for AS Freda, Stavanger; she was sold to another Norwegian company in 1917 and again in 1919, when she was renamed “Helgøy”; she changed hands again in 1924 and 1925 and again in 1928, when she was sold to a Swedish company and became “Monark”; in 1938 she was sold to a company in Estonia and was renamed “Hildur”; in 1940 she was seized by the Russian Government and in 1941 by the German Government ‒ when she was renamed “Rimage”; she was bombed by British aircraft and sank at Aalesund, Norway in 1945 (more details here). SS “Menapier” was built in 1907 in Sunderland and was initially owned by Carrington Steamship Company, Cardiff and called “Lady Carrington”; in 1916 she was sold to Brys and Gylsen Limited, London and was renamed “Menapier”; ownership was amalgamated into Lloyd Royal Belge, London during 1917; she was to sink after a collision off southern Spain in November 1917 (more details here and here).] 4f9611d1a2fc8e2def0009ef: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-002a_0.jpg) 2 August 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.79, Long -75.87 2.0am: Altered course N45W. 4.55am: Course as requisite for patrol. 10.10am: Spoke SS “Montebello” (Italian). 8.0pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Guernsey” [more details here] (Norwegian). 8.25pm: Proceeded as requisite, 60 revs. 9.45pm: No 2 Buoy N30E, 1.25 miles. 10.45pm: No 2 CB buoy N57E, 3 miles, altered course SE. [Distance run through the Water: 196.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry N39W, 10 miles] [Note: SS “Montebello” was a passenger/cargo ship built in South Shields in 1887 as “Charter Tower” for British company Stumore, Weston and Company; in 1887 she was sold to an Italian company and was named “Fanfulla”; she was sold to Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa in 1892 and was renamed “Montebello”; from 1913 she was owned by Societa Marittima Italiana; she was to be sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean in June 1917. SS “Guernsey” was built in Sunderland in 1898 for Norwegian company Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg; in 1922 she was sold to a German company and was renamed “Walsung”; she was to founder off Norway in 1925.] 4f9611d1a2fc8e2def0009f0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-002a_1.jpg) 3 August 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.91, Long -75.88 5.0am: Increased to 60 revs. Course as requisite for patrol. 9.50am: Stopped. Boarded SS “Student” (British). 10.5am: Proceeded as requisite 60 revs. 10.35am: Stopped. 10.45am: Proceeded as requisite 60 revs. 3.16pm: Stopped. Boarded SS “Oriana” [listed here] (British). 3.42pm: Proceeded as requisite 60 revs. 8.40pm: Cape Henry Light N60W 8 miles. [Distance run through the Water: 167.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry 279 degrees, 6.5 miles] [Note: SS “Student” was a cargo ship built in Scotland in 1910 and owned by Charente Steamship Company, Liverpool; she was sold to a French company in 1933 and renamed “Lillois”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine off Italy in 1943. SS “Oriana” was built in Scotland in 1906 and owned by Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool; she was scrapped in 1927.] 4f9611d2a2fc8e2def0009f1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-003_0.jpg) 4 August 1916 From Patrol to Bermuda Lat 35.31, Long -72.38 [Log just records routine matters, course about S60E from 4.52am onwards] [Distance run through the Water: 256.4 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S61E, 193 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock S65.5E, 411 miles] 4f9611d2a2fc8e2def0009f2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-003_1.jpg) 5 August 1916 From Patrol to Bermuda Lat 33.65, Long -67.67 2.0am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. Exercised general quarters. [Course and Distance made good: S67E, 254 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock S64E, 158 miles] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 79F, sea temperature 80F] 4f9611d2a2fc8e2def0009f3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-004_0.jpg) 6 August 1916 From Patrol to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 1.45am: Observed Gibb’s Hill Light S19E. 2.17am: Gibb’s Hill Light S13E 27 miles. 5.45am: Increased to 90 revs. Course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows to Grassy Bay. 7.0am: Stopped. 7.8am: Proceeded are requisite into Camber and alongside Dockyard Wall. [Draught: Forward 18’ 0”, Aft 22’ 6”] am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Drew fires in steam cutter. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 185.2 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 427.0 tons] 4f9611d3a2fc8e2def0009f4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-004_1.jpg) 7 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Employed blacking down aloft, cleaning ship, and scraping water line. 8.30am: Discharged 3 ratings to hospital. am: Employed blacking down aloft, cleaning ship’s side, and cleaning ship. Training class dismounting 12 pounders. 1.0pm: Leave [to] watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 1 rating joined ship from RN Barracks. 10.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs] 4f9611d3a2fc8e2def0009f5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-005_0.jpg) 8 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.30am: Employed painting ship. 7.30am: Read warrant no 74. am: Employed painting ship. Divers recovering rifle dropped overboard. Training class dismounting no 1 6 inch gun. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Watch employed painting ship. 3.0pm: 1 AB joined ship from hospital. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f9611d3a2fc8e2def0009f6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-005_1.jpg) 9 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Training class mounting no 1 6 inch gun. Remainder of hands painting ship. 9.20am: “Melbourne” undocked, and berthed alongside dockyard wall. Lost overboard by accident, brushes, paint, 2 in no. pm: Employed painting ship. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f9611d3a2fc8e2def0009f7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-006_0.jpg) 10 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed painting and cleaning ship. Training class at instruction. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. 6.0pm: Arrived, “Cumberland”, and anchored in Grassy Bay. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs] 4f9611d4a2fc8e2def0009f8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-006_1.jpg) 11 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Training class dismounting 6 inch guns. Remainder of hands turning out boats, respreading awnings, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Training class dismounting 6 inch guns. Remainder cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 75. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f9611d4a2fc8e2def0009f9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-007_0.jpg) 12 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f9611d4a2fc8e2def0009fa: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-007_1.jpg) 13 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed C of E, RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. Divisions. 1.30pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs] 4f9611d5a2fc8e2def0009fb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-008_0.jpg) 14 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed rigging coaling stay. Training class dismounting 6 inch guns. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. Read warrant nos 76 and 77. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f9611d5a2fc8e2def0009fc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-008_1.jpg) 15 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Training class rigging diving boat. Remainder cleaning ship. am: Employed preparing for coaling. Boys at physical drill, divers at monthly practice. 1.30pm: Leave to watch from 1.30 till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 3.0pm: 1 PO returned from hospital. 4.0pm: Collier secured alongside. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Bread Received: 180 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 375.4 tons] 4f9611d5a2fc8e2def0009fd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-009_0.jpg) 16 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [Draught: Forward 18’ 9”, Aft 22’ 7”] 5.10am: Commenced coaling. [Draught: Forward 20’ 6”, Aft 23’ 7”] 11.20am: Completed with coal. Received 650 tons. pm: Employed cleaning ship. 2.0pm: Read warrant no 78. Discharged 1 rating to Detention Barracks. 3.0pm: Collier cast off and anchored. 4.0pm: Quarters. Leave to watch till 7am. 6.0pm: Unrigged coaling stay. [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1020 tons] 4f9611d6a2fc8e2def0009fe: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-009_1.jpg) 17 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed cleaning ship and spreading awnings. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 79. Landed patrol. 5.30am: French Cruiser “Marseillaise” arrived and anchored. [Note: For details of “Marseillaise” see 4th July 1916 in this log.] 4f9611d6a2fc8e2def0009ff: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-010_0.jpg) 18 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Party employed launching targets in dockyard. Boys at physical drill. Remainder employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. pm: 1 PO returned from hospital. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. Read warrants nos 80 and 81. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f9611d6a2fc8e2def000a00: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-010_1.jpg) 19 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 10.0am: Discharged 1 LS to hospital. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 470 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3000 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f9611d7a2fc8e2def000a01: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-011_0.jpg) 20 August 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Divisions. Landed C of E, RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6.30pm. 5.30pm: Watch employed hoisting pattern VII target on quarter deck. 11.30pm: Lit fires in nos 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 boilers. 4f9611d7a2fc8e2def000a02: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-011_1.jpg) 21 August 1916 Carrying out Torpedo Practice in Murray’s Anchorage Lat 32.39, Long -64.68 [estimated] 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. Received 3 tons of coal for use of steam cutter during time ship was alongside. 8.35am: Cast off securing hawsers, and warped clear of dockyard wall. 8.45am: Cast off warps. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour. 8.51am: Stopped. Hoisted steam cutter. 9.0am: Proceeded as requisite 95 revs. 9.45am: Worked up to full speed for starboard engine trial. 10.0am: Reduced to 60 revs. 10.10am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 10.30am: Proceeded as requisite for running torpedoes. [As Requisite for torpedo practice] 11.40am: Completed practice. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. Noon: Banked fires in nos 3 to 7 boilers. 0.3pm: Stopped. 0.6pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 9 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles, in anchorage off Tobacco Bay. [Anchor [Bearings]: Tobacco Rock S68E, Cherry Stone Hill S31W, Lloyd’s Flagstaff S12E] 1.30pm: 6 inch guns crews at 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. 4.0pm: Quarters. Acting SGs [Seaman Gunners] at 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. [Distance run through the Water: 14.5 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 470 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f9611d7a2fc8e2def000a03: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-012_0.jpg) 22 August 1916 From Murray’s Anchorage to Firing off Bermuda and at Murray’s Anchorage Lat 32.39, Long -64.68 [estimated] [Lost by accident: sinkers, 0.5 cwt, 2 in no. Flags, bunting, “Q”, 1 in no] 8.0am: Read Warrant no. 82. Discharged 1 stoker to Detention Barracks. am: Acting SGs, OS, and boys training classes at 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. Remainder cleaning ship and refitting. 2.0pm: Spread fires in nos 3 to 7 boilers. pm: Gunlayers, and trainers, and sight-setters of 6 inch guns at 1 inch aiming rifle practice at towed target. Furled Quarterdeck awning. 5.0pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 5.15pm: Weighed. 5.30pm: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows, 90 revs. 5.45pm: Reduced to 75 revs. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out High Angle firing from 3 pounder gun and maxims at Kite target. 6.30pm: Stopped. 8.20pm: Dropped 2 pattern 7 targets. Carried out practice from 6 inch and 12 pounder guns. [As Requisite for Night firing] [Lost through being shot away:- Targets, pattern VII, 1 in no] 11.0pm: Hoisted 1 target. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage in five-fathom hole, 75 revs. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f9611d8a2fc8e2def000a04: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-012_1.jpg) 23 August 1916 Carrying out Firing Practice and at Bermuda Lat 32.04, Long -64.52 0.5am: Stopped. 0.8am: Came to with port anchor in Five Fathom Hole. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lloyd’s Flagstaff N88W, St David’s Light S32W, St Catherine Point N68W] 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Employed preparing targets and ship for battle-practice. 8.25am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 8.43am: Weighed. Turned to NE. 9.0am: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows, 90 revs. 9.15am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out battle practice at towed target. [As Requisite for Carrying Out Battle Practice] 11.20am: Completed practice. Closed targets. 11.50am: Stopped. 0.30pm: Secured one target astern. [Lost through being shot away:- Targets, pattern VII, 1 in no] 1.10pm: Proceeded as requisite 60 rev, target in tow. 1.28pm: Tow parted. 1.45pm: Secured target. 1.53pm: Proceeded as requisite, 45 revs. 2.55pm: Stopped. Moored target. 3.16pm: Proceeded as requisite to firing position. 3.40pm: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in 13 fathoms. 1.0pm: Carried out test of Director firing at moored target. 4.45pm: Weighed. Proceeded to target. 5.15pm: Stopped. Sent party to unmoor target. 5.30pm: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage, 90 revs. 6.5pm: Cleared Narrows. Reduced to 45 revs. 6.10pm: Stopped. Came to with starboard anchor in Murray’s Anchorage. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Tobacco Rock S68E, Cherry Stone Hill S32W, Lloyd’s Flagstaff S12E] 8.10pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. Banked fires in nos 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 boilers. [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 262 degrees, 7 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611d8a2fc8e2def000a05: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-013_0.jpg) 24 August 1916 From Bermuda to Halifax and at Bermuda Lat 32.39, Long -64.68 [estimated] 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and spreading awnings. 8.45am: Arrived HMS “Highflyer”. am: Hands employed transferring gold bullion from “Highflyer”, and ammunition from tug. Spread fires in banked boilers. 1.0pm: Lit fires in no 1 boiler. 1.10pm: Completed transfer of gold. Received 1239 cases. Prepared for sea. 1.50pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 2.3pm: Weighed. Turned to NE. 2.10pm: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows, 95 revs. 2.31pm: Cleared Narrows. Shaped course N57E. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised General Quarters, and night defence stations. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. 11.0pm: Put clocks on 20 minutes. 4f9611d8a2fc8e2def000a06: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-013_1.jpg) 25 August 1916 From Bermuda to Halifax Lat 36.49, Long -64.37 2.0am: Exercised gun watch and sea boat’s crew. 2.30am: Put clocks on 20 minutes. 10.37am: Altered course as requisite for carrying out HA [High Angle] firing at Kite target, and periscope practice from 3 pounder gun. 11.15am: Resumed course. pm: Employed shifting ammunition motors to upper deck, cleaning out boats, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Altered course N17E. Exercised night defence. 10.0pm: Exercised gun watch, and sea boat’s crew. Altered course N18E. 11.0pm: Put clocks on 20 minutes. [Distance run through the Water: 272.2 miles] [Course and Distance made good: Since 3pm N2E, 244 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel N5E, 472 miles] [Weather mostly fine, noon air and sea temperature 79F] 4f9611d8a2fc8e2def000a07: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-014_0.jpg) 26 August 1916 From Bermuda to Halifax Lat 41.07, Long -63.88 [Long “Observed”] 3.0am: Altered course N19.5E. Put clocks on 20 minutes. 8.0am: Altered course N23E. Reduced to 85 revs. Let fires die out in no 5 boiler. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Rigged coaling stay. [Course and Distance made good: N4.5E, 275.5 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel N4.5E, 197 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 740 tons] [Mist or fog (thick at times) from noon onwards] 4f9611d9a2fc8e2def000a08: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-014_1.jpg) 27 August 1916 From Bermuda to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 4.0am: Sounded in 56 fathoms. 4.15am: Fog closed down. 4.20am: Reduced to 45 revs. 4.30am: Sounded in 42 fathoms. 4.48am: Heard Sambro Light Vessel Fog signal, altered course N35E. 5.30am: Sambro Light Vessel S32E, 1 mile. 6.25am: Chebucto fog signal abeam. 7.9am: Light House bank buoy abeam to starboard, altered course N5W. 7.22am: Pleasant Shoal bell-buoy abeam, altered course as requisite for passing through gate, and proceeding to anchorage. 8.23am: Stopped. Let go starboard anchor. 8.27am: Let go port anchor. Moored ship in 11 fathoms off Halifax Dockyard. [Middled: Exhibition Buildings S85E, Refinery Chimney N51W, Hospital (N) S43W] [Draught: Forward 19’ 0”, Aft 23’ 0”] 9.5am: Collier secured alongside. 9.40am: Commenced coaling. Let fires die out in 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8 boilers. 11.55am: Completed with coal. Received 310 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 7”] pm: Employed cleaning ship and unrigging coaling stay. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, 2 cwt, 4 in no. Shovels, steel, 5 in no. 4.0pm: Quarters. Leave to watch till 10pm. Landed patrol. 5.30pm: 9 ratings joined ship from “Niobe”. [Distance run through the Water: 218 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 235 lbs; Vegetables Received: 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1027 tons] [Thick fog from 5am to 8am] 4f9611d9a2fc8e2def000a09: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-015_0.jpg) 28 August 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 6.0am and 9.0am: Hands employed landing gold and conveying it to railway station. 0.15pm: Completed landing 1239 cases of gold. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 1 rating joined from “Niobe”. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed Patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 470 lbs; Vegetables Received: 850 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611d9a2fc8e2def000a0a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-015_1.jpg) 29 August 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 6.0am: Employed getting up ammunition, and cleaning ship. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed landing ammunition in dockyard, drawing provisions, cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Watch employed striking down provisions, cleaning ship, and refitting. 5.0pm: Sailed, [HMS] “Laurentic”. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2450 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611daa2fc8e2def000a0b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-016_0.jpg) 30 August 1916 From Halifax to Patrol Area and at Halifax Lat 44.35, Long -63.58 2.0am: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 boilers. 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. 8.30am: Unmoored. Weighed port anchor. Shortened in to 2 shackles, and cleared telephone cable. 10.4am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 11.18am: Cleared war channel. Shaped course S56W. 11.38am: Sambro Light House abeam 2 miles, altered course S62W. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Altered course S61W. Exercised night defence. 5.30pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 6.30pm: Put clocks back 25 minutes. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch, and sea boat’s crew. [Distance run through the Water: 22.4 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel 95 degrees, 3.25 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 1200 lbs] 4f9611daa2fc8e2def000a0c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-016_1.jpg) 31 August 1916 From Halifax to Patrol Area Lat 40.89, Long -68.40 [Long “Observed”] am: Divisions. Read prayers. Training classes and boys at instruction. Boats’ crews cleaning and painting boats. Remainder refitting coaling gear, and cleaning ship. pm: Boys at instruction. Boats’ crews painting boats. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 4.25pm: Put clocks back 25 minutes. 6.25pm: Put clocks back 20 minutes. 7.40pm: Altered course to clear steamer. [Course and Distance made good: 226 degrees, 298 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel 254 degrees, 58 miles] 4f9611daa2fc8e2def000a0d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-017_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611dba2fc8e2def000a0e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-017_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611dba2fc8e2def000a0f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-018_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611dba2fc8e2def000a10: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45027/ADM 53-45027-018_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1916 4f9611dca2fc8e2def000a11: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for September 1916] 4f9611dca2fc8e2def000a12: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611dca2fc8e2def000a13: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-002_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611dda2fc8e2def000a14: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-002_1.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 5th October 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4f9611dda2fc8e2def000a15: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-003_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before, except Thermometers for Air Temperature now shown as Reynolds 9242 ‒ 3] 4f9611dda2fc8e2def000a16: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-003_1.jpg) 1 September 1916 From Halifax to Patrol and on Patrol Lat 38.97, Long -73.87 10.10am: Stopped. Dropped cask-target. 10.11am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out local control practice from 12 pounder guns, and 1 inch aiming. 11.50am: Completed practice. 11.58am: Proceeded N87W, 60 revs. 3.43pm: Altered course N19E. 3.45pm: Sounded in 18 fathoms. 4.5pm: Altered course N80W. 4.42pm: Observed NE Light Vessel S70W. 4.57pm: Observed NE Light Vessel S54W, 3.7 miles. 5.0pm: Altered course S76E. 11.0pm: Exercised gun watch. [Distance run through the Water: 294.3 miles] [Course and Distance made good: S66W, 278 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: NE Light Vessel S86W, 38 miles] 4f9611dea2fc8e2def000a17: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-004_0.jpg) 2 September 1916 On Patrol Lat 38.98, Long -72.83 1.40am: Altered course N64E. 2.30am: Exercised gun-watch, and sea-boat’s crew. 7.0am: Altered course S64W. 0.30pm: Altered course N80W. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 8.56pm: Observed NE Light Vessel N58W, 14 miles. 9.30pm: Altered course S83E. [Distance run through the Water: 187.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: NE Light Vessel 269 degrees, 80 miles] 4f9611dea2fc8e2def000a18: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-004_1.jpg) 3 September 1916 On Patrol Lat 39.26, Long -72.42 6.10am: Altered course N64E. 10.15am: Held Divine Service. 0.20pm: Increased to 95 revs, altered course S57W. 0.35pm: Engines going 95 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 178.6 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ambrose Light Vessel 318 degrees, 99 miles] 4f9611dea2fc8e2def000a19: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-005_0.jpg) 4 September 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.96, Long -75.88 3.50am: Observed: Cape Charles Light N71W; Hog Island Light N14W. 5.10am: Altered course N81W. 5.22am: Altered course N24W. Passed no 2 CB buoy. 6.50am: Course as requisite for patrol. am: Spoke SS “Evelyn” [there were a number of ships with this name at this time], “Edward Pierce” (American) and Taddal [possibly Tuddal, more details here] (Norwegian). pm: Spoke SS “Majoran” [?], “Jessmore”, “Ocean Monarch” [listed here] and “Reapehu” [probably Ruapehu] (British), “Rippon” [?] (Swedish), “Hans Broge” (Danish). 4.0am: Quarters. Read warrant no 84. Exercised night defence. 5.30pm: Spoke SS “Andalusia” (Swede), “Nettuno” (Italian). [Distance run through the Water: 277.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 262 degrees, 6.5 miles] [Note: The exact identity of SS “Evelyn” is unclear but if she was American (like the next ship here) she might be Evelyn (1) listed here ‒ built in 1912 in Newport News and owned by AH Bull and Company; she was taken over by the US Navy in 1942 and was renamed “Asterion” and was used as a Q ship; in 1944 she was used as a weather ship and was scrapped in 1946. SS “Edward Pierce” was an American cargo ship built in Newport News in 1914 and owned by Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Company; she was used as a collier and was scrapped in 1949. SS “Tuddal” was a cargo ship built in Stockton-on-Tees in 1895 as “Dunottar” for MacBeth and Gray, Glasgow; she was sold to a Norwegian company in 1909 and was renamed “Tuddal”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a German submarine in August 1917 (more details here). Attempts to find an SS “Majoran” (or similar) have not been successful. Details of SS “Jessmore” are shown in the entry for 21st November 1914 in this log. SS “Ocean Monarch” was built in Scotland in 1904 for Monarch Line, Glasgow; she was sold to an Italian company in 1926 and was renamed “Erica”; she was scrapped in 1934. SS (or RMS) “Ruapehu” was a liner built in Scotland for New Zealand Shipping Company in 1901; she was used as a troop ship in WW1 and was returned to her owners after the war; she was laid up in 1931 and broken up in that year. It has not been possible to find a Swedish ship named “Rippon” (or similar). SS “Hans Broge” was a Danish cargo ship built in Kiel, Germany in 1907 as “Kong Georg”; she was sold to another Danish company in 1907 and was renamed “Kommerzienrat Burjam”; in 1909 she was sold to AS DS Progress, Copenhagen and was renamed “Hans Broge”; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in May 1917. SS “Andalusia” was a cargo ship built in Sweden in 1916 and owned by Svenska Lloyd; she was to be sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in 1940, with the loss of 21 lives. Italian SS “Nettuno” has not been traced.] 4f9611dfa2fc8e2def000a1a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-005_1.jpg) 5 September 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.96, Long -75.86 6.0am: Spoke SS “Ingleby” [Ingleby (1) listed here] (British). 8.0am: US Battle Squadron, and destroyer flotilla proceeded out of harbour. 11.0am: Passed SS “Kanaris” (Greek). pm: Spoke SS “Kelvinbrae” (British), and SV “Viva” (Chilian). [Distance run through the Water: 192 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 257 degrees, 7.25 miles] [Note: SS “Ingleby” was a British ship built in Stockton-on-Tees in 1907 and owned by Ropner and Company; she was sold to a Greek company in 1929 and was renamed “Atlas”; she was scrapped in 1934 in Italy. SS “Kanaris” was built in Scotland in 1878 as “Walrus”; she later became “Gettysburg” and was in the Greek Navy as “Psara” in 1880; she was renamed “Kanaris” in 1889; she was seized by the French Navy in December 1916 and was a depot ship at Malta from January 1917 until 1918 or 1919 when she was returned to the Greek Navy; she was sold as a merchant ship in 1923 and was broken up in 1933. SS “Kelvinbrae” was a cargo ship built in Newcastle in 1907 as “Port Pirie” for Milburn Line; she was sold to Port Line in 1914 and in 1915 to Glasgow Steam Shipping Company and renamed “Kelvinbrae”; she had another British owner from 1920 to 1924 and in 1924 was renamed “Darnley”; in 1925 she changed hands again and became “Laleham”; she was to founder off Bermuda in 1926. SV “Viva” was a barque built in 1884 in West Hartlepool as “Lodestar”, owned by John Lidgett & Sons, London; she was sold to a German company in 1897 and was renamed “Steinbeck”; in 1907 she was sold to a Norwegian company and was renamed “Viva”; in 1915 she was sold to a Chilean company and changed hands again in 1918; later in 1918 she was sold to a Spanish company and changed hands again in 1921; she was scrapped in Italy in 1925.] 4f9611dfa2fc8e2def000a1b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-006_0.jpg) 6 September 1916 On Patrol Lat 36.95, Long -75.88 2.30am: Heavy squalls and rain. am: Boys and Training classes at physical drill and instruction. Guns’ crews at loader drill. Boats’ crews cleaning and painting boats. Remainder cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.0pm: Spoke SS “Turapina” [possibly Turakina] (British). [Distance run through the Water: 191.3 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 258 degrees, 6 miles] [Squally south easterly wind force 4 or 4-5 in am, slightly reduced in pm; noon temperature 77F, sea temperature 75F] [Note: SS “Turakina” was a passenger/cargo ship built in Newcastle in 1902 and owned by New Zealand Shipping Company, London; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in August 1917 with the loss of 2 lives.] 4f9611dfa2fc8e2def000a1c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-006_1.jpg) 7 September 1916 From Patrol to Bermuda Lat 36.91, Long -75.72 11.20am: Observed “Cumberland”. 11.30am: Shaped course S58E. Worked up to 112 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 194.7 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Henry Light House 273 degrees, 14 miles] 4f9611dfa2fc8e2def000a1d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-007_0.jpg) 8 September 1916 From Patrol to Bermuda Lat 34.67, Long -68.97 3.5am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. am: Employed unfuzing lyddite shell, and cleaning ship and boats. Training classes at instruction. Guns’ crews at loader-drill. [Course and Distance made good: S65E, 363 degrees [miles]] [True Bearing and Distance: North Rock Beacon 119 degrees, 239 miles] 4f9611e0a2fc8e2def000a1e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-007_1.jpg) 9 September 1916 From Patrol to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 [estimated] 5.45am: North Rock Light abeam. 7.3am: Course as requisite for entering Narrows, and approaching Grassy Bay. 8.7am: Stopped. 8.10am: Came to with port anchor in Grassy Bay. Veered to 4 shackles. 10.10am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite into camber. 10.56am: Secured alongside dockyard wall, bow to southward. am: Paid monthly money to ships’ company. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 5.0pm: 2 ratings and 1 private RMLI joined ship. 8.45pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 270.3 miles] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 470 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 500 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 420 tons] 4f9611e0a2fc8e2def000a1f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-008_0.jpg) 10 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Divisions. Landed Wesleyans and RC church parties. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Number on sick list: 5] 4f9611e0a2fc8e2def000a20: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-008_1.jpg) 11 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed returning ammunition and surveying cable. 7.0am: Ship placed in dockyard hands for annual refit. am: Employed surveying cable, and landing ammunition. Mr Harrington, Warrant Engineer, RNR joined ship. pm: Watch employed scrubbing cables, and painting out chain lockers. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f9611e1a2fc8e2def000a21: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-009_0.jpg) 12 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.30am: Employed cleaning out and painting chain lockers, and cleaning ship. am: Employed dismounting guns, overhauling rigging, scrubbing cable, painting in chain-lockers, and scraping and painting on upper deck. 3.0pm: Mr Switzer, Artificer Engineer, left ship. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Hands bathed. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 230 lbs] 4f9611e1a2fc8e2def000a22: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-009_1.jpg) 13 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and scraping paint-work. am: Employed housing main-topmast, painting out chain-lockers, scraping and painting on upper deck, and hauling up boats in dockyard. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f9611e1a2fc8e2def000a23: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-010_0.jpg) 14 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed scrubbing chain-cable, and scraping and painting chain lockers. am: Employed scraping and painting paint-work, refitting top-mast rigging, and stowing cable in chain-lockers. Discharged 1 leading seaman to hospital. pm: Employed scraping and painting, overhauling rigging and working about guns. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f9611e2a2fc8e2def000a24: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-010_1.jpg) 15 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 7.0am: Arrived “Cumberland”, and secured in Camber. am: Employed scraping and painting, working about guns, and overhauling rigging. pm: Watch employed scraping, painting, and refitting. 8.0pm: 1 rating joined ship from St George’s Detention Barracks. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f9611e2a2fc8e2def000a25: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-011_0.jpg) 16 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Gunners and Gunner (T)’s parties in dockyard, Boatswain’s party overhauling rigging. Discharged 1 ERA and 1 AB to hospital. Remainder of hands scraping and painting on upper deck. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 490 lbs; Bread 480 lbs] 4f9611e2a2fc8e2def000a26: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-011_1.jpg) 17 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. Divisions. Landed C of E party. 4f9611e3a2fc8e2def000a27: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-012_0.jpg) 18 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 4.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and painting ship’s side. 8.0am: Drew fires in steam cutter. am: Read prayers. Employed painting on mess-deck, refitting, and placing main-topmast. Sent steam-cutter to boat-slip. pm: Watch employed housing fore topmast, painting on mess-deck, and scraping and painting on upper-deck. 3.0pm: Let fires die out in no 8 boiler. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 5.0pm: Hands bathed. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Bread 240 lbs] 4f9611e3a2fc8e2def000a28: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-012_1.jpg) 19 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and fuzing lyddite shell. am: Employed refitting rigging, fuzing lyddite shell, overhauling torpedoes, scraping and painting on upper deck and mess-deck. Discharged Mr Gauvreau, sub lieutenant, to “Cumberland”. 0.30pm: Discharged 2 ratings to hospital. pm: Employed refitting riggings, overhauling torpedoes, painting on mess-deck and ship’s side, and scraping paintwork on upper deck. Leave to watch till 7am. 3.30pm: Sailed, HMS “Cumberland”. 4.0pm: 2 ratings joined from RN Barracks. Landed patrol. Hands bathed. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 952 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f9611e3a2fc8e2def000a29: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-013_0.jpg) 20 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting ship’s side, cleaning Fore Hold, scraping on upper deck, and painting on mess-deck. pm: Employed cleaning fore-hold, painting on mess-deck, scraping and painting on upper deck and ship’s side. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f9611e4a2fc8e2def000a2a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-013_1.jpg) 21 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter no 331, lent from Dockyard. am: Employed refitting, painting on mess-deck, scraping and painting on upper deck, and working in dockyard. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f9611e4a2fc8e2def000a2b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-014_0.jpg) 22 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting on mess-deck, and working about guns, and torpedoes. Divers at monthly practice. RMLI detachment at field exercise. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f9611e4a2fc8e2def000a2c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-014_1.jpg) 23 September 1916 At Bermuda [though not stated at top of page] Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and securing main-topmast rigging. am: Employed refitting, working about torpedoes and guns, and in shell-rooms, painting on mess-deck. RMLI detachment landed for field exercise. pm: Employed placing fenders, and working about wire-hawsers. Sustained damage to sheathing on starboard side through friction with fenders. Three frames and several plates bent. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 530 lbs] [Squally south easterly wind force 5 to 7 in am, with rough sea, south easterly then south westerly force 8 to 10 from 2pm to 8pm, then reducing; rain during pm. Barometric pressure recorded hourly all day (falling until 5pm, then starting to rise). Noon temperature 80F] 4f9611e5a2fc8e2def000a2d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-015_0.jpg) 24 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, and C of E church parties. 5.0pm: Lent one signalman to RNB. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs] 4f9611e5a2fc8e2def000a2e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-015_1.jpg) 25 September 1916 At Bermuda [though not stated at top of page] Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting on mess-deck, scraping and red-leading on upper deck. Party employed mounting gun in oil-tank vessel. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. RMLI detatchment [sic] left ship for musketry course at Warwick Camp. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Bread 265 lbs] 4f9611e5a2fc8e2def000a2f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-016_0.jpg) 26 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, working in chain-lockers, and scraping and painting on upper deck. Party employed at RN Hospital cleaning away trees blown down by hurricane. 4.30pm: 2 ratings joined from hospital. Landed patrol. Hands bathed. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 325 lbs] 4f9611e6a2fc8e2def000a30: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-016_1.jpg) 27 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 9.0am: Warped ship into floating dock. am: Employed scraping ship’s bottom. Discharged 1 AB to hospital. pm: Employed scrubbing ship’s bottom, and cleaning dock. 5.30pm: 1 signalman rejoined from RNB. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 251 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 326 lbs] 4f9611e6a2fc8e2def000a31: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-017_0.jpg) 28 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Hands employed in three watches discharging coal from SS “Lodorer” [possibly the ship listed here] to dockyard. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. Leave to forenoon coaling watch from 2pm till 8pm. 8.0pm: Leave to afternoon coaling watch till 10pm. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Bread 276 lbs] [Note: SS “Lodorer” was built in 1904 for Sandy, Simpson and Company, Newcastle as “Sandyford”; in 1909 she was sold to Lodore Steamship Company, London and was renamed “Lodorer”; she was purchased by Houlder, Middleton in 1915 and was requisitioned by the Admiralty in that year and was used as a Q ship and named “Farnborough” and “Sandyford”; she was torpedoed in February 1917 and beached but returned to service, she was returned to her owners in 1919 and was then sold to J and J Denholm, Greenock and renamed “Hollypark”; she was scrapped in 1928.] 4f9611e6a2fc8e2def000a32: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-017_1.jpg) 29 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Hands employed in 3 watches discharging coal from SS “Lodorer” to dockyard. 1.30pm: Leave to boys from 1.30 till 6pm, forenoon coaling watch from 2pm till 8pm. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables1000 lbs; Bread 285 lbs] 4f9611e6a2fc8e2def000a33: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-018_0.jpg) 30 September 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Hands employed in 3 watches discharging coal from SS “Loderer” to dockyard. 2.0pm: Leave to forenoon coaling watch from 2pm till 8pm. 8.0pm: Leave to afternoon coaling watch from 8pm till 10pm. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 490 lbs; Vegetables 241 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] 4f9611e7a2fc8e2def000a34: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-018_1.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611e7a2fc8e2def000a35: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-020_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611e7a2fc8e2def000a36: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45028/ADM 53-45028-020_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1916 4f9611e8a2fc8e2def000a37: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for October 1916] 4f9611e8a2fc8e2def000a38: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611e8a2fc8e2def000a39: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-003_0.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 2nd November 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall, London SW] 4f9611e9a2fc8e2def000a3a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-003_1.jpg) 1 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Hands employed in 3 watches discharging coal from SS “Lodorer” to dockyard. Landed RC, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, and C of E parties. 4f9611e9a2fc8e2def000a3b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-004_0.jpg) 2 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Hands employed in 3 watches discharging coal from SS “Lodorer” to coal depôt “Shah”. pm: Paid monthly money to ship’s company. Hands employed as in forenoon. 5.0pm: 1 AB joined from RNB. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1005 lbs; Bread Received: 325 lbs] 4f9611e9a2fc8e2def000a3c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-004_1.jpg) 3 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 7.0am: Completed discharging coal from SS “Lodorer”. am: Employed cleaning ship and scrubbing coaling suits. 2.0pm: 1 leading seaman joined from hospital. 4.0pm: Discharged 2 ratings to RNB. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Bread Received: 325 lbs] 4f9611eaa2fc8e2def000a3d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-005_0.jpg) 4 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 7.0am: Read warrant no 86. Discharged 1 rating to detention Barracks. am: Employed refitting rigging, overhauling torpedoes, painting on mess-deck, and cleaning ship. Discharged 4 ratings to hospital. 8.0pm: Made preparations for landing an armed party and machine guns, to deal with possible rioting by the garrison regiment. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 225 lbs] 4f9611eaa2fc8e2def000a3e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-005_1.jpg) 5 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and returning arms and ammunition. am: Employed refitting rigging, overhauling torpedoes, painting on mess-deck, and scraping and painting projectiles. [Fresh Beef Received: 250 lbs; Bread Received: 265 lbs] 4f9611eaa2fc8e2def000a3f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-006_0.jpg) 6 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, overhauling rigging screws, painting on mess-deck, scraping and painting. 3.0pm: 4 ratings returned from hospital. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 220 lbs] 4f9611eba2fc8e2def000a40: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-006_1.jpg) 7 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting, and scraping, and cleaning bottom of dock. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 500 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f9611eba2fc8e2def000a41: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-007_0.jpg) 8 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, Presbyterian and C of E church parties. Divisions. 4f9611eba2fc8e2def000a42: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-007_1.jpg) 9 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting on mess-deck, and scraping and painting. Party employed in dockyard constructing boom defence. 3.0pm: 31 ratings joined ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 525 lbs] 4f9611eca2fc8e2def000a43: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-008_0.jpg) 10 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 7.30am: Sailed, “Caesar”. am: Employed refitting, scraping, and painting. Party employed in dockyard constructing boom-defence. Steam cutter armed and employed on patrol in Grassy Bay. 2.30pm: 2 ratings rejoined from hospital. 6.0pm: Arrived “Caesar” anchored in Grassy Bay. Steam cutter returned from patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Bread Received: 25 lbs] 4f9611eca2fc8e2def000a44: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-008_1.jpg) 11 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and refitting. Steam cutter employed patrolling in Grassy Bay. 7.0am: Sailed, “Caesar”. am: Employed refitting, scraping and paining. Dockyard party employed constructing boom defence. Discharged 4 ratings to hospital. 11.40am: Arrived, “Caesar”. 3.0pm: RMLI detachment returned from musketry course. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Bread Received: 275 lbs] 4f9611eca2fc8e2def000a45: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-009_0.jpg) 12 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, scraping, and painting. Discharged 1 CERA to hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] [Squally northerly or north easterly wind force 4-5 or 5-6 all day; weather mostly fine though showers in evening; noon temperature 78F] 4f9611eda2fc8e2def000a46: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-009_1.jpg) 13 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, scraping, painting, and scrubbing ship’s side. 3.0pm: 3 ratings rejoined from hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611eda2fc8e2def000a47: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-010_0.jpg) 14 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, scraping, painting, cleaning ship, and cleaning dock. 10.0am: Arrived, HMS “Laurentic”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 8.30pm: Discharged Colour Sergeant Brown to Hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 540 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1400 lbs; Bread Received: 650 lbs] 4f9611eda2fc8e2def000a48: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-010_1.jpg) 15 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Landed Wesleyan, Presbyterian, RC and Church of England church parties. Discharged 1 private RMLI to hospital. 4f9611eea2fc8e2def000a49: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-011_0.jpg) 16 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting on mess deck, and scraping and red-leading on upper deck. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4f9611eea2fc8e2def000a4a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-011_1.jpg) 17 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am and pm: Employed refitting, blacking down aloft, scraping and painting. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611eea2fc8e2def000a4b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-012_0.jpg) 18 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Divisions. Inspected foul weather clothing, and life-saving apparatus. Employed blacking down aloft, refitting, scraping and painting. 5.0pm: Reverend FW Woods left ship to join “Laurentic”. [Fresh Beef Received: 300 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611eea2fc8e2def000a4c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-012_1.jpg) 19 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed scrubbing ship’s bottom, refitting, scraping, and painting. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611efa2fc8e2def000a4d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-013_0.jpg) 20 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, refitting, and painting aloft. am: Employed refitting, painting down aloft, and scraping and painting on upper deck. Discharged 1 rating to hospital. 3.0pm: 1 rating joined ship from hospital. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611efa2fc8e2def000a4e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-013_1.jpg) 21 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and bottom of dock. am: Employed refitting, scraping, and painting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 540 lbs; Bread Received: 650 lbs] 4f9611efa2fc8e2def000a4f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-014_0.jpg) 22 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Divisions. Landed Church of England, RC, Wesleyan and Presbyterian Church parties. 4f9611f0a2fc8e2def000a50: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-014_1.jpg) 23 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting, and returning ullages. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611f0a2fc8e2def000a51: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-015_0.jpg) 24 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 0.30am: Lit fires in no 7 boiler. 3.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 6.0am: “Caesar” left Camber and anchored in Grassy Bay. 8.30am: Commenced flooding dock. Hands employed refitting and painting. 10.20am: Warped ship out of dock. 11.10am: Secured alongside Dockyard Wall. pm: Employed embarking ammunition, refitting, and painting. 7.0pm: 1 rating rejoined ship from detention Barracks. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f9611f0a2fc8e2def000a52: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-015_1.jpg) 25 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and drawing provisions. 7.0am: Sailed, “Caesar”. am: Employed stowing ammunition, provisioning ship, painting and cleaning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 280 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611f1a2fc8e2def000a53: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-016_0.jpg) 26 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting and cleaning ship. Arrived “Caesar” and anchored in Grassy Bay. 5.0pm: 1 Signalman joined ship from RN barracks. 9.30pm: Lit fires in nos 6 and 8 boilers. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611f1a2fc8e2def000a54: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-016_1.jpg) 27 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed preparing for coaling. Carried out basin trial of machinery. 10.0am: Arrived, French cruiser “Desaix”. 11.0am: Discharged 1 rating to hospital. 11.30am: Let fires die out in nos 7 and 8 boilers. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 3.0pm: Discharged 2 stoker POs, 11 ABs, and 7 stokers to “Laurentic” for passage. 4.0pm: Collier secured alongside. Sailed, HMS “Laurentic”. Watch employed rigging collier. Landed patrol. 6.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 270 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 260 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 356 tons] [Note: “Desaix” was a Dupleix-class cruiser launched in 1901; during WW1 she served in the Mediterranean, then in the Far East; she was decommissioned in 1921 and broken up in 1927.] 4f9611f1a2fc8e2def000a55: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-017_0.jpg) 28 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 6.0am: Commenced coaling ship. am: Employed coaling ship. Read warrant no 87. Discharged 1 private RMLI to detention barracks. 0.15pm: Completed with coal. Received 675 tons. pm: Lost overboard by accident, Sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 21 in no. Employed coaling ship. 4.0pm: Landed patrol. Leave to watch till 7am. [Fresh Beef Received: 550 lbs; Bread Received: 520 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1027 lbs] [Squally north easterly wind force 6 from 8pm onwards] 4f9611f2a2fc8e2def000a56: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-017_1.jpg) 29 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed cleaning ship. Landed RC church party. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 4f9611f2a2fc8e2def000a57: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-018_0.jpg) 30 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed embarking provisions, refitting, painting ship’s side, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. pm: Watch employed refitting, working about torpedoes, painting ship’s side, and on mess-deck, and embarking provisions. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 260 lbs] 4f9611f2a2fc8e2def000a58: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-018_1.jpg) 31 October 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed embarking paymaster’s stores, painting, working about torpedoes, and replacing windsails. pm: Hands employed as in forenoon. 1 rating joined from hospital. 1 boy joined from “Caesar”. 6.0pm: Received and expended for steam cutter and culinary purposes, Coal 38 tons. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611f3a2fc8e2def000a59: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-019_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611f3a2fc8e2def000a5a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-019_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611f3a2fc8e2def000a5b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-020_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f9611f4a2fc8e2def000a5c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45029/ADM 53-45029-020_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1916 4f9611f4a2fc8e2def000a5d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for November 1916] 4f9611f4a2fc8e2def000a5e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f9611f5a2fc8e2def000a5f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in, signed by J Maybury [?], 6th December 1916. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4f9611f5a2fc8e2def000a60: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-002_1.jpg) 1 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.84 am: Employed refitting, painting, working about torpedoes, and preparing for sea. Party in dockyard working about targets. Discharged 1 MAA [Master at Arms] to hospital. pm: Employed as in forenoon. Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. 5.0pm: Discharged 1 boy to “Caesar”, and 2 ratings to RN barracks. 2 ratings joined from RN barracks. 10.0pm: Lit fires in nos 5, 7, and 8 boilers. [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2935 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611f5a2fc8e2def000a61: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-003_0.jpg) 2 November 1916 Carrying out torpedo practice at Bermuda Lat 32.39, Long -64.69 [estimated] 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. [Draught: Forward 20’ 6”, Aft 23’ 6”] 7.30am: Cast off from wall and proceeded as requisite out of camber. 7.40am: Stopped. Hoisted boats. 7.50am: Proceeded 75 revs. 8.50am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 9.10am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out torpedo practice, one torpedo from each tube, at towed target. 11.10am: Completed practice. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. 11.25am: Came to with port anchor in 10 fathoms in Murray’s Anchorage. Veered to 5 shackles. Banked fires in 5, 6, and 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lloyd’s Flagstaff S37E, Cherrystone Hill S35W, St Catherine’s N87E] pm: SGs [Seaman Gunners] and acting SGs at .303 practice at towed target. Remainder of hands employed cleaning ship and painting on mess-deck. 4.0pm: Quarters. Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f9611f6a2fc8e2def000a62: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-003_1.jpg) 3 November 1916 Carrying out Firing off Bermuda Lat 32.39, Long -64.69 5.30am: Spread fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and rigging targets. am: Exercised general quarters, and collision stations. SGs and acting SGs at .303 practice at towed target. 1.15pm: Weighed. 1.30pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour and through Narrows. 2.0pm: Course and speed as requisite for carrying out battle-practice runs with 1 inch aiming at towed target. 3.30pm: Hoisted in target. 4.20pm: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows. 5.0pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 10 fathoms in Murray’s Anchorage. Veered to 5 shackles. Banked fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lloyd’s Flagstaff S37E, Cherrystone Hill S35W, St Catherine’s N87E] 8.30pm: Darkened ship. 4f9611f6a2fc8e2def000a63: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-003a_0.jpg) 4 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.39, Long -64.69 [estimated] am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised night defence stations. 10.30am: Employed painting on mess-deck, cleaning out boats, and cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence stations. 4.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. 8.30pm: Burned search-lights. 4f9611f6a2fc8e2def000a64: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-003a_1.jpg) 5 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.39, Long -64.69 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 9.15am: Drew fires in steam cutter. 9.30am: Divisions. Read courts martial returns. 10.30am: Held Divine Service. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f9611f7a2fc8e2def000a65: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-004_0.jpg) 6 November 1916 Carrying out firing practices off Bermuda Lat 32.38, Long -64.64 [rough estimate] 5.0am: Spread fires in nos 5, 6, and 7 boilers. 6.0am: Employed rigging targets, and cleaning ship. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] 8.20am: Shortened in. 8.30am: Weighed and proceeded as requisite through Narrows. 9.10am: Stopped. Lowered target. 9.25am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out battle-practice runs at towed target with 1 inch aiming tubes from 6 inch guns. pm: Course and speed as requisite for carrying out battle practice runs with 1 inch aiming tubes from 6 inch guns. 3.0pm: Exercised night defence stations. Carried out practice night-firing. 3.20pm: Took target in tow. 3.35pm: Proceeded N27W, 5 knots. 5.40pm: Slipped first target. 5.45pm: Dropped second target. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out night firing from aiming tubes from 6 inch and 12 pounder guns. 7.30pm: Picked up targets. 7.55pm: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. 8.31pm: Stopped. 8.33pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 9 fathoms in Five fathom hole. Veered to 6 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lloyd’s Flagstaff N89W, St David’s Light House S33W, St Catherine’s Point N72W] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Bread Received: 320 lbs] 4f9611f7a2fc8e2def000a66: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-004_1.jpg) 7 November 1916 Off Bermuda [though not stated at top of page] Lat 32.38, Long -64.64 [estimated] am: Divisions. Read prayers. Employed overhauling coaling gear, cleaning ship, and refitting. 1.15pm: Shortened in. 1.28pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour and through Narrows to Murray’s Anchorage. 2.19pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 10 fathoms. Veered to 6 shackles. Banked fires in 5, 6, and 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lloyd’s Flagstaff S37E, Cherrystone Hill S35W, St Catherine’s N87E] 4.0pm: Quarters. [Number on sick list: 8] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 600 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4f9611f7a2fc8e2def000a67: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-005_0.jpg) 8 November 1916 Carrying out firing off Bermuda Lat 32.38, Long -64.62 [rough estimate] 3.0am: Spread fires in 5, 6, and 8 boilers. 3.20am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.0am: Shortened in. 7.10am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour and through Narrows. 7.45am: Stopped, waiting for targets. 8.10am: Lowered boats to land record party. 9.30am: Hoisted boats. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out half charge battle practice at towed target. [As Requisite for Firing] 1.0pm: Completed battle-practice and director firing test. Proceeded as requisite to Five Fathom Hole. 2.4pm: Stopped. 3.0pm: Lowered cutter for recording party. 3.25pm: Proceeded as requisite through Narrows and to Grassy Bay. 4.28pm: Stopped. 4.30pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 8 fathoms in No 2 berth, Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. 3 ratings joined from RN Barracks. Banked fires in 5, 7, and 8 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: Lodge Point Houses S75W, Chimney N72W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N32W] 7.0pm: Lit fires in 3 and 4 boilers. Midnight: Spread fires in 3 and 4 boilers. [Number on sick list: 9] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 899.0 tons] 4f9611f8a2fc8e2def000a68: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-005_1.jpg) 9 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.82 [estimated] 6.0am: Employed preparing for coaling. 6.50am: Collier secured alongside. [Draught: 19’ 6” Forward, 23’ 4” Aft] 8.15am: Commenced coaling ship. 9.5am: Completed with coal. Received 130 tons. 10.0am: Collier cast off. 1 private RMLI joined ship from “Leviathan”. 1 CERA rejoined from hospital. 1.0pm: Let fires die out in 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 boilers. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] pm: Working parties employed working about targets in dockyard. Remainder of hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6.0pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 2 ratings joined ship from RN Barracks. [Number on sick list: 9] [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Vegetables Received: 2476 lbs; Bread Received: 700 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1020.8 tons] 4f9611f8a2fc8e2def000a69: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-006_0.jpg) 10 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.82 6.0am: Read warrant no 88. Discharged 1 private RMLI to Detention Barracks. am: Employed cleaning ship. Party employed returning brass cylinders to dockyard. Spread awnings. pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Watch employed cleaning ship. 3.20pm: Arrived, SS “Bermudian” [for details see 18th July 1915 in this log]. 5.0pm: 1 private RMLI joined ship from hospital. [Number on sick list: 9] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4f9611f8a2fc8e2def000a6a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-006_1.jpg) 11 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.82 8.30am: Arrived, SS “Chaleur” [listed here as Sabor (1)]. am: Hands employed cleaning ship. Discharged 2 ratings to RN Hospital. 11.10am: Sailed, SS “Chaleur”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 800 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Note: SS “Chaleur” was built in Belfast in 1893 as “Gaul” for Union Castle Line; she was bought by Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in 1906 and was renamed “Sabor”; she transferred to Jenkins Shire Line in 1908 and was renamed “Carmarthenshire”; in 1913 she reverted to Royal Mail and became “Chaleur”; she was scrapped in 1927.] 4f9611f9a2fc8e2def000a6b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-007_0.jpg) 12 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.82 9.15am: Held Divine Service. Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian Church parties. 10.0am: Divisions. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and to boys till 6pm. [Number on sick list: 6] 4f9611f9a2fc8e2def000a6c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-007_1.jpg) 13 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.82 am: Boats’ crews at pulling and sailing exercise. Remainder of hands employed refitting and cleaning ship. 11.0am: Lit fires in nos 5, 7, and 8 boilers. pm: Employed painting ship’s side, cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. [Draught: Forward 20’ 1”, Aft 23’ 6”] 3.40pm: Shortened in. 3.50pm: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite to “E” berth. 4.6pm: Came to with starboard anchor in “E” berth, veered to 5 shackles. Let fires die out in 5, 6, and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Vegetables Received: 400 lbs; Bread Received: 350 lbs] 4f9611f9a2fc8e2def000a6d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-007a_0.jpg) 14 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 7.0am: Sailed, SS “Bermudian”. am: Employed embarking provisions, refitting and cleaning ship, and drawing 1 30 foot gig from dockyard. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Watch employed stowing provisions. 4.20pm: Arrived, HMS “Roxburgh”, and anchored in Grassy Bay. [Number on sick list: 8] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 150 lbs] 4f9611f9a2fc8e2def000a6e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-007a_1.jpg) 15 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am and pm: Hands employed refitting and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6.0pm. [Number on sick list: 8] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] 4f9611faa2fc8e2def000a6f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-008_0.jpg) 16 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 3.0am: Set anchor watch. am: Employed cleaning out boats, overhauling coaling gear, and refitting. Boys at instruction. 10.20am: Arrived, HMS “Drake”, and anchored in Grassy Bay. 11.20am: Arrived, SS “Metagama” [listed here]. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 7.0pm: 1 CPO joined ship from “Drake”. [Number on sick list: 8] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 250 lbs] [Squally south westerly then north westerly wind force 6 to 4-6 until 4pm; rain through middle of day; noon temperature 75F] [Note: SS “Metagama” was built in Glasgow in 1915 and was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Company; she was laid up in 1930 and scrapped in 1934 (more details here).] 4f9611faa2fc8e2def000a70: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-008_1.jpg) 17 November 1916 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.30am: Lit fires in 1, 2, 3, and 5 boilers. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Divers employed examining underwater inlets. Carpenters party in dockyard. Remainder employed cleaning ship and refitting, and embarking cargo. 10.30am: Lit fires in no 6 boilers. pm: Employed embarking cargo, and preparing for sea. 1 rating joined ship from Hospital. 4.0pm: Quarters. 7 ratings from “Drake”, 59 ratings from RNB, and 15 ratings from “Caesar” joined ship. Midnight: Lit fires in 5 and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 7] [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f9611faa2fc8e2def000a71: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-009_0.jpg) 18 November 1916 From Bermuda to St John NB [New Brunswick] and at Bermuda Lat 33.50, Long -64.77 5.50am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 6.10am: Weighed. 6.20am: Proceeded out of harbour, 90 revs. 6.33am: Increased to 97 revs. Exercised general quarters. 7.35am: Shaped course N2E, 90 revs. 8.10am: Increased to 105 revs. SS “Metagama” took station 4 cables astern. am: Employed cleaning ship, refitting, and working about boats. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.30pm: Darkened ship. 11.0pm: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 11.10pm: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 80.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Lurcher Shoal Light Vessel 353 degrees, 631 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4f9611fba2fc8e2def000a72: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-009_1.jpg) 19 November 1916 From Bermuda to St John NB Lat 39.07, Long -66.12 1.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. Increased to 110 revs. 2.0am: Altered course N3E. 7.15am ‒ 7.25am: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 2.0pm: 116 revs. Commenced zig-zagging. 5.54pm: 114 revs. Steadied on N6E. [Course and Distance made good: 349 degrees, 341 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Nantucket Light Vessel 300 degrees, 188 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Weather mostly fine, noon temperature 55F, sea temperature 70F] 4f9611fba2fc8e2def000a73: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-010_0.jpg) 20 November 1916 From Bermuda to St John Lat 44.45, Long -66.52 1.0am: Altered course North to clear steamer. 7.45am: Observed Lurcher Light Vessel N70E. 7.56am: Lurcher Light Vessel S80E, 3.5 miles. 8.0am: Altered course N9E. Commenced zig-zagging. 9.16am: Transport lost man overboard. Course and speed as requisite for searching for him. 9.40am: Transport proceeded. 9.56am: Proceeded N9E, working up to 120 revs. Man drowned. 10.47am: Altered course N41E. Reduced to 97 revs. Commenced zig-zagging. Watch closed up. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 0.35pm: 105 revs, Zig-zagging. Lost overboard by accident, sinkers, iron 1 in no, Guards brass, 1 in no, Swivels, 1 in no, Sounding wire 130 fathoms. 4.10pm: Reduced to 75 revs. Course as requisite for entering St John Harbour. 4.29pm: Stopped. Let go starboard anchor. 4.32pm: Let go port anchor, moored ship to 5 shackles on each. “Metagama” berthed alongside wharf. Let fires dies out in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 boilers. [Middled: Reed’s Point Wharf S31E 770 yards, Navy Island (S) S78W, Church East] [Course and Distance made good: 357 degrees, 322 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Gannet Rock N50W, 13 miles] [Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Weather mostly fine and quiet, noon temperature 40F, sea temperature 44F] 4f9611fba2fc8e2def000a74: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-010_1.jpg) 21 November 1916 At St John Lat 45.27, Long -66.07 [estimated] am: Employed discharging cargoe [sic]. pm: Employed discharging cargo, and working cables. 10.30pm: Discharged ratings for passage to shore for journey to Halifax. [Distance run through the Water: 58.2 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 600 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 440 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 696.1 tons] [Weather fine, noon temperature 25F] 4f9611fca2fc8e2def000a75: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-011_0.jpg) 22 November 1916 At St John NB Lat 45.27, Long -66.07 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch. 6.0am: Exercised gun-watch. Lit fires in steam cutter. Employed cleaning ship. am: Employed cleaning ship. Boys at instruction. Divisions. Read prayers. 1.0pm: Leave to petty officers till 5.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 500 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f9611fca2fc8e2def000a76: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-011_1.jpg) 23 November 1916 At St John NB Lat 45.27, Long -66.07 am: Training classes at instruction. Remainder employed cleaning ship, and getting up cat davits. pm: Employed cleaning ship and refitting. [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f9611fca2fc8e2def000a77: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-012_0.jpg) 24 November 1916 At St John NB Lat 45.27, Long -66.07 6.0am: Lit fires in nos 5, 6, and 8 boilers. am: Gun-watch at guns. Remainder cleaning ship, and refitting. 1.0pm: Leave to POs till 5.30pm. pm: Gun-watch at guns. Remainder of hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. 5.30pm: Darkened ship. 4f9611fda2fc8e2def000a78: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-012_1.jpg) 25 November 1916 From St John to Halifax and at St John Lat 45.27, Long -66.07 am: Gun-watch at guns. Remainder cleaning ship, and refitting. 8.30am: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 boilers. 1.0pm: Leave to POs till 5.30. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Prepared for sea. 9.45pm: Unmoored. 10.15pm: Weighed port anchor. 11.30pm: Weighed starboard anchor. “Metagama” proceeded out of harbour. 11.54pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour 75 revs. 11.55pm: Altered course S41W. Increased to 115 revs. 4f9611fda2fc8e2def000a79: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-013_0.jpg) 26 November 1916 From St John to Halifax Lat 43.10, Long -66.53 0.55am: Reduced to 108 revs. Took station ahead of “Metagama”. 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch. 3.44am: Gannet Rock Light N43W. am: Gun-watch at guns. 1.0pm: Sounded in 48 fathoms. 1.40pm: 88 revs. Commenced zig-zagging. Snow ceased. 3.7pm: Snow re-commenced. Steadied on course, 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 152.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Seal Island Light House 51 degrees, 29 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 577 tons] [Snow from 8am to 4pm, noon temperature 29F, sea temperature 30F] 4f9611fda2fc8e2def000a7a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-013_1.jpg) 27 November 1916 From St John to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 3.44am: Observed glare of Sambro Light N28W. 4.39am: Sambro Light N40W 21 miles. 6.0am: Course as requisite for Halifax harbour. 6.56am: Stopped at boom. 7.0am: Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. [Draught: 18’ 10” Forward, 22’ 6” Aft] 7.20am: Stopped. 7.24am: Let go port anchor. 7.40am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite, waiting for berth to be cleared. 8.0am: Moving engines as requisite waiting for SS “Astrakan” [Astrakhan] to shift berth. 10.44am: Let go port anchor. 10.47am: Let go starboard anchor. Moored ship, 5 shackles on each in “A” berth. Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 boilers. Prepared for coaling. [Middled: N Wharf end N30W, Pumping Chimney S89W, Rope Walk Chimney N46E] Noon: Collier secured alongside. 1.25pm: Commenced coaling. 4.0pm: Sailed HMS “Laurentic”, and SS “Metagama”. 4.30pm: Sailed HMS “Antrim”. 6.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 9 in no. Shovels, steel, engineer’s, 4 in no. 11.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 233.6 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1080 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1023 tons] [Note: SS “Astrakhan” was a British tanker built in Newcastle in 1892 for W Tapscott and Company, Liverpool; in 1908 she was owned by Moss Tankers, Liverpool; she was sold to a German company in 1929 and was renamed “Gustav Schindler”; in 1937 she was sold to an Italian company and became “Torcello”; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a Soviet submarine in the Black Sea in 1941.] 4f9611fea2fc8e2def000a7b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-014_0.jpg) 28 November 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 0.25am: Completed with coal, received 470 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 1”, Aft 23’ 7”] 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. 7.15am: Collier cast off. am: Employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 5.30pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. 5.0pm: Darkened ship. 11.30pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 540 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] 4f9611fea2fc8e2def000a7c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-014_1.jpg) 29 November 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys at instruction, boats’ crews cleaning out boats, party refitting coaling-gear. Remainder employed cleaning ship, and painting. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 5.30pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 5.0pm: Darkened ship. 4f9611fea2fc8e2def000a7d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-015_0.jpg) 30 November 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys at instruction and physical drill. Training classes at instruction. Remainder employed refitting, painting out boats, and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 5.30pm. pm: Watch employed refitting, painting and cleaning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 540 lbs; Vegetables Received: 996 lbs; Bread Received: 800 lbs] [Mist or fog through middle of day; noon temperature 46F] 4f9611fea2fc8e2def000a7e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-015_1.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611ffa2fc8e2def000a7f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-016_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f9611ffa2fc8e2def000a80: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-016_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f9611ffa2fc8e2def000a81: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-017_0.jpg) [Half blank page, soiled] 4f961200a2fc8e2def000a82: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45030/ADM 53-45030-017_1.jpg) [Half blank page, soiled] LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1916 4f961200a2fc8e2def000a83: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for December 1916] 4f961200a2fc8e2def000a84: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f961201a2fc8e2def000a85: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in, signed by Captain Bush, 4th January 1917. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4f961201a2fc8e2def000a86: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-002_1.jpg) 1 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys at instruction, Gunnery training class at instruction, Control party at Spotting Table. Remainder of hands cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 89. 5.0pm: Landed patrol. Darkened ship. 4f961201a2fc8e2def000a87: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-003_0.jpg) 2 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. [Fresh Beef Received: 540 lbs; Vegetables Received: 990 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f961202a2fc8e2def000a88: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-003_1.jpg) 3 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian church parties. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 5.30pm. 4f961202a2fc8e2def000a89: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-004_0.jpg) 4 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Ordinary Seamen at physical drill. Divisions. Read prayers. Hands employed working cat-davits, and refitting and cleaning ship. Boys at instruction, Gunnery training class at instruction. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 5.30pm. Remainder employed working about cat-davits, painting ship’s side, and cleaning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 540 lbs; Vegetables Received: 990 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f961202a2fc8e2def000a8a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-004_1.jpg) 5 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and Training class at instruction and physical drill. Remainder cleaning out boats and cleaning ship. Mr Matthews acting chaplain, joined ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am. 4f961203a2fc8e2def000a8b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-006_0.jpg) 6 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and training class at instruction and physical drill. Control party at spotting table. Remainder spreading waist-awnings, and cleaning ship. pm: Employed cleaning out boats, working about torpedoes, and cleaning ship. 8.0pm: Lit fires in nos 1 - 7 boilers. Employed preparing for sea. [Fresh Beef Received: 582 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1080 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f961203a2fc8e2def000a8c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-006_1.jpg) 7 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys at instruction and physical drill. Gunnery and torpedo training classes at instruction. Remainder of hands employed refitting and cleaning ship. 10.0am: Banked fires in nos 1 - 7 boilers. pm: 18 privates RMLI and 1 leading seaman joined. Training classes at instruction, remainder of hands refitting and cleaning ship. Leave to POs till 5pm. 10.20pm: Spread fires in nos 1 - 7 boilers. 4f961203a2fc8e2def000a8d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-007_0.jpg) 8 December 1916 From Halifax to Patrolling and at Halifax Lat 44.48, Long -63.33 6.0am: Unmoored. Weighed starboard anchor. Discharged 17 privates RMLI and 1 PO to “Niobe”. 7.15am: Exercised general quarters. 10.20am: Weighed. Turned to SSE. 10.30am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 60 revs. Noon: Shaped course S22W. 0.39pm: Sambro Light Vessel abeam. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.20pm: Altered course S17W, 90 revs. “Calgarian” in company. [Distance run through the Water: 16.5 miles] [Course and Distance made good: Various 18 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chebucto Head 279 degrees, 8.25 miles] 4f961204a2fc8e2def000a8e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-007_1.jpg) 9 December 1916 From Halifax to Patrolling Lat 41.01, Long -62.28 1.30am: Exercised gun-watch. 8.0am: “Devonshire” and “Calgarian” in company. 8.30pm: Keeping station 3 miles on starboard beam of “Devonshire”. [Distance run through the Water: 282.6 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 167 degrees, 213 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel 345 degrees, 206 miles] [North easterly wind force 5 or 6 until 4pm, with rough sea; snow at 4am then mostly overcast; noon temperature 50F, sea temperature 57F] 4f961204a2fc8e2def000a8f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-008_0.jpg) 10 December 1916 Patrolling Lat 40.85, Long -56.47 1.0am: Keeping station 3 miles on starboard beam of “Devonshire”. 7.45am: Altered course S74E, 90 revs. “Devonshire” 15 miles on port beam. 10.0am: “Devonshire” 20 miles on port beam. 10.30pm: Exercised gun-watch, and sea-boat’s crew. [Course and Distance made good: 94 degrees, 260 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island East Light 323 degrees, 232 miles] 4f961204a2fc8e2def000a90: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-008_1.jpg) 11 December 1916 Patrolling Lat 42.98, Long -56.26 8.38am: Altered course S50E to chase sail. 9.0am: Course as requisite. Worked up to 120 revs. 10.7am: Reduced to 60 revs. Spoke “Brown Brothers” (British SV). 10.18am: Proceeded as requisite for rejoining “Devonshire”, 115 revs. 11.30am: Fog closed down. 0.20pm: Observed “Devonshire” NNW 6 miles. 0.36pm: 105 revs. Closed to 3 miles from “Devonshire”, 0.55pm: Course N61E, 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 303 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 260 degrees, 238 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island East Light 292 degrees, 167 miles] [Mist or fog for most of pm] [Note: Although there was no British sailing vessel named “Brown Brothers” there was an American barque of this name (details here); she was built in 1875 and was to go missing in the Atlantic after December 16th 1916.] No logs for 12–13 December 1916 4f961205a2fc8e2def000a91: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-009_0.jpg) 14 December 1916 Patrolling Lat 41.50, Long -60.57 3.30am: Observed “Calgarian” bearing South. 7.7am: Altered course S70E, searching for “Devonshire”. 8.8am: Altered course N76W, 98 revs to close “Devonshire”. 9.15am: Observed portion of boat, numbered “3”. 9.51am: Altered course N50W. Spoke British schooner “Angola”. pm: Boys at instruction. Remainder employed preparing for coaling. 5.30pm: Darkened ship. [Distance run through the Water: 288.1 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chebucto Head 325 degrees, 223 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 508.0 tons] [Note: Schooner “Angola” may have been the ship listed here; she was built in Nova Scotia in 1883 and owned by Charles Brister, Halifax, Nova Scotia.] 4f961205a2fc8e2def000a92: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-009_1.jpg) 15 December 1916 From Patrolling to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 4.35am: Observed Sambro Light Vessel N59W. 5.30am: Course as requisite for entering harbour. 7.35am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 7.40am: Proceeded alongside No 4 Wharf. 8.5am: Secured. 8.40am: Let fires die out in nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 boilers. Employed preparing for coaling. [Draught: 18’ 0” [Forward], 22’ 6” [Aft]] 1.50pm: Collier secured alongside. 3.5pm: Commenced coaling. 5.0pm: Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal 11 in no. [Draught: 20’ 1”, 23’ 4”] 11.0pm: Completed with coal. [Distance run through the Water: 251.7 miles] [Fresh Beef Received: 1280 lbs; Vegetables Received: 4590 lbs; Bread Received: 1500 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1020 tons] 4f961205a2fc8e2def000a93: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-010_0.jpg) 16 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 0.5am: Lit fires in nos 1 ‒ 4 boilers. 0.40am: Collier cast off. 5.0am: Watch working about hawsers. 11.15am: Cast off from wharf. Proceeded as requisite to “A” berth. 11.20am: Let go port anchor. 11.22am: Let go starboard anchor. Moored, 5 shackles on each. Banked fires in nos 2, 3, 4, and 5 boilers. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to POS till 6pm. 5.30pm: Darkened Ship. [Number on sick list: 5] [South easterly or easterly wind force 6-7 to 10 in am, with rain and snow at times; noon temperature 39F] 4f961205a2fc8e2def000a94: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-010_1.jpg) 17 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian church parties. Held Divine Service. 1.30pm: Leave to POs till 6pm. 3.15pm: Arrived, “Devonshire”. 5.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. Darkened ship. Landed patrol. 7.0pm: Let fires die out in nos 2, 4, and 5 boilers. [Number on sick list: 5] 4f961206a2fc8e2def000a95: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-011_0.jpg) 18 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction. Remainder cleaning ship, refitting, and painting. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 5pm. pm: Watch employed cleaning ship, covering boat’s falls, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 90. Landed patrol. [Fresh Beef Received: 780 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1800 lbs; Bread Received: 1200 lbs] 4f961206a2fc8e2def000a96: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-011_1.jpg) 19 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Training classes and boys at instruction and physical [drill], remainder turning out blocks, painting on mess-deck, and cleaning ship. pm: Watch employed painting, cleaning ship, and scrubbing stretchers. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs] 4f961206a2fc8e2def000a97: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-012_0.jpg) 20 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Training classes and boys at instruction and physical drill, boat’s crews cleaning out boats. Remainder painting on mess deck and refitting. 2.0pm: Discharged 1 chief yeoman signals, 1 leading signalman, 2 signalmen and 2 ordinary signalmen for passage to England. 3.45pm: Sailed, “Calgarian”. 3.50pm: Sailed SS “Olympic” [for details see 24th May 1916 in this log]. Cheered ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs] 4f961207a2fc8e2def000a98: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-012_1.jpg) 21 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and training classes at instruction, guns’ crews at loader drill. Remainder employed refitting, cleaning ship. Weighed [?] ships’ company. 10.45am: Lit fires in nos 2, and 4 to 8 boilers. 5.0pm: Arrived HMCS “Grilse”, and “Margaret”. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs] 4f961207a2fc8e2def000a99: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-013_0.jpg) 22 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and ordinary seamen at physical drill. Divisions. Read prayers. Boys and training classes at instruction, control party at spotting table, remainder cleaning ship and refitting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.30pm: Darkened ship. 9.0pm: Set anchor watch. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 990 lbs; Bread Received: 1200 lbs] [Squally wind during evening] 4f961207a2fc8e2def000a9a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-013_1.jpg) 23 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 460 lbs] 4f961208a2fc8e2def000a9b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-014_0.jpg) 24 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Landed church parties. 10.35am: Arrived, “Duke of Edinburgh”. [Squally north westerly wind all day; noon temperature 25F] 4f961208a2fc8e2def000a9c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-014_1.jpg) 25 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Landed RCs. Held Divine Service [as this is Christmas Day]. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 4.30pm. 4f961208a2fc8e2def000a9d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-015_0.jpg) 26 December 1916 From Halifax to Patrolling Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Ordinary seamen at physical drill. Divisions. Read prayers. Boys and training classes at instruction and physical drill. Remainder of hands cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. 11.55am: French cruiser “Gloire” [listed here] arrived. 0.45pm: Unmoored. [Draught: Forward 19’ 6”, Aft 23’ 7”] 1.30pm: Weighed starboard anchor. 2.8pm: Weighed port anchor. Turned to SSE. 2.16pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 2.35pm: 75 revs. Exercised general quarters. 3.12pm: Shaped course SE. 3.46pm: Altered course S22W. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 10.0pm: Altered course N86W. Reduced to 60 revs. [Note: “Gloire” was a Gloire Class Cruiser of the French Navy launched in 1900 and in commission from 1904 and part of the Atlantic Squadron; she was taken off active service in 1922 and broken up in 1928 (more details here).] 4f961209a2fc8e2def000a9e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-015_1.jpg) 27 December 1916 Patrolling Lat 43.25, Long -61.78 11.30am: Altered course North. Spoke trawler “Wave” [there are many possibilities for this vessel at this time] (American). 11.45am: Proceeded N21W, 90 revs. 9.30pm: Exercised gun watch and sea boats crew. [Distance run through the Water: 267.8 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 138 degrees, 114 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island Light Vessel 311 degrees, 99 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 827.0 tons] 4f961209a2fc8e2def000a9f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-016_0.jpg) 28 December 1916 From Patrolling to Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 4.0am: Observed Sambro Light N42W. 8.20am: Course as requisite for proceeding up harbour. [Draught: Forward 19’ 2”, Aft 23’ 3”] 9.34am: Stopped. Lowered boats. 9.40am: Proceeded as requisite alongside No 4 wharf. Let fires die out in nos 2 to 4 boilers. 11.20am: Commenced coaling. Banked fires in nos 6 to 8 boilers. pm: Employed coaling ship. 2.30pm: Spread fires in nos 6, 7, and 8 boilers. 3.0pm: Completed with coal. Received 205 tons. 3.15pm: Cast off from wharf. Proceeded as requisite to “A” berth. [Draught: 20’ 0” Forward, 23’ 7” Aft] 4.6pm: Came to with port anchor. 4.7pm: Let go starboard anchor. Moored ship, 4 shackles on each in 10 fathoms. Banked fires in nos 6, 7, and 8 boilers. [Distance run through the Water: 183.3 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1015 tons] 4f961209a2fc8e2def000aa0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-016_1.jpg) 29 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] am: Employed turning steam cutter’s falls, refitting tackles, and cleaning ship. Boys and training classes at instruction and physical drill. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.30pm: 1 MAA and 1 private RMLI joined ship from “Niobe”. Landed patrol. 4.35pm: Sailed, “Duke of Edinburgh”. 4f96120aa2fc8e2def000aa1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-017_0.jpg) 30 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Employed cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4f96120aa2fc8e2def000aa2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-017_1.jpg) 31 December 1916 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Landed RC church party. Divisions. Held Divine Service. Landed Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. 3.30pm: Landed patrol. 4f96120aa2fc8e2def000aa3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-018_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f96120ba2fc8e2def000aa4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-018_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f96120ba2fc8e2def000aa5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-019_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f96120ba2fc8e2def000aa6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45031/ADM 53-45031-019_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR JANUARY 1917 4f96120ca2fc8e2def000aa7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for January 1917] 4f96120ca2fc8e2def000aa8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f96120ca2fc8e2def000aa9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-002_0.jpg) [Page not filled in but signed by Captain Bush, 10th February 1917. To The Secretary of the Admiralty Whitehall London] 4f96120da2fc8e2def000aaa: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-002_1.jpg) 1 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and training classes at instruction, remainder cleaning out boats, refitting and cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. 5.0pm: Darkened ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1260 lbs] 4f96120da2fc8e2def000aab: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-003_0.jpg) 2 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction. Guns’ crews at loader-drill. Control party at Spotting Table. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. Read warrants nos 91 and 92. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. Discharged 2 ratings to Detention Barracks. 1.20pm: Arrived, French cruiser “Desaix”. Watch employed cleaning ship and refitting. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1080 lbs] [Note: For details of cruiser “Desaix” see 27th October 1916 in this log.] 4f96120da2fc8e2def000aac: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-003_1.jpg) 3 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Training classes and Boys at instruction and physical drill. Boats’ crews working about their boats. Remainder cleaning ship and refitting. 3.0pm: Sailed, French armoured cruiser “Gloire”. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] [Note: For details of cruiser “Gloire” see 26 December 1916 in this log.] 4f96120da2fc8e2def000aad: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-004_0.jpg) 4 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Landed provisioning party. Divisions. Read prayers. Boys and training classes at instruction and physical drill. Remainder employed provisioning ship. pm: Employed provisioning ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] 4f96120ea2fc8e2def000aae: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-004_1.jpg) 5 January 1917 At Halifax [though not stated at top of page] Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Ordinary Seamen at physical drill. Divisions. Read prayers. Training class and boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder cleaning ship and refitting. 9.15am: Arrived, HMS “Laurentic”. [Fresh Beef Received: 305 lbs; Vegetables Received: 750 lbs; Bread Received: 450 lbs] 4f96120ea2fc8e2def000aaf: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-005_0.jpg) 6 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: 1 Sergeant RMLI joined ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant no 93. Landed patrol. 5.30pm: Darkened ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 520 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f96120ea2fc8e2def000ab0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-005_1.jpg) 7 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 8.25am: Arrived HMS “Calgarian”. am: Hands mustered by the ledger. Held Divine Service. [Fuel Remaining: Coal 935.0 tons] [Weather fine and quite, noon temperature 32F] 4f96120fa2fc8e2def000ab1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-006_0.jpg) 8 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [Draught: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 7”] am: Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction. Control party at spotting table. Carried out torpedo firing, 1 run from each tube. Remainder refitting and cleaning ship. 1.5pm: Collier secured alongside. 2.0pm: Commenced coaling. 2.50pm: Completed with coal. Received 93 tons. Prepared for sea. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 8”] 3.30pm: Unmoored. Weighed starboard anchor. Lost by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 4 in no, shovels, 1 in no. Shortened in to 2 shackles on port cable. 4.0pm: Exercised General Quarters. 4.20pm: Exercised night defence stations. 5.25pm: Weighed and proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 1 mile astern of “Devonshire”, 60 revs. 5.55pm: 90 revs. Darkened ship. 6.24pm: Shaped course S45E. 7.11pm: Altered course S11W. 11.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Fresh Beef Received: 260 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1200 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 997.0 tons] 4f96120fa2fc8e2def000ab2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-006_1.jpg) 9 January 1917 From Halifax to Patrol, at Sea Lat 41.10, Long -62.48 2.0am and 6.0am: Exercised gun-watch. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 7.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. 9.30pm: Exercised gun-watch, and sea-boat’s crew. [Course and Distance made good: 167 degrees, 219 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light House 347 degrees, 205 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4f96120fa2fc8e2def000ab3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-007_0.jpg) 10 January 1917 From Halifax to Patrol Lat 36.55, Long -61.17 am: Read prayers. Control party at spotting table. Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction. Remainder cleaning ship, painting out boats, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 4.20pm: Altered course N76E. [Course and Distance made good: 167 degrees, 279 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s (Bermuda) 215 degrees, 306 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Squally with rain in am, fine from noon onwards; noon temperature 66F, sea temperature 72F] 4f961210a2fc8e2def000ab4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-007_1.jpg) 11 January 1917 On Patrol Lat 37.83, Long -57.00 6.43am: Reduced to 90 revs, altered course as requisite for closing steamer. Spoke SS “Baymingo” [listed here under previous name of Cayo Domingo] (British). 7.1am: Proceeded N78E, 90 revs. am: Boys and training classes at instruction, remainder of hands refitting, cleaning out boats. Control party at Director practice. 8.14pm: Altered course N55E. Hands at night defence stations. 8.26pm: Altered course S35E. Spoke SS Auxiliary Schooner “Sunlight” (American). 8.35pm: Reduced to 60 revs. Course as requisite. 8.40pm: Proceeded N80.5E, 90 revs. [Distance run through the Water: 291.1 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 69 degrees, 213 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s (Bermuda) 229 degrees, 498 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Note: SS “Baymingo” was built in Wallsend in 1904 as “Cayo Domingo” for Cuban Steamship Company, London; she was sold to Bay Steamship Company in 1916 and was renamed “Baymingo”; in 1921 she was sold to the French Government and renamed “Port de Lorient”; later that year she was sold to a French company and was renamed “Saint Fereol”; in 1934 she was sold to another French company and was scrapped in 1935. There was an American schooner named “Sunlight” (listed here), built in New Jersey in 1886; her home port was Philadelphia.] 4f961210a2fc8e2def000ab5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-008_0.jpg) 12 January 1917 On Patrol Lat 40.47, Long -51.03 am: Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction. Remainder of hands painting boats, refitting, and cleaning ship. [Course and Distance made good: 60.5 degrees, 319 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4f961210a2fc8e2def000ab6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-008_1.jpg) 13 January 1917 On Patrol Lat 42.87, Long -45.97 7.50am: Hauled in Patent Log. 8.30am: Streamed Patent Log. 11.15am: Wind veered to NNW. 3.50pm: Hauled in Patent Log. 4.17pm: Streamed Patent Log. [Distance run through the Water: 291.6 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 57 degrees, 268 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island (E) 277 degrees, 605 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Squally northerly wind in pm, force 5 to 6 with rough sea; weather overcast with rain at times; noon temperature 50F, sea temperature 58F] 4f961211a2fc8e2def000ab7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-009_0.jpg) 14 January 1917 From Patrol To Halifax Lat 42.92, Long -51.08 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 11.33am: Reduced to 90 revs, altered course N63.5W. Observed Atlantic Transport Liner bound East. [Course and Distance made good: 271 degrees, 225 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island (E) 280 degrees, 388 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] 4f961211a2fc8e2def000ab8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-009_1.jpg) 15 January 1917 From Patrol To Halifax Lat 42.72, Long -57.57 am: Employed cleaning ship, refitting and preparing for coaling. 10.0am: Wind veered to NW. [Distance run through the Water: 280.2 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sable Island (E) 309 degrees, 124 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 508.0 tons] [Wind variable in direction in am, north westerly from 11am onwards, force 5-6 to 6-7 all day, sea mostly rough or very rough; noon temperature 45F, sea temperature 58F] 4f961211a2fc8e2def000ab9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-010_0.jpg) 16 January 1917 From Patrol to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 44.17, Long -62.60 2.0am: Exercised gun-watch and sea-boat’s crew. Lost by accident, Sinkers, iron, 1 in no, Guards, brass, 1 in no, Swivels, 1 in no, Wire, sounding, 30 fathoms. 3.5am: Observed flashing light N70W, altered course S11W. Reduced to 45 revs. 3.30am: Altered course N59W. 4.32am: Altered course S6W to investigated light. 4.40am: Passed light-buoy adrift. 4.43am: Altered course N39W. Increased to 97 revs. am: Employed preparing for coaling. 2.13pm: Observed Sambro Light House N68W. 3.10pm: Course as requisite for entering Halifax Harbour. 3.26pm: Mauger [Maugher] Light House abeam. 3.52pm: Stopped. Let go port anchor. 3.57pm: Let go starboard anchor. Moored ship in 11 fathoms, 5 shackles on each. [Draught: Forward 18’ 0”, Aft 22’ 8”] [Middled: Church Belfry S88W, Wellington Barracks(S) S60W, No 4 wharf (S) S4W] 4.20pm: Collier secured alongside. 6.45pm: Commenced coaling. 9.0pm: Lost overboard by accident. Sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 25 in no. [Draught: 20’ 0” Forward, 23’ 7” Aft] 11.58pm: Completed with coal. Received 520 tons. [Distance run through the Water: 275.2 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 290 degrees, 249 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Chebucto Head 297 degrees, 45 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 990 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 970.0 tons] 4f961212a2fc8e2def000aba: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-010_1.jpg) 17 January 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 7.40am: Collier cast off. 9.30am: 1 Lieutenant (E), 1 sub-lieutenant (E) and 115 ratings joined ship for passage. am: Employed cleaning ship and preparing for sea. 11.15am: Unmoored. Weighed starboard anchor. 0.30pm: Discharged 1 chief writer to “Niobe”. 2.12pm: Let go starboard anchor. Moored ship, 5 shackles on each. Leave to watch and part till 7am, boys till 6pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 8.45pm: Arrived, “Devonshire”. [Number on sick list: 5] [Fresh Beef Received: 1040 lbs; Vegetables Received: 3180 lbs; Bread Received: 1400 lbs] 4f961212a2fc8e2def000abb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-011_0.jpg) 18 January 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda and at Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Employed refitting coaling gear and preparing for sea. 0.30pm: 1 hospital case joined from “Devonshire”. 3.0pm: Unmoored. Weighed starboard anchor. 4.6pm: Weighed. Turned to SSE. 4.25pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs. 5.18pm: Stopped. Communicated with patrol boat. 5.35pm: Proceeded SE 90 revs. 6.18pm: Altered course S27W. 9.30pm: Exercised gun-watch and sea-boat’s crew. [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 300 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] [Snow through middle of day; noon temperature 28F] 4f961212a2fc8e2def000abc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-011_1.jpg) 19 January 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda, at Sea Lat 41.33, Long -63.90 0.15pm: Hove to to secure second cutter, foremast fall having unhooked. Lost overboard by accident: Compasses, Liquid, Boat’s 1 in no; Life belts, 16 in no; Oars, ash, 14 in no; Hooks, boat, 3 in no; Staffs, ensign, 1 in no; Stanchion, awning, iron, 1 in no; Anchors, boat, 1 in no; Magazine, gigs, 1 in no; Pistol, Very, 1 in no; Pouch, leather, ammunition, 1 in no; .45 ammunition, pistol, 204 rounds; Key, metal, line, 1 in no. 5.0pm: Darkened ship. Exercised night defence. [Distance run through the Water: 212.9 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 184 degrees, 535 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Squally north westerly wind force 6 to 8-9 from 8am onwards with rough to high sea; snowing for most of the day; noon temperature 34F, sea temperature 38F] 4f961213a2fc8e2def000abd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-012_0.jpg) 20 January 1917 From Halifax To Bermuda Lat 40.13, Long -64.82 am: Training classes and boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder working about second cutter, refitting and cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Distance run through the Water: 94.9 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 211 degrees, 83 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 179 degrees, 468 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Wind and sea gradually reducing in am] 4f961213a2fc8e2def000abe: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-012_1.jpg) 21 January 1917 From Halifax To Bermuda Lat 35.40, Long -64.50 8.0am: Altered course ENE. Increased to 115 revs to close steamer. 8.24am: Reduced to 67 revs. Spoke SS “Clan Robertson” [Clan Robertson (1) listed here] (British). 8.47am: Proceeded S12W, 90 revs. 9.30am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 4.30pm and 6.30pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 177 degrees, 285 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 182 degrees, 183 miles] [Number on sick list: 7] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 764.0 tons] [Note: SS “Clan Robertson” was built in Sunderland in 1897 and owned by Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow; she was sold to a Japanese company in 1922 and was renamed “Kyosei Maru”.] 4f961213a2fc8e2def000abf: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-013_0.jpg) 22 January 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 1.0am: Observed search-lights at St George’s. 5.10am: Observed St David’s Light S42W 23 miles. 7.0am: Course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows, and to Grassy Bay. 8.6am: Stopped. 8.8am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. Discharged 1 lieutenant (E) to “Caesar”, 1 sub-lieutenant to “Leviathan”. Discharged 112 ratings to “Caesar”. [Anchor [Bearings]: S end of North Breakwater N78.5W, Hogfish Beacon S21W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N45.5W] 10.15am: Collier secured alongside. 11.10am: Commenced coaling ship. 2.10pm: Completed with coal. Received 280 tons. 2.50pm: Collier cast off. Hands employed cleaning ship and hoisting out second cutter. Discharged 4 ratings to hospital. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. 5.0pm: 1 signal boy joined ship from “Leviathan”. Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 201.9 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Fresh Beef Received: 490 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1000 lbs; Bread Received: 300 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1025 tons] [Weather fine, noon temperature 77F] 4f961214a2fc8e2def000ac0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-013_1.jpg) 23 January 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Parties drawing stores from Dockyard. Remainder employed cleaning ship and hoisting in cordite boxes. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. pm: Watch employed drawing stores, and cleaning ship. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. Watch employed stowing stores. [Fresh Beef Received: 200 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f961214a2fc8e2def000ac1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-014_0.jpg) 24 January 1917 From Bermuda to Kingston and at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Employed securing cordite boxes, preparing for sea, hoisting in lower booms, and cleaning ship. pm: Employed embarking provisions and preparing for sea. Captain Douglas AOC [Army Ordnance Corps], 1 Sergeant AOC, and 11 ratings joined ship for passage. 3.35pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 3.53pm: Weighed. Turned to SE’E. 4.20pm: Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay and through Narrows, 75 revs. Exercised night defence. 5.24pm: Cleared Narrows. Reduced to 75 revs. Shaped course ESE. 5.41pm: Altered course S45W. 11.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Fresh Beef Received: 200 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1500 lbs; Bread Received: 600 lbs] 4f961214a2fc8e2def000ac2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-014_1.jpg) 25 January 1917 From Bermuda to Kingston Lat 29.77, Long -66.57 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Training classes at instruction. Remainder of hands spreading awnings, cleaning ship, and painting boats. pm: Employed cleaning ship, and working about boats. 4.55pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. 7.10pm: Altered course S73W to close steamer. 7.15pm: Resumed course. [Distance run through the Water: 197.4 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 213 degrees, 185 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Mariguana Island (SE) 216 degrees, 560 miles] 4f961215a2fc8e2def000ac3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-015_0.jpg) 26 January 1917 From Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica Lat 26.43, Long -69.18 am: Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction. Remainder of hands employed cleaning and painting ship and boats. 4.23pm: Altered course S20E to close steamer, 90 revs. 4.32pm: Altered course S38W [S37E on left hand side of page], 75 revs. 4.45pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. Darkened ship. [Course and Distance made good: 214.5 degrees, 243 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Mariguana Island (SE) 218 degrees, 313 degrees [miles]] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 75F, sea temperature 74F] 4f961215a2fc8e2def000ac4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-015_1.jpg) 27 January 1917 From Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica Lat 23.08, Long -71.62 am: Employed cleaning and painting ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.45pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. Altered course S36W. [Distance run through the Water: 246.5 miles] [Course and Distance made good: 240 miles, 213 degrees] [True Bearing and Distance: Mariguana Island (SE) 233 degrees, 77 miles] 4f961215a2fc8e2def000ac5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-016_0.jpg) 28 January 1917 From Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica Lat 19.73, Long -74.04 3.2am: Observed Great Inagua Light S3E. 3.39am: Observed Great Inagua Light S20.5E 18.3 miles. 3.48am: Altered course S8.5W. 6.0am: Increased to 90 revs. Commenced zig-zagging, making good S5E, losing 8% of speed. 9.49am: Observed Negra 2010 Mount 269 degrees, 29.5 miles. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.0am: Altered course S44.5W (mean course). 10.38am: Observed Haiti 2900 Mount 108 degree, 40 miles. 1.0pm: Zig-zagging, making good a mean course S44.5W. 6.20pm: Reduced to 75 revs. Steadied on S44.5W. 6.25pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. [Course and Distance made good: 215 degrees, 238 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Morant Point 228 degrees, 164 miles] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 792.0 tons] 4f961216a2fc8e2def000ac6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-016_1.jpg) 29 January 1917 From Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica and at Kingston Lat 17.97, Long -76.81 [estimated] 2.6am: Observed Point Morant Light S73W. 7.10am: Course as requisite for entering Kingston Harbour. 7.41am: Stopped. Proceeded as requisite for proceeding alongside No 3 Wharf. 8.12am: Secured alongside wharf. [Draught: Forward 19’ 6”, Aft 23’ 1”] am: Employed painting ship’s side. Divers employed cleaning bottom of SS “Zylpha”. Port watch employed disembarking stores. Native labour employed coaling ship. [Anchor [Bearings]: Cathedral Dome phi [symbol] Royal Mail Wharf N25E, Railway Wharf N42W] [it is indicated above that Isis is alongside wharf ‒ these bearings should probably be on the next page] 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 8.30pm, and leave to boys till 5pm. Discharged 11 ratings to “Roxburgh”. 3.0pm: Completed with coal. Watch employed cleaning ship. Received 260 tons. 3.45pm: Dutch cruiser “Holland” [listed here] sailed. [Draught: 20’ 4” Forward, 23’ 6” Aft] 4.0pm: Quarters. 4.30pm: Sailed “Roxburgh”. 7.0pm: Darkened ship. [Distance run through the Water: 220.3 miles] [Bread Received: 270 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1027.0 tons] [Note: SS “Zylpha” was a British cargo ship built in Sunderland in 1894 and owned by Charles E Brightman, London; she was used as a Q ship from September 1915 (listed here); she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine south west of Ireland in June 1917. “Holland” was a Holland Class Protected Cruiser commissioned in the Dutch Navy from 1898 to 1920 (more details here).] 4f961216a2fc8e2def000ac7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-017_0.jpg) 30 January 1917 At Kingston, Jamaica Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 [estimated] am: Employed embarking stores and painting ship. 10.20am: Cast off from wharf. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage in harbour. 10.48am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 4 shackles. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 5pm. pm: Watch employed painting ship. [Fresh Beef Received: 240 lbs; Vegetables Received: 1369 lbs; Bread Received: 400 lbs] 4f961216a2fc8e2def000ac8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-017_1.jpg) 31 January 1917 At Kingston, Jamaica Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Hands employed cleaning ship, and painting down aloft. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read Warrant no 95. 11.15pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Fresh Beef Received: 230 lbs; Bread Received: 500 lbs] 4f961217a2fc8e2def000ac9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-018_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f961217a2fc8e2def000aca: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-018_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f961218a2fc8e2def000acb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-019_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f961218a2fc8e2def000acc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45032/ADM 53-45032-019_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1917 4f961219a2fc8e2def000acd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for February 1917] 4f961219a2fc8e2def000ace: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before, and approved [and signed] by Captain Bush] 4f961219a2fc8e2def000acf: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-002_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4f96121aa2fc8e2def000ad0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-002_1.jpg) [Page not filled in] 4f96121aa2fc8e2def000ad1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-003_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before except that Thermometers for Air Temperature now shown as Cossor & Son No 707 and Thermometer for Air Temperature as Negretti and Zambra No 2819] 4f96121aa2fc8e2def000ad2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-003_1.jpg) 1 February 1917 At Kingston, Jamaica Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am and pm: Employed painting ship. 11.0am: Read warrant no 96. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 8pm, and boys till 5pm. 7.0pm: Darkened ship. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f96121ba2fc8e2def000ad3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-004_0.jpg) 2 February 1917 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Boys and training classes at physical drill and instruction, remainder cleaning and painting ship. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 8pm. Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrant No 97. 5.0pm: Watch employed rigging diving boat. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 235 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 80F] 4f96121ba2fc8e2def000ad4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-004_1.jpg) 3 February 1917 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am: Diving party, and harbour defence party examining entrance to harbour, remainder of hands cleaning ship. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 8pm, and boys till 5pm. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.0pm: Unrigged diving boat. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 235 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4f96121ba2fc8e2def000ad5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-005_0.jpg) 4 February 1917 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am: Divisions. Landed C of E, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian church parties. 1.30pm: Leave to watch till 8pm, and boys till 5pm. 4f96121ca2fc8e2def000ad6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-005_1.jpg) 5 February 1917 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and rigging diving boat. am: Training classes and boys at instruction and physical drill. Diving party at Port Royal. Remainder cleaning and painting ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrants 98, 99, 100, and 101. 5.30pm: Divers returned. Darkened ship. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Vegetables 1058 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f96121ca2fc8e2def000ad7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-006_0.jpg) 6 February 1917 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am: Training classes and boys at instruction, divers employed off Port Royal, party employed embarking provisions. Tested magazine flooding arrangements. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 8pm. Remainder employed embarking provisions, and painting ship. 4.30pm: Divers returned. 6.10pm: Arrived “Roxburgh”. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 230 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96121ca2fc8e2def000ad8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-006_1.jpg) 7 February 1917 At Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am: Training classes and Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder cleaning and painting ship. Court-martial held onboard “Roxburgh”. pm: Watch employed painting ship, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Read warrants 102, and 103. 5.0pm: Watch employed embarking ammunition. 6.30pm: Mr O’Leary Gunner, joined ship from “Roxburgh” [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Bread 350 lbs] 4f96121da2fc8e2def000ad9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-007_0.jpg) 8 February 1917 From Kingston to Bermuda and at Kingston Lat 17.96, Long -76.81 am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised General Quarters. Hands employed embarking ammunition and provisions, and preparing for sea. [Draught of water: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] 1.0pm: Mr Crisp, Engineer Lieutenant and Mr Hunter Signal Boatswain, joined ship from “Roxburgh”. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 5.25pm: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 5.40pm: Weighed. Turned to WNW. 5.50pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 90 revs. 6.43pm: Shaped course S60E. 8.50pm: Altered course N64E. 11.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 220 lbs; Vegetables 1042 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] 4f96121da2fc8e2def000ada: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-007_1.jpg) 9 February 1917 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 19.87, Long -73.79 3.0am: Exercised gun-watch. am: Exercised general quarters. Training classes and boys at instruction. Remainder cleaning out and painting boats, reeving new boats’ falls, and refitting and cleaning ship. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 4.3pm: Observed Great Inagua Light House N32.5E. 7.0pm: Darkened ship. 9.30pm: Exercised gun-watch. 11.0pm: Hauled in and cleared Patent Log. [Course and Distance made good: Various 228 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Cape Maysi 320 degrees, 30 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] 4f96121da2fc8e2def000adb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-008_0.jpg) 10 February 1917 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 23.77, Long -71.31 1.20am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 3.3pm: Altered course as requisite for adjusting compasses. 3.55pm: Proceeded N36.5E. [Course and Distance made good: 30.5 degrees, 272 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Gibb’s Hill Light House 33.5 degrees, 615 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 74F, sea temperature 75F] 4f96121ea2fc8e2def000adc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-008_1.jpg) 11 February 1917 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 26.42, Long -68.92 1.20am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 6.50am: Reduced to 45 revs. Proceeded as requisite for adjusting compasses. 8.40am: Proceeded N40.5E, 75 revs. am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Course and Distance made good: 37 degrees, 216 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Gibbs Hill Light House 32.5 degrees, 400 miles] [Number on sick list: 10] 4f96121ea2fc8e2def000add: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-009_0.jpg) 12 February 1917 From Kingston to Bermuda Lat 29.95, Long -66.53 1.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. am: Training classes and boys at instruction. Remainder employed furling waist-awnings, reeving boats’ falls, and preparing for coaling. pm: Watch employed preparing for coaling. [Course and Distance made good: 32.5 degrees, 237 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Gibb’s Hill Light House 31.5 degrees, 163 miles] [Number on sick list: 11] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 710 tons] 4f96121ea2fc8e2def000ade: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-009_1.jpg) 13 February 1917 From Kingston to Bermuda [and at Bermuda] Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 0.30am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 1.40am: Observed Gibb’s Hill Light N17E 28.75 miles. 6.35am: Increased to 75 revs, altered course as requisite for passing through Narrows, and to Grassy Bay. 7.45am: Stopped. 7.47am: Came to with starboard anchor in 7 fathoms in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. [Draught: Forward 19’ 0”, Aft 23’ 2”] 8.0am: Discharged Engineer Lieutenant Crisp to “Berwick”. 8.15am: Collier secured alongside. [Anchor [Bearings]: South End North Breakwater N78.5W, Hogfish Beacon S21W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N45.5W] 10.0am: Commenced coaling ship. 0.10pm: Completed with coal. Received 340 tons 0.40pm: Collier cast off. [Draught: Forward 20’ 2”, Aft 23’ 8”] pm: Hands employed cleaning ship. Lost overboard by accident, Sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 14 in no. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. Discharged Mr O’Leary, Gunner to “Berwick”, Mr Hunter, Signal Boatswain to “Charydis” [Charybdis] and five signalmen to RN Barracks. Landed patrol. 9.0pm: 1 private RMLI joined from “Caesar”. Midnight: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Distance run through the Water: 196.8 miles] [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1030.0 tons] 4f96121fa2fc8e2def000adf: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-010_0.jpg) 14 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: “Caesar” proceeded to Murray’s Anchorage. Hands employed getting ammunition and stores on deck. am: Hands employed disembarking ammunition and stores. Discharged 4 ratings to hospital. pm: Employed returning ammunition to Dockyard, discharging stores, and refitting. 4.0pm: Quarters. Leave to watch till 7am. 5.0pm: Sailed SS “Chignecto”. Landed patrol. 6.0pm: 1 signalman joined from RN Barracks. 7.0pm: 1 signalman joined from “Antrim”. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 350 lbs] [Note: For details of SS “Chignecto” see 25th December 1915 in this log.] 4f96121fa2fc8e2def000ae0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-010_1.jpg) 15 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.30am: Aired bedding. Lit fires in steam cutter. 8.0am: Sent steam-cutter to dockyard for repairs. 8.15am: Drew fires in steam cutter. am: Exercised physical drill. Gunner’s and Carpenter’s parties employed in dockyard. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 1.30pm: Arrived, “Caesar”. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. 4.30pm: Landed patrol. 5.0pm: 1 stoker joined from Hospital. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] 4f96121fa2fc8e2def000ae1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-011_0.jpg) 16 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 1.0am: Set anchor watch. Raised steam for slow speed. 5.0am: Let go port anchor under foot. 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship and getting up cat-davit. am: Exercised physical drill. Gunner’s and carpenter’s parties employed in Dockyard. Remainder employed cleaning ship and refitting. 10.20am: Arrived “Caraquet”. 0.15pm: Commander Cayley RAN left ship. pm: Hands employed refitting and cleaning ship. Dockyard parties drawing and returning stores. 4.0pm: Quarters. Weighed port anchor. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] [Squally south westerly wind force 5-6 to 7 in am; barometric pressure recorded hourly in am (relatively steady); noon temperature 68F] [Note: For details of SS “Caraquet” see 14th February 1916 in this log.] 4f961220a2fc8e2def000ae2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-011_1.jpg) 17 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Gunner’s, carpenter’s, and engineer’s parties employed in dockyard, remainder of hands cleaning ship. 8.10am: “Carnarvon” anchored. am: Aired night clothing. Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 1 corporal RMLI joined ship from hospital. 4.30pm: Leave to watch till 10pm. Landed patrol. 6.0pm: Steam-cutter returned from dockyard. 7.0pm: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 10] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f961220a2fc8e2def000ae3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-012_0.jpg) 18 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed RC, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan church parties. Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Number on sick list: 11] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs] 4f961220a2fc8e2def000ae4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-012_1.jpg) 19 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and rigging plate target. 7.0am: Read Warrant no 104. Discharged 1 ordinary seaman to Detention Barracks. 8.30am: Arrived SS “Bermudian”. am: Exercised physical drill. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Acting SGs [Seaman Gunners] at .303 practice at towed target. Remainder painting, cleaning ship, and refitting. pm: Ordinary seamen and acting seamen-gunners at .303 practice at towed target. Remainder employed painting and cleaning ship. 5.0pm: 1 rating returned from hospital. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] [Note: For details of SS “Bermudian” see 18th July 1915 in this log.] 4f961221a2fc8e2def000ae5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-013_0.jpg) 20 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.30am: Sailed, SS “Bermudian”. am: Training classes at .303 practice at towed target. Boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder of hands painting and refitting. Discharged 1 private RMLI to hospital. pm: Hands employed painting, cleaning out boats, and refitting. 4.30pm: 2 ratings joined from hospital. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 350 lbs] 4f961221a2fc8e2def000ae6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-013_1.jpg) 21 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and painting. Carpenter’s party working about boats in dockyard. am: Gunlayers and trainers at .303 practice at towed target. Remainder employed painting and cleaning ship. Boys and training classes at instruction. pm: Employed painting, cleaning ship’s side, and refitting. Carpenter’s party working in dockyard. 4.30pm: Discharged 2 privates RMLI to “Berwick”. 9.0pm: Burned search-lights. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4f961221a2fc8e2def000ae7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-014_0.jpg) 22 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Training classes and boys at instruction and physical drill. Carpenter’s party in dockyard. Remainder painting, cleaning and refitting. pm: Port watch employed hoisting out and returning to Dockyard 2 12 pounder 12 hundredweight guns from cable-deck, complete with 100 projectiles and cartridges. Remainder painting and cleaning ship. 6.30pm: Furled Quarterdeck awning. 10.30pm: Let go port anchor under foot. Set anchor watch. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 250 lbs] [Squally north westerly wind force 6-7 at midnight] 4f961221a2fc8e2def000ae8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-014_1.jpg) 23 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.30am: Weighed port anchor. am: Landed carpenter’s and paymaster’s party in dockyard. Divisions. Read prayers. Hands employed embarking stores for “Devonshire”, painting, and cleaning ship. Boys and training classes at instruction. 1.0pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. pm: Party employed drawing 2 “D” depth charges from “Caesar”. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 200 lbs] 4f961222a2fc8e2def000ae9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-015_0.jpg) 24 February 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Aired night clothing. Hands employed cleaning and painting ship. 1.0pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 4pm, and watch of stokers till 10pm. 3.30pm: Landed patrol. 4.40am: Arrived “Donegal”. 10.0pm: Commenced embarking cargo of gold from “Donegal”. 11.35pm: Completed stowing cargo. [Number on sick list: 12] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 540 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] 4f961222a2fc8e2def000aea: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-015_1.jpg) 25 February 1917 From Bermuda to Halifax Lat 32.33, Long -64.75 7.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. “Donegal” proceeded into Camber. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 8”] am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.30am: Prepared for sea. 11.26am: Weighed. Turned to SE. 11.39am: Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay and through Narrows. 90 revs. 0.40pm: Cleared Narrows. Shaped course N56E. 0.55pm: Altered course N17E. Exercised General Quarters. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 10.0pm: Exercised gun-watch. [Distance run through the Water: 4.0 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Ireland Island Point 261 degrees, 4 miles] [Number on sick list: 13] 4f961222a2fc8e2def000aeb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-016_0.jpg) 26 February 1917 From Bermuda to Halifax Lat 36.60, Long -64.25 8.0am: Altered course N46W to close sail. 8.31am: Course as requisite for boarding sail, 90 revs. 8.48am: Boarded SV “Fild” (Brazilian). 9.35am: Proceeded N19.5E, 90 revs. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised general quarters, towing stations, collision, and abandon ship stations. pm: Ordinary seamen and boys at instruction, remainder of watch employed cleaning ship. 5.0pm: Darkened ship. Altered course N20.5E. [Course and Distance made good: Various 267 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel 4 degrees, 466 miles] [Number on sick list: 12] [Note: It has not been possible to trace a Brazilian sailing vessel named “Fild”.] 4f961223a2fc8e2def000aec: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-016_1.jpg) 27 February 1917 From Bermuda to Halifax Lat 41.08, Long -63.60 3.0am: Put clocks on 10 minutes. 8.45am: Altered course WSW. Reduced to 45 revs to secure gear. 9.35am: Increased to 83 revs. Steadied on N21E. am: Hands employed securing gear, and cleaning ship. 9.30pm: Fog closed down. 10.30pm: Fog cleared. [Course and Distance made good: 7 degrees, 271 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: Sambro Light Vessel 1 degree, 195 miles] [Number on sick list: 12] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 753.0 tons] [Mist or fog, thick at times, from 8am to 10pm; noon temperature 51F, sea temperature 38F] 4f961223a2fc8e2def000aed: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-017_0.jpg) 28 February 1917 From Bermuda to Halifax and at Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 [estimated] 2.30am: Altered course N24E. Put clocks on 10 minutes. 3.17am: Observed Sambro Light N2E 23 miles. 7.45am: Course as requisite for Halifax Harbour. 8.24am: Stopped. Let go port anchor. 8.27am: Let go starboard anchor. Moored ship, 5 shackles on each, in 11 fathoms. [Middled: Elevator Chimney N57W, Wharf End N28W, Dockyard Flagstaff S1W] [Draught before coaling: Forward 19’ 0”, Aft 23’ 8”] 9.20am: Collier secured alongside. 10.5am: Commenced coaling ship. 0.32pm: Completed with coal. Received 296 tons. 1.25pm: Collier cast off. [Draught after coaling: Forward 19’ 10”, Aft 23’ 6”] pm: Lieutenant Sturgess RMLI joined ship. 3 ratings joined ship from “Niobe”. Hands employed cleaning ship. 3.15pm: Employed discharging cargo of gold. 4.30pm: Lost by accident, Sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 7 in no. 6.50pm: Completed discharging cargo, and stowing it in railway trucks. [Distance run through the Water: 220.8 miles] [Number on sick list: 13] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 1080 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1026.0 tons] [Weather fine and quiet, noon temperature 28F] 4f961223a2fc8e2def000aee: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-017_1.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f961224a2fc8e2def000aef: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-018_0.jpg) [Log page not filled in] 4f961224a2fc8e2def000af0: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-018_1.jpg) [Blank page] 4f961224a2fc8e2def000af1: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-019_0.jpg) [Half blank page] 4f961225a2fc8e2def000af2: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45033/ADM 53-45033-019_1.jpg) [Half blank page] LOGS FOR MARCH 1917 4f961225a2fc8e2def000af3: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-001_0.jpg) [Left hand side of cover of Copy of Log for March 1917] 4f961225a2fc8e2def000af4: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-001_1.jpg) [Right hand side of cover, signed by Navigating Officer, as before] 4f961226a2fc8e2def000af5: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-002_0.jpg) [Blank page] 4f961226a2fc8e2def000af6: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-002_1.jpg) [Page not filled in] 4f961226a2fc8e2def000af7: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-003_0.jpg) [Details of Barometer and Thermometers, as before] 4f961227a2fc8e2def000af8: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-003_1.jpg) 1 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 7am, and boys till 6pm. Discharged 1 AB to “Niobe”. 5.0pm: 4 signal ratings and 1 stoker joined ship. [Number on sick list: 14] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 540 lbs; Bread 800 lbs] 4f961227a2fc8e2def000af9: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-004_0.jpg) 2 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 7.0am: Party employed drawing stores from dockyard. am: Exercised physical drill. Boys and training classes at instruction. Remainder employed embarking stores, refitting, and cleaning ship. pm: Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. Watch employed striking down provisions, and refitting. 6.30pm: Darkened ship. [Number on sick list: 11] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 540 lbs; Vegetables 960 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4f961227a2fc8e2def000afa: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-004_1.jpg) 3 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Number on sick list: 11] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 480 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4f961228a2fc8e2def000afb: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-005_0.jpg) 4 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Landed RC church party. Divisions. Held Divine Service. Landed Wesleyan and Presbyterian church parties. 2.0pm: Discharged 1 chief writer, 6 signal ratings and 1 private RMLI to “Berwick”. 4.30pm: Major Davenport RNLI left ship. 5.45pm: Sailed, “Berwick”. [Number on sick list: 11] 4f961228a2fc8e2def000afc: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-005_1.jpg) 5 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Lit fires in nos 1 and 7 boilers. Divisions. Read prayers. Exercised physical drill. Boys and training classes at instruction, remainder of hands employed refitting and cleaning ship. 10.30pm: Very heavy snow-squalls. 11.30pm: Spread fires in nos 1, 6, and 7 boilers. [Number on sick list: 11] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 572 lbs; Vegetables 990 lbs; Bread 500 lbs] [Snow throughout pm, squally south easterly wind force 5-8 at midnight; noon temperature 15F] 4f961228a2fc8e2def000afd: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-006_0.jpg) 6 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 0.30am: Set anchor watch. 5.30am: Banked fires in nos 1, 6, and 7 boilers. am: Hands employed cleaning mess-deck, and clearing snow off upper deck. “Devonshire” proceeded alongside No 4 wharf. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 2.0pm: Lit fires in 2, 3, 5, and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 540 lbs] [Wind decreasing in am, weather mostly overcast after early snow, noon temperature 18F] 4f961229a2fc8e2def000afe: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-006_1.jpg) 7 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 am: Exercised physical drill. Boys and training classes at instruction. Remainder of hands cleaning ship, and refitting. French cruiser “Condé” arrived and anchored. pm: Boys and ordinary seamen at instruction. Remainder of hands refitting and cleaning ship. 3.0pm: 2 signal ratings joined ship from “Devonshire”. [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 420 lbs; Vegetables 570 lbs; Bread 900 lbs] [Note: “Condé” was a Gloire-class Cruiser in service with the French Navy from 1904 until she was hulked at Lorient in 1933; she was captured by the Germans in 1940 and used as a submarine depot ship; she was sunk by aircraft in 1944.] 4f961229a2fc8e2def000aff: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-007_0.jpg) 8 March 1917 At Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 9.45am: Arrived, “Calgarian”. pm: 120 ratings joined ship for passage to “Bermuda”. Engineer Commander Goodyear, and Surgeon Sarra joined ship for passage. 4.0pm: Quarters. Watch employed embarking stores. Read warrant no 105. 4.15pm: Banked fires in nos 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 boilers. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 290 lbs; Vegetables 540 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] 4f961229a2fc8e2def000b00: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-007_1.jpg) 9 March 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda and at Halifax Lat 44.66, Long -63.58 7.0am: Spread fires in no 7 boiler. 1.0am: Spread fires in 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8 boilers. pm: Boys at instruction. Remainder of hands refitting, cleaning ship, and preparing for sea. [Draught: Forward 20’ 1”, Aft 23’ 7”] 4.30pm: 6 ratings joined from “Devonshire”. 6.30pm: Weighed. 6.40pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 60 revs. 7.28pm: Stopped. 7.34pm: Came to with starboard anchor in 12 fathoms. Veered to 3 shackles. 9.0pm: Weighed. 9.12pm: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 90 revs. 9.37pm: Shaped course S45E. 10.26pm: Altered course S27W. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 300 lbs; Vegetables 540 lbs; Bread 500 lbs] 4f96122aa2fc8e2def000b01: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-008_0.jpg) 10 March 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda Lat 41.82, Long -63.63 3.0am: Observed steamer steering West. 6.0am: Exercised gun-watch. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. 4.0pm: Quarters. Exercised night defence. 5.0pm: Put clocks back 10 minutes. 6.0pm: Darkened ship. [Course and Distance made good: Various 178 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 185 degrees, 570 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] 4f96122aa2fc8e2def000b02: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-008_1.jpg) 11 March 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda Lat 37.13, Long -63.98 am: Divisions. Held Divine Service. 10.0am: Altered course S50W to close steamer. 10.12am: Altered course S75W. Spoke SS “Rotorua” (British). 10.15am: Altered course S21W. [Course and Distance made good: 184 degrees, 282 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 186.5 degrees, 288 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [North westerly then south westerly wind force 4 or 5 from 8am; weather fine, noon temperature 56F, sea temperature 60F] [Note: SS “Rotorua” was a British ocean liner built in Scotland in 1910 and owned by New Zealand Shipping Company, London; she was to be torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel on 22nd March 1917, with the loss of 1 life.] 4f96122aa2fc8e2def000b03: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-009_0.jpg) 12 March 1917 From Halifax to Bermuda and at Bermuda Lat 32.45, Long -64.53 am: Hands employed preparing for coaling. 11.30am: Observed St David’s Head S58W. 0.38pm: Altered course as requisite for proceeding through Narrows, and to Grassy Bay. 1.46pm: Stopped. 1.47pm: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. Discharged 120 ratings to HMS “Caesar”, “Roxburgh”, “Donegal” and RN Barracks. [Anchor [Bearings]: Hogfish Beacon S21W, South End North Breakwater N78.5W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N45W] 4.0pm: Hands employed discharging stores and dismounting 2 12 pounder 12 hundredweight guns, surrendered to HMY “Warrior”. 5.45pm: Arrived, and anchored, “Leviathan”. Let fires die out in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. [Course and Distance made good: 185.5 degrees, 282 miles] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 235 degrees, 8.5 miles] [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 753.0 tons] [Westerly or south westerly wind force 4 or 5 all day but squally force 4-7 at midnight; weather fine, noon air and sea temperature 65F] 4f96122aa2fc8e2def000b04: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-009_1.jpg) 13 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 5.30am: Prepared for coaling. [Draught: Forward 19’ 3”, Aft 23’ 3”] 7.0am: Collier secured alongside. 7.30am: Commenced coaling ship. 9.0am: Let fires die out in 5, 6, and 8 boilers. 10.40am: Completed with coal, received 340 tons. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] am: Hands employed cleaning ship. Lost overboard by accident, sacks, coal, 2 cwt, 17 in no. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am. pm: Discharged 6 ratings to RN Barracks. Discharged 30 cases of 12 pounder 12 hundredweight ammunition to Dockyard. 4.0pm: Quarters. Landed patrol. [Distance run through the Water: 21.3 miles] [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 200 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 200 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1015.5 tons] [North westerly wind force 4 or 5 all day] 4f96122ba2fc8e2def000b05: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-010_0.jpg) 14 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. 9.30am: Sailed, “Caesar”. 10.30am: Spread Quarterdeck awnings. 1.0pm: Leave to watch till 7am, and to boys till 6pm. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96122ba2fc8e2def000b06: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-010_1.jpg) 15 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Boatswain’s, carpenter’s, and paymaster’s parties drawing and returning stores, boys at instruction, remainder employed painting out cabins, and cleaning ship. pm: Hands making and mending clothes. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 400 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96122ba2fc8e2def000b07: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-011_0.jpg) 16 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 5.0am: Lit fires in steam cutter. am: Carpenter’s party employed in dockyard. Boys at instruction, remainder of hands refitting, painting, and cleaning ship. Marines at physical drill. 0.30pm: Arrived, “Caesar”. pm: Hands employed cleaning out boats, refitting, and painting. Midnight: Drew fires in steam cutter. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96122ca2fc8e2def000b08: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-011_1.jpg) 17 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 8.30am: Aired night clothing. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 250 lbs; Vegetables 1000 lbs; Bread 450 lbs] 4f96122ca2fc8e2def000b09: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-012_0.jpg) 18 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian Church parties. Divisions. Held Divine Service. 6.30pm: Furled Quarterdeck awning. 8.45pm: Let go starboard anchor, veered to 1 shackle. Set anchor watch. 9.0pm: Lit fires in nos 1, 2, and 4 boilers. 11.10pm: Wind veered to WNW. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs] [Winds mostly south westerly, force 6 to 8-9 from noon onwards] 4f96122ca2fc8e2def000b0a: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-012_1.jpg) 19 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Employed cleaning ship, and setting up cat-davits. 7.20am: Sailed, “Caesar”. am: Divisions. Read prayers. Boys and training classes at instruction. Remainder of hands cleaning out boats, refitting, and cleaning ship. Exercised marines at physical drill. pm: Hands employed refitting, cleaning ship, and testing director gear in starboard battery. 3.45pm: Arrived, SS “Bermudian”. 9.20pm: Weighed starboard anchor. 11.0pm: Let fires die out in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 240 lbs, Bread 300 lbs] [Squally north westerly wind force 4-7 to 5 in am, force 4-6 until 8pm] [Note: For details of SS “Bermudian” see 18 July 1915 in this log.] 4f96122da2fc8e2def000b0b: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-013_0.jpg) 20 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.30am: Sailed, “Antrim”. Divers at monthly practice. am: Training classes at 1 inch aiming practice at towed target, and at instruction. Ordinary Seamen at physical drill. Remainder of hands refitting, and preparing for firing. Marines at physical drill. pm: Watch employed rigging targets, refitting and preparing for sea. 5.0pm: Arrived, “Caesar”. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 520 lbs; Vegetables 1500 lbs; Bread 700 lbs] 4f96122da2fc8e2def000b0c: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-013_1.jpg) 21 March 1917 From Bermuda to Firing, at Sea Lat 32.33, Long -64.50 1.0am: Lit fires in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. 3.30am: Lit fires in steam cutter. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] 5.30am: Employed preparing for sea. 6.30am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 6.36am: Weighed. Turned to SE. 7.5am: Proceeded as requisite out of Grassy Bay and to Murray’s Anchorage. 7.50am: Stopped. Lowered boat. 8.6am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out torpedo practice at towed target. 10.50am: Stopped. Transferred targets and record party to “Creole”. 11.25am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 12 pounder practice for SGs [Seaman Gunners]. 1.15pm: Completed 12 pounder practice. 1.55pm: Carried out director firing with sub-calibre guns, and 1 inch aiming rifle battle practice runs. 3.40pm: Completed practice. Stopped. 7.45pm: Proceeded as requisite for dropping targets and carrying out night firing. 9.30pm: Completed practice. Picked up targets. Proceeded as requisite to anchorage. 10.12pm: Stopped. Came to with port anchor in Five Fathom Hole. Veered to 5 shackles. [Anchor [Bearings]: St Catherine’s Point N71W, Lloyds Flagstaff West, St. David’s Light S32W] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 280 degrees, 8 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Note: “Creole” mentioned at 10.50am may have been the water tank vessel listed here; launched in 1902 and served at Bermuda until sold in 1948.] 4f96122da2fc8e2def000b0d: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-014_0.jpg) 22 March 1917 From Five Fathom Hole to Grassy Bay, at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 [estimated] 8.50am: Shortened in. 9.18am: Weighed. Proceeded as requisite through Narrows to Grassy Bay, 90 revs. 10.53am: Stopped. 10.55am: Came to with port anchor in 7 fathoms. Veered to 5 shackles. Let fires die out in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: South End of North Breakwater N78.5W, Hogfish S21W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N45W] pm: Hands making and mending clothes. Leave to watch till 10pm, and boys till 6pm. 3.30pm: Sailed “Antrim”. [Number on sick list: 7] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 916.0 tons] [Wind squally and south westerly in am, north westerly in pm, force 4-5 to 5-6 all day, rain at times in am] 4f96122ea2fc8e2def000b0e: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-014_1.jpg) 23 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 3.30am: Lit fires in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. 6.0am: Banked fires in 1, 2, and 4 boilers. 8.0am: Lit fires in no 8 boiler. am: Hands employed refitting and preparing for coaling. 11.30am: Sailed, SS “Bermudian”. 3.45pm: Collier secured alongside. 4.0pm: Commenced coaling at 4.20. 5.0pm: Completed with coal .Received 120 tons. 7.0pm: Read warrant no 106. 8.0pm: Lost by accident during coaling, Sacks, 2 cwt, 3 in no. [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 840 lbs; Bread 400 lbs] [Fuel Remaining: Coal 1022.7 tons] [Still squally in am, force 5-6 to 5-7, reducing in pm] 4f96122ea2fc8e2def000b0f: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-015_0.jpg) 24 March 1917 From Grassy Bay to Firing, at Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.47 3.0am: Spread fires in 1 to 4 boilers. 5.30am: Prepared for sea. [Draught: Forward 20’ 0”, Aft 23’ 6”] 5.55am: Shortened in to 2 shackles. 6.2am: Weighed. Turned to SE. 6.14am: Proceeded as requisite out of harbour, 75 revs, and through Narrows. 7.22am: Stopped. Sent recording party to tug. 8.50am: Hoisted boats. 9.6am: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out battle practice with half-charges at towed target. Completed two control and one director run. 1.40pm: Completed practice. Proceeded as requisite into harbour. 2.35pm: Stopped. Lowered boats. 2.45pm: Proceeded as requisite for carrying out torpedoe [sic] practice at towed target in Murray’s Anchorage. 4.25pm: Proceeded as requisite, 90 revs, to Grassy Bay. 5.5pm: Stopped. 5.7pm: Came to with starboard anchor in Grassy Bay. Veered to 5 shackles. Leave to watch till 10pm. Let fires die out in 1, 2, 3, and 4 boilers. [Anchor [Bearings]: South End of North Breakwater N78.5W, Hogfish Beacon S21W, Ireland Island Flagstaff N45W] [True Bearing and Distance: St David’s Light House 285 degrees, 10 miles] [Number on sick list: 8] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 540 lbs; Vegetables 865 lbs; Bread 600 lbs] 4f96122ea2fc8e2def000b10: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-015_1.jpg) 25 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Landed RC, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian church parties. Divisions. Held Divine Service. [Number on sick list: 8] 4f96122fa2fc8e2def000b11: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-016_0.jpg) 26 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 am: Hands employed cleaning ship. Discharged 1 private RMLI and 1 leading stoker and 1 stoker to hospital. Exercised fire stations. pm: Watch employed refitting, and cleaning ship. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96122fa2fc8e2def000b12: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-016_1.jpg) 27 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.0am: Landed Gunner’s and Carpenter’s dockyard parties. am: Training classes and boys at instruction and physical drill. Remainder of hands refitting and painting. 1 leading telegraphist joined from “Caesar”. [Number on sick list: 5] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 270 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96122fa2fc8e2def000b13: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-017_0.jpg) 28 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 6.0am: Diving party rigged diving boat. am: Employed refitting, painting, and cleaning ship. Training classes and boys at instruction and physical drill. Divers examining under water fittings. 7.0pm: Wind veered to NW. 7.30pm: Wind veered to North. [Number on sick list: 6] [Provisions received: Fresh Meat 260 lbs; Vegetables 500 lbs; Bread 300 lbs] 4f96122fa2fc8e2def000b14: (http://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-45034/ADM 53-45034-017_1.jpg) 29 March 1917 At Bermuda Lat 32.32, Long -64.83 7.30am: Aired bedding. 9.15am: Sailed, “Leviathan”. am: Boys and training classes at instruction. Rema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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