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2nd class/Light Cruiser, Bristol-class

Launched 30.9.09 Fairfield. 4,800 tons, 453(oa), 430(pp)x47x15ft. Turbine 22000shp, 25kts. Armament: 2-6in, 10-4in, 1-3in AA, 2-18in tt. Armour: 2in deck. Complement: 380. South America 1914-18, Mediterranean 1918. Battle Honour (and link to despatches, casualties, awards) Falkland Islands 8 Dec 1914. Sold 29.4.27 Ward, Morecambe. (British Warships 1914-1919)

Built Fairfield, laid 25/3/09, launched 30/9/09, completed 9/10, sold for BU 4/27, was attached to 2nd BS, Home Fleet 1910-11, then sent to South America 1911 (recommissioned there in September 1912). West Atlantic 1913; sent to South America in August 1914, where she captured German SS Catherina on 16 August. With AMC Otranto escaped destruction at Battle of Coronel 1 November 1914 and went to Port Stanley. Took part in Falkland Islands battle on 8 December and with Cornwall helped to sink Leipzig. Caught Dresden at Juan Fernandez Island and sank her 14 March 1915. Moved to Mediterranean; (to be checked with logs) took part in hunt for raider Moewe in February and September 1916; with 8th LCS in Adriatic 1917-18. At Gibraltar June 1919 and returned to UK later that year. Paid off for disposal May 1920. Used as stokers TS at Portsmouth 1921-26 (disarmed) January 1925); put on Disposal List March 1926 and sold in 1927. (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-21)

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THE VOYAGES OF HMS GLASGOW 1914-1918
(More detailed plots follow in the text)

JP map overview

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

LOG BOOKS – MAY 8TH 1914 TO APRIL 13TH 1915


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[Details of ship signed by Commander John Luce, RN, her Captain]

Log Book: Sunday 8 day of May 1914 to Tuesday 13 day of April 1915

Tonnage: 4800

Length: 453 feet

Breadth: 47.25 feet

Engines:


Manufactured by Fairfield Engineering & Shipbuilding Co


IHP 22,000


Parson Marine Type Turbine


Fixed on board – 1909

Boilers:


Manufactured by Fairfield Engineering & Shipbuilding Co


Description: Yarrow Small Tube


Made: 1909


Put in vessel: 1909

Screw Propeller


3 bladed solid


Very good condition


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[Directions for filling in log.]


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Establishment of ship’s company


Officers – 20


Seamen – 120


Marines – 27


Engine-room establishment – 167


Other non-executive ratings – 40

Total – 374


Instruments

  Barometer – Mercurial, Adic 502,12feet above sea

Thermometers

  Air Temperature – Break of forecastle in screen

  Dry – N&Z A9349

  Wet – N&Z A7027

  Sea Temperature – N&Z A9351

  Compass – Forecastle Upper Bridge


Armament

  Forecastle – 1 6” Mk XI PV

    Quarter Deck – 1 6” Mk XI PV

Starboard Battery – 5 4” BL VII PIV

  Port Battery – 5 4” BL VII PIV

  Torpedoes – 2 18” broadside, submerged tubes

Boats

  1 Steam cutter 35’

  1 Barge 34’

  2 Cutters 30’

  3 Whalers 27’ DK

  1 Galley 30’

  2 Skiffs 13’ 6”


Miscellaneous Information

  Draught of water, bunkers full & complete with provisions, stores & water – Fore 17’ 2½”, Aft 18’ 5½”

  No of tons to increase draught 1” – 34.8

  No of tons of coal with bunkers full - 1346

Quantity of water

  Boilers – 83 tons

  Drinking – 31 tons


THE VOYAGES OF HMS GLASGOW 1914

JP map Glasgow 1914

LOGS FOR MARCH 1914


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8 March 1914

Lively Island

Lat -52.03, Long -58.42

9.30am:  Divisions, Divine Service

Number on sick list 5


[Lively Island is just off East Falkland at Lat -52.03, Long -58.5]


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9 March 1914

Lively Island to Port Edgar

Lat -52.32, Long -58.77

5.15am:  Lit fires in C1 & 2

    Divers clearing condenser inlets

8.17am:  Weighed & proceeded

5.16pm:  Stopped & anchored. Sounded round ship

Number on sick list 6


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10 March 1914

Port Edgar

Lat -52.01, Long -60.27

9.00am:  Guns’ crews at aiming rifle practice

    Marines at infantry drill

    Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 5


[Port Edgar is a bay on East Falkland at Lat -52.01, Long -60.27]


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11 March 1914

Port Edgar

Lat -52.01, Long -60.27

9.00am:  Exercised sweeping & creeping

Number on sick list 5


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12 March 1914

Port Edgar to Sandy Point

Lat -52.3, Long -61.07

10.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

1.00pm:  Watch refitting coaling gear & as required

Number on sick list 5


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13 March 1914

Sandy Point [Punta Arenas]

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

2.23am:  Sighted Cape of Virgins Light S81W

9.09am:  Dungeness Light abeam, 2.7’

10.43am:  Anchored at Sandy Point

11.00am:  His Britannic Majesty’s Consul paid official visit. Saluted on leaving with 7 guns

    Ships in harbour: “Presidente Sarmiento” (Argentine), 2 Chilean gunboats

Number on sick list 6


[Cabo Virgenes Lighthouse is in Argentina at Lat -52.33, Long -68.35. Ferdinand Magellan entered the strait which bears his name on 21st Oct 1520, the Feast of St Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins. He named the Cape after the feastday.

Punta Dungeness Lighthouse is in Chile at Lat -52.63, Long -68.43

Punta Arenas (Sandy Point) at Lat -53.17, Long -70.93 is a port in Chile of great importance for access to the Antarctic Peninsula.

ARA Presidente Sarmiento, 2750 ton sail training ship, was launched in 1897 by Laird Bros, Birkenhead. She is now moored at Buenos Aires as a museum ship.]


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14 March 1914

Sandy Point

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

1.00pm:  Commodore of port visited ship. Saluted on leaving with 11 guns

4.30pm:  Governor visited ship. Saluted on leaving with 15 guns

Number on sick list 5


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15 March 1914

Sandy point

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

9.30am:  Divisions.

    Church parties landed

Number on sick list 6


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16 March 1914

Sandy Point

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

9.10am:  Divisions. Hands preparing for coaling

    Discharged 1 stoker and Mr Jackson, Assistant Engineer, to PSNC Oronsa for passage to England

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read Warrant no 38

Number on sick list 7


[SS Oronsa, passenger steamer of 8075 tons, was built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company of Liverpool. She was torpedoed off Bardsey Island in April 1918.]


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17 March 1914

Sandy Point

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

5.40am:  Weighed & proceeded alongside coal hulk

7.50am:  Commenced coaling

5.20pm:  Finished coaling, received 615 tons

    Hands cleaning ship

5.45pm:  Slipped from hulk & proceeded to anchorage

Number on sick list 7


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18 March 1914

Sandy Point [Punta Arenas]

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 7


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19 March 1914

Sandy Point

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

9.00am:  Hands painting ship’s side

Number on sick list 7


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20 March 1914

Sandy Point

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

10.00am:  Arrived SMS “Strassburg”

1.00pm:  Sub Lieutenant Alison joined ship from PSN Co.” Orduna”

4.35pm:  Arrived SMS “Kaiser” & “Konig Albert”. Saluted German Admiral, 13 guns

    Returned by “Kaiser”

Number on Sick List 6


[SMS Strassburg, 4570 ton cruiser, was commissioned in 1912 at the Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhemshaven. She was ceded to Italy in 1920 and renamed “Taranto”. She was scrapped in 1946 after being sunk in an air attack in 1944.

SS Orduna, 15,500 ton liner, was launched in 1913 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was requisitioned in WW1 & WW 2 and scrapped in 1951.

SMS Kaiser, 24,724 ton battleship, was launched in 1911 at the Inperial Dockyard, Kiel. She survived the war and was interned at Scapa Flow where she was scuttled in 1919. In 1930 she was broken up after the wreck was raised.

SMS Konig Albert, 24,724 ton battleship, was launched in 1912 at Schichau-Werke, Danzig. She survived the war and was interned at Scapa Flow where she was scuttled in 1919. In 1936 she was broken up after the wreck was raised.]

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21 March 1914

Sandy Point to Pecket Harbour

Lat -53.17, Long -70.93

2.25pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

5.30pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 8


[The Port of Pecket is regarded as a very small port near to Punta Arenas. It lies at Lat -52.95, Long -71.2]


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22 March 1914

Pecket Harbour

Lat -52.95, Long -71.2

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 6


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23 March 1914

Pecket Harbour

Lat -52.95, Long -71.2

8.00am:  Hands refitting boats’ falls, guns’ crews at loader, training classes at instruction

4.30pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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24 March 1914

Pecket Harbour to Commodoro Rivadavia

Lat -54.67, Long -69.98

9.40am:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 7


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25 March 1914

Pecket Harbour to Comodoro Rivadavia

Lat -48.83, Long -65.5

6.45am:  Passed Chilean destroyers “Admiral Lynch” & “Condell”

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 7


[Almirante Lynch & Almirante Condell were sister ships. Both were 1453 ton destroyers, launched in 1912 at the yard of J Samuel White in the UK. The ships served to 1945 when they were scrapped.]


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26 March 1914

Comodoro Rivadavia to San Blas

Lat -45.88, Long -67.5

5.50am:  Sighted land

7.45am:  Stopped

8.20am:  Weighed, shifted billet

8.25am:  Anchored

1.10pm:  Weighed

9.00pm:  Lost overboard by accident: 1 sinker, 24lb; 1 Brass tube; 1 link; 1 string line; 90 fathoms wire

Number on sick list 5


[Comodoro Rivadavia is a port in Argentina at Lat -45.87, Long -67.5. It was only founded in 1901 and so at this time would have been relatively undeveloped.]


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27 March 1914

Comodoro Rivadavia to San Blas

Lat -43.2, Long -63.63

7.28pm:  Sighted land

Number on Sick List 6


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28 March 1914

San Blas

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

3.10am:  Land right ahead, ‘hard-a-port’

8.30am:  Barranca Light: N73W

11.18am:  Proceeded as requisite into San Blas harbour

12.25pm:  Anchored

Number on sick list 4


[Faro Segunda Barranca is in Argentina at Lat -40.78, Long -62.28

Puerto San Blas is in Argentina at Lat -40.67, Long -62.2. It is a natural harbour on a shallow channel and pilotage is mandatory.]


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29 March 1914

San Blas

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 2


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30 March 1914

San Blas

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

Number on sick list 2


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31 March 1914

San Blas

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

Number on sick list 2



LOGS FOR APRIL 1914


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1 April 1914

San Blas

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

Number on sick list 2


[The crew has spent the time painting and cleaning with no local leave.]


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2 April 1914

San Blas

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

9.00am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Hands as requisite, gunlayers at aiming rifle

pm:  Make & mend clothes

6.00pm:  Washed clothes.

Number on sick list 2


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3 April 1914

San Blas to Ingeniero White

Lat -40.56, Long -62.27

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised ‘General Quarters’

1.00pm:  Hands preparing for sea. Tested lifebuoys

4.25pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 2


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4 April 1914

San Blas to Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

4.10am:  Sighted Recalada Light

5.00am:  Sighted Bahia Blanca Light Vessel right ahead

6.05am:  Sighted Bahia Blanca abeam

8.20am:  Stopped off Puerto Militar. Saluted country, 21 guns, returned by fort

8.30am:  Proceeded as requisite to Ingeniero White

9.45am:  Stopped. Secured alongside jetty

Number on sick list 3


[Puerto Ingeniero White Lat -38.78, Long -62.27 is one of a string of ports, which includes the naval base Puerto Belgrano, along the shore of Bahia Blanca, Argentine. Despite its name Bahia Blanca is the estuary of the Napota Stream.

Recalada Light is in Argentina at Lat -38.99, Long -61.26. It is the tallest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere and was built by the same firm who built the Eiffel Tower

Bahia Blanca Light Vessel is listed as Ponton de Recalada Light and is found at Lat -35.17, Long -56.27

Puerto Militar is now known as Puerto Belgrano. It is the main Base of the Argentine Navy and lies at Lat -38.9, Long -62.1]


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5 April 1914

Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

9.30am:  Landed church parties

Number on sick list 3


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6 April 1914


Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

9.00am:  Hands painting flats. training classes at instruction

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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[covers 7th and 8th]


7 April 1914

Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

All day:  Hands painting flats

    Training class dismounting 6" guns.

    Guns’ crews at deflection teacher

Number on sick list 4


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8 April 1914

Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

All day:  Hands painting flats

    Training class dismounting 6" guns.

    Guns’ crews at deflection teacher

3.00pm:  Lieutenant ART Williams left ship

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 4


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9 April 1914


Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

9.00am:  Hands cleaning ship & painting flats

2.00pm:  Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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10 April 1914

Ingeniero White

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

9.00am:  Landed church parties

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 4

[The log notes that 10 April was Good Friday.]


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11 April 1914

Ingeniero White to Montevideo

Lat -38.79, Long -62.29

5.30am:  Hands embarking flour

8.30am:  Hands cleaning ship & preparing for sea. Tested lifebuoys

2.24pm:  Slipped from jetty

2.34pm:  Weighed starboard anchor & proceeded as requisite

3.55pm:  Saluted Argentine Commodore, 11 guns

    Salute returned by "Garibaldi"

11.05pm:  Exercised sea boats crew & hand wheel party.

Number on sick list 4


[“Garibaldi”, 6882 ton Argentine cruiser, was launched in 1895 by Gio Asaldo & Co, Genoa. She was sold in 1936.]


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12 April 1914

Ingeniero White to Montevideo

Lat -38.03, Long -57.53

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

12.50pm:  Passed Argentine cruiser steering NNW, 18 knots

1.08pm:  Mogotes Light House abeam, 11 miles

Number on sick list 6


[Punta Mogotes Light House is in Argentina at Lat -38.1, Long -57.55]


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13 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

4.50am:  Sighted El Cerro N5W

6.00am:  Hands preparing for entering harbour

8.00am:  Saluted country with 21 guns returned by fort

8.30am:  Came to with starboard anchor & secured stern to wall Muelle B

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 4


[Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay and is the largest city and port of the country

This El Cerro is indexed as Cerro de Montevideo and is a hill overlooking Montevideo at Lat -34.89, Long -56.26]


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14 April 1914

(covers 14th and 15th)

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

    Hands cleaning out fresh water tanks & as requisite

    Training classes at instruction

    Marines at drill

Number on sick list 4


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15 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Hands cleaning out fresh water tanks & as requisite

    Training classes at instruction

1.00pm:  Make & mend clothes

2.00pm:  Secured stern with 5½" wire

Number on sick list 4


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16 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Ship dragged. Let go port anchor

    Hands tending stern wires & as requisite

4.30pm:  Weighed both anchors and secured again, stern to wall assisted by tug “Powerful”

Number on sick list 3


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17 April 1914

At sea

Lat -35.0, Long -56.05

9.00am:  Hands preparing for sea

10.15am:  Lit fires in steam cutter

11.00am:  Proceeded as requisite out of harbour

1.00pm:  Altered course as necessary to approach SS Highland Piper ashore on English Bank

2.00pm:  Stopped. Lowered sea boat. Came to with Starboard anchor in 5 fathoms

    Sent cutter to “Highland Piper”

5.50pm:  Weighed. Hoisted cutter & anchored in same billet

7.20pm:  Weighed & proceeded

10.40pm:  Discharged 1 Sergeant RMLI to RMSP Araguaya for passage to Haslar Hospital.

Number on sick list 3


[SS Highland Piper, 7490 ton, was launched in 1911 for the Nelson Line who sold her in 1929

RMSP Araguaya, 11,537 tons, was built in 1906, acted as a hospital ship 1917-20 and was sold & renamed in 1930.

Royal Hospital Haslar was founded in 1746 and opened as a Navy hospital in 1753 serving the Portsmouth facilities. After several changes of responsibility it was closed in 2009.]


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18 April 1914

At sea and Montevideo

Lat -35.0, Long -56.15

4.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

6.12am:  Stopped & anchored

    Sent sea boat to “Highland Piper”

10.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

12.25pm:  Stopped. Embarked pilot

12.47pm:  Anchored. Secured stern to wall on Muelle B.

    4 ratings joined ship from RMSP Andes

Number on sick list 2


[HMSP Andes, 15,620 tons, was built in 1913 and became an Armed Merchant Cruiser 1915-1919, She was renamed “Atlantis” in 1929, served as a Hospital Ship in WW2 and was scrapped in1952. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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19 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

10.30am:  Landed church parties

Number on sick list: 2


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20 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands clearing & cleaning holds

    Discharged 1 Assistant Engineer to hospital

pm:  Provisioning ship

Number on sick list 3


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21 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands provisioning ship

pm:  Hands clearing empties & as requisite

6.00pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 3


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22 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands holystoning decks

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 39

    Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 3


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23 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

5.20am:  Coal lighters alongside

6.18am:  Commenced coaling

10.28am:  Finished coaling, received 950 tons

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 3


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24 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands cleaning ship

pm:  Hands as requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 1


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25 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands cleaning ship

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.45pm:  Evening Quarters

7.00pm:  His Excellency the Governor of Falkland Islands visited ship

Number on sick list 1


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26 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.30am:  Divisions. Landed church parties

5.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Prepared for sea

Number on sick list 1


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27 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Gun Layers & sightsetters at dotter

pm:  Hands at requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 1


[The dotter was a training device for gun layers which did not require the use of ammunition.]


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28 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

5.00am:  Hands cleaning ship & preparing for sea

9.35am:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

11.06am:  Stopped & anchored

12.15pm:  Weighed & proceeded

1.30pm:  Stopped & anchored

2.00pm:  Guns crews at aiming rifle practice

4.30pm:  Party ashore launching & mooring target


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29 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

8.45am:  Hands as requisit

    Guns crews at loader

    Gunlayers & sightsetters at dotter

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 1


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30 April 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical Drill

    Gunlayers trainers & sightsetters at dotter & deflection teacher. Guns crews at loader

    Hands as requisite

1.00pm:  Hands as requisite

    Guns crews at aiming rifle

Number on sick list 1



LOGS FOR MAY 1914


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1 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

    Guns crews at loader & 1” aiming rifle

    Hands scrubbing small gear

12.30pm:  Paid monthly money

    Guns crews at loader & 1” aiming rifle

    Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 1


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2 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.00am:  Hands cleaning ship

    Tested hand pumps

8.00am:  Aired night clothing

    Guns crews at loader & aiming rifle practice

    Tested lifebuoys

1.00pm:  Hands as requisite

    Guns crews at loader

Number on sick list 1


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3 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 1


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4 May 1914

At sea

Lat -35.1, Long -56.1

7.00am:  Tug came alongside. Sent targets & target party on board tug

8.25am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for carrying out gunlayers test

    Unshipped barometer

4.00pm:  Ceased firing. Took target sails & party from tug

7.00pm:  Sighted English Bank Light Vessel abeam, 1.4'

10.00pm:  Exercised sea boats crew & hand wheel party

11.24pm:  Lobos Light abeam, 7'

Number on sick list 1


[English Bank is in the mouth of the River Plate at Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

Isla de Lobos Light is at Lat -35.22, Long -54.88]


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5 May 1914

At sea

Lat -33.33, Long -52.52

12.25am:  Sighted San Jose Ignacio Light N4E

2.00am:  Sighted Santa Maria N15E

11.13am:  Sighted Juan-Maria Light N21½W

Number on sick list 1


[Punta Jose Ignacio Light is at Lat -34.85, Long -54.63

Cabo Santa Maria Light is at Lat -34.67, Long -34.15

I have not been able to track a lighthouse called ‘Juan-Maria’ despite at least 3 ships mentioning it in their logs. A fellow editor suggests it may refer to a lighthouse on the coast of ‘Albardon de Juan-Maria’ & suggests ‘Sarita Lighthouse’ may be the one referred to in the log. It lies at Lat -32.63, Long -52.43.]


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6 May 1914

At sea

Lat -35.0, Long -55.25

7.31am:  Sighted Lobos Island Light House N51W

9.53am:  Stopped. As requisite for running torpedoes

12.20pm:  Proceeded

2.54pm:  Flores Island Lighthouse abeam 2.5’

3.00pm:  Hands preparing for entering harbour

3.50pm:  As requisite for entering Montevideo

4.25pm:  Stopped. Anchored. Secured stern to Muelle B

Number on sick list 3


[Isla de Flores Lighthouse is in Uruguay at Lat -34.95, Long -55.93.]


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7 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Read court martial returns

    Exercised small arm companies

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Make & mend clothes

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 6


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8 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands scrubbing canvas gear & as requisite

pm:  Hands as requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 7


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9 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands cleaning ship

    Tested lifebuoys

pm:  Make & mend clothes


Number on sick list 7


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10 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.30am:  Divisions. Discharged 2 ratings to hospital

    Divine Service


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11 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Cleared ship for action

    Exercised General Quarters

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 7


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12 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Divisions

    Divers at monthly dip

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 5


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13 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Gunlayers & trainers at deflection teacher

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Hands at general work of ship

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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14 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands embarking ammunition.

pm:  Make & mend clothes.

Number on sick list 5


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15 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands scrubbing small gear & as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

4.00pm:  Watch embarking stores

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 7


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16 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Aired night clothing

    Tested lifebuoys

    Hands cleaning ship

pm:  Hands cleaning ship & boats

4.00pm:  Watch embarking stores

Number on sick list 6


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17 May 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

8.00am:  Discharged 4 ratings to RMSP Orissa for passage to England.

9.20am:  Divisions. Landed church parties

12.30pm:  Embarked 6 cases of stores

6.00pm:  Secured boats for sea

Number on sick list 5


[RMSP Orissa, 5317 tons, was built in 1895 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was torpedoed & sunk in 1918 with the loss of 6 lives.]


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18 May 1914

Montevideo to Rosario

Lat -35.18, Long -56.85

6.00am:  Prepared for sea

7.00am:  Pilot joined

8.00am:  Dressed ship with masthead flags

9.04am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

9.30am:  Undressed ship

11.00am:  Entered dredged channel at 3rd pair of buoys. Course as requisite

    Hands reeling up wires & as requisite

12.52pm:  Indio Light Vessel abeam

1.25pm:  Intermedio Light Vessel abeam, 3 cables

2.16pm:  Chico Bank LightVessel abeam, 4 cables

3.50pm:  Course as requisite Martin Garcia flats

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised Collision Stations

6.05pm:  Entered Nuevo Canal

6.45pm:  Entered Canal del Este

8.00pm:  Entered Rio Sauce

Number on sick list 4


[Indio Point Light Vessel is at Lat -35.12, Long -57.1

Intermedio Light Vessel is at Lat -34.97, Long -57.27

Chico Bank Light Vessel is at Lat -34.77, Long -57.5

Canal Martin Garcia is one of the sections of the River Uruguay at Lat -34.1, Long -58.3

Canal Nuevo is in Uruguay at Lat -34.2, Long -58.1

Canal del Este is in Uruguay at Lat -34.15, Long -58.3.]


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19 May 1914

Montevideo to Rosario

Lat -33.097, Long -60.52

I.14am:  Came to with port anchor. Grande Island abeam, 2 cables

6.25am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite up river

7.52am:  San Pedro Bar

9.33am:  Ramallo

    Exercised General Quarters

    Marines at infantry drill

    Hands preparing to go alongside

12.20pm:  Paraguayo Pass

1.00pm:  Alvear Pass

1.50pm:  Came to with starboard anchor. Secured port side to wharf at Rosario

5.00pm:  Pilot left

Number on sick list 3


[I think the Isla Grande referred to is the one at Lat -32.17, Long -58.15

This San Pedro is in Argentina at Lat -33.67, Long – 59.68

Ramallo is in Argentina at Lat -33.28, Long -60.02

Paso Paraguayo & Paso Alvear are stretches of the Rio Parana leading to Rosario.]


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20 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

6.00am:  Ranged port cables for survey

9.00am:  Hands spreading awnings & as requisite

    Training Classes at instruction

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 3


[Rosario is a port in Uruguay on the River Plate]


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21 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

9.10am:  Hands cleaning down funnels & as requisite

pm:  Make & mend clothes

6.00pm:  Washed down upper deck


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22 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

am:  Hands painting ship

pm:  Hands painting ship & striking down port cable

Number on sick list 3


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23 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

am:  Hands cleaning ship

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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24 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

10.00am:  Landed church parties.

pm:  Ship open to visitors.

Number on sick list 4


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25 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

8.00am:  Dressed ship

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised small arm companies

    Rigged illuminating circuits

pm:  Landed battalion field gun & marines

.    Discharged 1 rating to hospital

7.00pm:  Illuminated ship

Number on sick list 4


[25 May marks the anniversary of the independence from Spain of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay & Uruguay.]


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26 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

8.00am:  Dressed ship

9.00am:  Hands painting ship & as requisite

pm:  Hands painting boats

Number on sick list 4


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27 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

am:  Hands embarking flour & painting funnels

    Trainers, sightsetters & gunlayers at deflection teacher

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

    Discharged one rating to hospital

Number on sick list 4


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28 May 1914

Rosario

Lat -32.95, Long -60.62

am:  Hands as requisite, training classes at instruction

    Gunlayers & breechworkers at deflection teacher

pm:  Make & mend clothes

    1 Rating rejoined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 4


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29 May 1914

Rosario to San Pedro

Lat -33.534, Long -59.821

7.00am:  Pilot joined

8.35am:  Cast off from jetty, proceeded as requisite

9.20am:  Alvear Pass

9.50am:  Paraguayo Pass

10.40am:  Villa Constitucion

11.15am:  San Nicolas

12.17pm:  Hermanos Pass

1.02pm:  Puerto Obligado

    Training classes at instruction

    Hands preparing for entering harbour

1.55pm:  Anchored

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrants Nos 40 & 41

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


[Villa Constitucion is in Argentina at Lat -33.23, Long -60.33

San Nicolas is probably San Nicolas de los Arroyos at Lat -33.33, Long -60.23

Puerto Obligado is in Argentina at Lat -33.58, Long -59.82]


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30 May 1914

San Pedro

Lat -33.66, Long -59.67

am:  Hands cleaning ship

    Tested lifebuoys

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 5


[The port of San Pedro, about 150km from both Buenos Aires and Rosario, is at Lat -33.7, Long -59.65. Even today there are reports of ships having to lighten their load before entering the harbour down the San Pedro Channel]


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31 May 1914

San Pedro

Lat -33.66, Long -59.67

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 5



LOGS FOR JUNE 1914


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1 June 1914

San Pedro to Nueva Palmira

Lat -33.91, Long -58.43

6.00am:  Prepared for sea

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

8.13am:  Grande Island

9.07am:  Viscaino Island

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

    Hands as requisite

    Training classes at instruction

9.56am:  Puerto Constanza

11.07am:  Rio Sauce

11.40am:  Entered Parana Brava

12.23pm:  Stopped & anchored

1.30pm:  Paid monthly money

5.00pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 5


[Isla Vizcaino is in Argentina at Lat -33.78, Long -59.25

Puerto Constanza is in Argentina at Lat -33.83, Long -59.05

Rio Sauce is a river in Argentina at Lat -33.93, Long -58.43

Rio Parana Bravo is in Argentina at Lat -33.88, Long -58.45

Nueva Palmira is in Uruguay on the Uruguay River at Lat -33.88, Long -58.42]


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2 June 1914

Nueva Palmira to Fray Bentos

Lat -33.12, Long -58.35

7.04am:  Weighed & proceeded

8.00am:  Km 22, Canal de Marquez.

9.10am:  Punta Amarilla

10.55am:  Paso del Barrizal.

11.30am:  Stopped

pm:  Hands surveying cable, training classes at instruction

9.00pm:  Burnt search lights.


[A guide to the port of Fray Bentos offers the following ‘From kilometre 0 of the Uruguay river, there are 4 passes; Paso Marquez, Punta Caballo, Punta Amarilla, Paso Barrizal with a depth of about 19 feet.]


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3 June 1914

Fray Bentos

Lat -33.12, Long -58.35

8.00am:  Dressed ship

9.10am:  Fired salute 21 guns.

    Hands as requisite, guns crews at deflection teacher

pm:  Make & mend clothes

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 2


[Fray Bentos in Uruguay is a port on the banks of the Uruguay River. It was known internationally for its processed meat products.]


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4 June 1914

Fray Bentos

Lat -33.12, Long -58.35

9.00am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Training classes at instruction, 4” guns crews at deflection teacher, hands as requisite

    Fired 21 gun salute

pm:  Make & mend clothes


Number on sick list 2


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5 June 1914

From Fray Bentos to Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

9.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.27am:  Abripo Pass

10.30am:  Stopped & anchored

1.00pm:  Hands scrubbing small gear & as requisite

  Training Classes at instruction

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 2


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6 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

8.00am:  Aired night clothing

    Tested lifebuoys

    Hands cleaning ship

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 2


[Nuevo Berlin is a town on the eastern bank of the Uruguay River. It was founded in the 19th century by German immigrants and is highly planned.]


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7 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 2


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8 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

9.15am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Exercised out bower anchor & boats at sailing & pulling

pm:  Hands cleaning out boats & as requisite


Number on sick list 2


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9 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

am:  Training classes under instruction.

    Gunlayers & breech workers at deflection teacher

    Marines at musketry

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Training classes at instruction

    Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 3


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10 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

9.10am:  Training classes at instruction

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 3


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11 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

9.10am:  Marines Quarterly Inspection

    Gun crews at deflection teacher

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 3


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12 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin

Lat -32.99, Long -58.07

9.10am:  Hands scrubbing small gear & as requisite

    Training Classes at instruction

pm:  Hands preparing for sea & as requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 2


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13 June 1914

Nuevo Berlin to San Juan

Lat -33.33, Long -58.42

9.50am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

10.30am:  Abrigo Pass

10.50am:  Fray Bentos

11.08am:  Barizal Pass

11.45am:  Punta Caballos Pass

12.33pm:  Punta Amarilla

2.20pm:  Nueva Palmira.

3.27pm:  Canal del Este

3.52pm:  Canal Nuevo

4.31pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 2


[Nueva Palmira is in Uruguay at Lat -33.88, Long -58.42

Canal Nuevo is in Uruguay at Lat -34.22, Long -58.1

The others are all names for navigable stretches of the Uruguay River.]


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14 June 1914

San Juan

Lat -33.93, Long -57.47

9.30am:  Hands mustered by ledger.

    Divine Service

Number on sick list 3


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15 June 1914

San Juan

Lat -33.93, Long -57.47

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised General Quarters & 1” aiming rifle practice

    Training Classes at instruction

pm:  Hands cleaning ship & as requisite

    Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 3


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16 June 1914

San Juan

Lat -33.93, Long -57.47

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Read Articles of War & Court Martial returns.

pm:  Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 3


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17 June 1914

San Juan, To Montevideo

Lat -34.85, Long -57.4

7.23am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

8.00am:  San Pedro Bar

8.27am:  Farallon Pass

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Hands as requisite

    Training Classes at instruction

9.21am:  Martin Garcia Flats

10.50am:  Sighted Chico Light Vessel

11.30am:  Chico Light Vessel N11W, 7 cables

12.22pm:  Intermedio Light Vessel abeam, 3 cables

1.12pm:  Entered dredged channel

3.24pm:  Left dredged channel

5.00pm:  Anchored, secured stern to wall Muelle B

Number on sick list 4


[Farallon Pass is indexed as the Barra del Farallon and is a channel of the Uruguay River at Lat -33.55, Long -57.93

The Martin Garcia Flats referred to at 9.21am may refer to Martin Garcia Island Lat -34.2, Long -58.25. It is now a nature reserve controlled by Argentina but in Uruguayan waters.]


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18 June 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prepared for coaling

    Hands holystoning decks & as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 6


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19 June 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.00am:  Coal lighters secured alongside

7.02am:  Commenced coaling

11.00am:  Finished coaling, received 980 tons

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

6.00pm:  9 ratings joined from PSNC Oriana

Number on sick list 6


[PSNC Oriana , 8086 tons, was built in 1906 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was scrapped in 1927.]


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20 June 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Hands cleaning ship

    Tested lifebuoys

    Discharged 1 marine to hospital

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 4


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21 June 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

    Landed church parties

Number on sick list 4


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22 June 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.00am:  Landed target party

8.00am:  Dressed ship

    Training classes at instruction

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 3


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23 June 1914

Montevideo to Maldonado

Lat -34.98, Long -55.7

6.00am:  Prepared for sea

9.45am:  Weighed & proceeded

11.17am:  Flores Light House abeam, 2'

1.27pm:  Punta Negra Light House abeam, 3.8’

2.27pm:  Stopped & anchored

3.30pm:  Guns crews at 1” & aiming rifle practice

4.00pm:  His Britannic Majesty’s Consul visited ship

Number on sick list 3


[Baliza Punta Negra is in Uruguay at Lat -34.90, Long -55.26]


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24 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -34.95, Long -54.9

am:  Hands as requisite

    Guns crews at loader

    Training classes at instruction

1.00pm:  Hands preparing for sea

2.54pm:  Weighed & proceeded to shift berth

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

9.00pm:  Exercised search light control

Number on sick list 3


[Maldonado is in Uruguay at Lat -34.95, Long -54.9.]


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25 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -35.0, Long -55.0

9.45am:  Weighed & proceeded

10.00am:  Stopped & dropped target

10.30am:  Proceeded as requisite for carrying out sub-calibre & aiming rifle firing practice

11.30am:  Stopped

12.51pm:  Proceeded

1.15pm:  Stopped & picked up target

1.48pm:  Proceeded into harbour

    Prepared for night defence

2.25pm:  Stopped & anchored

4.35pm:  Weighed & proceeded

5.30pm:  Stopped. Dropped target

6.40pm:  Proceeded as requisite for carrying out night firing

8.10pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


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26 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -34.95, Long -54.9

9.30am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.47am:  Exercised General Quarters. Carried out 1" & sub-calibre firing

10.37am:  Stopped picked up target

10.55am:  Proceeded

11.26am:  Stopped & anchored

6.00pm:  Washed clothing

8.00pm:  Exercised search light control

Number on sick list 1


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27 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -34.95, Long -54.9

9.00am:  Aired night clothing

    Hands cleaning ship

    Tested lifebuoys

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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28 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -34.95, Long -54.9

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 2


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29 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -34.95, Long -54.9

9.05am:  Divisions. Prayers. Cleared ship for action

9.31am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

9.37am:  Exercised action. Carried out ships practice from all guns

10.45am:  Ceased firing

    Proceeded into harbour

11.30am:  Stopped & anchored

1.27pm:  Weighed & proceeded into harbour

1.37pm:  Stopped & anchored

    Hands sponging out guns & as requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothing

Number on sick list 2


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30 June 1914

Maldonado

Lat -35.22, Long -54.88

5.15am:  Weighed & proceeded

5.18am:  Full speed (320 revs)

6.00am:  As requisite round Lobos Island searching for wreck

8.12am:  Stopped. Anchored near wreck in 10 fathoms

8.52am:  Weighed & proceeded in & anchored as close as possible to SS Mera

    Sent 5½” wire to her & attempted to tow her off

11.10am:  Parted tow without moving wreck

11.30am:  Weighed & proceeded & anchored more to windward to make another attempt

2.00pm:  Secured 5½ wire in SS Mera.

2.30pm:  Attempted to tow off SS Mera in the assistance of 4 tugs

2.40pm:  Parted tow

2.48pm:  Weighed & proceeded

4.30pm:  As requisite for entering harbour

4.50pm:  Stopped & anchored.

Number on sick list 2


[SS Mera, 4797 tons, had an eventful career. She was built in 1901 for Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Kosmos by Charles Connel & Co Ltd, Glasgow. In 1914 she was interned at Montevideo, seized by Uruguay and renamed “Rio Negro”. After the war she was allocated to the Shipping Controller, London. She was sold & renamed again in 1928 before being scapped in 1933.  Obviously they managed to retrieve her eventually.]



LOGS FOR JULY 1914


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1 July 1914

Maldonado

Lat -34.95, Long -54.9

5.30am:  Tug “Sampson” arrived

9.18am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for torpedo long range practice.

10.05am:  Stopped. Picked up torpedoes

10.45am:  Proceeded to anchorage

11.26am:  Stopped & anchored in usual billet

2.40pm:  Weighed. Cleared ship for action & proceeded as requisite. Carried out officer of quarter firing

3.45pm:  Ceased firing, prepared for night defence

4.08pm:  Stopped. Shifted to fore bridge wheel

4.13pm:  Proceeded

5.00pm:  As requisite for night action practice

7.00pm:  Ceased firing

7.10pm:  Proceeded into harbour

8.07pm:  Stopped. Anchored in usual Billet

Number on sick list 1


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2 July 1914

Maldonado to Montevideo

Lat -35.0, Long -55.9

5.30am:  Prepared for sea

9.01am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

10.00am:  Punta Negra abeam, 3'

12.25pm:  Revs as requisite & stopping as requisite for passing Vessels. Thick fog

2.01pm:  Stopped. Picked up pilot

2.10pm:  Proceeded as requisite into Montevideo

2.42pm:  Anchored. Secured stern to Muelle B

5.00pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 2


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3 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Landed target party

    Hands scrubbing small gear & cleaning out boats

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 1


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4 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

8.00am:  Hands cleaning ship

    Tested lifebuoys

    Landed target party

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 1


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5 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 1


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6 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

All day:  Hands painting ship

Number on sick list 2


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7 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

All day:  Hands painting ship

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No. 42


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8 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

All day:  Hands painting ship


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9 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Marines at boat pulling.

    Hands painting ship

pm:  Make & mend clothes

    1 Marine returned from hospital

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrants nos 43, 44

Number on sick list 2


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10 July 1914

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands scrubbing canvas gear & as requisite

pm:  Hands as requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 3


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11 July 1914

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -34.9, Long -56.2

8.30am:  Hands preparing for sea

    Tested lifebuoys

11.30am:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

12.04pm:  Gas buoy abeam

pm:  Hands cleaning ship & unbending cables

7.10pm:  Fog lifted. Sighted Lobos Light

7.25pm:  Punta Negra N12E

8.40pm:  Lobos abeam, 6.5'

Number on sick list 3

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12 July 1914

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -33.05, Long -51.7

1.35am:  Cape Polonio abeam, 14'

9.30am:  Divisions

10.30am:  Divine Service

Number on sick list 3


[Cabo Polonio is in Uruguay at Lat -34.4, Long -53.77]


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13 July 1914

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -28.09, Long -47.29

8.20am:  Sun bore by compass N57½E, deviation nil

9.10am:   Divisions. Prayers. Exercised General Quarters

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised Fire Stations

8.30pm:  Jupiter bore by compass S69¾E, deviation nil

Number on sick list 3


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14 July 1914

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

8.00am:  Sighted Tijuca

8.15am:  Bent cables

10.01am:  As requisite for entering harbour

10.20am:  Stopped & anchored. Saluted country with 21 guns & Brazilian Admiral with 13 guns

Noon:  Dressed ship with masthead flags

pm:  Hands embarking stores & as requisite

5.30pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 1


[I think that Tijuca refers to the area now known as Barra de Tijuca which is on the coast to the south of Rio de Janeiro at Lat -23.01, Long -43.32.]


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15 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands cleaning down funnels & as requisite

pm:  Hands cleaning & restowing booms & as requisite

    Brazilian Rear Admiral visited ship. Saluted on leaving 13 guns

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 2


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16 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands cleaning down funnels & masts

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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17 July 1914

Rio de Janiero

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands painting casing & scrubbing small gear

    HM Charge d'Affaires visited ship

Noon:  Brazilian Rear Admiral visited ship. Saluted on leaving,13 guns

    Saluted HM Charge d'Affaires,13 guns

    His Britannic Majesty’s Consul General visited ship. Saluted on leaving, 11 guns

    Hands as in forenoon

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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18 July 1914

Rio de Janiero

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Divisions. Aired night clothing

    Hands cleaning ship

    Tested lifebuoys

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 5


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19 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

9.20am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 5


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20 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

6.00am:  Hands cleaning ship

8.00am:  Piped down

    Held regatta

Number on sick list 5


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21 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands employed cleaning holds

pm:  Watch cleaning out holds & as requisite

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 4


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22 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

7.00am:  Embarking oil fuel

All day:  Hands provisioning ship

6.00pm:  Watch striking down provisions

    Washed clothes

Number on sick list 3


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23 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Divers monthly dip

    Hands painting ship & as requisite

    Marines at loader

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 6


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24 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

9.15am:  Divisions. Prayers. Read Court Martial returns

    Exercised General Quarters

    Hands scrubbing small gear

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 6


[At the moment they seem obsessed with washing clothes.]


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25 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

Number on sick list 7


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26 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 8


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27 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Let go port anchor & weighed by hand

    Exercised boat pulling

    Discharged 1 rating to hospital

pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 7


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28 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

6.14am:  Commenced coaling

11.04am:  Finished coaling received 835 tons

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 6


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29 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

7.00am:  Discharged 2 ratings to RMSP Avon for passage home

am:  Hands embarking oil, flour & cleaning ship

    Received 61 tons oil

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 4


[Royal Mail Steam Packet Avon, 11,073 tons, was built in 1907. In 1914 she became a troopship and then renamed HMS Avoca when she became an Armed Merchant Cruiser in 1915. She was returned to civilian service in 1919 and scrapped in 1930. As HMS Avoca she is part of the OW fleet.]


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30 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands as requisite & cleaning out & painting 2nd cutter

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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31 July 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands painting out boats & scrubbing canvas gear

    Guns crews at loader

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

    1 rating joined ship from hospital

4.00:  Exercised night defence stations

Number on sick list 4



LOGS FOR AUGUST 1914


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1 August 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

8.00am:  Aired night clothing

    Hands cleaning ship & painting boats

pm:  Paid monthly money

    Hands as in forenoon

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 45

Number on sick list 6


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2 August 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

4.40am:  Hands commenced preparing for war

    Starboard watch coaling ship, received 77 tons

8.00am:  Hands coaling ship & preparing for war

    1 RNR Lieutenant joined ship (Mr Winter)

pm:  2 RNR seamen joined ship

  Hands preparing for war

9.00pm:  Mr Hercules, Warrant Engineer RNR and Mr Faraghar Midshipman RNR joined ship

    2 RNR seamen & 2 RNR stokers joined ship

Number on sick list 5


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3 August 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:  Hands preparing for war

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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4 August 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

4.00am:  Cleaning ship & striking down coal

8.00am:  Prepared for coaling

    Reserve men at loader

    4” guns crews at loader

     RNR ratings joined ship

pm:  Watch coaling ship, received 53 tons

7.00pm:  Prepared for sea

8.50pm:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour. Watch at night defence stations

9.50pm:  Stopped. Tug came alongside with telegram

  “9.00pm: Great Britain declared war on Germany.”

11.30pm:  Anchored by compass

Number on sick list 6


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5 August 1914

At sea

Lat -23.25, Long -42.03

1.40am:  Proceeded as requisite in chase of ship

2.10am:  Stopped. Exchanged signals with SS Demerara (British)

2.57am:  Proceeded in chase of ship

3.27am:  Stopped exchanged signals with SS Plata (French)

4.17am:  As requisite for chasing ship. (SS Ceara (Brazil))

5.45am:  Sighted ship & proceeded as requisite for chase

6.36am:  Stopped & boarded SS Wayfarer (British)

am:  Hands completing preparing for war

1.00pm:  Proceeded in chase of vessel

2.05pm:  Stopped. Boarded SS Irish Monarch (British)

3.04pm:  As requisite in chase of vessel

3.14pm:  Stopped boarded SS Salvatore

5.30pm:  Darkened ship, Watch at night defences

Number on sick list 6


[SS Demerara, 11,484 ton passenger steamer, was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1912. Operated by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co she was torpedoed in July 1917 with 1 casualty. She was beached and subsequently refloated.

SS Plata, 5577 tons, was built for the Societe Generale de Transport Maritime in 1907. She was scrapped in 1931.

SS Ceara, 3324 tons, was built for Brazil Lloyd in 1907. She was renamed in 1927 and scrapped in 1962.

SS Wayfarer, 9599 tons, was built in 1903 by Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast for T & J Harrison, Liverpool. She was sold and renamed in 1923 and finally scrapped in 1932.

SS Irish Monarch, 4296 ton, was launched in 1906 for the Monarch Steamship Co. She was sold in 1925 and renamed.

SS Salvatore, 2870 tons, was probably the ship built in 1889 as SS Rauenthaler by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. After several changes of owner and name she became SS Salvatore in 1913.]


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6 August 1914

At sea

Lat -21.01, Long -38.82

5.45am:  Secured from night defences

7.35am:  Proceeded as requisite in chase of barque

8.27am:  Stopped. Spoke French barque Marechal Turenne

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised hands at action stations

5.20pm:  Watch at night defences. Darkened ship

9.14pm:  Stopped. Spoke SS American (US)

Number on sick list 6


[“Marechal Turenne”, 2304 tons, was built in 1899 in Nantes. She was scrapped in 1927.

SS American could be the 897 ton cargo ship built in 1890 and operated by the United Fruit Co. She was scrapped in 1934]


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7 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

3.18am:  Slow. Sighted Santa Barbara Light N28E

5.12am:  Anchored. Santa Barbara Light House N77E, 5’

6.20am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite alongside SS Wayfarer

8.00am:  Prepared for coaling

8.30am:  Secured alongside SS Wayfarer

    Santa Barbara Light House S62E, 2¼’

10.20am:  Commenced coaling

2.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 200 tons

3.00pm:  Cast off from collier

    Hands cleaning ship

5.44pm:  Observed lights of ship S50E

5.50pm:  Prepared for night defences, darkened ship

7.27pm:  As requisite in chase of ship

Number on sick list 6

Lost overboard & left in collier by accident: 20 sacks tarred, 2cwt; 14 shovels


[Santa Barbara Light is indexed as Archipelago Abrolhos or Ilha de Santa Barbara and is in Brazil at Lat -17.97, Long -38.6.]


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8 August 1914

At sea

Lat -20.64, Long -39.08

1.22am:  Sighted ship S32E

2.08am:  Sighted ship S15E

3.10am:  Stopped & exchanged signals with SS Hyades (British)

5.08am:  Sighted ship bearing east

6.10am:  Stopped spoke to SS Monsaldale (British)

am:  Hands cleaning ship, painting over brightwork, cleaning guns & as requisite

pm:  Hands fuzing shell & making fenders

3.05pm:  Observed vessel S24W, altered course as requisite for chase

3.47pm:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Sweethorpe (British)

4.30pm:  Sighted vessel & proceeded as requisite for chase

7.24pm:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Reynolds (British)

8.00pm:  Sighted vessel N54W & proceeded as requisite for chase

9.12pm:  Stopped & exchanged signals with SS Bowes Castle (British)

Number on sick list 5


[SS Hyades, 3352 ton cargo ship, was built in1899 by John Blumer & Co, Sunderland for the Houston Line Ltd. She was sunk on 15 Aug 1914 by SMS Dresden.

SS Monsaldale, 2805 tons, was built in 1905 by Richardson, Duck & Co, Stockton-on-Tees for Lucas & Co. She sank after a collision in 1917.

SS Reynolds, 3264 tons, was built in 1898 by Thomson Joseph L & Sons for Watts, Watts & Co Ltd. She was renamed “Chertsey” in 1916 and torpedoed & sunk in 1917.

SS Bowes Castle, 4650 tons, was built in 1913 by Laing James & Sons Ltd for Liverpool Shipping Co. On Aug 18 1914 she was captured off the coast of Chile by SMS Karslruhe and scuttled.]


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9 August 1914

At sea

Lat -22.7, Long -41.28

1.25am:  Sighted SS Lingfield, N84W. Proceeded as requisite in chase

2.08am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Lingfield & received provisions & mails

    Staff Surgeon Wyzard joined ship & 1 RNR seaman

4.27am:  Sighted vessel & proceeded as requisite to chase

7.45am:  Spoke to SS Beddington Court (British)

8.10am:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Haileybury (British)

9.26am:  Proceeded in chase of vessel

1.50pm:  Exchanged signals with SS Geddington Court

2.46pm:  Stopped. Boarded SS Geddington Court

    1 RN rating joined ship

5.00pm:  Sighted vessel bearing S70W, altered course as requisite for chase

5.18pm:  Night defence stations. Darkened ship

5.27pm:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Ikala (British)

8.00pm:  Sighted vessel bearing S63E, proceeded in chase

9.15pm:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Voltaire

Number on sick list 6


[SS Lingfield, 4065 ton cargo ship, was built in 1910 by Irvine Shipbuilding & Drydock Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for the Tower Line. She was sold and renamed several times after 1939 and was finally wrecked in 1939.

SS Beddington Court maybe SS Barrington Court, 4367 tons, built in 1906 for the Court Line. She was sold in 1916 and torpedoed in 1917.

SS Haileybury, 2888 tons, was built in 1902 by William Pickersgill & Co Ltd, London for Galbraith, Pembroke & Co Ltd, London. She was torpedoed in 1918

SS Geddington Court, 3989 tons, built in 1912 for the Court Line. She was sold and renamed in 1927 and after a further sale torpedoed in 1942.

SS Ikala, 4239 tons, was built in 1901 as “Planet Neptune” by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow for the Leyland Shipping Co, Liverpool. She was sold & renamed in 1909, renamed again in 1929 and scrapped in 1933.

SS Voltaire, 8618 ton cargo ship, was launched in 1907 by D & W Henderson & Co for Lamport & Holt Ltd. She was captured & sunk by SMS Moewe in Dec 1916.]


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10 August 1914

At sea

Lat -22.0, Long -39.75

3.35am:  Altered course in chase of vessel

3.40am:  Passed SS Bluejacket (British)

5.17am:  Sighted vessel, in chase

6.30am:  Spoke SS Ladas of Bergen

10.00am:  Hands to Action Stations

12.08pm:  Passed SS Skala

2.30pm:  Altered course in chase of vessel

2.50pm:  Stopped. Exchanged signals with SS Nastalia

6.30pm:  Sighted RMSP Amazon, proceeded as requisite to meet her

7.07pm:  Stopped. Communicated with “Amazon” by boat

8.00pm:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 4


[SS Bluejacket may have been SS Blue Jacket, 3515 tons, who was built in 1904 by JL Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for George Hallet, Cardiff. She was attacked by a U-boat in 1915 after a voyage from South America.

SS Ladas may have been SV Ladas, built in 1894 and scrapped in 1923.

SS Nastalia has proved elusive but she has been listed as an incorrect rendering of SS Kastalia. This ship, renamed “Yonne” in 1916, was sunk the same year.

RMSP Amazon, 10,037 tons, was built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. She was torpedoed in March 1918 but everyone was saved and the U-boat responsible sunk by a British Destroyer.]


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11 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

2.07am:  Sighted 2 ships N36W

2.45am:  Sighted ship N87W

3.28am:  Turned searchlight on SS Itapacy (Brazilian)

10.30am:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light N48½E

11.30am:  Stopped. Proceeded alongside collier. Anchored

1.45pm:  Commenced coaling

10.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 430 tons

10.25pm:  Weighed & cast off from collier

11.30pm:  Darkened ship. Night defence stations

Number on sick list 4


[SS Itapacy, 914 tons, was built as SS Guanabara in 1891 by Scotts, Greenock. She was renamed in 1895 and hulked in 1945.]


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12 August 1914

At sea

Lat -20.95, Long -40.13

2.37am:  Altered course SW to avoid steamer

2.47am:  Resumed

7.40pm:  Sighted vessel N28E

8.20pm:  Passed “Star of Ireland” (British)

11.12pm:  Sighted vessel’s lights N30W

Number on sick list 4


[SS Star of Ireland, 4331 tons, was built in 1903 for the Corry Line. She was sold in 1915 and renamed in 1916.]


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13 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

12.10am:  Examined SS Frixos (Greek) with searchlight

1.20am:  Examined SS Oceanos (Greek)

2.35am:  Examined SS Carol (French)

3.30am:  Examined SS Mucury (Brazilian)

6.35am:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light House N40E

10.00am:  Secured alongside collier

10.55am:  Commenced coaling

1.25pm:  Finished coaling, received 196 tons

1.40pm:  Weighed & proceeded

4.00pm:  Sighted vessel ahead & proceeded in chase as requisite

5.45pm:  Spoke SS Mt Cenis (French)

11.00pm:  Examined by searchlight “Atlantic City” (British)

Number on sick list 3

Note in log: Lost overboard by accident whilst coaling: 13 Sacks tarred, 2 cwts.


[SS Frixos, 3531 tons, was built in 1907 by W Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for the National Steamship Navigation Co Ltd. She was missing, believed lost, in 1917.

SS Oceanos, 4790 tons, was built in 1913 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for AA Embirocos, Andros. She was sold & renamed in 1915 and hit a mine later that year.

SS Carol was probably SS Carol 1er, 3393 tons, built in 1903 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesborough for Louis Dreyfus et Cie, Dunkerque. She was sold & renamed for the first time in 1923 and finally scrapped in 1956. Photographs are shown on a French site.

SS Mucury, 2217 tons, was built in 1888 by Short Brothers, Sunderland as SS British Prince. In 1910 or 1911 she was sold & renamed then finally scrapped in 1934.

SS Mont Cenis, 4617 tons, was built in 1911 for the Societe Generale de Transport Maritimes. She was scrapped in 1934.

SS Atlantic City, 4707 tons, was built in 1912 by Ropner & Sons Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees for James Bell & Co. She was sold & renamed several times before she finally ran aground & became a wreck in 1950]

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14 August 1914

At sea

Lat -18.55, Long -38.3

1.05am:  Sighted vessel, proceeded as requisite in chase

2.00am:  Spoke SS Gelria (Dutch) & proceeded in chase of vessel bound to southward

3.35am:  Stopped

4.00am:  Sent a boat to examine SS Regent (British)

11.00am:  Washed clothes

12.05pm:  Sighted vessel, altered course in chase

12.31pm:  Fired Blank charge & stopped SS Santa Catharina (German)

12.48pm:  Stopped. Boarded & took possession of SS Santa Catharina, embarking her officers & crew on board Glasgow

3.40pm:  Proceeded in chase of vessel

4.08pm:  Stopped & sent prize's mails to SS San Andres for conveyance to Rio de Janeiro

5.08pm:  Proceeded to chase vessel. Spoke SS Petritzis (Greek)

5.53pm:  Returned to prize

7.05pm:  Proceeded as requisite in chase of vessel

7.30pm:  Examined SS Tuddal (Norwegian) & returned to prize

Number on sick list 3


[SS Gelria, 14,053 ton passenger vessel, was built in 1913 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow for Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam. She was sold & renamed in 1935 and finally scrapped in 1949.

SS Regent, 3281 tons, was built in 1903 for James Westoll Ltd. She was sold to a Latvian company in 1928 and torpedoed in 1942 with the loss of 11 lives.

SS Santa Catharina, 4247 tons, was built in 1907 for Hamburg Sudamerikanische Dampschiffer. Brazilian divers found a wreck which they believe to be Santa Catharina in 2007 at Lat -18.03, Long -38.72 and they claim it was sunk by “Glasgow” on 16 Aug 1914 although “Macedonia” interacted with her at Abrolhos in September.

SS San Andres may have been the 1656 ton cargo vessel built by Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Newcastle. She was sunk by a U boat in 1918.

SS Petritzis, 3692 tons, was built in 1905 by Joseph L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland as SS Abbotsford for Charlton & Thompson, Sunderland. She was sold and renamed in 1912 and was torpedoed in 1917.

SS Tuddal, 3510 tons, was built in 1895 as SS Dunotar. She was purchased by the Wilhelmsen Line in 1909 and renamed. Three of the OW fleet met her before she was torpedoed in 1917.]


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15 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.6, Long -37.95

9.20am:  Sighted vessel & proceeded in chase

10.00am:  Stopped. Transferred prisoners to SS Newquay (British)

2.00pm:  Proceeded

pm:  Make & mend

7.30pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 3


[SS Newquay, 4191 tons, was built in 1914 by John Readhead & Sons, Ltd, South Shields for the Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd. She was sold & renamed several times after the war before being sunk in an air raid in 1943.]


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16 August 1914

At sea

Lat -18.4, Long -38.27

Midnight:  Thrown overboard on probability of action: 2 cylinders containing Ammonia Anhydrous

4.15am:  Sighted lights of vessel

4.55am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Desna RMSP

    1 Lieutenant RNR, Mr Knowles, & 12 ratings joined ship

9.20am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Hands to Action Stations

3.00pm:  Stopped

3.05pm:  Proceeded

4.53pm:  Sighted man of war to southward

    Hands Action Stations

    Exchanged signals with Brazillian gunship “Tiradentes”

    Prepared for night defences, darkened ship

Number on sick list 3


[Royal Mail Steam Packet Desna, 11,483 tons, was built in 1912 and scrapped in 1933

Tiradentes” was a torpedo gunboat built in 1892 by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, Elswick. She was scrapped in 1925.]


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17 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

1.28am:  Observed vessel N58E & proceeded in chase

2.36am:  Sighted vessel S60W & proceeded to meet her

3.00am:  Boarded RMSP Araguaya

7.07am:  As requisite for going alongside collier

7.37am:  Anchored, secured alongside SS Lingfield

am   Hands coaling ship

Noon:  Finished coaling, received 260 tons

12.15pm:  Weighed & cast off from collier

3.24pm:  Sighted vessel & proceeded on chase as requisite

5.30pm:  Rigged night defence gear, darkened ship

9.30pm:  Sighted ship S70W & altered course as requisite in chase

10.05pm:  Observed vessel using searchlight

  All hands to night defence stations, proceeded on chase

10.50pm:  Observed ship N39E

11.10pm:  Abandoned chase

Number on sick list 4

Note in log: Lost overboard whilst coaling: 10 sacks, 2 cwt; 3 shovels, navigator


[Royal Mail Steam Packet Araguaya, 11,537 tons, was built in 1906. She became a hospital ship 1917-20 before she was sold in 1930.]


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18 August 1914

At sea

Lat -18.87, Long -38.55

9.55am:  Stopped. Dropped target

10.00am:  As requisite for firing

    Carried out practice from all guns

10.35am:  Ceased firing

10.45am:  Stopped, picked up target

5.00pm:  Rigged night defences, darkened ship

Number on sick list 4


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19 August 1914

At sea

Lat -18.78, Long -38.84

6.21am:  Sighted vessel N12E & proceeded as requisite in chase

7.03am:  Communicated with SS Parana (French)

8.00am:  Stopped

pm:  Make & mend clothes

8.15pm:  Sighted lights of vessel & proceeded as requisite in chase

9.20pm:  Proceeded in chase of another vessel.

    Both vessels Lloyd Brazilians [A shipping line]

Number on sick list 4


[SS Parana, 6248 tons, was built in 1908 by Forges & Chantier de la Mediterranee for the Societe Generale de Transports Maritime. She was torpedoed in 1917 with 7 casualties.]


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20 August 1914

At sea

Lat -18.2, Long -38.2

3.00am:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light N44E

10.00am:  Washed clothes

4.45pm:  Sighted ship & proceeded as requisite in chase

5.35pm:  Slow. Spoke SS Cuthbert (British)

5.50pm:  Proceeded in chase of ship

7.17pm:  Chased & inspected by searchlight SS Brookfield

7.40pm:  Stopped. Boarded SS Titian (British)

Number on sick list 6


[SS Cuthbert, 3563 tons, was built in 1903 for the Booth Line. She was scrapped in 1931.

The only British “Brookfield” I have been able to trace was wrecked in 1912.

SS Titian, 4170 tons, was built in 1902 by Workman, Clark & Co Ltd for the Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She was torpedoed in 1917 without casualties.]


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21 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

8.00am:  Stopped. Anchored & secured alongside SS Lingfield

am:  Hands coaling ship

1.10pm:  Finished coaling, received 260 tons

1.16pm:  Cast of from “Lingfield” & weighed

Number on sick list 6


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22 August 1914

At sea

Lat -15.45, Long -37.27

9.49am:  Sighted smoke on port bow. (HMS Monmouth)

10.41am:  Stopped. Captain of “Monmouth” visited ship

Noon:  “Monmouth” in company

4.30pm:  Course as requisite, carrying out ranging exercises with “Monmouth”

9.30pm:  Passed SS Silksworth

Number on sick list 8


[HMS Monmouth, 9950 ton cruiser, was launched in 1901 by the London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. She was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in November 1914. There were no survivors.

SS Silksworth may have been SS Silksworth Hall, 4777 tons, built in 1907 by W Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Cardiff Hall Line. She was torpedoed in 1916 with the loss of 3 men.]


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23 August 1914

Abrolhos Rocks, at sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

2.33am:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light N54W

6.18am:  Stopped & anchored

5.16pm:  Weighed

Number on sick list 8


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24 August 1914

At sea

Lat -17.62, Long -38.33

2.23am:  Abrolhos Light N65E

7.00am:  “Monmouth” arrived, ordered to take station

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Hands to Action Stations

9.17am:  Altered course as requisite in chase of ship

10.00am:  Stopped. Sent boat to SS Benito (British)

12.15pm:  Proceeded in chase of ship as requisite

5.20pm:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Darwin

6.16pm:  Stopped. Communicated with SS Hortensius

9.42pm:  Sighted ship on port bow, as requisite in chase

10.29pm:  Stopped. Spoke to SS Repton

Number on sick list 8


[“Benito”, 4,712grt, defensively-armed, 26 December 1917, 9 miles South from Dodman Point, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine

SS Darwin, 2767 tons, was built in 1901 by John Blumer & Co, Sunderland for the Darwin Steam Shipping Co. Eventually, after several changes of owner & name, she was sunk by a mine in 1942 with the loss of 10 men.

SS Hortensius, 3472 tons, was built in 1899 by A McMillan & Son, Dumbarton for the British & South American Steam Navigation Co. She was scrapped in 1926.

SS Repton, 2881 tons, was built in 1894 by Swan & Hunter, Newcastle-on-Tyne for Galbraith, Pembroke & Co Ltd, London. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 3 lives.]


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25 August 1914

At sea

Lat -13.52, Long -36.69

3.50am:  Passed SS Devon (British)

6.05am:  As requisite in chase of vessel

6.27am:  Passed SS Hurstdale (British)

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Guns crews at loader

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


[SS Devon, 1369 tons, was built in 1914 for the Royal Mail Line. She was scrapped in 1959.

SS Hurstdale, 2752 tons, was built in 1902 by John Blumer & Co, Sunderland for Lambert Bros Ltd. She was captured & scuttled by SMS Karlsruhe in October 1914.]


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26 August 1914

At sea

Lat -9.16, Long -34.88

5.35am:  Altered course in chase of vessel

7.50am:  Passed SS Zeta

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Guns’ crews to loader

Number on sick list 6


[SS Zeta, 2269 tons, was built in 1888 by Joseph L Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for Turner, Brightman & Co, London. She struck a mine in 1917.]


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27 August 1914

At sea

Lat -5.1, Long -35.12

12.35pm:  Sighted Ohos D’Agua Light S81W

10.35pm:  Sighted vessel on starboard beam

10.50pm:  Examined SS Zeta (British) with searchlight

Number on sick list 6


[I think the lighthouse mentioned may be Macapa Torre de Agua (Water Tower) but I cannot find a location.]


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28 August 1914

At sea

Lat -4.32, Long -33.88

9.25am:  HMS Otranto joined company.

    Squadron proceeding, “Otranto” on port beam, “Monmouth” on starboard beam

12.30pm:  Squadron proceeding, “Monmouth” stationed on starboard beam, 30’, “Otranto” on port beam, 30’


Number on sick list 6


[HMS Otranto was originally SS Otranto, 12,124 ton passenger liner, built by Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast and launched in 1909. She was requisitioned in 1914 and sank in October 1918 after a collision with HMS Kashmir with the loss of 431 lives. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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29 August 1914

At sea

Lat -7.5, Long -34.1

1.00am:  Sighted vessel’s lights S15E, altered course in chase

1.30am:  Examined by searchlight SS King Idyall (British)

5.05am:  Sighted PSNC Oriana, boarded “Oriana”

9.08pm:  Sighted vessel without lights, proceeded as requisite in chase.

    Examined SS Austrian Prince (British)

Number on sick list 6


[SS King Idyall may have been the “King Idwall”, 3613 tons, built in 1906 by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the King Line. She was sunk by a mine in 1917 with one casualty.

SS Austrian Prince, 4831 tons, was built in 1901 by JL Thompson & Sons as SS Monomoy for the Menantic Steam Ship Co, New York. She was bought and renamed by the Prince Line in 1912. In 1914 she was renamed Servian Prince and was broken up in 1926.]


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30 August 1914

At sea

Lat -11.8, Long -35.1

10.40am:  Sighted vessel, altered course

11.12am:  Passed SS Cavour (Italian)

5.12pm:  Sighted vessel, altered course in chase

5.45pm:  Stopped. Spoke SS Neilrose (British)

8.33pm:  Sighted vessel, altered course in chase

8.57pm:  Examined SS Queen Louise (British)

Number on sick list 7


[SS Cavour, 1983 tons, was built in 1891 by Edwards & Co Ltd, Howdon-on-Tyne for Dell’Orso & Co, La Spezia. She was torpedoed in 1917 but there were no casualties.

SS Neilrose, 3542 tons, was built as SS Garscube in 1906 by A McMillan & Son, Dumbarton. On her 3rd set of owners she became “Neilrose” from 1913-8 and after still more changes of ownership was scrapped as “Cookham” in 1932.

SS Queen Louise, 4879 tons, was built in 1912 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd for Dunlop & Sons, Glasgow. She was scrapped in 1924.]


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31 August 1914

At sea

Lat -16.08, Long -37.2

7.30am:  Sighted HMS Otranto

5.30pm:  “Otranto” closed to 6 miles

10.38pm:  As requisite in chase of vessel. Spoke SS Kelvindale

Number on sick list 7


[SS Kelvindale, 3220 tons, was built in 1898 by Short Bros, Sunderland for the Glasgow Steam Shipping Co. She sank in 1917 after a collision in the Crosby Channel.]



LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1914


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1 September 1914

At sea

Lat -17.95, Long -38.70

4.00am:  Abrolhos Light House N64E, 5’. Anchored

5.40am:  Weighed & proceeded alongside “Lingfield”

6.00am:  Secured alongside

6.15am:  Cast off

7.40am:  Again proceeded alongside “Lingfield”

8.04am:  Cast off, proceeded alongside SS Brierton. Secured alongside

11.15am:  Commenced coaling

pm:  Hands coaling ship

8.00pm:  Watch coaling ship

Number on sick list 8


[SS Brierton, 3255 tons, was built in 1911 by Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Drydock Co Ltd for Sydney Hogg & Co. She was torpedoed in 1916.]


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2 September 1914

At sea

Lat -17.95, Long -38.7

Midnight:  Lost overboard by accident: 1 truck – coal

    Watch coaling ship

4.00am:  Hands coaling ship

11.00am:  Finished coaling ship, received 962 tons

11.27am:  Cast off from collier

11.42am:  Anchored

pm:  Hands cleaning ship

2.40pm:  Weighed & proceeded

3.30pm:  “Monmouth” weighed & proceeded to take station 30’ on port beam

Number on sick list 9


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3 September 1914

At sea

Lat -21.92, Long -38.1

12.05am:  Altered course to examine vessel

10.54am:  Adjusted steering gear

12.40pm:  Paid monthly money

Number on sick list 7


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4 September 1914

At sea

Lat -25.7, Long -41.5

Number on sick list 7


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5 September 1914

At sea

Lat -29.23, Long -46.45

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Aired night clothing

Number on sick list 7


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6 September 1914

At sea

Lat -32.47, Long -49.5

9.08am:  Sighted ship & proceeded in chase

9.41am:  Stopped. Spoke SS Welbeck Hall

Number on sick list 7


[SS Welbeck Hall could have been the cargo ship, 5643 tons, built in 1914 by W Doxford & Sons, Sunderland for the Hansen Line, London. She was torpedoed in 1918 with the loss of 4 lives.]


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7 September 1914

At sea

Lat -35.48, Long -53.9

2.05pm:  Sighted Lobos Light House N65W

3.57pm:  Lobos Light abeam, 7'

8.35pm:  Sent 1st cutter ahsore with Assistant Paymaster Hirst

10.30pm:  Cutter returned

Number on sick list 7


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8 September 1914


At sea & Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.00am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Flawyel

6.30am:  Proceeded into harbour

7.15am:  As requisite. Pilot Teniente Taylor came on board

8.00am:  Stopped. Anchored

    Coal lighters came alongside

8.25am:  "Monmouth" anchored outside 5' limit

    Hands coaling ship

2.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 583 tons

    Hands cleaning ship

5.00pm:  1 RNR rating joined ship

    Watch embarking provisions

9.00pm:  4 RNR stoker ratings joined ship

Number on sick list 7


[The ship may have been SS Flawyl, 3592 tons, which was built in 1906 by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd for W Tulley & Co, Kingston-on-Hull. She was torpedoed in 1918 with 1 casualty.]


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9 September 1914

At sea

Lat -34.95, Long -56.22

10.11am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

10.40am:  Stopped. Communicated with PSNC Orduna

12.45pm:  Anchored. 1 Midshipman RNR & 8 RNR ratings joined ship from PSNC Orduna

2.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

2.25pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.43pm:  Weighed

11.45pm:  Sighted Lobos Light N8E

Number on sick list 7


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10 September 1914

At sea

Lat -35.8, Long -54.58

3.34am:  Lobos Light abeam 11.5’

5.45am:  As requisite in chase of vessel

5.57am:  Abandoned chase

6.19am:  Altered course as requisite to examine sailing vessel “Gaspare S” (Italian Barque)

9.00am:  “Monmouth” parted company

9.45am:  Stopped. Dropped target

10.10am:  As requisite for firing. Carried out ship’s practice for all guns

10.55am:  Stopped. Picked up target

1.40pm:  As requisite to intercept vessel

2.13pm:  Spoke SS Highland Scot

4.35pm:  As requisite to intercept vessel

4.55pm:  Spoke SS Hesione (British)

6.28pm:  As requisite in chase of sailing vessel. Examined barque “Herat” (Italian)

7.00pm:  “Otranto” joined company & proceeded

Number on sick list 5


[SV Gaspare S, 1494 tons, was built in 1877 by Thomas Royden, Liverpool as “Knight of the Garter”. After several changes of owner & name she became “Gaspares S” in 1907. She was fitted with a steam engine in 1917 and scrapped in 1923.

SS Highland Scot, 7343 tons, was built in 1910 by Russell & Co, Greenock for the Nelson Line. She ran aground on Maricas Island, Brazil in May 1918 and was wrecked.

SS Hesione, 3363 tons, was built in 1889 as SS Mamari by W Doxford & Sons, Sunderland for Shaw, Savill & Albion Ltd. She was sold to the Houston Line and renamed for a Trojan Princess in 1903. In 1915 she was captured by a U-boat and sunk by gunfire with no casualties.

SV Herat, 1400 tons, was built in Southampton in 1877.]


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11 September 1914

At sea

Lat -35.28, Long -54.59

8.00am:  Stopped. Communicated with “Otranto”

11.55am:  Spoke Italian ship “Po” of Genova

5.15pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 46

Number on sick list 6


[“Po” may have been the ship of 2152 tons, built in 1880 as SS Titania. She was wrecked in 1890, then salvaged, repaired & renamed “Po”.]


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12 September 1914

At sea

Lat -33.4, Long -51.87

3.45am:  Sighted Cape Polonio N25W

Number on sick list 5


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13 September 1914

At sea

Lat -28.68, Long -48.4

4.10pm:  As requsite to intercept ship. Spoke SS Estrella (Norwegian)

8.50pm:  As requisite, N5W & S5E guarding entrance to Santa Catharina, south of Arvoredo Island.

  Slow speed

Number on sick list 5


[Santa Catharina is both an island and strait off the coast of Brazil. Both Santa Catharina and Arvoredo are member of an archipelago of over 30 islands.

Ilha do Avoredo Lighthouse is in Brazil at Lat -27.3, Long -48.35

SS Estrella, 1740 tons, was built in 1912 as SS Sanwarine by the Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd for RA Sanderson, Manchester. She was sold and renamed in 1914 and was sunk by a mine in 1918 with the loss of 20 lives.]


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14 September 1914

At sea

Lat -26.58, Long -48.5

Midnight:  As requisite N5W & S5E guarding Santa Catharina

6.00am:  Proceeded as requisite to examine St Catharina anchorage

6.30am:  Stopped to communicate with fishing boat

7.40am:  “Monmouh” took station 1' on starboard beam

8.40am:  Sighted vessel N35W. Proceeded as requisite to intercept her (steam trawler)

10.20am:  Sighted HMS Good Hope. Hands to ‘Action Stations’

10.50am:  As requisite closing “Good Hope”

11.00am:  Stopped. Captain visited Rear Admiral [Sir Christopher Craddock]

12.55pm:  “Monmouth” 5’ on starboard beam.

    “Good Hope” proceeding to Santa Catharina

4.15pm:  “Otranto” joined company

4.30pm:  “Otranto” 5’ on port beam

Number on sick list 6


[HMS Good Hope, 14,100 ton cruiser, was launched in 1901 at the Fairfield yard in Govan. She was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in Nov 1914 with the loss of 900 men.]


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15 September 1914

At sea

Lat -30.75, Long -49.23

1.15pm:  Spoke SS Eastwood (British)

Number on sick list 7


[SS Eastwood, 3582 tons, was built in 1904 by William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool for the Horsley Line Ltd. She was sold several times after 1915 before she was broken up in 1950.]


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16 September 1914

At sea

Lat -34.4, Long -50.13

6.30am:  “Otranto” closed to 5’

7.30am:  Heavy squall from SW

7.04pm:  Sighted Lobos Light N10W

11.30pm:  Sighted Flores Light abeam, 4'

Number on sick list 7


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17 September 1914

Montevideo Outer Roads

Lat -34.92, Long -56.2

12.40am:  Anchored

12.15pm:  “Good Hope” arrived

1.35pm:  “Otranto” arrived

Number on sick list 7


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18 September 1914

Montevideo.

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.00am:  Cut target adrift

Number on sick list 6


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19 September 1914

At sea, English Bank.

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

8.30am:  Discharged 3 invalids for passage to England

12.46pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

1.00pm:  Sent boat to “Good Hope”

2.12pm:  Proceeded

3.07pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to "Monmouth"

4.00pm:  As requisite to intercept "Alcantara"

4.17pm:  Stopped. Boarded “Alcantara” for mail

5.15pm:  As requisite

5.30pm:  Stopped. Sent mail to “Monmouth”

5.45pm:  Proceeded

6.18pm:  Stopped & Anchored

Number on sick list 3


[English Bank is an area of relatively shallow water off the coast of Uruguay between Montevideo & Maldonado at Lat -35.2, Long 55.92

SS Alcantara, 15,620 tons, was built in 1913 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Royal Mail. In 1915 she became the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Alcantara until she was sunk by SMS Greif in a single ship action with the loss of 72 lives. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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20 September 1914

At sea, English Bank

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

10.36am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to eastward

11.15am:  Stopped & anchored

5.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 5


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21 September 1914

At sea, English Bank

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

7.30am:  Collier Flawyl came alongside

11.00am:  Commenced coaling

pm:  Hands coaling ship. Considerable difficulty experienced as hawsers continually parting

Number on sick list 5


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22 September 1914

At sea, English Bank

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

Midnight:  Hands coaling ship

1.55am:  Collier cast off for night owing to weather conditions

7.05am:  Collier secured alongside

    Sailed: “Good Hope”, “Monmouth” & “Otranto”

7.25am:  Commenced coaling

12.40pm:  Finished coaling, received 880 tons

1.40pm:  Cast off from collier. Hoisted boats

2.00pm:  Sighted HMS Bristol

    Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 5


[HMS Bristol, 4880 ton cruiser, was launched in 1910 at John Brown’s yard in Clydebank. She was sold in 1921 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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23 September 1914

English Bank to Punta Arenas

Lat -39.68, Long -55.65

Number on sick list 5


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24 September 1914

English Bank to Punta Arenas

Lat -42.31, Long -59.78

Number on sick list 6


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25 September 1914

English Bank to Punta Arenas

Lat -45.53, Long -62.15

4.14am:  Sighted vessel close on starboard bow. As requisite for chasing

4.40am:  Stopped. Boarded PSNC Ortega

10.26am:  Sighted vessel & proceeded in chase

11.35am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Guernsey (Norwegian)

Number on sick list


[PSNC Ortega, 7970 tons, was built in 1906 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was scrapped in 1927.

HMS Guernsey, 4375 tons, was built in 1898 by W Doxford & Sons, Sunderland for the Norge-Australia Gulf Linje. She was sold & renamed Walsung in 1922 then ran aground & was wrecked in 1925.]


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26 September 1914

English Bank to Punta Arenas

Lat -49.18, Long -62.82

Number on sick list 6


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27 September 1914

English Bank to Punta Arenas

Lat -51.45, Long -66.3

Number on sick list 6


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28 September 1914


English Bank to Punta Arenas

Lat -55.10, Long -70.68

1.02am:  Sighted Cape of Virgins Light N72W, 24.5'

    Sighted “Monmouth”, “Good Hope” & “Otranto”

I.45am:  As requisite, formed single line ahead in open order

4.12am:  As requisite approaching 1st Narrows

1.05pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


[Cabo Virgenes Lighthouse is at Lat -52.3, Long -68.35. The Cape was discovered by Magellan on 21st Oct 1520, the Feast of St Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins.

First Narrows is indexed as Primera Angostura, they are in Chile at Lat -52.5, Long -69.58.]


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29 September 1914

Punta Arenas to Orange Bay

Lat -54.72, Long -72.75

1.20am:  Weighed & formed single line ahead in open order

3.38am:  Sighted San Isodro Light

5.30am:  Course as requisite for Magdalen Sound & Cockburn Channel

am:  Hands securing gear & guns for sea

    Destroyed & threw overboard 2nd whaler

Number on sick list 6


[Cabo San Isidro Light is in Chile at Lat -53.8, Long -71.2. It is the southernmost traditional lighthouse on the South American mainland.

Canal Magdalena is in Chile at Lat -54.25, Long -70.92

Canal Cockburn is in Chile at Lat -54.33, Long -71.5]


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30 September 1914

Orange Bay to Port Edgar

Lat -55.2, Long -66.13

3.00am:  As requisite taking up position for attack on Orange Bay

5.00am:  Proceeded towards Orange Bay.Hands to action stations

5.45am:  Stopped. Communicated with flagship

7.05am:  Proceeded in company with “Monmouth”, single line ahead

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

    Hands as requisite. Stationed “Monmouth” 2’ on starboard beam

Number on sick list 6


[Bahia Orange is in Chile at Lat -55.52, Long -68.05.]



LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1914


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1 October 1914

Port Edgar

Lat -52.01, Long -60.27

4.30am:  Sighted land right ahead. (Cape Meredith)

8.45am:  As requisite for entering Port Edgar.

9.10am:  Anchored alongside SS Flawyl

    Hands preparing for coaling

11.00am:  Commenced coaling

10.15pm:  Finished coaling, received 675 tons

Number on sick list 6


[Port Edgar is a small settlement on East Falkland at Lat -52.0, Long -60.25

Cape Meredith is on the Falkland Islands at Lat -52.25, Long -60.65.]


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2 October 1914

Port Edgar

Lat -52.01, Long -60.27

Lost by accident whilst coaling: Sacks coal 2 cw, No 15

5.10am:  Weighed. Shifted billet. Cast off from Flawyl

5.30am:  Anchored

am:  Hands cleaning ship

3.00pm:  Arrived “Good Hope”

Number on sick list 6


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3 October 1914

Port Edgar to Cape of Virgins

Lat -52.25, Long -60.38

9.45am:  Weighed

10.05am:  Proceeded as requisite out through Heads

10.25am:  “Monmouth” 4 cables astern


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4 October 1914

Port Edgar to Magellan Strait

Lat -52.22, Long -65.48

1.15pm:  Exercised Action. Cleared away all guns

6.57pm:  Sighted Cape of Virgins Light S79W

9.17pm:  Dungeness abeam

Midnight:  Altered course as requisite for 1st Narrows

Number on sick list 7


[Punta Dungeness is in Argentina at Lat -52.38, Long -68.42.]


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5 October 1914

Magellan Straits

Lat -53.88, Long -71.25

3.20am:  As requisite for 2nd Narrows and to Magdalena Island

5.50am:  Magdalena Light House abeam, 4'

11.00am:  Wind changed suddenly to westward, very heavy squalls

11.45am:  Cape Froward abeam

1.15pm:  “Otranto” joined company

2.04pm:  Stopped & anchored in Fortescue Bay

    Arrived & anchored, “Monmouth” & “Otranto”

8.30pm:  Weighed. Course & speed as requisite

9.05pm:  Up English Reach

10.10pm:  Course as requisite rounding Cape Cross tide & up Crooked Reach

10.45pm:  Up Long Reach.

11.45pm:  Cape Hunter abeam

Number on sick list 7


[2nd Narrows are indexed as Segunda Angostura and are in Chile at Lat -52.75, Long -70.42

Isla Magdalena is in Chile at Lat -44.60, Long -73.19

Cabo Froward is in Chile at Lat -53.9, Long -71.3

Bahia Fortescue (Fortescue Bay) is in Chile at Lat -53.7, Long -72.0

English Reach is at Lat -53.67 Long -72.17

Crooked Reach is at Lat -53.57, Long -72.47

Long Reach is at Lat -53.37, Long -73.0

Cabo Hunter is in Chile at Lat -53.45, Long -72.87.]


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6 October 1914

Fortescue Bay to Cape Horn

Lat -53.31, Long -74.6

2.45am:  Sentinel Light abeam

3.30am:  Stopped. “Monmouth” investigated vessel.

4.05am:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 7


[Sentinel Island is indexed as Isla Sentry and is in Chile at Lat -52.93, Long -73.78]


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7 October 1914

Cape Horn to Cape Pillar

Lat -55.67, Long -71.77

Lost overboard by accident: Hoses, canvass No 3 -5; Branch pipes, copper (1521) – 3

4.52am:  “Otranto” joined company

9.30am:  “Otranto” proceeded in execution of previous orders

4.25pm:  Sighted Tower Rocks N40W

Number on sick list 7


[Tower Rocks seem to be indexed as Isla Tower in Chile at Lat -54.575, Long -72.75.]


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8 October 1914

At sea

Lat -52.18, Long -75.42

6.00pm:  Evening Quarters, read Warrant no 47

Number on sick list 7


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9 October 1914

At sea

Lat -49.08, Long -76.02

8.45am:  Sighted smoke ahead. Proceeded as requisite in chase

9.14am:  Stopped. Boarded PSNC Oropesa. Discharged 3 ratings to “Oropesa” for passage to England

11.45am:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 4


[SS Oropesa, 5303 tons, was built in 1894 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She became an Armed Merchant Cruiser in November 1914 as HMS Oropesa. In 1917 she was lent to the French Navy and renamed “Champagne”. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 58 lives.]


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10 October 1914

At sea

Lat -45.76, Long -75.42

2.30am:  Sighted Cape Raper Light N43E

3.43am:  Cape Raper Light abeam, 18'

4.40pm:  Stopped. Anchored

    “Otranto”

10.15pm:  Observed light, apparently small fishing vessel passing across southern approach

Number on sick list 4


[Cabo Raper Light is in Chile at Lat -46.83, Long -75.63.]


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11 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

12.30am:  Collier arrived.

5.00am:  Collier proceeded alongside "Monmouth"

1.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

3.00pm:  Collier Maston secured alongside

3.40pm:  Commenced coaling

Number on sick list 4


[SS Maston, 3881 tons, was built in 1912 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for Thomas Appleton, Cardiff. She was torpedoed in 1917 with 2 casualties.]


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12 October 1914

Vallenar Roads to Coronel

Lat -45.0, Long -75.3

12.45am:  Finished coaling, received 600 tons

2.00am:  Collier cast off

    Lost overboard during coaling: 10 sacks, tarred, coal, 2 cwt

5.21am:  Sailed “Otranto”

6.05am:  Sailed Collier

8.07am:  Weighed as requisite

8.40am:  “Monmouth” in comppany

    Hands cleaning ship

6.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read Warrant no 48

7.20pm:  Sighted Weather Point Light

Number on sick list 5


[Weather Point is at Lat -43.56, Long -74.81.]


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13 October 1914

Vallenar Road to Coronel

Lat -40.07, Long -74.53

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for Action. Hands to Action Stations

10.14pm:  Mocha lsland Light abeam, 9’

Number on sick list 5


[Isla Mocha Lighthouse is in Chile at Lat -38.37, Long -73.92.]


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14 October 1914

Vallenar Road to Coronel and Valparaiso

Lat -37.01, Long -73.21

2.30am:  Sighted Cape Tucapel Light N82E

3.45am:  Sighted Lavapie Light

3.55am:  Sighted Santa Maria Light

9.09am:  Stopped & anchored

9.15am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

    His Britannic Majesty’s Vice consul visited ship also Captain of Port

11.50am:  Weighed & proceeded

2.30pm:  Sighted “Monmouth”

7.05pm:  Sighted Cape Carranza Light N61.5E

Number on sick list 4


[Punta Tucapel Lighthouse is in Chile at Lat -37.67, Long -73.67

Punta Lavapie Lighthouse is on a cape marking the southern entrance to Bahia de Lota which is at Lat -37.1, Long -73.17

Isla Santa Maria Lighthouse is on an island in the Bahia de Lota at Lat -37.0, Long -73.53

Cabo Carranza Lighthouse is at Lat -35.58, Long -72.62.]


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15 October 1914

Valparaiso

Lat -33.05, Long -71.60

Midnight:  Chilian men of war in harbour at Valparaiso: “O'Higgins” (Flag), “Zenteno” (Commodore), “Esmeralda”, “Encalada” & 4 Torpedo Boat Destroyers

9.22am:  Stopped & anchored

      Saluted country, 21 guns & Rear Admiral, 13 guns. Salutes returned by fort

    His Britannic Majesty’s Consul General visited ship

pm:  Hands provisioning ship

6.00pm:  1 Chief Yeoman of Signals joined ship from “O'Higgins”

Midnight:  Weighed

Number on sick list 4


[Valparaiso is one of Chile’s most important ports about 70 miles north of the capital, Santiago.

O’Higgins, 8636 ton cruiser, was built in 1897 by Armstrong, Whitworth of Elswick. She was finally discarded in 1946

Ministro Zenteno, 3437 ton cruiser, was ordered by Brazil from Armstrong, Mitchell & Co but purchased by Chile while under construction. She was launched in 1896 and decommissioned in 1930.

Esmeralda, 7145 ton cruiser, was launched in 1895 by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick. She was scrapped in 1930.

Blanco Encalada, 4420 ton cruiser, was built by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick in 1893. She was decommissioned in 1940 and scrapped in 1945.]


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16 October 1914

Valparaiso to Port Lagunas

Lat -33.75, Long -73.2

12.20am:  Proceeded. “Monmouth” in company

8.00am:  “Monmouth” took station on starboard beam, 5'

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for Action. Exercised ‘Action Stations’

9.47am:  As requisite, exercised fire control

pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 4


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17 October 1914

Valparaiso to Port Lagunas

Lat -37.13, Long -75.55

Number on sick list 1


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18 October 1914

Valparaiso to Port Lagunas

Lat -41.07, Long -75.4

4.10am:  Sounded alert. Challenged ship on starboard bow. Reply correct (“Monmouth”)

4.30pm:  “Monmouth” took station on starboard beam, 10’

6.30pm:  “Monmouth” proceeded to Port Lagunas

Number on sick list 1


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19 October 1914

Valparaiso to Vallenar Roads

Lat -42.65, Long -74.75

3.20am:  Sighted PSNC Orita

4.00am:  As requisite for boarding “Orita”

4.50am:  Recieved from “Orita” 113 bags of German mails

7.15am:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 4

[PSNC Orita, 9266 tons, was built in 1903 & laid up in 1927. She was scrapped in 1931.]


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20 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

2.30am:  Sighted Socorro Island

7.31am:  Stopped & anchored

8.00am:  Collier Maston came alongside

    “Monmouth” at anchor

10.00am:  Hands coaling ship

1.55pm:  Arrived “Otranto”

7.15pm:  Finished coaling, received 605 tons

    Collier cast off & anchored.

Lost by accident whilst coaling: Sacks tarred, coal 2 cwt – 40

Number on sick list 4


[Socorro Island or Isla Guamblin is indexed as a part of the Archipelago de los Chonos,. It lies at Lat -44.85, Long -75.08, well separated from the rest of the group.]


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21 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

10.00am:  Landed lookout party at Anchile Island

pm:  Divers examining under water fittings

Number on sick list 4


[Isla Anchile is in Chile at Lat -45.07, Long -73.6]


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22 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

6.00am:  Hands painting ship’s side

7.00am:  Lent 1 Engine Room Artificer to “Monmouth”

am:  Hands painting ship, dismounting guns & searchlights

    Divers examining under water fittings

pm:  Make & mend clothes

    Divers as in forenoon

Number on sick list 3


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23 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

All day  Divers examining underwater fittings

    Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 4


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24 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

am:  Hands cleaning ship

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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25 October 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

6.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 4


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26 October 1914

Vallenar Roads & at sea

Lat -45.48, Long -74.93

4.45am:  Collier Maston secured alongside

5.30am:  Commenced coaling

7.27am:  Finished coaling, received 170 tons

7.50am:  Collier cast off

10.20am:  Weighed

11.04am:  Telegraphs to full speed to cut off vessel, “Otranto” in company

12.40pm:  Prepared for action

5.38pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


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27 October 1914

Vallenar Road to Coronel

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

7.30am:  Arrived collier “North Wales”

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Arrived “Good Hope”

6.37pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 3


[SS North Wales, 3661 tons, was built in 1905 by J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields for the Northern Shipping Co, Newcastle-on-Tyne. On 16 Nov 1914 she was captured by SMS Dresden (see later), her crew was rescued and taken to Montevideo but she was sunk.]


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28 October 1914

Vallenar Roads to Coronel

Lat -42.53, Long -75.45

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for action. Hands to action stations

1.30pm:  Washed clothes

6.15pm:  Evening Quarters.Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 4


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29 October 1914

Vallenar Road to Coronel

Lat -37.6, Long -74.5

9.05am:  Sighted Mocha Island S81E

6.15pm:  Evening Quarters. Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 3


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30 October 1914

At sea

Lat -36.48, Long -74.85

5.54am:  Sighted sailing vessel. Proceded in chase

7.55am:  Stopped. Boarded barquentine Kohela (USA)

9.45am:  Proceeded in chase of vessel

10.15am:  Stopped. Boarded Schooner Julia (Chilian)

Number on sick list 3


[Kohela may have been the whaler mentioned in 1864.

A Chilean sailing ship “Julia” was in port in San Francisco in 1849. There was also a schooner “Julia” who ran aground & was wrecked in 1915.]


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31 October 1914

At sea

Lat -36.03, Long -74.01

6.32pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4



LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1914


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1 November 1914

[The Battle of Coronel]

At sea

Lat -36.9, Long -73.63

10.20am:  Weighed & proceeded, 240 revs

1.00pm:  Sighted squadron on starboard bow.

1.05pm:  As requisite closing flagship

2.00pm:  Stopped. Sent telegrams to “Good Hope” by towing cask across her bow

2.55pm:  N17E, 300 revs spreading from flag

4.30pm:  Sighted smoke on starboard bow

4.40pm:  Sighted enemy: 2 Armoured Cruisers & 1 Light Cruiser

5.00pm:  Lit fires in A3&4 to B3&4 boilers

5.47pm:  Formed single line ahead, “Otranto” standing away to westward

    Proceeded as requisite into action, closing enemy

7.02pm:  Enemy opened fire

7.06pm:  Opened fire at 3rd ship in enemy’s line

7.40pm:  “Good Hope” drew out of line

7.50pm:  “Good Hope”, who was badly on fire, blew up

8.10pm:  Ceased firing. Proceeded full speed out of action with “Monmouth” to westward

8.50pm:  Lost sight of “Monmouth” to NE

9.25pm:  Observed enemy using searchlight & firing, presumably at “Monmouth”

Number on sick list 4



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2 November 1914

At sea

Lat -39.82, Long -77.73

Damage to ship: 4 shots in hull & 1 in funnel casing. After angular space flooded & 2 reserve bunkers

Number on sick list 8


[The calm after the storm indeed!]


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3 November 1914

At sea

Lat -47.15, Long -79.75

6.10pm:  Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 9


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4 November 1914

At sea

Lat -52.77, Long -74.37

9.10am:  Sighted Evangelista N30E

9.47am:  As requisite for Magellan Strait

11.15am:  Cape Pillar abeam S, 2¾’

2.10pm:  Sentinel Island Light abeam, 1’

    Paid monthly money

    Carpenters repairing shot holes

3.17pm:  Cape Cooper Key abeam, ¾

4.30pm:  Cape Hunter abeam

6.15pm:  Evening Quarters. Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

7.10pm:  Cape Gallant abeam

10.53pm:  Cape San Isidro abeam, 2’

Number on Sick List: 8


[Islote Evangelistas in Chile has a lighthouse at Lat -52.49, Long -75.08

Cabo Pilar marks the entrance to the Strait of Magellan and lies at Lat -52.72, Long -74.7

Isla Centinela is at Lat -52.13, Long -74.93

Cabo Cooper Key is at Lat -53.25, Long -73.23

Cape Hunter is at Lat -53.45, Long -72.87

Cabo Gallant is at Lat -53.72, Long -72.02.]


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5 November 1914

At sea

Lat -52.44, Long -69.51

2.55am:  Course for Cape St Vincent

3.48am:  As requisite for 2nd Narrows

6.00am:  As requisite for 1st Narrows

8.15am:  As requisite for adjusting compasses south of Cape Possession

9.00am:  As requisite for Spiteful Anchorage

11.40am:  Stopped & anchored

1.30pm:  Washed clothes

6.15pm:  Evening Quarters. Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 9


[Cabo San Vicente is in Chile at Lat -53.78, Long -53.7

Spiteful Anchorage, according to the US South American Pilot, lies to eastward of Great Orange Bank. The buoy marking this bank is at Lat -52.9, Long -69.15.]


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6 November 1914

Spiteful Anchorage to Port Stanley

Lat -52.62, Long -67.42

5.00am:  Sighted HMS Canopus

5.35am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to close

6.15am:  Took station 3 cables astern of “Canopus”

5.00pm:  “Canopus” took station on port quarter

7.30pm:  Darkened ship

Number on sick list 7


[HMS Canopus, 12,950 ton battleship, was launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1897. She was scrapped in 1920 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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7 November 1914

Spiteful Anchorage to Port Stanley

Lat -50.46, Long -61.54

12.55pm:  Took station astern of “Canopus”

6.15pm:  Evening Quarter. Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 4


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8 November 1914

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

2.00am:  Sighted Cape Pembroke Light S11W

4.00am:  As requisite for Port William & entering Stanley

6.00am:  Volunteers from shore came aboard to assist with coaling ship

8.00am:  Collier Errington Court came alongside

    His Excellency the Governor visited ship

    Divers examining damage to angular space

9.20am:  Commenced coaling

5.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 593 tons

6.00pm:  Collier cast off

6.35pm:  “Canopus” proceeded

7.15pm:  Weighed. Proceeded as requisite to Port William & the sea

8.00pm:  Cape Pembroke Light astern, 2.5'

8.55pm:  Sighted “Canopus” on starboard bow

9.10pm:  Sighted collier on starboard beam

Number on sick list 4


[Cape Pembroke Light is on East Falkland at Lat -51.69, Long -57.72

Port William is a port on East Falkland, a strait called ‘The Narrows’ leads to Port Stanley. Port William lies at Lat -51.68, Long -57.8

Port Stanley is the Capital of the Falkland Islands at Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

SS Errington Court, 4461 tons, was built by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd in 1909 for the Court Line. She was sold & renamed for the first time in 1920 and several times afterwards before she was torpedoed in 1942.]


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9 November 1914

Port Stanley to River Plate

Lat -47.82, Long -55.28

6.15pm:  Evening Quarters. Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 4


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10 November 1914

Port Stanley to River Plate

Lat -42.1, Long -52.4

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

8.45pm:  Ship struck some object in water

8.48pm:  Slow. Sounded all wells (Dry)

9.00pm:  Resumed former speed

11.55pm:  Heard fog horn on port bow, reduced speed

Number on sick list 5


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11 November 1914

Port Stanley to River Plate

Lat -36.2, Long -54.77

am:  Preparing for coaling

4.00pm:  As requisite for making English Bank

4.14pm:  Sighted HM Ships Canarvon & Cornwall

6.28pm:  Stopped & anchored near “Defence”

    Collier Adamton secured alongside

9.00pm:  Hands coaling ship

Number on sick list 5


[HMS Carnavon, 10,850 ton cruiser, was launched in 1903 at the Beardmore Yard on the Clyde. She was sold in 1921 and is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Cornwall, 9.800 ton cruiser, was launched in 1904 at Pembroke Dockyard. She was scrapped in 1920 and is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Defence, 14,800 ton cruiser, was launched in 1907 at Pembroke Dockyard. She was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 with no survivors. She is part of the OW fleet.

SS Adamton, 2304 tons, was built in 1904 by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howdon-on-Tyne for the Seville & United Kingdom Carrying Co, Cardiff. She was captured by a U boat in 1916 and sunk by gunfire with 1 casualty.]


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12 November 1914

River Plate to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -34.8, Long -54.05

1.40am:  Finished coal received [blank] tons

2.14am:  Collier cast off

3.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

7.37am:  Sighted Lobos Light. House N53E

8.07am:  Lobos abeam, 4.9'

5.30pm:  Passed SS Mountsby

    Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

11.30pm:  Passed vessel with steaming light & bow lights in line

Number on sick list 2


[SS Mountsby is probably SS Mountby, 3263 tons, which was built in 1898 by William Gray & Co Ltd for Sir R Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. In 1918 she was sunk by a U-boat with no loss of life.]


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13 November 1914

River Plate to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -32.93, Long -51.0

I.24am:  Examined by searchlight SS. "Amiral Zede (French)

2.40am:  Altered course to intercept vessel

3.20am:  Examined SS Don Arturo (British)

5.00am:  Altered course to intercept vessel (Danish)

6.20pm:  As requisite to intercept vessel

7.20pm:  Spoke SS Hostilius (British)

Number on sick list 3


[SS Amiral Zede, 5980 tons, was built in 1912 by Ateliers & Chantiers de St Nazaire for Chargeurs Reunis, Paris. She was torpedoed in 1917.

SS Don Arturo, 3680 tons, was built in 1906 by Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees for Buenos Aires & Pacific Railway Co Ltd. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of all crew.

SS Hostilius, 3325 tons, was built in 1900 for the Houston Line. She was sold & renamed in 1926.]


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14 November 1914

River Plate to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -29.7, Long -48.24

12.05am:  Altered course to intercept vessel. Passed SS Uranus (Italian)

9.15am:  Altered course to cut off ship

1.30pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


[SS Uranus, 3978 tons, was built in 1900 by N Odero & Co, Genoa for Societa Commerciale Italiana di Navigazione Genoa. She was sunk by a U-boat in 1917.]


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15 November 1914

River Plate to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -25.8, Long -45.2

Number on sick list 5


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16 November 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

5.56am:  Sighted Tijuca N20E

8.40am:  As requisite for entering harbour

9.10am:  Stopped & anchored

    Saluted country with 21 guns & Rear Admiral with 13 guns

    Salutes returned by Fort & “Minas Geraes”.

5.00pm:  Hands provisioning ship

Number on sick list 5


[“Minas Geraes”, 19,281 tons, was a Brazilian battleship and launched by Armstrong Whitworth in 1908. She was scrapped in 1954.]


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17 November 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

4.41am:  Weighed & proceeded to floating dock

5.55am:  Secured to buoy near floating dock

7.35am:  Slipped & proceeded into dock “Affonso Penna”

pm:  Hands docking ship

evening:  Hands scraping ships bottom.

Number on sick list 5


[The floating dock Affonso Penna was constructed at the Vickers Yard in Barrow-in-Furness and towed to Brazil in 1910 to allow maintenance of newly purchased battleships, including “Minas Geraes”.]


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18 November 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

Midnight:  Dockyard artificers repairing shot holes

6.00am:  Hands scraping ships bottom

9.00am:  Hands scraping & painting ships bottom

2.00pm:  Hands painting ships bottom.

Number on sick list 7


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19 November 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

Midnight:  Dockyard artificers repairing shot holes

am:  Hands painting ships bottom & dismounting guns

pm:  Hands painting ships bottom & dismounting guns

Number on sick list 7


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20 November 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

Midnight:  Dockyard artificers repairing shot holes

am:  Hands dismounting & cleaning guns, scraping funnels & as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

4.00pm:   Special leave to watch & part. Landed patrol

Number on sick list 3


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21 November 1914

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

Midnight:  Dockyard artificers repairing shot holes

6.00am:  Hands cleaning ship & painting funnels

9.00am:  Hands dismounting guns & as requisite

12.50pm:  Undocked. Towed by tug to anchorage near coal depot

2.45pm:  Anchored

3.40pm:  Commenced coaling

11.40pm:  Finished coaling. Received 1100 tons

Number on sick list 2


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22 November 1914

At sea

Lat -22.95, Long -41.5

Midnight:  Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

2.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

12.17pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel. Spoke SS Itaqui (Brazilian)

4.45pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel.

5.25pm:  Stopped. Boarded SS Tsiropinas (Greek)

6.30pm:  Prepared for night action. Darkened ship

10.20pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel. Spoke SS Highland Glen

Number on sick list 4


[SS Itaqui, 754 tons, was built by Scotts, Greenock for Cia Nacional de Nav. Costeira, Rio de Janeiro.

SS Tsiropinas, 3015 tons, was built in 1905 for R & D Cairns, Leith as SS Cairngorm. She was sold to CA Tsiropinas & Co, Syra in 1911 and renamed. She was torpedoed in 1917.

SS Highland Glen, 7343 tons, was built in 1910 for the Nelson Line. She was sold & renamed in 1929.]


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23 November 1914

At sea

Lat -19.32, Long -38.93

1.05pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel

1.50pm:  Stopped, boarded SS Salland (Dutch)

6.07pm:  Sighted various men of war on port bow

7.56pm:  As requisite for anchorage

8.00pm:  Stopped. Anchored

    Ships in harbour: “Defence”, “Carnarvon”, “Cornwall”, “Kent”, “Orama”

Number on sick list 7


[SS Salland, 3657 tons, was built as SS Hillmere by Russell & Co Ltd, Greenock fo Witherington & Everett, Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1905. In 1912 she was sold to Royal Holland Lloyd and renamed. She was torpedoed in 1917 with no casualties.

HMS Kent, 9800 ton cruiser, was launched in 1901 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was sold in 1920 and is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Orama, 12,927 tons, was built by John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank for the Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd in 1911. She was requisitioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser and torpedoed while escorting a convoy in 1917 with the loss of 5 lives. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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24 November 1914

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.45am:  Weighed. Proceeded alongside collier “Priestfield”

7.30am:  Commenced coaling

8.00am:  SS Itaquera (Brazil) passed steaming to northward

12.40pm:  Finished coaling, received 200 tons. Collier cast off

6.00pm:  Arrived HMS Bristol


Number on sick list 8


[SS Priestfield, 4033 tons, was built in 1901 by Irvine Shipbuilding & Drydock Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. She was sold & renamed for the first time in 1919 and eventually scrapped in 1934.

SS Itaquera, 2209 tons, was built in 1913 by Mackie & Thomson, Govan for Cia Nacional de Nav Costeira, Rio de Janeiro. She was scrapped in 1965.]


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25 November 1914

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

6.50am:  Sailed “Kent”

8.40am:  Arrived “Cornwall”

5.30pm:  Hands embarking ammunition for "Bristol"

Number on sick list 8


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26 November 1914

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

9.00am:  Arrived "Invincible”, “Inflexible” & “Kent”

    Hands embarking ammunition

Number on sick list 8


[HMS Invincible, 17,530 ton battlecruiser, was launched in 1907 by Armstrong Whitworth. She was sunk at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916, with only 6 survivors. She is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Inflexible, 17,570 ton battlecruiser, was launched in 1907 and scrapped in 1922. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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27 November 1914

At sea

Lat -18.28, Long -38.53

8.29am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to meet HMS Cornwall & for intercepting various vessels

    Spoke SS Langoe & SS Industry (British

2.08pm:  Secured alongside SS Langoe

5.00pm:  Hands provisioning ship & embarking ammunition

6.30pm:  Read Warrant no 49

9.00pm:  Commenced coaling

11.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 140 tons

Number on sick list 7


[SS Langoe, 3789 tons, was built by Richardson, Westgarth & Co, Hartlepool for Bennetts & Co, Grimsby in 1905. She changed owners several times before she was torpedoed in 1916.

There are many ships named “Industry”. However a British ship SS Industry was built in 1888 as SS Indar by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. She was renamed in 1906 and torpedoed in 1916 without loss of life.]


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28 November 1914

At sea

Lat -18.28, Long -38.65

12.40am:  Collier cast off. Darkened ship

10.00am:  2nd division weighed & proceeded

10.09am:  Weighed

10.17am:  Proceeded as requisite with 3rd Division

11.25am:  Flag N17W, 3’

5.52pm:  Flag S52W, 25’

Number on sick list 8


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29 November 1914

At sea

Lat -22.4, Long -37.5

4.18am:  Altered course to regain day station

4.40am:  Sighted vessel S26E

4.57am:  Altered course to intercept vessel

5.16am:  Examined vessel by searchlights (British)

10.57am:  Spoke SS Hans B (Norwegian)

Number on sick list 5


[SS Hans B, 4255 tons, was built in 1911 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for A/S Bogen, Bergen. After several changes of owner and name she was scrapped in 1964.]


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30 November 1914

At sea

Lat -26.01, Long -40.34

4.08am:  Altered course to take up day station

12.20pm:  Sighted vessel on port bow

2.15pm:  Spoke SS Clinton (British)

3.40pm:  Prepared for action. Hands to action stations

4.00pm:  As requisite for carrying out firing from all guns & towing target for “Cornwall”

4.30pm:  Commenced firing

4.45pm:  Ceased firing

4.55pm:  Stopped. Hoisted out target & veered astern

5.02pm:  As requisite, towing target for “Cornwall”

6.12pm:  Stopped. Hoisted in target

Number on sick list 4


[SS Clinton, 3381 tons, was built in 1899 by Richardson, Duck & Co, Stockton-on-Tees for Doddington Steamship Co. She was sold & renamed in 1916, torpedoed in 1917 and reached port but collided with SS Serra in 1918 and sank.]



LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1914


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1 December 1914

At sea

Lat -28.02, Long -42.48

1.00pm:  Paid monthly money

Number on sick list 4


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2 December 1914

At sea

Lat -30.43, Long -46.0

Number on sick list 4


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3 December 1914

At sea

Lat -34.4, Long -47.94

12.30pm:  Aired bedding

Number on sick list 4


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4 December 1914

At sea

Lat -38.44, Long -50.61

am:

Hands scraping paintwork

Number on sick list 4


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5 December 1914

At sea

Lat -43.27, Long -52.59

am:  Hands chipping paintwork & as requisite

Number on sick list 3


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6 December 1914

At sea

Lat -47.7, Long -54.28

3.40pm:   Macedonia took station 6' on port bow

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Macedonia, 10,512 ton Armed Merchant Cruiser, was built in 1904 for P & O. She was returned to civilian service after the war and scrapped in 1931. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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7 December 1914

At sea

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

7.25am:  Altered course to close Flag

11.00am:  Stopped for guard boat

11.05am:  Proceeded as requisite into Stanley harbour

11.28am:  Stopped & anchored

2.00pm:  Collier Breynton came alongside

5.00pm:  Hands coaling ship

Number on sick list 3


[SS Breynton, 4024 tons, was built in 1909 by W Grey & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. She was torpedoed & damaged in 1917.]


THE VOYAGES OF HMS GLASGOW 1915

JP map Glasgow 1915

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8 December 1914

[The Battle of the Falklands]

At sea

Lat -51.78, Long -56.77

12.12am:  Finished coaling. Collier cast off

8.15am:  Lit fires in A 1, 2, 3 & 4; C1, 2, 3, & 4

    German men of war sighted from Sapper Hill

8.00am:  “Canopus” opened fire

9.30am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

10.15am:  As requisite for keeping touch with enemy

    Squadron weighing & proceeding from Port William as ready

    Hands prepared for action. ‘Action stations’

11.14am:  Full speed

11.57am:  Took station 2’ on port beam of “Invincible”

12.57pm:  Battle cruisers opened fire

1.20pm:  “Scharnhorst” & “Gneisenau” opened fire

1.23pm:  Turned to port under stern of “Inflexible” & closed “Leipzig”

3.00pm:  Opened fire & engaged “Leipzig” with 6” guns

    “Kent” & “Cornwall” 4’ on starboard quarter

4.09pm:  Opened fire with 4” guns

4.27pm:  Turned 16 points to starboard. Ceased fire, turned under “Cornwall’s” stern & came up on port quarter of “Leipzig”

    “Cornwall” opened fire

5.30pm:  Opened fire with 6” guns & continued action with all guns

7.45pm:  “Leipzig” ceased firing. Badly on fire

8.00pm:  Ceased firing

8.17pm:  Stopped

8.30pm:  Closed “Leipzig”

9.00pm:  Lowered boats to pick up survivors from “Leipzig”

    “Leipzig” sank

11.07pm:  Proceeded

Killed in Action: Edwin Henry Martell, Stoker Petty Officer, ON 310682

7 wounded

Lost by accident: Guards, brass – 2; sinkers – 2; swivels – 2; Rope, Steel Wire Galvanised [?] - 1, Stray lines - 2

Broken during action: Thermometers, ordinary - 1


[Sapper Hill is a vantage point near to Port Stanley at Lat -51.7, Long -57.88

SMS Scharnhorst, 12,985 tons, was launched in 1906 at the Blohm & Voss Yard, Hamburg. She had a complement of 52 officers & 788 enlisted men.

SMS Gneisenau, 12,985 tons, was launched in 1906 by AG Weser, Bremen

SMS Leipzig, 3756 tons, was launched in 1905 by AG Weser, Bremen

Petty Officer Edwin Henry Martell, aged 26, no ON310682 is buried in Stanley Cemetery, grave reference 1. 783.]


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9 December 1914

At sea

Lat -51.6, Long -57.31

Broken in action:1 Thermometer ordinary; 1 sight telescope

am:  Hands cleaning up decks

9.23pm:  Altered course. Sighted Cape Pembroke

Midnight:  Stopped

[There has been no mention of Germans so it looks as if the boats found no survivors.]


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10 December 1914

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

12.06am:  Anchored

8.00am:  Landed hospital party & 4 wounded

am:  Hands as requisite, making good damage & hoisting on deck empty ammunition cases

1.40pm:  Landed the body of Stoker Petty Officer Martell killed in action

Number on sick list 7


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11 December 1914

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

4.00am:  Arrived “Bristol”

6.30am:  Arrived “Invincible”

9.00am:  Hands dismounting guns & as requisite

1.30pm:  Landed funeral party

pm:  Hands as requisite

5.30pm:  Discharged 1 Ship Steward Assistant to “Canopus”

6.30pm:  Arrived “Inflexible” & “Carnarvon”

Number on sick list 4


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12 December 1914

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

5.00am:  Prepared for coaling

8.20am:  SS Errington Court secured alongside

am:  Hands coaling ship

2.20pm:  Collier cast off. Received 340 tons

Evening:  Hands cleaning ship & embarking stores & ammunition

Number on sick list 4


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13 December 1914

At sea

Lat -51.27, Long -58.31

5.20am:  Sailed “Bristol”

6.10am:  SS Impoco secured alongside

    Taking in oil received 36 tons

9.30am:  SS Impoco cast off

9.48am:  Cape Pembroke Light House S10W

1.45pm:  Eddystone Rock South, 5’

3.30pm:  Took station 15' N40W of “Inflexible”

Number on sick list 3


[I have been unable to trace an SS Impoco, 1683 tons, sailing in 1914 but there was a ship built under that name by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard, Greenock for Anglo-American Oil. They sold her in 1913 to Standard Transportation Co who renamed her SS Waneta. She was torpedoed in 1918 with 8 casualties.

Eddystone Rock is off the north coast of the Falklands at Lat -51.2, Long -59.03.]


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14 December 1914

At sea

Lat -51.77, Long -67.88

1.00pm:  Cape of Virgins Light House S33W

3.43pm:  As requisite for 1st Narrows

5.20pm:  Triton Bank buoy: abeam

5.40pm:  Altered course as requisite for 2nd Narrows

8.10pm:  Stopped & anchored

9.35pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for Straits to westward


[Triton Bank is in Chile at Lat -52.4, Long -69.14 (ref 1941 on the link)

Dresden”, a German light cruiser, escaped after the Battle of the Falklands. “Glasgow” & “Bristol”, another light cruiser, spent the next months searching the fjords of Patagonia for her.]


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15 December 1914

At sea

Lat -52.33, Long -73.7

4.10am:  El Morrion abeam, ¾’

5.10am:  HMS Bristol took station astern after examining Havergal Bay

8.53am:  Rounded Tamar Island, altered course as requisite for Smyth Channel

am:  Hands scraping paintwork

9.50am:  Fairway Island abeam, ½’

11.20am:  Rounded Richards Island

11.25am:  Grays Channel

12.40pm:  Isthmus Bay abeam

1.50pm:  Victory Pass

3.30pm:  Lecky Retreat abeam

5.00pm:  Mayne Harbour

6.15pm:  Puerto Bueno

7.00pm:  Action Stations passing Latitude Cove

7.30pm:  Guia Narrows

8.00pm:  As requisite entering Wide Bay.

8.10pm:  Stopped & anchored

8.20pm:  “Bristol” anchored

Number on sick list 3


[El Morrion is an island in the Straits at Lat -53.58, Long -72.45

Bahia Havergal is at Lat -53.52, -72.93

Isla Tamar is in Chile at Lat -52.88, -73.82

Smyth Channel is a principal navigation channel off the coast of Patagonia

Islote Fairway is at Lat -52.73, Long -73.78

Isla Richards is at Lat -52.52, Long -73.65

Canal Gray is at Lat -52.35, Long -73.7

Bahia Isthmus is at Lat -52.18, Long -73.65

Paso Victoria is at Lat -52.02, Long -73.72

In the South American Pilot 1916 ‘Occasion Cove on the Piazzi Island east shore, at the foot of Alfredo Hill, north side of Lecky Retreat, affords anchorage in 13 fathoms, stone and shell, with Bamillete Islet bearing 90o.’ Isla Piazzi is at Lat -51.75, Long -74.08.

Puerto Mayne is at Lat -51.32, Long -74.22

Puerto Bueno is at Lat -50.98, Long -74.22

Caleta Latitude is at Lat -50.87, Long -74.4

Angostura Guia is at Lat -50.77, Long -74.47

Bahia Wide is at Lat -50.67, Long -74.6]

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16 December 1914

At sea

Lat -49.28, Long -74.36

4.15am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite up Inocentes & Concepcion Channels, “Bristol” in company

7.05am:  Caffin Pass

7.50am:  Entered Wide Channel

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Hands scraping paint & as requisite

10.35am:  Bold Head

11.10am:  Action Stations

11.15am:  Port Grappler abeam

12.35pm:  Guia Island abeam, 2 cables

1.00pm:  Adams Island abeam, 2 cables

1.08pm:  English Narrows

1.10pm:  Stopped. Spoke canoe with Patagonian natives onboard

1.17pm:  Proceeded

5.45pm:  Alert B

Number on sick list 3


[Canal Inocentes is at Lat -50.62, Long -74.7

Canal Concepcion is at Lat -50.5, Long -74.92

Paso Caffin is at Lat -50.13, Long -74.75

Canal Wide is at Lat -49.9, Long -74.38

Bold-head is at Lat -49.55, Long -74.25

Puerto Grappler is at Lat -49.42, Long -74.32

According to the South America Pilot 1916, ‘Leading mark. — Eve Point in line with the western extreme of Adam Island, bearing 315°, leads between Capac Shoal and Pascua Rock.’ Punta Eve is at Lat -49.1, Long -74.43. However I cannot find Adam Island in the right vicinity.

Islas Guia is in Chile at Lat -49.18, Long -74.38.

Angostura Inglesa is at Lat -49.05, Long -74.47.]


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17 December 1914

At sea

Lat -48.0, Long -73.97

4.30am:  As requisite for searching San Quentin Sound

8.07am:  As requisite for Tarn Bay & Baker Channel

9.20am:  Sombrero Island

10.13am:  Baker Point

11.44am:  Payaso Point

Noon:  “Bristol” proceeded to search to southward

12.30pm:  Punta Paris

1.10pm:  Punta Steffen

1.25pm:  Slow, turned 16 points & proceeded to seaward by same channels

2.00pm:  Punta Esmeralda

2.19pm:  “Bristol” took station astern

5.00pm:  Altered course to rejoin “Inflexible”

9.56pm:  Sighted “Inflexible”

10.00pm:  As requisite for taking station 10 miles port beam of “Inflexible”

Number on sick list 5


[San Quentin Sound is referred to in the South American Pilot 1916, ‘A knowledge, however, of the anchorages in Trinidad Channel, Port Barbara (for small vessels). Port Barroso (formerly Port Otway), and St. Quentin Sound has very much reduced the dangers of the lee shore, and a refuge in either of them will often be preferable to passing a night on the coast during a severe gale.’ I have not been able to locate its position.

Bahia Tarn is at Lat -47.05, Long -74.83

Canal Baker is at Lat -48.0, Long -74.0

Isla Sombrero is at Lat -47.78, Long -74.72

Punta Baker is at Lat -47.9, Long -74.52

Punta Payaso is at Lat -48.0, Long -74.02

Punta Paris is at Lat -47.95, Long -73.82

Punta Steffen is at Lat -47.78, Long -73.75

Punta Esmeralda is at Lat -47.83, Long -73.75]


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18 December 1914

At sea

Lat -44.91, Long -75.84

8.15am:  As requisite closing “Inflexible”

9.40am:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Inflexible” with mails

10.00am:  Proceeded with “Bristol”

11.20am:  Sighted land

5.30pm:  As requisite for entering Vallenar Roads

5.53pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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19 December 1914

At sea

Lat -44.45, Long -73.46

4.00am:  Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for Darwin Channel

4.36am:  Entered Darwin Channel

4.55am:  Port Yates

5.55am:  Porto Italiano

6.25am:  Machia Laguna Point

6.51am:  Empedrado Bay

7.35am:  Barba Island

8.30am:  El Blanco

8.48am:  El Morro

9.10am:  Anchile Island

10.35am:  Pangal Inlet

10.42am:  Senec Island

3.18pm:  Tictoc Bay

7.45pm:  Stopped & anchored San Pedro Port.

  “Bristol” anchored.

Number on sick list 5


[Canal Darwin is in Chile at Lat -45.42, Long -74.17

Puerto Yates is at Lat -45.48, Long -74.43

Puerto Italiano is at Lat -45.37, Long -74.08

Estero Empredado is a fjord at Lat -47.47, Long -73.95

In the South America Pilot 1916, ‘Barba Islands. — This group is formed of four principal islands — Mitahues, Pescetto, Chierchia, Castillo (Sorra), and others of less importance, which extend in succession from south to north, from the mouth of Darwin Channel as far as Port Lagunas. Between this group and the large islands named Quemada and Victory runs a channel which has not been sufficiently explored, but which appears to be of not much use to navigation, as it contains Fanny Rock, situated northwestward of Mitahues Island, and other rocks in the vicinity of Chierchia Island.’ Islas Pescetto are at Lat -45.37, Long -73.73

In the South America Pilot 1916: ‘Blanco and El Morro Islets. — Of the islets which extend north- west from Meninea Island the farthest is called Blanco, having a white patch on its north side. A little eastward of the line between this islet and El Morro (another small islet situated 5 miles farther north), at I0 miles from the former, is a submerged rock connected with the islet by a shoal ridge.’ Islote El Morro is at Lat -45.13, Long -73.63

Isla Anchile is at Lat -45.07, Long -73.6

Isla Senec is at Lat -44.72, Long 73.48

Bahia Tictoc is at Lat -43.61, Long 72.95

Puerto San Pedro is at Lat -43.3, Long -73.7]


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20 December 1914

At sea

Lat -42.17, Long -72.65

4.02am:  Weighed

7.15am:  Inspected Yelcho & Auchemo anchorages

11.45am:  As requisite for entering & searching Comau Inlet

1.12pm:  Turned 16 points & proceeded to the sea

5.40pm:  Stopped & anchored Port Montt

5.45pm:  “Bristol” anchored

Number on sick list 2


[Puerto Yelcho is in Chile at Lat -43.03, Long -72.75

Puerto Auchemo is in Chile at Lat –43.03, Long -72.81

Estero Comau is in Chile at Lat -42.35, Long -72.47

Puerto Montt is in Chile at Lat -41.47, Long -72.94. It was named after Manuel Montt, President of Chile 1851-61]


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21 December 1914

At sea & Ancud

Lat -42.09, Long -73.02

4.00am:  “Bristol” in company

4.06am:   Weighed & through channel to Ancud Gulf

7.52am:  As requisite to Chacas Narrows

9.42am:  Anchored in Ancud Bay

6.50pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to seaward

7.27pm:  Huapacho Point S, 1.5’

8.06pm:  Stationed “Bristol” 5’ on port beam

Number on sick list 1


[Golfo de Ancud is in Chile at Lat -42.09, Long -73.02

Canal Chacao is at Lat -41.78, Long -73.53

Bahia de Ancud is at Lat -41.82, Long -73.81

Huapacho Point is probably Punta Guapacho at Lat -41.77, Long -73.90.]



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[Record of Observations for Compass Deviation.]

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[This is a blank table.]


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22 December 1914

At sea

Lat -44.84, Long -75.45

12.30pm:  “Bristol” closing to 2 cables astern

3.30pm:  As requisite for entering Vallenar Roads

4.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

    Ships in harbour: “Orama”

6.50pm:  Arrived “Kent”


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23 December 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

4.00am:  Sailed “Kent”

4.25am:  Collier Trevanion secured alongside

5.40am:  Commenced coaling

5.20pm:  Finished coaling, received 900 tons

7.00pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 1


[SS Trevanion, 4267 tons, was built in 1912 for the Hain Steamship Co by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields. She was sold & renamed “Maroula” in 1929 She ran aground & was wrecked in 1934.]


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24 December 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

8.00am:  Sailed “Bristol”

9.33am:  Arrived “Kent”

6.02am:  Arrived “Bristol”

Number on sick list 2


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25 December 1914

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

4.16pm:  Weighed & as requisite out of harbour, “Bristol” in company

6.36pm:  “Bristol” took station 1’ on starboard beam

11.15pm:  Cape Raper Light S23E

Number on sick list 2


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26 December 1914

At sea

Lat -49.08, Long -74.41

6.00am:  Altered course as requisite for Messier Channel

6.50am:  Scout Island abeam

8.25am:  Cocks Head

9.00am:  Arthur Island. Half watch standing by guns

10.12am:  Direction Island

11.30am:  English Narrows

12.30pm:  Guia Point

12.45pm:  Penguin Rock

I.30pm:  Entered Grappler Reach

2.10pm:  Bold Head, entered Icy Reach.

2.45pm:  Mason Island, entered Wide Channel

3.55pm:  Leith Point

4.58pm:  Lecky Inlet

7.45pm:  As requisite for Wide Bay

8.05pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


[Canal Messier is a marine channel off the coast of Chile at Lat -48.33, Long -74.7

Isla Scout is at Lat -47.92, Long -74.57

Punta Cocks is at Lat -48.28, Long -74.57

Isla Arturo is at Lat -48.42, Long -74.57 but there are several islands with the same or similar names

There are several candidates for Direction Island and without a large scale chart I cannot identify the exact location.

Angostura Inglesa is at Lat -49.05, Long -74.47

Guia Point is probably indexed as Islotes Guia in Chile at Lat -49.17, Long -74.36

Roca Penguin is at Lat -49.23, Long -74.38

Canal Grappler is at Lat -49.47, Long -74.3

Cabo Bold is at Lat -49.55, Long -74.25

Canal Icy is at Lat -49.6, Long -74.32

Isla Mason is at Lat -49.65, Long -74.35

Punta Leith is at Lat -49.93, Long -74.3

In the South American Pilot 1916Lecky Inlet (in Wide Channel) is marked by a high cone over Squire Point, the north entrance point of the inlet. When approaching from the northward this cone appears as a long hogback. No anchorage has been found on the shores of the inlet.’ Punta Squire is at Lat -50.1, Long -74.6.]


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27 December 1914

At sea

Lat -51.98, Long -73.67

4.56am:  Shortened in. “Bristol” in company

5.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

5.40am:  Entered Guia Narrows

6.48am:  Bonduca Island

7.37am:  Lucis Island

9.00am:  Tarleton Pass

10.15am:  Lecky Retreat

11.00am:  Farquhar Pass

1.00pm:  Isthmus Bay.

1.45pm:  Gray Channel

3.42pm:  Fairway Island

4.30pm:  Sighted “Carnarvon”

4.40pm:  As requisite for Port Tamar anchorage.

5.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


[Isla Bonduca is in Chile at Lat -50.92, Long -74.28

Isla Lucia is at Lat -51.13, Long -74.15

Paso Tarleton is at Lat -51.46, Long -74.17

Paso Farquhar is at Lat -51.83, -73.83

Canal Gray is at Lat -52.35, Long -73.7

Puerto Tamar is at Lat -52.93, Long -73.77.]


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28 December 1914

At sea

Lat -53.2, Long -71.98

4.36am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for Magellan Straits

6.45am:  Cape Cooper Key

9.25am:  Entered Jerome Channel, courses as requisite for proceeding into Otway water

2.24pm:  Stopped. Lowered steam cutter & whaler to land & make inquiries in Fitzroy channel

2.48pm:  Anchored

6.16pm:  Weighed & proceeded

8.27pm:  As requisite off Toro Point


[Canal Jeronimo is at Lat -53.38, Long -72.48

In the South American Pilot 1916 ‘Jerome Channel leads from the northeast end of Crooked Beach, between Jerome and Arauz Points, 10 miles north-northwestward, thence 11 miles north-northeastward, where it opens into Otway Water.Punta Arauz is at Lat -53.55, Long -72.35

Canal Fitz Roy is at Lat -52.7, Long -71.42

Punta Toro is at Lat -53.12, Long -72.02.]


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29 December 1914

At sea

Lat -54.05, Long -71.0

5.20am:  Sighted "Carnarvon" in Port Pomar

5.26am:  Stopped

5.43am:  Proceeded

6.10am:  As requisite for Jerome Channel

7.40am:  Entered Main Strait proceeded as requisite eastward

11.55am:  Altered course as requisite for Magdalen Sound

1.00pm:  Proceeded into Keats Sound

I.40pm:  Turned 16pts & proceeded to Sholl Bay

2.30pm:  As requisite for entering Sholl Bay

2.50pm:  Stopped & anchored

8.30pm:  Arrived “Carnavon”

Number on sick list 1


[Puerto Pomar is in Chile at Lat -53.27, Long -72.18

Canal Magdalena is at Lat -54.25, Long -70.92

Seno Keats is at Lat -54.32, Long -70.68

Bahia Sholl is at Lat -52.73, Long -73.9 but Bahia Shoal is at Lat -52.92, Long -70.87 which seems a more probable location.]


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30 December 1914

At sea

Lat -54.04, Long -71.3

7.00am:  Weighed

7.15am:  Proceeded into Magdalen Sound

7.30am:  As requisite for Cockburn Channel in company with “Carnarvon”

8.35am:  Cape Turn

9.25am:  Proceeded into Mercury Sound

10.13am:  Stopped

10.40am:  As requisite out of Mercury Sound

11.25am:  Proceeded to Sholl Bay

2.35pm:  Stopped & anchored in Sholl Bay

Number on sick list 1


[Cabo Turn is at Lat -54.4, Long -71.1

Seno Mercurio is at Lat -54.27, Long -71.25]


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31 December 1914

At sea

Lat -52.88, Long -70.48

5.04am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of Sholl Bay

5.13am:  Proceeded up Magdalen Sound to the northward, “Bristol” in company

7.35am:  San Isidro Light House abeam, 1.1'

10.00am:  Passed Punta Arenas

12.25pm:  Cape St Vincent

2.25pm:  Altered course for 1st Narrows

2.48pm:  Mendez Light abeam

3.15pm:  Direction Hill Beacon abeam

Number on sick list 1


[Punta Mendez is in Chile at Lat -52.53, Long -69.58 but I cannot trace a lighthouse there.

Cerro Direccion is at Lat -52.37, Long -69.5.]



LOGS FOR JANUARY 1915


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1 January 1915

At sea

Lat -54.8, Long -65.04

2.25am:  Slow, unbent cables

5.40pm:  White Island abeam

5.45pm:  Altered course up the Moat Channel

7.55pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 2


[Islote Blanco is indexed in Chile at Lat -55.07, Long -66.53

Canal Moat forms part of the boundary between Chile and Argentina. It is indexed under Argentina at Lat -54.98, Long -66.93.]


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2 January 1915

Ushuwaia

Lat -54.8, Long -68.3

5.00am:  Weighed & proceeded to Ushuwaia by Mackinlay Channel. “Bristol” in company

8.00am:  Stopped & anchored

    Ship in harbour: Argentine Transport “Vincente Lopez”

5.15pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

6.10pm:  Rounded Eclaireur Island & proceeded to westward up Beagle Channel.

7.20pm:  Turned into Lapataia Bay course & speed as requisite

7.40pm:  Stopped. & anchored

Number on sick list 3


[Ushuaia is in Argentina at Lat -54.8, Long -68.3

Paso Mackinlay is in Argentina at Lat -54.9, Long -67.48

The Transport was probably the “Vicente Fidel Lopez, 1190 tons, built in 1905 in Goole. She was scrapped in 1956.

Islotes Les Eclaireurs are in Chile at Lat -54.88, Long -68.1

Bahia Lapataia is in Argentina at Lat -54.87, Long -68.53.]


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3 January 1915

At sea

Lat -54.97, Long -69.12

4.10am:  Weighed & proceeded

4.22am:  Proceeded up Beagle Channel

4.55am:  Peron Rocks, “Bristol” in company

6.30am:  Divide Point

7.30am:  Romanche Bay. “Bristol” proceeded to examine Romanche Bay

8.00am:  Voilier Cove

9.00am:  Chair Island E

9.30am:  Chair Island W, turned 16 points & returned up NW arm & Beagle Channel

10.00am:  “Bristol” returned

10.30am:  Three Arms Bay

12.02pm:  Divide Point

1.25pm:  Peron Rocks, “Bristol” proceeded

2.15pm:  Bartlett Island

4.05pm:  Mackinlay Pass

4.32pm:  Stopped.& Anchored outside Harberton Inlet

Number on sick list 3


[Canal Beagle is at Lat -54.88, Long -68.17

Bahia Romanche is in Chile at Lat -54.92, Long -69.48

Punta Divide is in Chile at Lat -54.95, Long -69.15

Caleta Voilier is in Chile at Lat -54.88, Long -69.63

Isla Chair is in Chile at Lat -54.87, Long -70.03

Bahia Tres Brazos is in Chile at Lat -54.92, Long -69.75

Islote Bartlett is in Chile at Lat -55.88, Long -68.23

Puerto Harberton is in Argentina at Lat -54.88, Long -67.33.]


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4 January 1915

At sea

Lat -54.88, Long -65.15

6.12am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to Eastward by Moat Channel

7.56am:  “Bristol” took station

2.00pm:  Course & speed as requisite for carrying out range finder exercise with “Bristol”

2.45pm:  “Bristol” took station on starboard beam, 2’

5.00pm:  Read warrants Nos 50, 51

Number on sick list 2


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5 January 1915

Possession Bay

Lat -52.3, Long -68.95

1.05am:  Cape of Virgins Light N42W

2.20am:  “Bristol” took station astern

4.35am:  Sighted "Carnarvon"

5.08am:  Altered course as requisite for anchorage in Possession Bay

5.35am:  Stopped & anchored

6.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 2


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6 January 1915

Possession Bay

Lat -52.3, Long -68.95

4.20am:  Collier Westborough came alongside

5.00am:  Commenced coaling

2.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 760 tons.

    Collier cast off

    Sailed “Carnarvon” & “Bristol”

Number on sick list 3


[SS Westborough was probably the ship built in 1901 as SS Beechley, 3811 tons, by William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool. She was bought and renamed in 1912 by Hazelwood Shipping Co, Cardiff. She was sold and renamed several times before being sunk in an air attack in 1943.]


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7 January 1915

Possession Bay to Punta Arenas

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

2.12am:  Weighed

3.40am:  Delgado Light abeam, altered course through 1st Narrows

6.10am:  Spoke Collier Welternsea

9.53am:  Stopped & anchored in Punta Arenas Roads

    Saluted the country with 21 guns

1.30pm:  Washed clothes

5.00pm:  Chilean Admiral visited ship, saluted on leaving with 13 guns

Number on sick list 3


[SS Welternsea was built in 1913 by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull for The Sea Steamship Co Ltd.]


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8 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.87, Long -70.48

4.11am:  Weighed

am:  Hands blacking down aloft

3.25pm:  Altered course as requisite for 1st Narrows

4.27pm:  Sighted Delgado Point Light House abeam, 1.5’

Number on sick list 4


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9 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.5, Long -69.4

6.45am:  Sighted Dungeness Light House N67W

    Hands blacking down rigging

8.00pm:  As requisite in chase of vessel (SS Austral) & as requisite for anchorage

9.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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10 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.56, Long -69.77

8.25am:  Sighted smoke in 1st Narrows

9.00am:  Weighed & proceeded to intercept vessel.

9.49am:  Stopped. Boarded PSNO Kenuta

    Discharged Assistant Paymaster L Hirst to “Kanuta” for passage to England

Number on sick list 3


[SS Kenuta, 4953 tons, was built in 1907 for the Pacific Steamship Navigation Co. She was sold & renamed in 1926.]


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11 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.43, Long -68.72

7.40am:  Sighted Cape of Virgins Light House N87W

10.33am:  Altered course, Dungeness N28W, 6.6'

Number on sick list 4


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12 January 1915

At sea

Lat -53.15, Long -70.75

1.15am:  Sighted Cape of Virgins Light House S63W

3.35am:  Cape of Virgins abeam

7.07am:  Delgado Light abeam

Noon:  As requisite for Punta Arenas anchorage

12.25pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


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13 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.73, Long -70.37

8.55am:  Weighed & proceeded

11.00am:  Altered course up New Channel

11.52am:  Altered course through 2nd Narrows

1.32pm:  Altered course for 1st Narrows

pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


[Canal Nuevo is in Chile at Lat -52.95, Long -70.47.]


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14 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.37, Long -68.46

6.30am:  Cape of Virgins Light House S56W

9.25am:  Dungeness N66W, 8.5’

3.32pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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15 January 1915

Possession Bay

Lat -52.3, Long -68.95

11.30am:  Arrived “Carnarvon” & “Celtic”

pm:  Hands embarking ammunition

4.00pm:  Arrived “Bristol” with “Collier”

    Hands embarking ammunition & provisions

Number on sick list 5


[RMS Celtic, 20,904 tons, was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the White Star Line. In 1914 she became an Armed Merchant Cruiser but was converted to a troopship in 1916. In 1917 she hit a mine but despite 17 casualties she was repaired and returned to sea. After the war she had two collisions before running aground in 1928 when she was scrapped in situ. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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16 January 1915

Possession Bay

Lat -52.3, Long -68.95

6.10am:  Collier Kirnwood secured alongside

7.15am:  Commenced coaling

1.10pm:  Head ropes to collier carried away. Cast off collier. Received 450 tons [Wind force 8]

8.15pm:  Weighed

9.30pm:  Cape Possession abeam, 2.4'

11.25pm:  Dungeness abeam, 5.2'

Number on sick list 6


[SS Kirnwood was probably the cargo ship of 3049 tons built in 1905 by Robert Craggs & Sons Ltd, Stockton & Middlesbrough for the Constantine & Pickering Steamship Co, Middlesbrough. She was renamed for the first time in 1922 and scrapped in 1950.]


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17 January 1915

At sea

Lat -50.52, Long -66.93

Number on sick list 4


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18 January 1915

At sea

Lat -46.3, Long -65.52

4.06am:  Penguin Island Light N58W

    Examined Sea Bear Bay

4.44am:  Examined Port Desire

2.30pm:  Sighted land ahead

4.30pm:  Examined Egg Harbour & Gill Bay

7.00pm:  Examined St Elena Bay

Number on sick list 4


[Penguin Island Light is in Argentina and indexed as Isla Pinguino at Lat -47.92, Long -65.72

Sea Bear Bay is and indexed as Bahia Oso Marino at Lat -47.93, Long -65.77

Port Desire may be indexed as Puerto Deseadas or Puerto Deseado at Lat -47.75, Long -65.9

Egg Harbour is at Lat -45.05, Long -65.7

Bahia Gil is at Lat -45.05, Long -65.67

St Elena Bay is indexed as Puerto Santa Elena in Argentina at Lat -44.52, Long -65.33.]


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19 January 1915

At sea

Lat -42.77, Long -65.05

6.00am:  Ninfas Point abeam, 6'

9.45am:  Anchored in Port Madryn

1.25pm:  Weighed & proceeded

4.00pm:  Altered course through Heads

7.36pm:  Delgado Light House N10W, 10.5’

Number on sick list 4


[Punta Ninfas is at Lat -42.93, Long -64.33

Puerto Madryn is in Argentina at Lat -42.77, Long -65.05. It was first named Porth Madryn by its party of Welsh settlers in honour of the estate of Sir Love Jones-Parry and it still maintains its links to Wales.]


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20 January 1915

At sea

Lat -40.98, Long -62.2

Lost overboard: 1 sinker, 24 lbs; 1 Brass tube; 1 stray line; 1 swivel; 100 fms SM wire

Number on sick list 5


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21 January 1915

At sea

Lat -38.47, Long -57.23

Number on sick list 6


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22 January 1915

At sea & Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

7.00am:  Sighted El Cerro & “Recalada”

9.30am:  As requisite for communicating with "Orcoma"

9.36am:  Stopped. Picked up pilot

10.35am:  Proceeded as requisite into harbour

11.12am:  Anchored in Montevideo

1.30pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 9


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23 January 1915

At Montevideo & at sea

Lat -35.0, Long -56.19

1.20am:  Bent sheet anchor

8.34am:  Hands embarked provisions

10.15am:  Unmoored, weighed starboard anchor

11.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

11.25am:  Stopped. Disembarked Captain of Port’s representative

11.43am:  Proceeded as requisite

Number on sick list 6


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24 January 1915

At sea

Lat -37.85, Long -54.48

Number on sick list 4


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25 January 1915

At sea

Lat -42.93, Long -53.18

1.20am:  Bent sheet anchor

8.34am:  Hands embarked provisions

10.15am:  Unmoored, weighed starboard anchor

11.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

11.25am:  Stopped. Disembarked Captain of Port’s representative

11.43am:  Proceeded as requisite

Number on sick list 2, 2 officers


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26 January 1915

At sea

Lat -47.55, Long -55.04

Number on sick list 3, 2 officers


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27 January 1915

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

8.30am:  Sighted land on starboard bow

    Cleaning & painting ship & cleaning holds

10.30am:  Sighted Pembroke Light House

11.28am:  Course as requisite for entering harbour

11.54am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:  Port Watch drawing stores from "Crown of Aragon"

    Starboard Watch clearing holds

    Leave to Starboard Watch 3.30 to 10pm

5.30pm:  Recieved 121 tons oil fuel from SS Impoco


[SS Crown of Arragon, 4500 tons, was built in 1905 by D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Meadowside for Prentice Service & Henderson, Glasgow. She was torpedoed in 1917 with 1 casualty.]


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28 January 1915

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

am:  Hands provisioning ship

pm:  Hands provisioning ship & preparing for coaling

    Discharged 1 RNR rating to “Otranto”

    Special leave to Port Watch till 10pm

6.15pm:  Collier Westborough secured alongside

    Rigged collier for coaling

Number on sick list 3


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29 January 1915

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

5.40am:  Commenced coaling

6.00pm:  Finished coaling. Received 847 tons

    Collier cast off

    Landed patrol

Number on sick list 3


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30 January 1915

At sea

Lat -50.96, Long -59.5

4.30am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

4.47am:  Slow passing through mine field at Arrow point

5.12am:  Cape Pembroke S10W, 2.3'

10.40am:  Eddystone Rock abeam, 7'

Number on sick list 3


[Arrow Point is on the inlet leading to Port Stanley at Lat -51.67, Long -57.78.]


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31 January 1915

At sea

Lat -52.17, Long -67.1

3.50pm:  Sighted Cape of Virgins Light S72W

5.07pm:  Dungeness abeam, 4’

    Sighted “Carnarvon” to westward

6.20pm:  Stopped, communicated with “Carnarvon”

8.18pm:  Altered course for Delgada Point

8.40pm:  Altered course for 1st Narrows

11.40pm:  Cape St Vincent abeam

Number on sick list 1



LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1915


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1 February 1915

Punta Arenas

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

3.05 am:  Examined Chilian vessel

3.42am:  As requisite for Punta Arenas anchorage.

4.07am:  Stopped & anchored

    Chilian destroyer “Condell” in harbour

6.22am:  Arrived "Bristol"

1.00pm:  Washed clothes

3.36pm:  Sailed "Bristol"

9.10pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 1


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2 February 1915

Sholl Bay [probably Shoal Bay]

Lat -52.92, Long -70.87

4.50am:  Anxious Point abeam

5.40am:  As requisite for Sholl Bay anchorage

6.00am:  Stopped & anchored

9.30am:  Arrived tug Eduardo & coaled [?] alongside

pm:  Hands make & mend

5.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrants Nos 53, 54, 55, 56, 57

    Paid monthly money


[Punta Anxious is in Chile at Lat -54.12, Long -70.9.]


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3 February 1915

Sholl Bay to Port Famine

Lat -52.92, Long -70.87

4.09pm:  Weighed & proceeded

4.35pm:  Altered course up Magdalen Sound

7.15pm:  As requisite for Port Famine.

7.21pm:  Stopped & anchored


[Puerto Famine is in Chile at Lat -53.6, Long -70.93.]


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4 February 1915

At sea

Lat -54.04, Long -71.02

6.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

6.52am:  San Isidoro Light abeam 2½'

8.27am:  Anxious Point abeam 1'

10.00am:  As requisite for Sholl Bay

10.20am:  Tug Eduardo secured alongside

10.41am:  Cast off "Eduardo", proceeded as requisite up Magdalen Sound

11.25am:  Anxious Point abeam 1'

1.50pm:  Examined Chilian vessel

2.10pm:  Santa Anna Point abeam

6.55pm:  Altered course through 2nd Narrows

8.32pm:  Altered course through 1st Narrows

10.00pm:  Delgado Point abeam ¾'

10.40pm:  Examined small vessel with searchlight

Number on sick list 1


[Punta Santa Ana is in Chile at Lat -53.63, Long -70.92.]


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5 February 1915

At sea

Lat -52.5, Long -68.4

3.02am:  Dungeness abeam, 6'

4.50am:  Altered course to intercept vessel

5.20am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Magellan

9.25am:  Dropped target & proceeded as requisite for aiming rifle practice

10.15am:  Stopped. Picked up target

    Cape of Virgins N71W, 17.5'

8.10am:  Stopped & anchored in Possession Bay

9.54pm:  Weighed & proceeded

11.30pm:  Examined by searchlight SS Antarctico (Argentine).


[There were 3 ships called “Magellan” who were wrecked during the war. I think this is the SS Magellan, 3642 tons, built in 1893 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was sunk by U-boat in 1918 with one casualty. This was the only British wreck of that name.

I think that SS Antarctico may have been the 865 ton Chilean ship of that name built in 1911. She sank after a collision in 1932. I cannot find any Argentinian ships named “Antarctico” operating in 1915.]


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6 February 1915

At sea

Lat -52.41, Long -68.12

1.20am:  Cape Possession Light House N41E, 4.5’

pm:  Make & mend clothes

5.20pm:  Dungeness abeam, 4.4'

7.58pm:  Cape Possession abeam, 5'

8.27pm:  Stopped & anchored

9.00pm:  Vessel passed bound East

Number on sick list 3


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7 February 1915

Possession Bay

Lat -52.3, Long -68.95

2.00am:  Vessel passed, bound East

9.30am:  Hands mustered by the Ledger. Read characters & abilities.

10.30am:  Argentine transport “Uruguay” passed bound westward.

11.00am:  SS Cedar Branch (British) passed, bound East


[“Uruguay” may have been the expedition support ship of 550 metric tons displacement built in 1874 by Laird Bros, Birkenhead for the Argentine Navy. In 1903 she was fitted with a steam engine and her sails were only used as a supplement. She was decommissioned in 1926 and is now a museum ship.

SS Cedar Branch, 3554 tons, was built in 1910 for the Nautilus Steam Shipping Co. She was sold & renamed in 1932 and torpedoed in 1940.]


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8 February 1915

Possession Bay

Lat -52.3, Long -68.95

am:  Guns crews at loader

I.33pm:  Weighed & proceeded

2.53pm:  Sighted vessel entering Straits.

3.45pm:  As requisite for examining SS Argentina (Argentine).

7.20pm:  Cape Possession abeam, 4.7'

8.13pm:  Stopped & anchored in Possession Bay

Number on sick list 2


[SS Argentina, 900 tons, was built in 1904 by the Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. She was renamed for the first time in 1916 and was declared missing in 1940.]


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9 February 1915

Punta Arenas

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

12.50am:  Sighted vessel entering Straits.

1.10am:  Weighed. Fire started in capstan flat, extinguished at 1.20

I.20am:   Proceeded as requisite to intercept vessel

2.30am:  Direction Hill abeam

2.47am:  Delgada Point Light abeam

5.25am:  Cape St Vincent abeam

6.20am:  Altered course for Punta Arenas

7.40am:  As requisite for anchorage

7.47am:  Stopped & anchored

    Chilian vessels in harbour destroyer “Condell” and gunboat “Thoma”

1.00pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

6.52pm:  Weighed & proceeded

9.24pm:  Altered course through 2nd Narrows

11.05pm:  Altered course for Mendez Point Light

11.18pm:  Altered course through 1st Narrows

Number on sick list 2


[Gunboat Thoma was almost certainly Gunboat Tomas, 702 tons, built as “Lynch” in 1891 by Laird Bros. She was renamed after the war.]


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10 February 1915

Punto Arenas to Port Edgar

Lat -52.47, Long -65.3

2.43am:  Dungeness abeam, 4.5'

Number on sick list 2


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11 February 1915

Port Edgar

Lat -52.01, Long -60.27

3.20am:  Sighted Bird Island, North

5.22am:  Albemarle Rock abeam

6.26am:  As requisite for entering Port Edgar

6.47am:  Stopped & anchored

10.30am:  Collier Kirnwood secured alongside

11.30am:  Commenced coaling

8.45pm:  Finished coaling. Received 763 tons

    Collier cast off

Number on sick list 2


[There are two Bird Islands in the Falklands, this one is off East Falkland at Lat -52.15, Long -60.9

Albemarle Rock is off East Falkland at Lat -52.22, Long -60.38.]


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12 February 1915

Port Edgar to Magellan Straits

Lat -52.32, Long -60.73

9.08am:  Weighed & proceeded out of Port Edgar

11.30am:  Cape Meredith abeam

    Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 3


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13 February 1915

Magellan Straits

Lat -52.49, Long -69.73

8.30am:  Sighted Cape of Virgins N 82W

10.20am:  Dungeness abeam

11.53am:  Cape Possession Light House abeam, 6'

1.30pm:  Delgada Light House abeam, 6'

5.10pm:  Cape St Vincent abeam, 1'

6.00pm:  Sighted HMS Celtic & spoke her

6.30pm:  Altered course for Punta Arenas

7.49pm:  Anchored

9.56pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

Number on sick list 2


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14 February 1915


Magellan Straits

Lat -52.67, Long -75.73

12.54am:  Cape San Isidro abeam, 2.2’

2.40am:  Cape Froward abeam

3.55am:  Altered course up English Reach

4.49am:  Rupert rocks abeam, 7.7'

5.25am:  Altered course round Cape Crosstide

5.40am:  Altered course up Crooked Reach

6.05am:  Cape Quod abeam, altered course up Long Reach

8.28am:  Cape Cooper Key abeam, 1’

10.45am:  Altered course rounding Tamar Island

10.55am:  Altered course as requisite up Smyth Channel

11.50am:  Fairway Islands

12.48pm:  Shoal Island

1.30pm:  Gray Channel

2.33pm:  Isthmus Bay

3.30pm:  Victory Pass. Proceeded up Union Sound & to Port Condell

5.54pm:  Stopped, as requisite finding anchorage in Port Condell

6.50pm:  Anchored.

    Chilian Government vessel in harbour, "Meteoro"

Number on sick list 2


[Isla Rupert is in Chile at Lat -53.67, Long -72.22

Cabo Crosstide is in Chile at Lat –53.57, Long -72.43

Cabo Quod is at Lat -53.55, Long -72.55

There are three entries for Canal Union in Chile, this one is at Lat -48.15, Long -75.32

Puerto Condell is at Lat -45.62, Long -74.18.

Meteoro, 800 ton tug, was built in 1901 by Lever, Murphy & Co.]


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15 February 1915

Union Sound

Lat -52.03, Long -73.54

5.03am:  Weighed & proceeded through channels to Union Sound

6.22am:  Cape Earnest.

7.40am:  Cape Ano Nuevo

8.45am:  Stopped 3' SE of Brinkley Island

    Engines as requisite for keeping position

12.20pm:  Spoke SS Alfonso (Chilian)

12.33pm:  Proceeded towards Brinkley Island

I.14pm:  Stopped

4.36pm:  Proceeded as requisite to Port Condell.

5.18pm:  Cape Ano Nuevo

6.20pm:  Cape Earnest

7.10pm:  As requisite into Port Condell.

7.22pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 3


[Cabo Earnest is in Chile at Lat -52.18, Long -73.27

Cabo Ano Nuevo is at Lat -52.15, Long -73.52

Isla Brinkley is at Lat -52.0, Long -73.67

SS Alfonso may have been the Chilian cargo ship of 257 tons who sank after a collision in 1919.]


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16 February 1915

Port Condell

Lat -52.1, Long -74.18

5.00am:  Landed lookout party on hill at North entrance to Kirke Narrows.

9.00am:  Sent steam cutter to explore Kirke Narrows

1.35am:  Steam cutter returned

Number on sick list 2


[Angostura Kirke is at Lat -52.07, Long -73.0.]


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17 February 1915

Union Sound

Lat -52.03, Long -73.63

5.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for channels to Union Sound

6.07am:  Cape Earnest

7.05am:  Cape Ano Nuevo

8.15am:  Stopped 1½' SE of Brinkley Island

1.45pm:  As requisite towards Brinkley Island

2.05pm:  Stopped.

4.30pm:  Proceeded as requisite to Port Condell

5.08pm:  Cape Ano Nuevo

6.10pm:  Cape Earnest

7.07pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 3


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18 February 1915

Union Sound

Lat -52.03, Long -75.63

5.03am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for Union Sound

6.05am:  Cape Earnest

7.05am:  Cape Nuevo Ano

8.00am:  Passed SS Alejandro (Chilian)

8.16am:  Stopped. Brinkley Island N49W, 1.5’

2.15pm:  Proceeded towards Brinkley Island

2.25pm:  Stopped

4.30pm:  Proceeded to Port Condell

5.20pm:  Cape Ano Nuevo

6.17pm:  Cape Earnest

7.16pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


[SS Alejandro was built as SS Cassel, 489 tons, in 1891 & was sold & renamed in 1907. She was renamed “Ancud” in 1926 and caught fire and was destroyed in the same year.]


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19 February 1915

Port Condell

Lat -45.62, Long -74.18

5.00am:  Landed lookout party

am:  Hands painting ship’s side

pm:  Steam cutter left ship to investigate theft of whaler by Indians

    Hands painting ship’s side

Number on sick list 1


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20 February 1915

To channels in Almirante Montt Gulf

Lat -45.62, Long -74.18

8.39am:  Arrived “Bristol”

1.14pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to entrance of Kirke Narrows

2.05pm:  Proceeded into Kirke Narrows

2.42pm:  Passed Punta Entrada

2.50pm:  Stopped. Hoisted steam cutter

3.08pm:  Proceeded to Small Hope Inlet.

3.25pm:  Proceeded as requisite into Inlet. “Bristol” searching channels to southward

3.45pm:  Searched Tranquil Bay & proceeded to South end of Inlet

5.34pm:  As requisite turning to entrance

5.50pm:  To anchorage at Casa

6.30pm:  Anchored in Casa Bay

7.35pm:  “Bristol” arrived

8.00pm:  Discovered a sounding of 19ft by No 5 Starboard

8.20pm:  Weighed. Shifted billet

9.08pm:  Anchored in 24 fathoms, sounded round ship

Number on sick list 2


[Punta Entrada is in Chile at Lat -52.06, Long -73.00

This channel called ' Ancon sin salida' surrounds the large peninsula of the chain quoted, forms Small Hope Inlet to the east of it, penetrates between two peninsulas, separating into two small but always navigable channels, and reaches the two larger inlets of Last Hope or Ultima Esperanza and Obstruction Sound’. Ancon Sin Salida is at Lat -52.18, Long -73.32

Bahia Tranquila is in Chile at Lat -52.08, Long -72.77

I have been unable to locate Casa Bay.]


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21 February 1915

Almirante Montt Gulf

Lat -51.78, Long -73.07

5.07am:  Sailed “Bristol” to search Obstruction Sound

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite up Almirante Montt Gulf

7.45am:  Stopped 4' to westward of Focus Island

9.05am:  Proceeded as requisite examining Worsley Sound

10.10am:  Stopped. Sent steam cutter to search Western arm.

    Engines as requisite investigating creek to northward

12.30pm:  Stopped

I.00pm:  Hoisted steam cutter

I.05pm:  Proceeded as requisite up Northern Arm of Worsley Sound

2.09pm:  Stopped. Sent steam cutter to search to end of inlet

6.00pm:  Steam cutter returned to ship

    Proceeded as requisite to Focus Island

7.40pm:  Stopped & anchored

    “Bristol” at anchor

Number on sick list 2


[Golfo Almirante Montt is at Lat -51.92, Long -72.75

Estero Obstruccion is at Lat -52.25, Long -72.52

Isla Focus is at Lat -51.9, Long -72.72

Fiordo Worsley is at Lat 51.72, Long -73.15.]


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22 February 1915

Almirante Montt Gulf

5.45am:  “Bristol” proceeded to search Last Hope Inlet

8.30am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to Consuelo

9.00am:  As requisite up buoyed channel

10.00am:  Anchored of town of Natales

    Chilian vessel “Meteoro” in harbour

1.30pm:  Washed clothes

3.40pm:  Arrived “Bristol”. Sent divers to “Bristol” on anchoring

4.30pm:  Arrived Chilian cruiser Tome


[Seno Ultima Esperanza is at Lat -51.57, Long -72.75

Natales is in Chile at Lat -51.73, Long -72.52. The port was only established in 1911 so the settlement was still being developed as a centre for sheep farming.

The Chilian cruiser “Tome” may refer to the “Tomas”, originally launched as the “Almirante Lynch”. She was renamed in 1912 when the destroyer “Almirante Lynch” was purchased.]


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23 February 1915

Natales to Focus Island (anchorage)

Lat -51.86, Long -74.62

8.07am:  Weighed & proceeded, “Bristol” in company

8.25am:  “Bristol” anchored being unable to steer

8.29am:  Anchored

10.53am:  Weighed, “Bristol” in company. Proceeded as requisite to Focus Island anchorage

12.32pm:  Stopped & anchored

12.40pm:  “Bristol” anchored


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24 February 1915

At Sea

Lat -52.13, Long -76.43

5.45am:  “Bristol” proceeded

6.40am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to Kirke Narrows

8.39am:  Stopped off Kirke Narrows. Sent steam cutter to observe tide in Narrows

9.35am:  Proceeded through Narrows followed by “Bristol”

10.09am:  Stopped. Hoisted steam cutter

10.33am:  Proceeded through channel to Union Sound and Isthmus Bay.”Bristol” in company astern

3.00pm:  Course as requisite for Gray Channel

3.40pm:  Parted company from “Bristol”

4.10pm:  Shoal Island

6.09pm:  Sentinel Island Light abeam, 1.2'

7.12pm:  Cape Cooper Key Light abeam, 1'. Altered course for Cohorn Light

11.10pm:  Rupert Island. Light S62E

Number on sick list 2


[This Union Sound seems to be Seno Union at Lat -52.08, Long -73.58

Canal Gray is at Lat -52.35, Long -73.7

Islote Cohorn Lighthouse is at Lat -53.65, Long -72.33

Isla Rupert Lighthouse is at Lat -53.65, Long -72.2.]


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25 February 1915

At sea & Punta Arenas

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

12.30am:  Wallis Mark abeam, 1'

3.40am:  San Isidro Light abeam 1.5'

8.00am:  As requisite for Punta Arenas anchorage.

8.05am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:  Make & mend clothes

9.32pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

11.20pm:  Sighted Cape San Isidro Light S3W

Number on sick list 2


[The South America Pilot says, “Opposite to Cape Gallant, and on the eastern island of this group, near its northwest end, there is a conspicuous white rock named Wallis Mark.”

According to the Geographic Dictionary or Universal Gazetteer Ancient & Modern, Vol 1 by Joseph Emerson Worcester, Cape Gallant is at Lat -53.7, Long -73.5]


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26 February 1915

Punta Arenas to Isthmus Bay

Lat -52.1, Long -73.38

12.50am:  Rounded Cape Froward

2.05am:  Rupert Island Light N76W

2.43am:  Sighted Cape Cohorn Light

3.40am:  Alterered course up Long Reach

5.20am:  Passed Chilian Tome

6.05am:  Sighted HMS Bristol with collier

7.40am:  As requisite for Smyth Channel

10.13am:  Victory Pass

11.20am:  Hands to Action Stations

11.40am:  Cape Earnest

Noon:  Stopped. Spoke tug with information re "Dresden"

1.38pm:  Proceeded as requisite through Channels to Union Sound & Isthmus Bay

2.05pm:  Sighted HMS Kent.

2.15pm:  Stopped. “Kent” communicated with “Glasgow” by boat

3.45pm:  Proceeded to Isthmus Bay

4.30pm:  Victory Pass

5.33pm:  As requisite for securing alongside collier Cairnross in Isthmus Bay

Number on sick list 1


[SS Cairnross, 4016 tons, was built in 1913 by W Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Cairn Line, Newcastle-on-Tyne. She was torpedoed in 1918 with no casualties.]


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27 February 1915

Isthmus Bay

Lat -52.18, Long -73.65

5.07am:  Sailed “Bristol”

5.10am:  Commenced coaling

3.10pm:  Finished coaling, received 900 tons

5.30pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 1


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28 February 1915

Isthmus Bay to Sholl Bay

Lat -52.97, Long -72.78

12.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

5.16am:  Altered course as requisite for channels to Magellan Straits

6.00am:  Hoskyn Island

6.50am:  Shoal Island

7.45am:  Fairway Island

10.43am:  Cape Cooper Key abeam, 1’

1.00pm:  Cohorn Light abeam, 1'

I.54pm:  As requisite into Fortescue Bay.

2.05pm:  Stopped. “Bristol” & “Orama” anchored in the bay. Captains repaired onboard “Glasgow”

3.25pm:  Proceeded

6.10pm:  Altered course down Magdalen Sound

6.55pm:  As requisite for entering Sholl Bay

7.07pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 2


[Isla Hoskyn is at Lat -52.33, Long -73.72.]



LOGS FOR MARCH 1915


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1 March 1915

Sholl Bay

Lat -52.73, Long -73.9

2.25pm:  Arrived “Kent”

Number on sick list 2


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2 March 1915

Sholl Bay

Lat -52.73, Long -73.9

7.15pm:  Arrived “Kent”

Number on sick list 2


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3 March 1915

Cockburn & Barbara Channels

Lat -54.32, Long -72.15

4.36am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of Sholl Bay & through Cockburn Channel

    “Kent” in company

5.50am:  Cape Turn

6.15am:  King Island

7.22am:  Kirke Rocks

7.50am:  Enderby Island. Altered course up Adelaide Passage

8.36am:  Stopped. Steam launch Galileo came alongside

9.11am:  Proceeded slow between Mortimer & Staines Islands

10.30am:  Sounding decreasing rapidly. Stopped. Launch proceeded to search Hewett Bay

11.47am:  Proceeded up Adelaide Passage

12.06pm:  Sounding continously, depths vary irregular

3.30pm:  Sighted “Kent” at anchor in entrance to Southern Narrows

4.25pm:  Southern Narrows. “Kent” weighed & proceeded in company astern, 3 cables

5.35pm:  Hill Islands

6.30pm:  Proceeded into Broderip Bay.

6.53pm:  Anchored

7.00pm:  “Kent” anchored

Number on sick list 2


[Canal Barbara is at Lat -54.17, Long -72.13

There are two Isla Kings. This one is at Lat -54.37, Long -71.28

Rocas Kirke is at Lat -54.37, Long -71.73

Isla Enderby is at Lat -54.37, Long -71.97

Isla Mortimer is at Lat -54.3, Long -72.3

Islas Staines is at Lat -54.25, Long -72.2

Bahia Hewett is at Lat -54.25, Long -72.32

Paso Adelaida is at Lat -54.35, Long -71.95

Islas Hills is at Lat -53.9, Long -72.3

Bahia Broderip is at Lat -53.87, Long -72.33.]


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4 March 1915

Broderip Bay to Ultima Esperanza

Lat -53.34, Long -73.06

7.15am:  Weighed & proceeded to Shag Narrows

7.40am:  Proceeded through Shag Narrows followed by “Kent”

8.08am:  Sighted “Orama”

8.39am:  Altered course through English Reach. “Orama” took station astern

9.48am:  Altered course west round Cape Crosstide

10.00am:  Altered course through Crooked Reach

10.20am:  Altered course up Long Reach

12.30pm:  Cape Cooper Key abeam, 1.3’

3.00pm:  Altered course up Smyth Channel

4.45pm:  Shoal Island

5.42pm:  Hoskyn Island

6.00pm:  Passed Chilian Government ship “Meteoro”

7.05pm:  Victory Pass

7.23pm:  Stopped 1½' East of Brinkley Island

Number on sick list 2


[Angostura Shag is at Lat -53.87, Long -72.23.]


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5 March 1915

Union Sound & Port Condell

Lat -52.11, Long -73.14

4.55am:  Proceeded as requisite to Kirke Narrows. “Orama” astern 5 cables

5.52am:  Cape Ano Nuevo

6.45am:  Cape Earnest

7.23am:  Stopped off Port Condell

9.30am:  Sent steam cutter to observe tide in Narrows

4.30pm:  Sent steam cutter to observe tide in Narrows

4.45pm:  “Orama” proceeded to Union Sound.

7.00pm:  Proceeded into port Condell

7.35pm:  Anchored

Number on sick list 2


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6 March 1915

Port Condell to Natales

Lat -52.1, Long -73.15

5.45am:  Sent steam cutter to observe tide

6.05am:  Weighed & as requisite through Kirke Narrows

6.55am:  Stopped. Hoisted steam cutter

7.05am:  Proceeded as requisite to Ismael Island

8.36am:  Revs various searching bay behind Humberto Id.

9.10am:  Proceeded as requisite to Port Natales

10.30am:  Stopped. Anchored off the Frigorifico Pier, Port Natales

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


[Isla Ismael is at Lat -51.87, Long -72.72

Isla Humberto is at Lat -51.85, Long -72.73.]


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7 March 1915

Almirante Montt Gulf

Lat -51.86, Long -72.73

8.56am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of Last Hope Inlet

10.00am:  Altered course as requisite examining Desengano Bay & Port Lasterria

10.24am:  Slow, examining Porto Lasterria

10.35am:  Proceeded to Focus Island

10.55am:  Stopped & anchored

12.30pm:  Tug passed to westward to search Worsley Sound

Number on sick list 2


[Bahia Desengano is at Lat -52.52, Long -72.87

Puerto Lasterria is at Lat -51.97, Long -72.58.]


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8 March 1915

Almirante Montt Gulf

Lat -51.8, Long -73.0

8.53am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to Worsley Sound

10.35am:  Stopped off North of Ballesteros Island. Sighted tug

11.10am:  Coaled tug

2.14pm:  Proceeded to Casa anchorage

3.50pm:  Stopped & anchored. Sounded round ship

Number on sick list 2


[Isla Ballesteros is at Lat -51.82, Long -72.93]


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9 March 1915

Ultima Esperanza to the sea

Lat -51.82, Long -74.83

7.27am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to Kirke Narrows

7.45am:  Sent steam cutter to observe tide

8.12am:  Stopped

9.00am:  Proceeded as requisite through Narrows

10.13am:  Cape Earnest

11.13am:  Brinkley Island

1.50pm:  Mayne Harbour

2.33pm:  Puget Island

4.00pm:  Guard Island

4.20pm:  Altered course up Inocentes Channel

6.15pm:  Altered course through Caffin Pass

Number on sick list 1


[Puerto Mayne is at Lat -51.32, Long -74.08

Puget Island may be Islotes Paget which is at Lat -51.09, Long -74.18

Isla Guard is at Lat -50.73, Long -74.52

Paso Caffin is at Lat -50.13, Long -74.75.]


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10 March 1915

At sea

Lat -47.87, Long -77.08

Note in log: washed overboard by accident – Hoses canvas No3, 2 in number

5.50am:  Altered course to intercept vessel

6.10am:  Stopped. Spoke SS Quillota (PSNC). Sent boat for mails

7.45am:  Proceeded

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 1


[PSNC Quillota, 3674 tons, was built in 1907 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was sold & renamed in 1923.]


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11 March 1915

At sea

Lat -43.08, Long -78.31

Number on sick list 1


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12 March 1915

At sea

Lat -38.38, Long -79.95

3.55pm:  Sighted “Orama”

4.10pm:  Stopped. “Orama” sent boat for mails

8.05pm:  “Orama” 5’ on starboard beam


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13 March 1915

At sea

Lat -36.22, Long -80.35

4.30am:  Stopped at Dresden’s Rendezvous, S37 W80

6.05am:  Proceeded

7.00pm:  Prepared for night action [as usual], “Orama” took station astern

Number on sick list 3


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14 March 1915

Cumberland Bay

Lat -33.62, Long -78.82

5.30am:  Sighted Juan Fernandez Island on starboard bow

7.55am:  Santa Clara Peak abeam 4’

8.00am:  Sighted smoke on starboard beam (Kent)

8.41am:  Sighted “Dresden” in Cumberland Bay

8.46am:  Course as requisite for taking up position to fire on “Dresden” without damage to the shore.

    “Dresden” hoisted German colors

9.10am:  Opened fire

9.11am:  Ceased fire. “Dresden” opened fire

9.12am:  Opened fire for 2nd time

9.14am:  “Dresden” hoisted white flag & hauled down colours. Ceased fire

    Proceeded to close “Dresden”

9.38am:  Stopped. German officer came onboard to interview captain

10.30am:  “Dresden” blew up fore magazine

11.37am:  “Dresden” sank

11.37am:  Anchored. Landed doctors from ships present to assist German wounded

8.30pm:  Sailed “Orama” for Valparaiso with German wounded onboard.

Number on sick list 3


[Bahia Cumberland is at Lat -33.62, Long -78.82 on Robinson Crusoe Island

Islas Juan Fernandez is in Chile at Lat -33.0, Long -80.0

Isla Santa Clara is at Lat -33.7, Long -79.0.]


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15 March 1915

Juan Fernandez to Vallenar Roads

Lat -34.1, Long -78.67

8.30am:  “Kent” weighed

9.00am:  Weighed

9.38am:  Guasabullena Point abeam, 1.5'

10.30am:  Discharged loaded guns

Number on sick list 3


[I think Guasabullena Point is Punta Hueso Ballena which is at Lat -33.67, Long -78.78]


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16 March 1915

Juan Fernandez to Vallenar Roads

Lat -37.59, Long -77.67

Number on sick list 3


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17 March 1915

Juan Fernandez to Vallenar Roads

Lat -41.31, Long -76.75

Number on sick list 1


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18 March 1915

Juan Fernandez to Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.27, Long -74.75

Broken by accident: 1 Thermometer Ordinary

Lost by accident: 1 sinker 24 lbs, lines - stray 1, guards brass 1, swivels 1

7.55am:  Sighted Socorro Island on port beam

8.15am:  Altered course for Vallenar

12.54pm:  As requisite into Vallenar Roads.

I.10pm:  Stopped & anchored

    Colliers Branston & Cairnross in harbour

3.30pm:  Sailed “Branston”

5.00pm:  Collier Cairnross secured alongside

Number on sick list 1


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19 March 1915

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

6.00am:  Commenced coaling

3.36pm:  Finished coaling, received 850 tons

Number on sick list 1


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20 March 1915

Vallenar Roads

Lat -45.32, Long -74.55

7.00am:  Worked hand pumps

am:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 1


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21 March 1915

Vallenar Roads to Messier Channel

Lat -45.45, Long -74.83

8.20am:  Collier Nantwen arrived & sailed for Possession Bay.

9.47am:  Weighed, as requisite

10.25am:  Analao abeam, 2'

9.03pm:  Cape. Raper Light S38E, 23.5'

11.34pm:  Cape Raper Light abeam, 8.7'

Number on sick list 2


[SS Nantwen, 4764 tons, was launched in 1912 by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby for W & CT Jones SS Co Ltd, Cardiff. She was sold and renamed for the first time in 1918. After several changes of name and owner she was eventually scrapped in 1959.

Isla Analao is in Chile at Lat -45.47, Long -74.7.]


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22 March 1915

Tarn Bay to Tom Bay

Lat -48.65, Long -74.42

5.30am:  Sighted Ayautau Island

7.20am:  As requisite for Messier Channel

7.40am:  Sombrero Island

9.25am:  Lizard Island

10.15am:  Cocks Head

11.17am:  Middle Island

Noon:  Direction Island

1.00pm:  English Narrows

1.15pm:  Mindful buoy

3.15pm:  Chasm Reach

4.13pm:  Course & speed as requisite for avoiding ice coming out of Penguin Sound

6.08pm:  Squire Point

6.37pm:  As requisite for entering Tom Bay. Prepared for night action

6.45pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


[Isla Ayautau is in Chile at Lat -47.58, Long -74.83

[Isla Lizard is at Lat -48.1, Long -74.62

In the South American Pilot, ‘Cocks Head, the west entrance point of Waterfall Bay, appears as a steep cliff with a smooth top when seen from the southward

Morro Cock is at Lat -48.27, Long -74.53

Isla Middle is in Chile at Lat -48.5, Long -74.48

Chasm Reach is indexed as Paso del Abismo at Lat -49.60, Long -74.44

Seno Penguin is at Lat -49.98, Long -74.1

Punta Squire is at Lat -50.1, Long -74.6

Bahia Tom is at Lat -50.2, Long -74.8]


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23 March 1915

Tom Bay to Port Tamar & Sandy Point

Lat -51.8, Long -73.85

5.40am:  Weighed & proceeded

7.35am:   Altered course for Guia Narrows & as requisite for Sarmiento Channel

8.00am:  Guia Narrows

8.15am:  Ladder Hill

8.50am:  Bonduca Island

9.50am:  Lucia Island.

11.30am:  Morris Island

1.00pm:  Victory Pass

2.25pm:  Hoskyn Island

3.20pm:  Shoal Island

4.00pm:  Fairway Island

4.52pm:  As requisite to Port Tamar

5.00pm:  As requisite for communicating with "Bristol" at anchor at Tamar

7.44pm:  Cape Cooper Key abeam, 1’

8.50pm:  Sighted El Morrion S75E

9.45pm:  Altered course for Cohorn Island Light

10.50pm:  Rupert Island abeam

11.20pm:  Altered course for Cape Froward

Number on sick list 1


[Ladder Hill may be Punta Escalada at Lat -50.94, Long -75.01

Isla Bonduca is at Lat -50.92, Long -74.28

Isla Lucia is in Chile at Lat -51.13, Long -74.15

Isla Morris is at Lat -51.65, Long -73.96

Cerro El Morrion is at Lat -53.58, Long -72.53.]


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24 March 1915

Punta Arenas

Lat -53.15, Long -70.87

2.15am:  Altered course, Cape San Isidro N22E

3.30am:  San Isidro abeam, 2.7’

5.06am:  Santa Anna Point abeam, 2.5’

8.27am:  As requisite for anchorage at Sandy Point

8.40am:  Stopped & anchored

    Chilian destroyer “Condell” in harbour

pm:  Washed clothes

5.00pm:  1 RNR rating joined ship

Number on sick list 1


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25 March 1915

Punta Arenas to Possession Bay

Lat -52.7, Long -75.0

8.35am:  Weighed 7 as requisite

11.00am:  Altered course through 2nd Narrows.

I.00pm:  Altered course through 1st Narrows.

I.38pm:  Delgada Point abeam, 7'

2.40pm:  As requisite for anchorage in Possession Bay

2.55pm:  Stopped & anchored

5.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 1


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26 March 1915

Possession Bay to Sutlej Anchorage

Lat -52.28, Long -69.23

11.12am:  Sighted Chilian Destroyer “Condell”

12.24pm:  “Condell” anchored SE, 1' from Glasgow

3.14pm:  Weighed & proceeded

5.30pm:  As requisite for Sutlej anchorage.

5.57pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.20pm:  Collier “Nantwen” anchored

Number on sick list 1


[Fondeadero Sutlej is at Lat -52.58, Long -68.67]


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27 March 1915

Sutlej Anchorage

Lat -52.58, Long -68.67

6.40am:  Collier Nantwen secured alongside

7.35am:  Commenced coaling

3.50pm:  Finished coaling, received 675 tons

4.40pm:  Collier cast off & proceeded to northeastward

5.44pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 1


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28 March 1915

At sea

Lat -49.61, Long -65.42

Number on sick list 3


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29 March 1915

At sea

Lat -45.33, Long -61.7

Number on sick list 2


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30 March 1915

At sea

Lat -41.6, Long -58.46

Number on sick list 2


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31 March 1915

At sea

Lat -37.47, Long -55.25

11.10pm:  Lobos Light House N4W, 24.5'

Number on sick list 2



LOGS FOR APRIL 1915


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1 April 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.05am:  Flores Light abeam, 8'

7.40am:  As requisite for gas buoy & dredged channel to Montevideo.

8.20am:  Stopped. Picked up pilot & health officer

8.31am:  Proceeded into harbour. Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by El Cerro

8.57am:  Stopped & anchored

    Uruguayan ships in harbour: “Uruguay”, “Montevideo” & “18 de Julio

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


[“Uruguay”, 1400 ton gunboat” was built in 1910 and scrapped in 1953

Montevideo”, 2050 ton cruiser, was ordered by Greece from Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, Elswick and launched as “Salamis” in 1885. While still unfinished she was sold to Italy and renamed “Dogali”. In 1908 she was sold to Uruguay and renamed again. She was disarmed and used as a training ship until she was scrapped in 1932.

18 de Julio”, 678 ton yacht, was built in 1909 as the Presidential Yacht. She was scapped in 1951.]


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2 April 1915

At sea

Lat -35.01, Long -55.81

8.45am:  Unmoored, weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

10.00am:  Stopped. Captain of Port’s representative left ship

10.12am:  Proceeded as requisite

3.25pm:  Lobos Light House N16E

7.21pm:  Cape Santa Maria abeam, 12'

9.38pm:  Cape Polonio abeam, 13'

11.35pm:  Altered course to investigate vessel, SS Highland Piper

11.48pm:  Altered course to investigate vessel, SS Varbellum

Number on sick list 3


[I cannot trace SS Varbellum]


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3 April 1915

At sea

Lat -32.93, Long -51.13

5.06am:  Altered course to close vessel

12.25pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel.

12.58pm:  Altered course (SS Conway)

2.30pm:  Passed Greek vessel steering NE

    Paid Quarterly Settlement

4.05pm:  Passed SS Esemplare (Italian)

6.30pm:  Stopped. Examined SS Crofton Hall

6.37pm:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 2


[Two ships named SS Conway were sailing at this time. SS Conway, 2627 tons, built 1904 for Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, she was scrapped 1930. Another SS Conway, 4003 tons, was built in 1901 by Irvines Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, West Hartlepool for LR Conner & Co, West Hartlepool. She was sold in 1918 and torpedoed the same year without loss of life.

There are two Italian ships named Esemplare operating at this time. I think that this one is probably the SS Esemplare, 2632 tons, built in 1889 by the Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co, Ltd, Newcastle. She was torpedoed in 1916 with no loss of life. The second is the SS Esemplare, 1102 tons, built in 1902 by A Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow. She was torpedoed in 1917.

SS Crofton Hall, 5774 tons, was built in 1913 by William Hamilton, Port Glasgow for CG Dunn, Liverpool. She was sold in 1914 to United States Steel Products Co Inc, New York and after several changes of owner and name scrapped in 1957.]


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4 April 1915

At sea

Lat -28.12, Long -48.6

3.30pm:  Cape Santa Marta Grande abeam, 14'

6.20pm:  Altered course, examined by searchlight SS Thrasyvoulos (Greek)

7.30pm:  Stopped. Boarded SS KP Ingeborg (Swedish)

8.40pm:  Examined by searchlight SS Santa Isabel. (Spanish)

Number on sick list 2


[Cabo Santa Martha Grande is in Brazil at Lat -28.63, Long -48.75

SS KP Ingeborg may have been SS Ingeborg, 1156 tons, built in 1908 and scrapped in 1956 or the “Princessan Ingeborg”, 3670 tons, built in 1905.

SS Thrasyvoulos, 3536 tons, was lost in a fire in Casablanca Harbour in 1917

SS Santa Isabel may have been the passenger/cargo ship built in 1915 by Sociedad Espanola de Construccion for Compagnie Transatlantica Espagnola. She ran aground in a storm in 1921 and was wrecked with the loss of 213 lives.]


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5 April 1915

At sea

Lat -26.32, Long -48.33

3.30am:  Arvoredo Light House N35W

6.47am:  Arvoredo Light House abeam,1.5’

9.00am:  Cabobudas Light abeam 9’

am:  Hands repairing & spreading waist awnings

12.15pm:  Altered course to examine vessel in San Francisco do Sul. (British)

8.30pm:  Examined Brazilian Lloyd vessel by searchlight

Number on sick list 1


[Ilha do Arvoredo Lighthouse is in Brazil at Lat -27.3, Long -48.35

Cabobudas Light may be a mis-spelling of Cabecudas Light House which is at Lat -26.93, Long -48.62

San Francisco do Sul should be Sao Francisco do Sul at Lat -26.24, Long -48.65.]


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6 April 1915

At sea

Lat -24.0, Long -44.42

7.31am:  Alcatrasses Peak N42W, 20'

7.25pm:  Raza Light abeam, 27.5'

9.30pm:  Cape Frio Light N68½E

Number on sick list 1


[The only reference I can find to the location of Alcatrasses Peak is in ‘The Brasilian Navigator’, John Purdy 1838: ‘The groupe called the Alcatrasses or Cormorant Isles, lies at 16 miles S.S.E. [S. 17° E.l from the Monton de Trigo.’ Monte do Trigo is at Lat -23.88, Long -45.88

Ile de Porto Alcatrazes Light is at Lat -24.01, Long -45.7

Raza Lighthouse is in Brazil at Lat -23.08, Long -43.08

Cabo Frio Light is at Lat -23.01, Long -42.0]


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7 April 1915

At sea

Lat -21.6, Long -40.2

12.27am:  Cape Frio abeam, 6'

5.55am:  Sighted “Sidney” on starboard bow

4.10pm:  Took station on starboard beam of "Sidney” 5 cables

Number on sick list 4


[HMAS Sydney, 5400 ton cruiser, was launched in 1912 by the London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co. She was decommisioned & scrapped in 1928. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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8 April 1915

Abrolhos & at sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.00am:  Sighted Abrolhos Light House N32E

5.35am:  Formed single line ahead

6.14am:  Stopped & anchored

7.30am:  Collier Fullerton secured alongside

    Ships in harbour: “Celtic”, “Macedonia”, “Edinburgh Castle” & “Carnarvon”

9.00am:  Commenced coaling

6.45pm:  SS Impoco secured alongside

8.30pm:  “Impoco” cast off

10.00pm:  Squadron weighed & proceeded.

10.30pm:  Collier cast off. Finished coaling, received 920 tons.

Number on sick list 6


[SS Fullerton, 2811 tons, was built in 1912 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough for Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd, Hull. She was sold & renamed several times before she was scrapped in 1958.

HMS Macedonia, 10,552 ton Armed Merchant Cruiser, was built in 1904 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for P&O Lines. She was requisitioned during the war and took part in the capture of 2 German colliers in 1914. After the war she returned to civilian service and was scrapped in 1931. She is part of the OW fleet.

SS Edinburgh Castle, 13,326 tons, was built in 1910 for the Union-Castle Mail SS Co. She was sold to the Admiralty in 1940 and scuttled in 1948.]


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9 April 1915

At sea

Lat -16.25, Long -37.2

12.06am:  Weighed

2.20am:  Abrolhos Light N55W, 19.5'

6.05am:  As requisite taking station 2' on starboard beam of flag (“Sydney”)

9.20am:  Spreading to 20’

Number on sick list 7


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10 April 1915

At sea

Lat -11.79, Long -35.39

8.50am:  Divisions. Aired night clothing

2.47pm:  Stopped port engine; proceeded full speed with starboard engine

3.14pm:  Stopped starboard [engine]

3.15pm:  Full speed starboard engine

3.20pm:  240 revs both engines

Number on sick list 7


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11 April 1915

At sea

Lat -6.97, Long -33.5

7.30am:  Sighted "Vindictive"

2.30pm:  Passed Norwegian vessels steering to southwestward

Number on sick list 6


[HMS Vindictive, 5750 ton cruiser, was launched in 1897 at Chatham dockyard. She was sunk off Ostend as a blockship in May 1918 then raised and broken up in 1920. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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12 April 1915

At sea

Lat -2.21, Long -35.13

Number on sick list 6


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13 April 1915

At sea

Lat 1.54, Long -35.66

pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 4


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LOG BOOK – APRIL 14TH 1915 TO MAY 7TH 1915


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[These pages are scanned logbook covers.]

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[These pages are repeats of the ones at the start of the log pages.]


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14 April 1915

At sea

Lat 1.02, Long -35.36

Lost by accident: 1 sun helmet & 1 ash oar 14ft

5.10am:  Sighted Flag

8.00am:  Lat 1.85, Long -35.47

8.00pm:  Lat -0.42, Long -34.76

Number on sick list 3


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15 April 1915

At sea

Lat -3.37, Long -33.89

8.00am:  Lat -2.69, Long -33.98

2.00pm:  Altered course as requisite, took station NE, 2 cables from “Sydney”

2.39pm:  Stopped & anchored, Rocas Light House S35E

    Ships present: “Laurentic”, “Celtic”

5.00pm:  Sailed “Laurentic”

    Hands embarking stores

7.30pm:  Arrived “Liverpool”

8.15pm:  Sailed “Celtic”

10.00pm:  “Gloucester” arrived with prize

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Laurentic, 14,892 ton Armed Merchant Cruiser, was launched in 1908 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the White Star Line. She was requisitioned at the start of the war and sunk by a mine in 1917. She is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Liverpool, 4800 ton cruiser, was launched in1909 by Vickers. She was sold for scrap in 1921 and is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Gloucester, 4800 ton cruiser, was launched in 1909 by William Beardmore & Co. She was sold in 1921 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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16 April 1915

Rocas & At sea

Lat -3.87, Long -33.82

6.40am:  Arrived “Edinburgh Castle” & “Vindictive”

am:  Hands embarking stores

9.00am:  Flag transferred to "Liverpool".

    Fleet Surgeon R Gilmour discharged to “Gloucester”

    1 Ship’s Steward Assistant joined ship from "Liverpool"

11.30am:  Sailed “Sydney”

11.40am:  Sailed “Liverpool” & “Gloucester”

Noon:  Sailed “Vindictive”

2.47pm:  Squadron weighed & proceeded

3.20pm:  Stationed “Macedonia” 1' on starboard beam, “Edinburgh Castle” 1' on port beam

Number on sick list 3


[The lighthouse mentioned yesterday would seem to be on the Atol das Rocas which is at Lat -3.87, Long -33.82. A succession of lighthouses has been built on the atoll, the first established in 1883. However, the atoll is inside a reef so the anchorage would be outside; according to the log she was some 30’ away at noon & anchored at 2.29pm.]


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17 April 1915

At sea & Pernambuco

Lat -7.33, Long -34.59

2.00pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” parted company

4.40pm:   As requisite for anchorage

4.58pm:  Stopped & anchored in Pernambuco Roads

    Saluted country with 21 guns; returned by fort

5.10pm:  “Macedonia” anchored


[There are several places called Pernambuco in Brazil. This one seems to be at Lat -8.05, Long -34.9]


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18 April 1915

Pernambuco & At sea

Lat -7.33, Long -34.59

5.00pm:  Weighed. “Macedonia” weighed

5.30pm:  “Macedonia” stationed abeam 5 cables.

6.58pm:  Agostinho Light abeam, 8.8'

9.15pm:  “Macedonia” investigated vessel


Number on sick list 1


[Cabo de Santo Agostinho Lighthouse is at Lat -8.35, Long -34.95.]


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19 April 1915

At sea

Lat -11.12, Long -35.54

Midnight:  Passed large steamship

8.00am:  Lat -10.46, Long -35.3

12.15pm:  Passed Greek vessel

2.10pm:  Sighted “Carnarvon” ahead

3.06pm:  Stopped; communicated with “Carnarvon”

Number on sick list 3


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20 April 1915

At sea

Lat -15.06, Long -37.09

6.00am:  Sighted 3 vessels on starboard bow bound south

8.00am:  Lat -14.47, Long -36.8

8.00pm:  Lat -16.47, Long -37.09

Number on sick list 3


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21 April 1915

Abrolhos Anchorage

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

3.05am:  Sighted glare of Abrolhos Light S78W

4.58am:  Abrolhos N58W, 2.4’

6.23am:  “Macedonia” took station astern 4 cables

8.22am:  Stopped & anchored

    “Vindictive” also at anchor & “Celtic” & colliers

pm:  Hands embarking store

3.00pm:  Arrived “Edinburgh Castle”

Number on sick list 2


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22 April 1915

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

9.00am:  Hands provisioning ship

Number on sick list 2


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23 April 1915

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

6.00am:  Hands stowing holds

am:  Preparing for coaling

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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24 April 1915

Abrolhos.

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

6.00am:  Collier Fullerton came alongside

6.50am:  Commenced coaling

10.10pm:  Ceased coaling for night

Number on sick list 3


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25 April 1915

Abrolhos & At sea

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Lost by accident: 1 sun helmet

6.10am:  Recommenced coaling

9.00am:  Sailed “Macedonia”

10.15am:  Finished coaling, received [blank] tons

10.30am:  Collier cast off

11.30am:  “Impoco” oil carrier secured alongside

    Took in oil fuel

2.20pm:  “Impoco” cast off

2.58pm:  Weighed & proceeded

7.00pm:  Passed 4 masted schooner stearing to northward

8.00pm:  Lat -18.8, Long -39.0

Number on sick list 4


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26 April 1915

Abrolhos to Rio de la Plata

Lat -21.45, Long -40.02

8.00am:  Lat -20.7, Long -40.02

8.00pm:  Lat -21.45, Long -38.78

Number on sick list 3


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27 April 1915

Abrolhos to Rio de la Plata

Lat -25.23, Long -43.23

8.00am:  Lat -24.67, Long -42.62

8.00pm:  Lat -25.23, Long -44.33

Number on sick list 3


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28 April 1915

Abrolhos to Rio de la Plata

Lat -28.64, Long -46.48

5.05am:  Passed SS Etolia (British)

8.00am:  Lat -28.31, Long -45.67

11.0am:  Passed Italian vessel bound north

5.30pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 58

8.00pm:  Lat -29.6, Long -47.53

Number on sick list 4


[SS Etolia, 3733 tons, was built in 1911 by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co for International SS Co Ltd. After several new owners and names she was wrecked in 1934.]


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29 April 1915

Abrolhos to Rio de la Plata

Lat -31.8, Long -49.84

8.00am:  Lat -31.27, Long -49.25

All day:  Hands painting ship

8.00pm:  Lat -32.86, Long -51.0

Number on sick list 5


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30 April 1915

Abrolhos to Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.64, Long -53.18

8.00am:  Lat -34.1, Long -52.57

am:  Hands painting ship & ranging cable

5.15pm:  Cape Santa Maria N60W, 14.5'

8.00pm:  Lat -34.93, Long 54.28

9.14pm:  Sighted Lobos Light

Number on sick list 6



LOGS FOR MAY 1915


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[This page contains fuel consumption data at different speeds.]

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[This page lists the meteorological instruments.]


[The log pages from 1 May to 7 May have been recopied into a new logbook and scanned with that book. Because they are officially duplicates the two scans have been listed over the one edited transcription. The first logbook shows a variety of handwriting on the same page while the second is all in the same hand.]


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1 May 1915

Abrolhos to Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

12.46am:  Sighted Lobos Light abeam, 3.1'

1.00am:  Spoke RMSP Avon

4.30am:  Sighted Flores Light N77W

5.00am:  Sighted El Cerro

5.30am:  Sighted English Bank Light Vessel

6.18am:  Passed SS Vittorio (Italian), SS Divona (French)

8.00am:  Lat -34.99, Long -56.09

8.20am:  As requisite for gas buoy

9.15am:  Stopped & as requisite for communicating with “Avon”

9.45am:  Proceeded into harbour. Saluted country with 21 guns

10.30am:  Stopped & anchored in Montevideo

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


[SS Vittorio, 3643 tons, was built as SS Louisianian in 1891 by Barclay Curle & Co. In 1913 she was sold to an Italian company and renamed Vittorio. In 1923 she was renamed Congo and scrapped in 1924

SS Divona, 6031 tons, was built as SS Ormuz in 1886 at Fairfield’s yard in Govan. She was sold & renamed in 1912 & scrapped in 1922. From the end of 1915 she was used as a hospital ship & for troop transport during WW1.]


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2 May 1915

At sea

Lat -35.0, Long -56.13

10.00am:  Unmoored. Weighed port anchor

10.42am:  Weighed starboard anchor

11.05am:  Proceeded out of harbour

11.13am:  Stopped. Captain Taylor left ship

11.20am:  Proceeded

11.47am:  Punta Brava Light abeam, 2.6'

Noon:  Sighted "Macedonia"

12.55pm:  Flores Light House abeam, 3.2'

1.00pm:  As requisite for anchoring near "Macedonia"

1.05pm:  Anchored

Number on sick list 5


[Punta Brava Lighthouse is in Uruguay at Lat -34.94, Long -56.16.]


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3 May 1915

English Bank

Lat -35.24, Long -54.75

6.20am:  Collier Thornhill arrived & anchored

8.25am:  Sailed “Macedonia”

9.02am:  Weighed & proceeded to southward of English Bank, “Thornhill” in company

11.33am:  English Bank buoy abeam, 1.7'

1.00pm:  Paid monthly money.

5.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Thornhill, 3848 tons, was in service to the Admiralty from Nov 1915 to Aug 1918. Other sources give her Official Number as 132062 and state that she was built in Sunderland in 1911.]


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4 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.87, Long -56.71

Lost at sea by accident: 1 Crutch, Pattern No 73 E

6.45am:  Collier Thornhill secured alongside.

7.15am:  Commenced coaling

2.35pm:  Finished coaling, received 551 tons

    Collier cast off

4.30pm:  Hands cleaning ship

Number on sick list 7


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5 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.76, Long -56.42

6.57am:  Weighed & proceeded

7.25am:  Altered course to intercept vessel bound southward

8.00am:  Lat -35.63, Long -56.34

10.06am:  Altered course to return to “Thornhill” having spoken to SS Longhirst (British)

2.07pm:  Stopped and communicated with “Thornhill”

3.55pm:  Passed Argentine man of war “Almirante Brown”

4.00pm:  Recalada Light Vessel abeam, 1.5’

5.24pm:  Altered course for English Bank Channel

5.45pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.03pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 8


[SS Longhirst, 3053 tons, was built in 1904 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for Pyman, Watson & Co, Cardiff. She was sunk in 1917 with the loss of 2 lives.

Almirante Brown”, 4200 ton ironclad, was built in 1880 by Samuda Brothers, London. She was sold for scrap in 1932.]


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6 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.15, Long -55.67

I.50am:  Examined by searchlight SS Skogstad (Norwegian).

9.24am:  Weighed

am:  Hands blacking down aloft & reeving new boats’ falls

12.15pm:  English Bank East Light Buoy abeam, 1.5’

4.00pm:  Sighted collier “Thornhill”

5.09pm:  Stopped & anchored to northwestward of collier

Number on sick list 8


[SS Skogstad, 3655 ton cargo ship, was built in 1906 by Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for AF Klaveness & Co, Oslo. She was sold and renamed in 1928 and sunk during an air raid in 1941 with 2 casualties.]


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7 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.87, Long -56.71

6.30am:  SS Quantock (British) passed bound south

Number on sick list 9


[SS Quantock may have been the freighter of 4470 tons, built in 1910 by W Doxford & Sons, Sunderland for Tatem Steam Navigation Co, Cardiff. She was torpedoed & damaged in 1917 with the loss of 3 men.]


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8 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.87, Long -56.71

1.15pm:  Weighed & proceeded

    Hands make & mend clothes

    Sighted Argentine man of war “Almirante Brown”

3.00pm:  Recalada N77W, 2'

    Sighted SS Orita

5.05pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.00pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 8


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9 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.06, Long -53.5

Broken by accident: 1 Thermometer Ordinary for sea temperatures - No NZ MO/A 8724

9.09am   Weighed & proceeded

    “Macedonia” proceeded

9.43am:  English Bank Light Vessel abeam, 1.2’

10.45am:  Passed Greek vessel “Sophia”

2.55pm:  Passed Argentine vessel bound West

3.32pm:  Examined SS Siddons (British)

6.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Sophia may have been the ship built in 1901 as SS Barendrecht, 3223 tons, by Robert Craggs & Sons, Stockton & Middlesbrough. She was sold to Greek owners in 1914 and sold again to Scandinavian owners in 1915. She was eventually scrapped in 1933.

SS Siddons, 4189 tons, was built in 1910 as SS Tremont and bought & renamed by the Holt & Lamport Line in 1911. They sold her in 1923.]


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10 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.04, Long -55.6

8.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

8.40am:  English Bank Light Vessel abeam, 1.2’

9.50am:  Stopped. Dropped target

9.55am:  Proceeded as requisite for carrying out 1" aiming rifle practice

10.50am:  Stopped. Picked up target

2.13pm:  Altered course to investigate steamer SS Angola (British)

5.42pm:  Altered course for English Bank Light Vessel

5.54pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Angola, 4981 tons, was built in 1912 by D&W Henderson Ltd, Glasgow for Maclay & McIntyre, Glasgow. After several changes of ownership and name she was torpedoed in 1941 with the loss of 11 lives.]


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11 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.05, Long -55.17

1.15am:   SS Indralema passed bound Buenos Aires

6.45am:  Sent boat to PSNC Ortega

7.07am:  As requisite standing by “Ortega”

8.30am:  Passed SS San Francisco (American)

11.30am:  Passed SS Penhale (British)

pm:  Hands painting down aloft

5.59pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Indralema, 6669 tons, was built in 1901 for the Indra Line. She was transferred to the Port Line in 1914 and renamed in 1916.

SS San Francisco is probably the ship of 5102 tons built in 1914 in Londonderry, Ireland. [use page 181 in box on bar]

SS Penhale, 3712 tons, was built in 1911 by William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool for RB Chellew, Cardiff. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 1 life.]


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12 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.67, Long -55.9

7.07am:  Weighed & proceeded

am:  Hands fitting backbone of after awning, blocks etc.

11.00am:  Sighted “Ionic” (British) bound Montevideo

1.15pm:  Sighted "Thornhill"

1.30pm:  Sighted “Macedonia”

2.25pm:  Stopped & anchored 3½ cables S40E of “Thornhill”

2.38pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Ionic was probably the ship of 12,232 tons, built in 1902 for Shaw, Savill & Albion Lines. She was scrapped in 1937.]


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13 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

8.30am:  “Macedonia” sailed

am:  Painting ship’s side

pm:  Painting ship’s side, fitting lower boom & as requisite

Number on sick list 7


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14 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.47, Long -56.32

8.27am:  Weighed & proceeded

4.55pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to SS Kathleen (British)

5.28pm:  Proceeded to “Thornhill”

5.41pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


[SS Kathleen was probably the 3915 ton ship built in 1907 by Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn for Kathleen SS Co Ltd, Cardiff. She was torpedoed in 1917.]


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15 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.43, Long -56.57

7.20am:  Sighted barque outward bound

8.53am:  Weighed

9.15am:  Altered course to intercept vessel.

10.20am:  Stopped. Boarded Presidente Miteor (Hamburg) America) under Argentine colours in Lat -35.43, Long -56.57

11.53am:  Course N36E

pm:  Make & mend clothes

2.12pm:  Recalada Light Vessel abeam, 1.4’

2.30pm:  Spoke barque Inverlyon (British)

4.55pm:  Stopped & anchored

5.27pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 4


[I think the ship at 10.15 is the Presidente Mitre, 8832 tons, built in 1894 and scrapped in 1956. There is a reference to this ship in the ship list website under the Hamburg America Line.

Inverlyon”, 1827 tons, was built as “Gostwyk” in 1904 by A McMillan & Sons Ltd, Dumbarton for A Nicol & Co Aberdeen. In 1906 she was sold to the Inver Line, Aberdeen and renamed. In 1916 she was sunk by gunfire from a U boat.]


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16 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.18, Long -56.26

9.10am:  Weighed.

I.35pm:  Sighted “Thornhill”

2.46 pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 3


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17 May 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.51am:  Weighed

8.55am:  Recalada abeam, 1.7’

10.10am:  As requisite into Montevideo

10.34am:  Stopped for pilot

10.55am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:  Leave to Chief & 1st class Petty Officers till 7am 18th

    Taking in flour & as requisite

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 59

Number on sick list 3


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18 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.95, Long -56.23

10.40am:  Unmoored. Weighed & proceeded

1I.40am:  Stopped. Captain of Port’s representatives left ship

12.16pm:  Gas buoy abeam, .2’

2.45pm:  Sighted “Thornhill”

3.00pm:  Sighted “Macedonia”

3.52pm:  Stopped & anchored

4.00pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

    Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 2


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19 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

9.10am:  Sailed “Macedonia”

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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20 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

7.30am:  Collier “Thornhill” secured alongside

7.45am:  Commenced coaling

    Themisto (Dutch) passed outward bound

3.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 600 tons

3.45pm:  “Thornhill” cast off & anchored

4.00pm:  Cleaning ship

    Discharged 1 Master at Arms and 1 RNR stoker to “Thornhill” for passage to England

Number on sick list 6


[SS Themisto, 3594 tons, was built by CS Swan & Hunter Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne for Hudig & Veder Zeevaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam. After several changes of owner and name she was wrecked in 1941.]


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21 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.42, Long -55.8

8.55am:  Proceeded as requisite for adjusting FB compass

1.47pm:  Gas buoy abeam, .7’

5.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

    Sighted “Macedonia”

8.30pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 5


[FB compass may refer to Francis Barker compass. Francis Barker is a well known maker of military compasses.]


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22 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.63, Long -55.67

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

7.55am:  Stopped near “Macedonia”. Communicated

8.54am:  Proceeded

9.53am:  Buoy abeam, .6’

2.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

4.36pm:  “Thornhill” arrived & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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23 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.52, Long -56.26

2.45pm:  Sighted “Macedonia”

3.00pm:  Sighted 3 masted schooner to NW

4.40pm:  “Macedonia” anchored .5’ SSWward

5.23pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to intercept schooner to NWward

5.55pm:  Stopped. Examined by searchlight Schooner “Pax” flying Argentine colours

6.25pm:  Anchored

9.00pm:  Sent prize crew of 4 ratings to Schooner “Pax” under command of Lieutenant Lyon

10.07pm:  “Pax” sailed for Port Stanley

Number on sick list 5


[SV Pax, 285 tons, was built in 1914 in the Netherlands as SV Hieronymous Ipland for Gustavo Ipland, a German company. Later that year she was interned in Buenos Aires then sold to an Argentinian company & renamed “Pax”. She was declared a Prize of War by the British and renamed “Kelp” but wrecked at Spanish Point, County Clare in 1916 with 1 casualty.]


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24 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.48, Long -56.04

6.56am:  Weighed & proceeded to close “Macedonia”

7.21am:  Stopped & anchored

10.20am:  Weighed

3.12pm:  Bank buoy abeam, .3’

3.58pm:  Stopped & anchored

4.00pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 4


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25 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.0

am:  Hands as requisite oiling wire hawsers, rattling down fore rigging etc

2.40pm:  Vessel passed close in fog. Closed water tight doors

6.40pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 5


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26 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.01, Long -55.35

9.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.27am:  Stopped, dropped target. Prepared for action; Action Stations

9.35am:  Proceeded as requisite for 1" aiming rifle practice

10.12am:  Ceased firing

10.15am:  Stopped. Picked up target

4.38pm:   Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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27 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.07, Long -55.57

9.07am:  Weighed & proceeded

pm:  Make & mend clothes

3.30pm:  Sighted “Macedonia”

4.46pm:  Stopped & anchored

5.45pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 5


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28 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.43, Long -55.75

8.54am:  Weighed & proceeded

10.15am:  Buoy abeam, 2 cables

2.56pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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29 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

pm:  Make & mend clothes

5.20pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 5


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30 May 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

9.45am:  Sailed “Macedonia”

Number on sick list 5


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31 May 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

10.30am:  Stopped for pilot

10.37am:  Proceeded into Montevideo

10.55am:  Stopped & anchored

12.30pm:  Weighed, shifted billet, waiting for Italian transport to leave

3.40pm:  Shifted billet

4.00pm:  Leave to watch till 7am Jun 1

Number on sick list 3


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LOGS FOR JUNE 1915


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[This page contains a table of fuel consumption at different speeds.]

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[This page details the main meteorological instruments.]

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1 June 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Hands dismounting guns & cleaning ship

10.00am:  Discharged 1 Leading Signalman to hospital

1.30pm:  Leave to Watch 1.30pm to 7am on 2nd

Number on sick list 3


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2 June 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands cleaning ship & painting funnels

pm:  Make & mend clothes

1.30pm:  Leave to Watch till 7am on 3rd

Number on sick list 4


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3 June 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

am:  Hands dismounting guns

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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4 June 1915

Montevideo & At sea

Lat -35.19, Long -55.66

6.30am:  Unmoored & weighed starboard anchor

7.31am  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

8.07am:  Sighted “Macedonia” & collier “Ilwen”

9.50am:  Stopped. Communicated with “Macedonia”

10.05am:  Proceeded, “Ilwen” in company

10.30am:  Light vessel abeam, ¾’

12.30pm:  Bank buoy abeam, 1’

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read Warrant no 61

4.55pm:  Stopped & anchored

5.00pm:  “Ilwen” anchored

Number on sick list 5


[SS Ilwen, 4072 tons was built in 1904 and scrapped in 1936.]


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5 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

2.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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6 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

Number on sick list 4


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7 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.26, Long -56.33

9.48am:  Weighed & proceeded

2.30pm:  Light vessel abeam, 1.2’

2.58pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.40pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 4


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8 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

I.30pm:  Arrived "Otranto"

    Three ratings joined shp from “Otranto”

    Embarking stores

Number on sick list 4


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9 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.47, Long -55.87

8.00am:  Sailed “Otranto”

8.50am:  Weighed & proceeded

12.30pm:  Distributed HRH Princess Mary’s Xmas Presents

I.47pm:  Stopped & anchored

    Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 6


[Princess Mary was the daughter of George V. She established a fund which sent a tin containing gifts to soldiers and sailors for Christmas 1914.]


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10 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Preparing for coaling

pm:  Make & mend clothes

3.00pm:  “Macedonia” arrived

4.30pm:  “Macedonia” proceeded

Number on sick list 6


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11 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

6.00am:  Cleaning ship & restowing coaling gear

9.10am:  Preparing for action. ‘Action Stations’

Number on sick list 8


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12 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

11.00pm:  Spoke SS Gunwell (British)

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 7


[SS Gunwell, 3411 tons, was built in 1900 as SS Cycle. She was bought by Roth Brothers in 1912 & renamed Gunwell. Unfortunately she may have been renamed Florentino in 1914. However this is the only ship of the name I can trace.]


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13 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

6.00am:  Prepared for coaling

9.00am:  Collier “Ilwen” secured alongside

    Coaling

4.00pm:  Sighted “Macedonia” to northward

4.25pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

7.00pm:  Finished coaling, received [blank] tons

    Collier cast off and anchored to westward

Number on sick list 8


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14 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

7.00am:  “Macedonia” weighed & proceeded

7.13am:  Weighed & proceeded in company with “Macedonia”

9.22am:  Recalada abeam, 1.3’

11.00am:  As requisite remaining near buoy of “Macedonia”

11.30am  Anchored “Macedonia”

12.30pm:  Sent divers to assist in recovering “Macedonia’s” anchor

8.51pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to pick up “Macedonia’s” cutter

9.14pm:  Stopped picked up cutter. Anchored

Number on sick list 5


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15 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.15, Long -55.73

9.06pm:  Weighed & proceeded

pm:  Make & mend clothes

3.00pm:  Sighted collier

3.40pm:  El Cerro N20W

4.28pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


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16 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

3.40pm:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 3


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17 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

Number on sick list 4


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18 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

11.53pm:  “Macedonia” proceeded

Number on sick list 4


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19 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

9.00am:  Aired night clothes

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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20 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

Number on sick list 4


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21 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.24, Long -55.27

7.00am:  Collier weighed & proceeded to Montevideo

9.00am:  Dropped target

9.05am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite for aiming rifle practice.

    ‘Action’. Carried out 1" aiming rifle practice

9.55am:  Ceased firing

10.00am:  Stopped. Picked up target

10.15am:  Proceeded N22W

I.47pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


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22 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

2.30am:  Sighted SS Stratford (British)

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded to meet RMSP Demerara

7.20am:  Full speed

7.40am:  Stopped. Sent boat for mails

8.10am:  Proceeded

9.30am:  Recalada Light Vessel abeam, 1.5’

11.33am:  Stopped & anchored

3.00pm:  Sighted collier

4.10pm:  Collier anchored

Number on sick list 4


[I can’t find any details on SS Stratford but an SS Stratford arrived at Valparaiso in Dec 1913.]


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23 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

pm:  Hands as requisite. Acting Seaman Torpedoman class at instruction

Number on sick list 4


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24 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Hands as requisite. Guns’ crews at loader. Acting Seaman Torpedoman class at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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25 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

I.00pm:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle”

2.20pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” anchored

Number on sick list 4


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26 June 1915

Rio de la Plata & Montevideo

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.30am:  Recalada abeam, 1’

10.33am:  As requisite into Montevideo

11.20am:  Picked up pilot & proceeded into the port

11.35am:  Anchored

pm:  Special leave to watch till 7am

Number on sick list 5


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27 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.95, Long -56.23

10.30am:  Unmoored, weighed starboard anchor

11.07am:  Weighed, proceeded as requisite out of harbour

1.41pm:  Recalada Light Vessel abeam, 1.7’

3.00pm:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle” & collier “Ilwen”

4.06pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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28 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Hands as requisite, gun layers at dotter

Number on sick list 4


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29 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

7.00am:  Collier secured alongside “Edinburgh Castle”

am:  Marines at musketry drill, hands as requisite

pm:  Preparing for coaling

Number on sick list 4


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30 June 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

7.15am:  Collier “Ilwen” secured alongside

7.50am:  Commenced coaling

3.33pm:  Finished coaling, received 500 tons

3.55pm:  Collier cast off

6.00pm:  Cleaning ship

Number on sick list 2


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LOGS FOR JULY 1915


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[The first 3 pages are cover pages, the last two a repeat of fuel consumption and meteorogical instrument details.]


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1 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

10.10am:  Weighed. Picked up 2nd cutter

10.27am:  Anchored

11.25am:  “Edinburgh Castle” proceeded

12.30pm:  Paid monthly money

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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2 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Carried out .303" aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

    Hands reeving boats’ falls and as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 2


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3 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Aired night clothing

Noon:  “Edinburgh Castle” anchored

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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4 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

8.00am:  Sent Roman Catholic church party to “Edinburgh Castle”

11.30am:  Spoke barque “Renfield” (British)

Number on sick list 2


[Barque Renfield, 1112 tons & 4 masts, was launched in 1895 by Russell & Co, Port Glasgow for JA Russell, Port Glasgow. After the war she was converted to a barge and then motor vessel. She was eventually scrapped in 1926.]


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5 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.0, Long -56.1

6.00am:  Sent carpenters to “Edinburgh Castle”

7.05am:  Weighed

9.20am:  Sighted PSNC Orita, course as requisite for meeting her

11.30am:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Orita”

2.30pm:  Recalada abeam, .7'

4.00pm:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle”

5.05pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 1


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6 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Hands as requisite, guns’ crews as loader

Number on sick list 1


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7 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.58, Long -56.14

7.30am:  Sent recording party to “Edinburgh Castle”

8.37am:  Weighed. “Edinburgh Castle” weighed.

    Proceeded as requisite for service firing at target towed by “Edinburgh Castle”

9.05am:  Cleared ship for action. ‘Action stations’. Carried out firing from all guns

9.45am:  Ceased firing

10.00am:  Stopped. Took target from “Edinburgh Castle”

10.40am:  Proceeded as requisite, towing target for “Edinburgh Castle”

11.30am:  Stopped. Slipped target

I.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

I.30pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” anchcored


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8 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

am:  Hands refitting fenders & as requisite

pm:  Make & mend clothes


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9 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

pm:  Hands returning empties to “Ilwen”

    Acting Seamen Torpedomen to instruction


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10 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

11.50am:  Weighed.

2.45pm:  Recalada abeam, .7'

3.42pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 2


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11 July 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

9.00am:  Weighed

9.41am:  Gas buoy abeam, 1½ cables. Course as requisite for Montevideo

10.00am:  Stopped, picked up pilot

10.07am:  Proceeded into Montevideo

10.33am:  Stopped & anchored

    Discharged 1 rating to hospital

pm:  Leave to the watch till 7am

    1 rating joined ship from hospital

5.00pm:  1 Lieut RNR joined ship from RMSP Avon for passage to “Edinburgh Castle”


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12 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.02, Long -56.22

10.00am:  Unmoored

10.52am   Weighed & proceeded as requisite

3.50pm:  Sighted “Ilwen” S30E

4.23pm:  Stopped & anchored

9.25pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” arrived & anchored


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13 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

8.00am:  Discharged 1 Lieutenant RNR to “Edinburgh Castle”

10.00am:  “Edinburgh Castle” shifted billet

Noon:  “Macedonia” arrived and anchored

12.30pm:  Lieutenant Lyon rejoined ship

    Discharged 1 Engine Room Artificer, RNR, to collier “Ilwen”

Number on sick list 1


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14 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

7.00am:  “Edinburgh Castle” proceeded

7.10am:  Weighed. Proceeded alongside “Macedonia”

7.50am:  Secured alongside “Macedonia”

am:  Hands embarking stores

    Acting Seamen Gunners at instruction

pm:  Hands embarking stores

4.23pm:  Cast off from “Macedonia”. Proceeded as requisite

4.30pm:  Anchored 2½ cables NE from “Macedonia”

Number on sick list 1


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15 July 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.51, Long -56.21

6.30am:  “Ilwen” proceeded alongside “Macedonia”

am:  Acting Seamen Gunners at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

2.37pm:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle”

3.03pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” anchored

6.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 1


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16 July 1915

Rio de la Plata to [Port] Stanley

Lat -38.96, Long -56.32

2.30am:  Closed water tight doors

3.30am:  Exercised sea boat’s crew

am:  Training classes at instruction

    Hands as requisite

pm:  Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 1


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17 July 1915

Rio de la Plata to [Port] Stanley

Lat -43.69, Long -56.3

Number on sick list 2


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18 July 1915

Rio de la Plata to [Port] Stanley

Lat -48.72, Long -56.97

3.00am:  Exercised sea boat’s crew

3.30am:  Exercised ‘Close water tight doors’

Number on sick list 2


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19 July 1915

Rio de la Plata to [Port] Stanley

At Port William

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

8.40am:  Sighted land on starboard bow

11.25am:  As requisite for Port William

12.05pm:  Anchored

    Took over “Inflexible’s” picket boat

Number on sick list 4


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20 July 1915

Stanley [Port William]

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

am:  Training class dismounting guns

    Hands refitting fenders & as requisite

Number on sick list 4


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21 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

6.00am:  Sent watch to SS Manchester Civilian to coal SS Freshfield

am:  Training class dismounting guns

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 61

Number on sick list 6


[SS Manchester Civilian, 4706 tons, was built in 1913 for Manchester Liners Ltd. She was sold & renamed in 1933.

SS Freshfield may have been the 3445 ton ship owned by R Smith, Montreal. She was built in 1896 as RMSP La Plata. As “Freshfield” she was torpedoed in 1918 with the loss of 3 lives.]


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22 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

7.00am:  Sent Port Watch to “Manchester Civilian”

am:  Training class dismounting 4” guns

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


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23 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

7.00am:  Sent coaling party to “Freshfield”

am:  Landed patrol, hands as requisite

    Training class dismounting 4” guns

pm:  Hands as requisite, training class dismounting 4” guns

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 62

Number on sick list 6


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24 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

7.00am:  Sent coaling party to “Freshfield”

am:  Training class dismounting guns

    Cleaning ship

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 7


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25 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

10.00am:  Landed church parties

4.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

5.00pm:  Collier “Manchester Civilian” secured alongside

Number on sick list 7


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26 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

7.15am:  Commenced coaling

6.40pm:  Finished coaling, received [blank] tons

7.10pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 7


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27 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

am:  Cleaning ship

pm:  Hands embarking stores

Number on sick list 9


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28 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

am:  Hands embarking stores, dismounting guns & as requisite

pm:  Sent party to shift Schooner Pax alongside SS Freshfield

Number on sick list 8


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29 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

6.30am:  Sent working party to “Pax”

am:  Hands dismounting guns & as requisite

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 7


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30 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

6.00am:  Sent working party to “Pax” & store parties to dockyard

am:  Hands dismounting guns

pm:  Hands dismounting guns

Number on sick list 4


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31 July 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

6.00am:  Sent working party to “Pax” & to dockyard

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


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LOGS FOR AUGUST 1915


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[The above pages are cover pages or blank.]

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[This page contains a copy of the fuel consumption versus speed table.]

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[This page lists the meteorological instruments.]


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1 August 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

9.30am:  Divisions. Landed church parties

Number on sick list 6


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2 August 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

7.00am:  Sent working parties to “Pax” & to dockyard

am:  Hands dismounting guns, drawing canteen stores & as requisite

12.30pm:  Paid monthly money

Lost overboard by accident: 1 10 ton jack

Number on sick list 6


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3 August 1915

Stanley

Lat -51.67, Long -57.79

am:  Rigged diving boat

    Hands dismounting guns & as requisite

pm:  Divers diving for hydraulic jack

    Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 7


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4 August 1915

Stanley to English Bank

Lat -51.3, Long -57.43

9.15am:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour for narrows & Port Williams

10.06am:  Cape Pembroke Light astern

    Acting Seaman Gunners class at instruction

Number on sick list 7


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5 August 1915

Stanley to English Bank

Lat -46.6, Long -57.33

am:  Training class at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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6 August 1915

Stanley to English Bank

Lat -41.77, Long -56.75

am:  Training class at instruction

10.44pm:  Heard siren ahead. Stopped

Number on sick list 6


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7 August 1915

Stanley to English Bank

Lat -36.8, Long -56.1

6.10pm:  Sighted "Edinburgh Castle"

6.56pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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8 August 1915

English Bank

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

7.30am:  Roman Catholic chaplain held service onboard

Number on sick list 8


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9 August 1915

English Bank

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

6.23am:  "Edinburgh Castle" proceeded

am:  Hands washing down aloft, painting boats etc

pm:  Hands painting down aloft

1.37pm:  “Edinburgh Castle" arrived and anchored

    Mr Rowse Acting Artificer Engineer joined ship

7.00am:  Collier Corfu arrived

Number on sick list 10


[SS Corfu, 3695 tons, was built in 1907 by Joseph Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for Corinthian Shipping Co Ltd. She was sunk by explosives laid by the U-boat who captured her in 1917. There were 3 casualties.]


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10 August 1915

English Bank

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

am:  Hands painting ship’s funnels etc

    Training classes under instruction

    Held examination for mate & warrant officer

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

5.00pm:  Lieutenant Tucker joined ship from "Edinburgh Castle" for passage to Montevideo

Number on sick list 9


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11 August 1915

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.50am:  Weighed

9.04am:  Recalada abeam, 1.7'

10.24am:  Stopped, picked up pilot. Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by Cerro Fort

11.05am:  Anchored

3.00pm:  Lieutenant Tucker left ship

    Commander WA Thompson left ship

Number on sick list 7


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12 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.30am:  Mr Pelser, Artificer Engineer, left ship

10.30am:  Unmoored, weighed port anchor

11.17am:  Weighed starboard anchor

11.50am:  Proceeded out of Montevideo.

12.05pm:  Stopped. Captain of Port’s representative left ship

1.42pm:  Recalada abeam, 1.5'

2.30pm:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle”

3.43pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on Sick List 7


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13 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.00am:  Collier Corfu secured alongside

am:  Hands embarking stores

10.10am:  “Corfu” cast off & proceeded alongside “Edinburgh Castle”

12.30pm:  Sent working party to “Edinburgh Castle”

9.00pm:  Staff Surgeon Wysard left ship

Number on sick list 6


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14 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No 63

11.00pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” shifted billet

Number on sick list 5


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15 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

10.00am:  Surgeon Boyd Carpenter joined ship from “Edinburgh Castle”

Number on sick list 5


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16 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for ‘Action’. Exercised ‘General Quarters’

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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17 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

pm:  Painting ship

Number on sick list 5


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18 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

Broken by accident: 1 Thermometer, Ordinary

am:  Painting ship & 2nd cutter

pm:  Painting ship

Number on sick list 6


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19 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.12, Long -56.27

8.56am:  Weighed

am:  Hands painting ship’s boat & as requisite

9.42am:  Recalada abeam, 1'

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.31pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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20 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.98, Long -56.18

10.40am:  Weighed. Proceeded to meet telegraph ship "Colonia"

11.08am:  Stopped. Sent boat to "Colonia"

2.00pm:  Proceeded

3.00pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.35pm:  Collier "Fullerton" arrived

Number on sick list 6


[CS Colonia, 7976 tons, was launched in 1902 by Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker (Tyneside). She was sold in 1928 and converted to a Norwegian Whale Factory Ship. She was requisitioned by the Germans during WW2 and converted to a depot ship before she was sunk by a Russian aircraft in 1944.]


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21 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6.50am:  Collier secured alongside

    Commenced coaling

1.15pm:  Ceased coaling for squall

2.00pm:  Recommenced coaling

4.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 710 tons. Collier cast off

Number on sick list 6


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22 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

10.50am:  “Edinburgh Castle” arrived

5.40pm:  Weighed

7.20pm:  Stopped 4' S10E from Punta Brava. Sent boat to PSNC Orita

8.26pm:  Proceeded

9.08pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6

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23 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.36, Long -56.27

8.56am:  Weighed.

10.10am:  Recalada S75W, 1.5'

11.58am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 9


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24 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:  Hands as requisite, painting boats, training classes under instruction

3.00pm:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle”

4.35pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” anchored

Number on sick list 9


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25 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:  Hands as requisite, training classes at instruction, gunners, trainers & sight setters at deflection trainer

pm:  Holystoning decks, training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 9


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26 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

11.05am:  Sighted “Macedonia”

Noon:  “Macedonia” anchored

Number on sick list 9


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27 August 1915

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

I.25pm:  Weighed & proceeded

3.05pm:  Recalada abeam, 1.4'

3.57pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


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28 August 1915

Rio de la Plata (Montevideo)

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

7.04am:  Weighed

8.30am:  Stopped. Picked up pilot

8.38am:  Proceeded into Montevideo

11.02am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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29 August 1915

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -35.08, Long -55.88

8.55am:  Weighed & proceeded out of Montevideo

9.45am:  Sighted “Edinburgh Castle”

11.10am:  As requisite communicating with “Edinburgh Castle”

11.38am:  Course N89E

4.40pm:  Lobos Light House abeam, 1.3’

6.54pm:  Sighted Cape Santa Maria Light N45E

8.24pm:  Cape Santa Maria Light abeam, 7'

9.30pm:  Sighted Cape Polonio Light N19½E

10.52pm:  Cape Polonio Light abeam, .5’

Number on sick list 7


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30 August 1915

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -32.78, Long -51.48

am:  Training classes at instruction

  Guns’ crews at loader

Number on sick list 6


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31 August 1915

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -29.68, Long -48.47

9.55am:  Passed SS Farringford South bound

am:  Hands as requisite, training classes at instruction

Number on Sick List 7


[SS Farringford, 3146 tons, was built in 1896 by Joseph Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for Charlton & Thompson, Sunderland. She was sunk by gunfire in 1916.]


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LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1915


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[These pages are cover pages or blank.]

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[These pages contain a copy of the fuel consumption table and listing of the meteorological instruments.]


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1 September 1915

Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -26.17, Long -45.58

am:  Training classes at instruction

    Hands spreading awnings & as requisite

pm:  Read monthly money

Number on sick list 7


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2 September 1915

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

7.00am:  Guaratiba Point on port bow

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Hands preparing for entering harbour

9.23am:  Stopped & anchored. Saluted country with 21 guns & Rear Admiral with 13 guns, returned by fort

    Brazilian battle ships & other vessels in harbour

pm:  Watch employed on Wilsons Island

Number on sick list 6


[Ponta de Guaratiba is in Brazil at Lat -23.77, Long -43.57

Wilsons Island is now called Ilha de Mocangue Pequeno which is the site of the first dry dock in Brazil, built by Wilson, Sons.]


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3 September 1915

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -22.98, Long -43.12

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Captain of Port visited ship

11.23am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

6.57pm:  Cape Frio abeam, 4.6'

9.40pm:  Santa Anna Light N5E

Number on sick list 5


[Santa Anna Light seems to be indexed as Macae Ilha de Santana and lies at Lat -22.42, Long -41.7.]


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4 September 1915

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -21.62, Long -40.92

2.50am:  Passed SS Rio de Janeiro (Norwegian) bound South

3.00am:  Passed SS Wieringen (Dutch) bound South

pm:  Make & mend

4.30pm:  Passed SS Montrose (French) bound South

Number on sick list 7


[SS Rio de Janeiro , 2826 tons, was built in 1914 by John Blumer & Co, Sunderland for Nordenfieldske Dampskibsselskab, Trondheim. She was sold and renamed for the first time in 1925 and finally sunk by a British bomber in 1942 while under the German flag.

SS Wieringen, 3026 tons, was built in 1901 as “Neptunus” by Ropner & Sons, Stockton-on-Tees. In 1908 she was sold to Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam and renamed. She was sold on again in 1918 and after several more changes of owner and name hit a mine in 1941. She managed to run aground but was destroyed by German forces

SS Mont Rose, 3848 tons, was built in 1902 by Chantier et Ateliers de Provence, Port de Bouc for Societe Generale de Transports Maritimes, Marseille. She went missing in 1924.]


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5 September 1915

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -18.26, Long -38.78

11.30am:  Santa Barbara Light House N40E

7.00pm:  Sighted SS Vauban

7.40pm:  Stopped. Boarded “Vauban”

9.00pm:  Hoisted seaboat, proceeded S25W

Number on sick list 7


[SS Vauban was probably the vessel of 10,660 tons, built in 1912 for the Lamport & Holt Line. She was scrapped in 1932.]


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6 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

2.38am:  Stopped & anchored 3½ cables NW of “Vindictive”

6.00am:  Hands cleaning ship & spreading awnings

pm:  Make & mend clothes

5.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 7


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7 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

6.00am:  Prepared for coaling

9.40am:  Weighed. Proceeded to shift billet to northward of Island to be free from swell

10.42am:  Stopped & anchored, lighthouse S50½E, 1.5’

11.20am:  Collier “Djerissa” secured alongside

12.25pm:  Commenced coaling

9.52pm:  Finished coaling, received 780 tons

10.18pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 7


[SS Djerissa, 3723 tons, was built in 1910 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for the Strick Line Ltd. She ran aground and was wrecked in 1927.]


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8 September 1915

Albrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

8.58am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite shifting billet

9.39am:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


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9 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

6.00am:  SS Itasouca (Brazil) passed bound northward

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 7


[SS Itasouca was probably SS Itassuce, 2123 tons, built 1912 by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon for Cia Nacional de Navigaca Costeiro, Rio de Janeiro. She was scrapped in 1960.]


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10 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

am:  Hands blacking down aloft

    Training class at aiming rifle practice

pm:  Holystoning upper deck

    Training class at instruction

7.00pm:  Communicated with SS Itapura

Number on sick list 7


[SS Itapura was a passenger/cargo vessel, built in 1912 by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co for Cia Nacional de Nav Costeira, Rio de Janeiro.]


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11 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Pernambuco

Lat -18.13, Long -38.47

4.15am:  Sighted SS Fullerton

6.30am:  Sent boat to “Fullerton” for mail

8.58am:  Weighed & proceeded

12.30pm:  Passed 1 British & 1 Brazilian steamer bound southward

Number on sick list 7


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12 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Pernambuco

Lat -14.88, Long -37.05

Number on sick list 7


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13 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Pernambuco

Lat -11.17, Long -35.57

am:  Training classes at instruction

    Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 6


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14 September 1915

Pernambuco Roads

Lat -8.05, Long -34.9

6.20am:  Sighted land NNW

8.30am:  Sighted Angostinho Light House abeam, 9'

10.10am:  As requisite for anchorage Pernambuco Roads.

10.21am:  Stopped & anchored. Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by fort

Number on sick list 6


[Angostinho Light House is indexed as Cabo de Santo Agostinho and is in Brazil at Lat -8.35, Long -34.95.]


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15 September 1915

Pernambuco to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -8.33, Long -34.81

9.50am:  Weighed & proceeded

am:  Hands as requisite, training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 6


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16 September 1915

Pernambuco to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -11.53, Long -35.65

am:  Hands as requisite, training classes at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

7.00pm:  Sighted SS Alfred Hage bound South.

Number on sick list 6


[SS Alfred Hage, 1755 tons, was built in 1905 by Helsingor Vaert, Elsinore, Denmark for Svendsen & Christensen, Denmark.]


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17 September 1915

Pernambuco to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -14.85, Long -36.83

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

    Exercised ‘Prepared for action’ & ‘Action stations’

am:  Training classes at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


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18 September 1915

Pernambuco to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -18.16, Long -38.4

am:  Aired night clothing

1.26pm:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light House N13W

    Sighted collier at anchor

3.45pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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19 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

10.34am:  Collier weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 5


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20 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Read ‘Articles of War’

    Brazilian cruiser “Carloz Gomez” passed bound South

All day:  Hands as requisite. Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 5


[“Carloz Gomez” is probably “Carlos Gomez”. She is not listed in most of the Brazilian Navy websites but is referred to in the Boston Evening Transcript Jan 8 1908 escorting the American fleet into Rio de Janeiro.]


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21 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.15am:  Collier returned to anchorage

am:  Hands refitting & as requisite

    Marines at musketry

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

9.05pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 5


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22 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

I.15am:  Stopped

2.55am:  Sighted “Deseado” to northward

3.30am:  Sent boat to “Deseado” for mails etc

4.30am:  “Deseado” proceeded

5.55am:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light House N21W

8.30am:  Stopped & anchored

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill

    Training classes at instruction. Hands holystoning upper deck

pm:  Make & mend clothes

5.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 6


[RMSP Deseado, 11,475 tons, was built for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co in 1911. She was scrapped in 1934.]


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23 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.02am:  Weighed & proceeded to anchorage to northward of islands

5.42am:  Stopped & anchored

7.10am:  Collier “Djerissa” secured alongside port side

8.15am:  Commenced coaling

9.30am:  Sent boat to SS Itapura

4.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 697 tons

5.10pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to westward of islands

5.50pm:  Stopped & anchored

    Cleaning ship

Number on sick list 6


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24 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

All day:  Cleaning ship

Number on sick list 8


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25 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

4.00pm:  Sighted “Vindictive”

5.40pm:  “Vindictive” anchored.

Number on sick list 6


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26 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

9.30am:  Hands mustered by the ledger

Number on sick list 6


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27 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

9.10am:  Inspected and aired bedding

    Hands painting funnels etc

    Training classes at instruction

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

    Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 5


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28 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

am:  Hands painting boats & as requisite

    Marines at signals

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 5


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29 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

I.09am:  Weighed & proceeded

4.25am:  Stopped. Sent boat to RMSP Amazon for mails etc

5.45am:  Proceeded

9.02am:  Stopped & anchored

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Physical drill.

    Training classes at instruction

    Hands sponging out guns & as requisite

pm:  Watch employed as requisite

Number on sick list 5


[RMSP Amazon, 10,037 tons, was built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. She was torpedoed in 1918 with no loss of life.]


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30 September 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

am:  Hands as requisite

    Training classes at instruction

12.30pm:  “Vindictive” shifted billet

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1915


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[These pages are blank or cover pages.]

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[This page contains a copy of the fuel consumption table.]

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[This page lists the meteorological instruments.]


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1 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

1.00am:  “Vindictive” proceeded

5.50am:  “Vindictive” arrived & anchored

7.05am:  "Intaba" arrived & anchored

    Hands cleaning holds

12.30pm:  Paid monthly money

pm:  Hands spongng out guns & as requisite

Number on sick list 4


[SS Intaba, 4832 tons, was built in 1910 for JT Rennie. This line was acquired by Thomas & James Harrison in 1911. “Intaba” was sold and renamed in 1927.]


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2 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.00am:  Weighed & proceeded to NE of Islands.

6.00am:  Stopped & anchored

7.25am:  "Intaba" secured alongside

am:  Hands provisioning ship

1.00pm:  Discharged 1 Able Seaman to "Intaba"

    1 Boy joined ship from "Intaba".

2.20pm:  "Intaba" cast off.

3.05pm:  Weighed & proceeded to anchorage westward of Islands

3.53pm:  Stopped & anchored

6.00pm:  Re-stowing holds

Number on sick list 5


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3 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

10.00am:  Communicated with SS Itaituba (Brazil)

1.00pm:  Discharged 34 ratings to "Intaba"

3.00pm:  34 ratings joined ship from "Intaba"

4.05pm:  Weighed, proceeded slow

4.15pm:  Streamed Patent Log, Log line parted. Streamed Cherub Patent Log, log line again parted

    Lost by accident: 1 rotator & 1 governor for Neptune & Cherub logs

7.00pm:  Streamed Patent Log

    Lost by accident: 2 sinkers - 1310; 2 Guards, Brass - 1266; 3 Swivels – 1311

Number on sick list 7


[SS Itaituba, 913 tons, was built in 1891 by Scott & Co, Greenock as SS Coritiba. She was sold & renamed in 1895 and scrapped in 1948.]


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4 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -21.55, Long -40.17

am:  Hands as requisite

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised Fire Stations

9.10pm:  Sighted Cape Frio Light S89W

Number on sick list 4


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5 October 1915

Rio de Janiero

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

12.15am:  Cape Frio Light abeam, 8.1’

3.15am:  Ponta Negra Light N27W

8.00am:  As required for entering harbour

8.18am:  Stopped & anchored

8.22am:  Saluted country with 21 guns & Rear Admiral with 13 guns. Returned by fort

    Usual Brazilian ships in harbour

am:  Boys at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

    Leave to Petty Officers till 7.00pm

Number on sick list 4


[Ponta Negra Lighthouse is in Brazil at Lat -22.97, Long -42.7.]


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6 October 1915

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -23.13, Long -42.57

8.18am:  Weighed & proceeded

am:  Boys at instruction

    Hands refitting boats’ falls etc

1.00pm:  Sighted Cape Frio N85E

pm:  Watch employed as requisite

    Boys at instruction

4.15pm:  Cape Frio abeam, 7.4’

Number on sick list 3


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7 October 1915

Rio de janiero to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -21.1, Long -39.82

8.00am:  Altered course to intercept SS Verdi

am:  Hands scraping mess decks etc

    Boys at instruction

1.00pm:  Passed SS Verdi bound south

pm:  Watch as requisite

    Boys at instruction

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters

    Exercised ‘Collision Stations’

Number on sick list 3


[SS Verdi, 7120 ton passenger vessel, was built in 1907 by Workman, Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast for Lamport, Holt & Co. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 6 lives.]


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8 October 1915

Rio de Janiero to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.20am:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light House N37E

6.35am:  Stopped & anchored

    “Vindictive”, “Intaba” & collier at anchorage

9.15am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised ‘General Quarters’

    Boys at instruction

11.05am:  Sighted “Marmora”

12.49pm:  “Marmora” anchored

1.57pm:  “Intaba” sailed

    Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 3


[SS Marmora, 10,509 tons, was built in 1903 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for P & O, London. She was torpedoed in 1918 with the loss of 10 lives.]


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9 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

6.15 am:  Collier “Djerissa” secured alongside

7.00am:  Commenced coaling

2.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 586 tons

2.25pm:  Collier cast off

3.30pm:  Cleaning ship

5.13pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite

Number on sick list 3


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10 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -19.82, Long -35.58

12.30am:  Exercised sea boat’s crew

Number on sick list 4


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11 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -21.66, Long -31.01

am:  Hands scraping mess decks etc

    Boys at instruction

pm:  Watch employed as requisite

    Boys at instruction

5.40pm:  Exchanged colours with Argentine Schooner

Number on sick list 4


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12 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -23.66, Long -26.49

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised ‘General Quarters’

    Hands scraping mess decks etc

    Boys at instruction

am:  Watch as requisite

    Boys washing clothes

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised ‘Fire Stations’

Number on sick list 4


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13 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -25.59, Long -21.81

am:  Hands scraping mess decks etc

    Boys at instruction

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised ‘Prepare for towing’

Number on sick list 4


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14 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -27.04, Long -16.88

am:  Boys at instruction

    Hands scraping mess decks etc

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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15 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -29.07, Long -11.8

am:  Guns’ crews to loader drill

    Hands scraping mess decks etc

    Boys at instruction

pm:  Hands holystoning decks

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised ‘Night Action Stations’

Number on sick list 5


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16 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -30.61, Long -6.37

am:  Cleaning ship

Broken by accident: one Thermometer, Ordinary

Number on sick list 4


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17 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -31.95, Long -0.87

Number on sick list 4


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18 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -32.95, Long 5.12

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. ‘Prepared for Action’, ‘Action Stations’

am:  Hands scraping mess decks

    Boys at instruction

pm:  Watch employed as requisite

    Boys at instruction

Number on sick list 3


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19 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -33.98, Long 12.0

am:  Guns crews at loader

    Hands scraping mess decks

    Boys at instruction

pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 3


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20 October 1915

Abrolhos Rocks to Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

5.45am:  Sighted Table Mountain S79E

10.37am:  Cape Point Light abeam, 4'

11.19am:  Altered course for Roman Rocks

11.33am:  As requisite for Simons Bay

11.50am:  Stopped & anchored

    Ships in harbour: “Celtic” & “Pioneer”

3.30pm:  Leave to watch till 7pm

Number on sick list 3


[There are 2 Table Mountains in South Africa, this one is outside Cape Town at Lat -33.96, Long 18.42

The Cape of Good Hope Lighthouse referred to is the ‘old’ lighthouse at Lat -32.35, Long 18.5. The newer one is lower as it was felt that ships saw the light too early and therefore altered course too soon and foundered. The new lighthouse was opened in 1919

Roman Rock or False Bay Lighthouse is just outside Simonstown at Lat -34.2, Long 18.45

HMAS Pioneer, 2200 tons, was launched in 1899 at Chatham Dockyard as HMS Pioneer. She was transferred to Australia in 1912. She took part in the blockade of the Rufiji Delta before returned to Australia in 1916. She served as an accommodation vessel and was finally scuttled off Sydney in 1931.]


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21 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

8.03am:  Weighed & proceeded into basin & dry dock

am:  Hands docking ship etc

pm:  Cleaning ship’s bottom

5.00pm:  Leave to watch till 8pm

Number on sick list 2


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22 October 1915

Simons Town (dry dock)

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Cleaning ship’s bottom

9.20am:  "Pioneer" sailed

pm:  Rigging stages & clearing up dock

5.00pm:  Leave to watch till 8pm

Number on sick list 4


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23 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Cleaning ship’s bottom

11.00am:  One rating joined ship

12.30pm:  Special leave to Watch & Boys

3.00pm:  Landed patrol

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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24 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.30am:  Divisions. Landed church parties

pm:  Leave to Watch & Boys

10.00pm:  Two ratings joined ship

Number on sick list 4


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25 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands disembarking ammunition & placing boats on jetty

    Discharged 6 cases to hospital

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

pm:  Paid monthly money

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands surveying cables

5.00pm:  Leave to Watch. Landed patrol

Number on sick list 4


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26 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands scraping mess decks, ship’s bottom etc

pm:  Leave to Watch till Noon Oct 29th

    Hands working about ship’s bottom, fore rigging & mess decks

5.00pm:  Leave to Watch. Landed patrol

Number on sick list 3


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27 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands working at general work of refitting ship

2.25pm:  Arrived "Orbita"

5.00pm:  Read warrants Nos 64, 65, 66

Number on sick list 3


[HMAS Pioneer15,495 tons, was built in 1914 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was scrapped in 1950.]


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28 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands scraping ship’s bottom & mess decks, refitting fore rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

5.00pm:  Special leave to part of Watch, landed patrol

Number on sick list 3


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29 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands refitting ship

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands scaping & painting mess decks, ship’s bottom etc

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

5.00pm:  Leave to Watch & part of Watch

Number on sick list 3


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30 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands hoisting out cable holders & centre capstan, scraping mess decks etc

12.30pm:  Leave to Watch & Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 4


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31 October 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.25am:  Divisions, landed church parties

12.30pm:  Leave to Watch & Boys till 7pm

4.30pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 4


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[The above pages are blank or cover pages.]



LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1915


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[This page contains a copy of the fuel consumption table.]

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[This page contains a list of the meteorological instruments.]


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1 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands working about mess decks, fore rigging, ship’s bottom etc

11.00am:  Paid Monthly money

12.30pm:  General leave to Watch till noon 4th Nov

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

2.30pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 2


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2 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands employed on mess decks, ship’s bottom, fore rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

4.30pm:  Leave to part of Watch till 7pm

6.00pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 2


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3 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands employed on mess decks, ship’s bottom, fore rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

2.00pm:  Sent 1 rating to hospital

4.30pm:  Leave to part of Watch till 7pm

5.00pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 2


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4 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands employed on mess decks, ship’s bottom, refitting rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

4.30pm:  Leave to part of Watch till 8pm

5.00pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 4


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5 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands employed on mess decks, ship’s bottom, fore rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

4.30pm:  Leave to Watch till 8pm

5.00pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 3


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6 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands scraping & painting mess decks & ship’s bottom, working about rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Discharged Mr. Foreman (Gunner) to hospital

12.30pm:  Leave to Watch till 8.15pm

1.00pm:  Landed patrol

5.00pm:  Read warrants Nos. 67, 68

Number on sick list 3


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7 November 1915

Simons Town.

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Hands cleaning ship & sheds

9.30am:  Divisions. Prayers

12.30pm:  Leave to Watch & Boys till 8.15pm

1.00pm:  Landed patrols

Number on sick list 3


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8 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands working about mess decks, ship’s bottom, rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

4.30pm:  Leave to Watch till 8.15pm

    Landed patrol

5.00pm:  Read warrants Nos 69 & 70

5.30pm:  Discharged two ratings to detention barracks

Number on sick list 3


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9 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands about mess decks, ship’s bottom, embarking flour etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

pm:  Hands painting mess decks, working about rigging etc

2.00pm:  One rating joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 3


[Leave seems to have settled to a consistent pattern over weekdays.]


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10 November 1915

SimonsTown

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands scraping funnels, painting mess decks and around rigging

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 3


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11 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands scraping funnels, painting water line, working about rigging & painting mess decks

    Dockyard artficers making good defects

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 3


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12 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands painting mess decks, water line, scraping funnels, working about rigging etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 2


[Leave has returned to 8.00pm.]


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13 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands about mess decks, rigging, ship’s side

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

12.30pm:  Leave to Watch till 8.30pm 14th, Boys till 7pm

    Landed patrol

2.00pm:  Staff Surgeon Edwards joined ship

Number on sick list 2


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14 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.30am:  Read Prayers

12.30pm:  Leave to part of Watch & Boys till 7pm

4.30pm:  Landed patrol

Number on sick list 2


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15 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands painting mess decks, scraping funnels, cleaning out fresh water tanks etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 4


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16 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands scraping funnels, painting mess decks etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

3.00pm:  Discharged rating to hospital

Number on sick list 3


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17 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands working on rigging, mess decks, funnels etc

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

8.30am:  Discharged 2 ratings to hospital

2.00pm:  1 rating joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 2


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18 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands on refitting work

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

Number on sick list 2


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19 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Arrived “Laconia”

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands scraping & painting mess decks, working on rigging, funnels etc

12.30pm:  Landed Guard of Honour

9.00pm:  1 deserter brought onboard by escort

Number on sick list 2


[SS Laconia, 18,099 tons, was built in 1911 by Swan Hunter, Wallsend for the Cunard Line. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 12 lives.]


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20 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands as requisite on refitting work

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Sailed “Orbita”

12.30pm:  Leave to watch till 8.30pm Sunday

    Leave to boys till 7pm

9.00pm:  Prisoner at large broke out of ship.


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21 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

8.30am:  Divisions

    Discharged 1 rating to hospital

    Landed church parties

12.30pm:  Leave to part of watch & boys till 7.00pm


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22 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands refitting & as requisite

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

10.00am:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital


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23 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

1.00pm:  1 Rating joined ship from Royal Naval Hospital

Number on sick list 1


[Refitting and time ashore after work continue.]


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24 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

5.00pm:  Special leave to part of watch & watch till 8.0pm

Number on sick list 1


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25 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

2.30pm:  3 ratings joined ship from Royal Naval Hospital

Number on sick list 1


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26 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

10.00am:  Discharged 2 ratings to Royal Naval Hospital


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27 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

12.30pm:  Leave to watch & part of watch till 8pm, boys till 7pm

5.00pm:  1 rating joined ship from detention barracks

7.00pm:  Arrived “Armadale Castle”

Number on sick list 2


[HMS Armadale Castle, 12,973 ton passenger liner, was built in 1903 at the Fairfield Yard, Govan for the Union Castle Line. She was requisitioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser at the beginning of the war and returned to her owners in 1919. She was scrapped in 1936 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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28 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.30am:  Divisions

    Landed Church Parties

12.30pm:  Leave to watch & part of watch till 8pm, boys till 7pm

5.00pm:  Discharged 1 rating awating trial by court martial to “Laconia”

Number on sick list 2


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29 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

5.00pm:  His Excellency the Governor General of the Union of South Africa visited the ship

Number on sick list 2


[The Governor General was Sydney Charles Buxton, 1853-1934 who served from 1914-1920. On his return to the UK he was created 1st Earl of Buxton but died without a male heir.]


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30 November 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

2.00pm:  Discharged 1 rating to “Celtic”

    Assistant Engineer Turner left ship

Number on sick list 1


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[These pages are blank or cover pages.]



LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1915


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[These pages are blank or cover pages.]


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Number on sick list 1


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2 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Number on sick list 2


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3 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Number on sick list 2


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4 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

12.30pm:  Leave to watch till [blank] pm, Sunday

    Leave to boys till 7.00pm

    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 1


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5 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Divisions

    Landed church parties

12.30pm:  Leave to part of watch till 8.0pm, boys till 7.0pm

11.00pm:  1 Deserter from HMS Pioneer brought on board by escort

Number on sick list 3


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6 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

11.30am:  Sailed “Armadale Castle”

Number on sick list 3


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7 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

4.30pm:  Read warrant No 71

    Discharged 1 rating to detention barracks

Number on sick list 4


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8 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.30am:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital

3.00pm:  1 Rating joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 2


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9 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

4.00pm:  Read Warrants nos 72 & 73

    Discharged 2 ratings to detention barracks

Number on sick list 3


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10 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

12.30pm:  Lieutenant H Hickling left ship for passage to England

Number on sick list 5


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11 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

12.30pm:  Leave to watch till 8.30pm, 12th

    Leave to boys till 7.00pm

    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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12 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Divine Service

12.30pm:  Leave to part of watch till 8.15pm, boys till 7.00pm

Number on sick list 5


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13 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Number on sick list 5


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14 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

3.00pm:  2 ratings joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 5


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15 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands embarking ammunition

Number on sick list 5


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16 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands provisioning ship

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.30am:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital

11.00am:  Arrived “Armadale Castle”

2.00pm:  1 Rating joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 4


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17 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:    Hands stowing holds

      Dockyard artificers making good defects

8.30am:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital

1.00pm:  Sailed “Armadale Castle”

Number on sick list 3


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18 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:      Discharged Engineering Lieutenant JS Machan for passage to England

      Discharged Sub Lieutenant G Wilson to hospital also 1 rating to hospital

  5 ratings joined ship from hospital

12.30pm:  Leave to watch & part till 8.0pm, boys to 7.0pm

      Mr Hancorn (gunner) joined ship

      Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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19 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

12.30pm:  Leave to watch & part till 8.0pm, boys to 7.0pm

3.30pm:  Flooded dock to 13 ft

Number on sick list 1


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20 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.30am:  Flooded dock

am:    Hands employed moving ship to coaling wharf & preparing for coaling

11.00am:  Arrived “Macedonia”


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21 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:    Coaling ship

5.15pm:  Arrived "Hyacinth"

6.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 970 tons

      Leave to watch till 8.0pm

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Hyacinth, 5,600 ton cruiser, was launched in 1898 by the Longdon & Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. After a distinguished career she was scrapped in 1923.]


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22 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Cleaning ship

2.00pm:  3 ratings joined ship from hospital

4.30pm:  Leave to watch & part till 8.0pm

  15 Stoker ratings joined ship

  Discharged 1 rating to “Hyacinth”


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23 December 1915

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:    Hands drawing stores etc

pm:    Discharged 1 rating to hospital, 4 to “Laconia”, 3 to Sanatorium, 10 to “Hyacinth”

  3 ratings joined ship from hospital, 4 from Sanatorium

4.30pm:  Read warrant No 74

Number on sick list 3


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24 December 1915

Simons Town to Cape Town

Lat -34.11, Long 18.25

8.10am:  Cast off from coaling jetty & proceeded out of camber

8.46am:  Proceeded as requisite out of Simons Bay

9.25am:  Buffals Bay abeam

10.26am:  Cape Point abeam

1.25pm:  Stopped. Embarked pilot

2.05pm:  Secured

5.00pm:  Took in oil fuel

9.15pm:  Slipped from jetty

10.05pm:  Robben Island Light N24E

11.10pm:  Dassen Island Light N19E

Number on sick list 3


[Buffals Bay is on the Cape Peninsula at Lat -34.32, Long 18.47

Cape Point is at Lat -34.35, Long 18.48

Robben Island Light is at Lat -33.82, Long 18.37

Dassen Island Light is at Lat -33.43, Long 18.08]


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25 December 1915

Cape Town to St Helena

Lat -31.93, Long 15.56

12.10am:  Dassen Island Light abeam, 11’

9.00am:  Read prayers & King’s Message

Number on sick list 2


[The text of the message is given in this blog.]


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26 December 1915

Cape Town to St Helena

Lat -28.74, Long 10.55

3.00am:  Exercised sea boat’s crew

9.00am:  Mustered by open list

10.00am:  Read Prayers

Number on sick list 2


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27 December 1915

Cape Town to St Helena

Lat -25.00, Long 5.72

9.30am:  Exercised ‘General Quarters’

10.00am:  Secured

      Hands spreading awnings & as requisite

Number on sick list 2


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28 December 1915

Cape Town to St Helena

Lat -21.5, Long 1.28

am:    Hands scraping upper deck, cleaning flats for painting etc

4.30pm:  Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 2


[All that painting in Simons Town and they are starting again!]


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29 December 1915

Cape Town to St Helena

Lat -17.88, Long -3.02

6.25am:  Passed SS Chinese Prince

am:    Hands scraping upper decks & fitting boom gear

pm:    Make & mend clothes

4.45pm:  Evening Quarters. Night defence stations. Furled all awnings

Number on sick list 3


[SS Chinese Prince, 4834 tons, was built in 1911 for the Prince Line. She was sold in 1925.]


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30 December 1915

St Helena

Lat -15.92, Long -5.72

5.00am:  Sighted St Helena Island, Barn Point N47W

8.05am:  Stopped & anchored

am:    Coaling ship

6.45am:  Ceased coaling for night, received 313 tons

Number on sick list 2


[Barn Point is on St Helena at Lat -15.92, Long -5.65]


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31 December 1915

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -15.92, Long -5.72

am:    Coaling ship

Noon:    Finished coaling, received 147 tons

1.25pm:  Weighed & proceeded

pm:    Cleaning ship & spreading awnings

Number on sick list 4


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[These pages are blank.]



LOGS FOR JANUARY 1916


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[These are cover pages.]

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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -16.45, Long -11.12

2.00am:  Exercised sea boat’s crew

8.00am:  Broke broad pendant of Commodore 2nd class

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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2 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -17.43, Long -16.48

Number on sick list 4


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3 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -17.8, Long -22.2

am:    Hands scraping upper deck etc

pm:    Hands painting capstan flat & scraping upper deck

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised collision stations

Number on sick list 3


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4 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -18.0, Long -27.84

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Exercised collision & abandon ship stations

      Passed 5 masted schooner working to northward

Number on sick list 3


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5 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -18.12, Long -33.3

am:    Hands scraping upper decks & as requisite

10.00am:  Revolutions as requisite for repairing steam pipe

pm:    Hands painting flats & scraping upper deck

Number on sick list 5


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6 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -18.66, Long -38.07

5.00am:  Passed SS "Principissa Yolanda" steering NE

3.50pm:  Passed SS "Arabien" (Danish) flying Navy Reserve flag

Number on sick list 5


[The ship at 5am could be “Principessa Jolanda”, 2968 ton cargo ship, built in 1903 by Liguri Anconitani, Ancona for Federazione Italiana dei Consortzi Agrari, Genoa. She ran aground in 1926 and was wrecked.

SS Arabien, 4714 tons, was built in 1911 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker. She was operated by 2 Danish companies then sold & renamed in 1927 and broken up in 1933.]


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7 January 1916

St Helena to Abrolhos

Lat -22.33, Long -40.33

7.42am:  Altered course ½ point to starboard to avoid SS "Elleric" of Glasgow bound north

7.50am:  Resumed course

7.20pm:  Cape Frio Light N83W

9.31pm:  Cape Frio Light abeam, 6.5'

Number on sick list 5


[SS Elleric, 3570 tons, was built in 1897 by Russell & Co, Port Glasgow for the Bank Line. She was sold in 1916 but not renamed until 1919. She was finally scrapped in 1926.]


THE VOYAGES OF HMS GLASGOW 1916

JP map Glasgow 1916

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8 January 1916

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.2

12.35am:  Sighted Punta Negra Light N40W

2.00am:  Sighted Raza Light N62W

8.30am:  As requisite for entering Rio de Janeiro

9.10am:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country 21 guns & Rear Admiral in Barroso 13 guns

   Salute returned by Fort & Barroso

pm:    Make & mend clothes

2.20pm:  Brazilian Rear Admiral visited ship. Saluted with 13 guns on leaving

Number on sick list 5


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9 January 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -23.1, Long -42.7

9.09am:  Weighed & nproceeded out of harbour

2.40pm:  Cape Frio N77E

4.20pm:  Cape Frio N30E, 9'

Number on sick list 7


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10 January 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -21.06, Long -39.52

Lost overboard by accident: 1 Boat's masthead lantern, Patt 25A

Number on sick list 6


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11 January 1916

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

3.00am:  Sighted Abrolhos N42E

4.54am:  Stopped. Officer of Guard from “Vindictive” boarded ship

5.16am:  Proceeded as requisite to anchorage near Island

5.40am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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12 January 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

4.36am:  Weighed & proceeded to northward of Islands

5.17am:  Stopped & anchored

6.15am:  Collier “Pensolver” secured alongside

All day:    Coaling ship

2.00pm:  SS "Bahia"(Brazilian) passed, bound South

3.00pm:  SS "Olinda" (Brazilian) passed, bound North

4.30pm:  Sailed "Vindictive"

9.00pm:  Stopped coaling forward

Number on sick list 5


[The collier may have been the SS Penolver, 3721 tons, built in 1912 by William Gray & Co, Ltd, West Hartlepool for the Cornwall Steam Ship Co, Cardiff. She was sunk by a mine in 1943.

SS Bahia was built in 1910, renamed in 1930 & scrapped in 1931.

SS Olinda was probably the 2020 ton passenger/cargo ship launched in 1891 by J&G Thomson, Clydebank for Lloyd Brasiliero. She was scrapped in 1937.]


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13 January 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

3.00am:  Finished coaling, received 910 tons

4.30am:  Collier cast off

5.13am:  Weighed. Proceeded to Southern anchorage

5.47am:  Stopped & anchored

am:    Cleaning ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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14 January 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

8.00am:  SS City of Mexico (British) passed bound north. Warned she was standing into danger

All day:    Hands painting, refitting etc

Number on sick list 7


[I have found two possible ships, SS City of Mexico, 1511 tons, built in 1905 and operated by various Norwegian companies until she was sunk by a U-boat later in 1916 without loss of life. Then SS Mexico City, 5078 tons, built in 1896 as SS Narrung. She was renamed in 1913 when purchased by Eng Hok Fong Steamship Co (British flag) & torpedoed in 1918 with the loss of 29 men.]


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15 January 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

Number on sick list 6


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16 January 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

9.00am:  Hands mustered by the ledger

Number on sick list 6


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17 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

6.30am:  Arrived "Edinburgh Castle"

All day:    Hands painting ship

2.25pm:   Arrived "Vindictive"

3.00pm:  Discharged one rating to "Edinburgh Castle"

  Lieutenant Keeley joined ship for passage

5.10pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 4


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18 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat -15.19, Long -36.95

All day:    Hands painting ship

3.30pm:  Passed SS "Nordkap" (Danish) bound north

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant No.75

Number on sick list 4


[SS Nordkap, 2294 tons, was built in 1896 by William Dobson & Co, Walker for a Copenhagen based company. She was sold & renamed in 1929 & scrapped in 1932.]


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19 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat -10.53, Long -34.5

All day:    Hands painting ship

Number on sick list 4


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20 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat -5.78, Long -33.0

9.10am:  Passed SS Antwerpen (Danish) bound south

am:    Hands painting ship

1.00pm:  Passed Italian barque bound north

6.00pm:  Passed SS Tubantia bound south & five masted schooner

7.30pm:  Passed steam vessel bound south

8.10pm:  Sighted Fernando Noronha Peak N63E

9.40pm:  Passed SS Araby (British) bound south

9.44pm:  Sighted Rat Island.Light abeam, 11'

Number on sick list 4


[SS Antwerpen, 1637 tons, was built in 1887 by C & S Swan & Hunter Ltd, Newcastle on Tyne for Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab. She was torpedoed in 1917 without casualties.

SS Tubantia,13,911 tons, was built in 1913 by Stephen & Sons, Glasgow for Royal Holland Lloyd. She was torpedoed in 1916 with no loss of life.

The island of Fernando Noronha is owned by Brazil and lies at Lat -3.85, Long -32.42

SS Araby, 3303 tons, was built in 1904 by Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees for McIver, Sons & Co Ltd, Liverpool. She ran aground and was wrecked in 1916.

Rat Island seems to be an old name for Ilha Rata, an island near to Fernando de Noronha, an automated lighthouse is shown on modern maps. The main island is at Lat -3.85, Long -32.42.]


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21 January 1916


Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat -0.96, Long -31.48

All day:    Hands painting ship

am:    Guns crews at loader

9.30am:  Passed SS Poseido (Dutch) bound north-east

3.45pm:  Passed SS Cornfield (British) bound south

Number on sick list 4


[SS Poseido may be SS Poseidon, 1909 tons, built in 1914 for the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. After a change of flag and name in WW2 she was sunk by a Dutch U-boat in 1945

SS Cornfield may have been the cargo ship SS Confield, 2804 tons, built in 1912 by William Gray & Sons, West Hartlepool for the Confield SS Co. She was sold & renamed in 1929 and broken up in 1958.]


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22 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 3.53, Long -30.2

am:     Held examination for Warrant Officers

pm:    Scrubbed hammocks

Number on sick list 4


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23 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 8.25, Long -28.43

2.15am:  Passed SS Raphael bound Rio

Number on sick list 4


[SS Raphael was probably the ship of 4699 tons built in 1898 for the Lamport & Holt Line. She was scrapped in 1930.]


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24 January 1916

Abrolhos to St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 13.07, Long -26.55

Number on sick list 4


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25 January 1916

St Vincent

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

5.58am:  St. Vincent: N45E

6.45am:  Sighted "Carmania" entering harbour

7.34am:  As requisite for entering Porto Grande

7.46am:  Stopped & anchored

  His Majesty’s ships in harbour: “Carmania”, “Marmora” & Portuguese Gunboat

pm:    Hands clearing holds

      2 ratings joined ship from “Carmania”

Number on sick list 3


[Porto Grande is the main harbour of the Cape Verde Islands overlooking Mindelo Bay. It lies at Lat 16.88, Long -25.02.

HMS Carmania, 19,524 tons, was built in 1905 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank for Cunard. During WW1 she was converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser. She returned to civilian duties after the war and was scrapped in 1932. She is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Marmora, 12,358 tons, was built in 1903 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast for P & O. She became an Armed Merchant Cruiser during WW1 and was torpedoed in 1918 with the loss of 10 lives. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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26 January 1916

St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

6.00am:  Hands cleaning out boats

All day:    Hands restowing holds

4.30pm:  One rating joined ship from “Carmania”

Number on sick list 4


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27 January 1916

St. Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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28 January 1916

St. Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

9.10am:  Mustered by the ledger

  Paid Off

Number on sick list 4


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LOG BOOK – JANUARY 29TH 1916 TO FEBRUARY 28TH 1916


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[Signed by John Luce, Commodore]

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[Meteorological instruments]


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29 January 1916

St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

9.00am:  Hoisted broad pendant of Commodore 2nd class John Luce CB

Following officers & ratings commissioned ship:-

  Commander C. Backhouse

  Lieutenant Commander MPB Portman

  Lieutenant Sebastian

  Lieutenant F B Alison

  Lieutenant RNR (act) Chamberlain

  Lieutenant RNR (act) Jenkins

  Sub Lieutenant RNR (act) Mein

  Lieutenant RNR Winter

  Engineering Commander PJ Shrubsole

  Acting Paymaster Stock

  Assistant Paymaster NH Beall

  Assistant Paymaster RNR FM Holland

  Staff Surgeon WG Edwards

  Gunners Hancorn, Odell & Gordon

  Assistant Engineers Milne & Rowse

  Carpenter Warne & [blank] Ratings

10.00am:  Cleared ship for action. ‘Action Stations’

2.00pm:  Discharged 1 rating to “Carmania”

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 1


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30 January 1916

St Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

5.00am:  Sent divers to SS Tamplin

6.40am:  Sailed "Carmania"

10.30am:  Sent church parties to “Marmora”

1.00pm:  Diving party away at “Caspian”

6.00pm:  Prepared for coaling.

Number on sick list 3


[SS Tamplin may have been the tanker “FA Tamplin”, 3999 tons, built in 1912 by Palmers Ship Building & Iron Co, Hebburn. She was first renamed in 1921 and finally torpedoed in 1942.

SS Caspian, 3606 tons, was built in 1894 by Edwards Co Ltd, Howdon on Tyne for the Mitre Shipping Co. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 25 lives.]


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31 January 1916

St. Vincent, Cape Verde

Lat 16.88, Long -25.02

5.45am:  Coal lighters came alongside

6.30am:  Commenced coaling

      Sent divers to SS Caspian

8.15pm:  Finished coaling. Received 990 tons

      Swept down upper deck

Number on sick list 4



LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1916


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1 February 1916

St Vincent to Pernambuco

Lat 16.93, Long -25.05

am:    Cleaning ship & embarking stores from SS Roma

11.27am:  Weighed & proceeded

12.25pm:  Machado Light House abeam, 1.5'

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters

      Exercised collision stations

4.45pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel steering northward

4.55pm:  Spoke SS Earl of Douglas (British)

5.30pm:  Stopped & adjusted telemotor gear

6.10pm:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 5


[SS Roma was probably the cargo ship of 3634 tons, built in 1901 by Joseph L Thomson & Sons, North Sands, Sunderland for Rowland & Marwood Steam Ship Co Ltd, Whitby. She was sold & renamed for the first time in 1923 and eventually scrapped in 1952.

Ponta Machado Light House is at Lat 16.83, Long -25.1

SS Earl of Douglas, 4267 tons, was built in 1906 by Russell & Co, Greenock for Marshall & Dobbie, Glasgow. She was sold and renamed for the first time in 1916. Eventually she went missing in 1924 after a radio check with Cape Finisterre.]


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2 February 1916

St Vincent to Pernambuco

Lat 12.6, Long -26.84

12.20am:  Passed SS Newlyn (British) bound St. Vincent

9.30am:  Passed Belgian vessel steaming to North

am:    Hands at loader

      Control parties at drill

pm:    Hands clearing upper stores bunker, repairing coaling gear etc

      Boys at instruction

8.30pm:  Prepared for night defences

Number on sick list 5


[SS Newlyn, 4019 tons, was built in 1913 by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 4 lives.]


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3 February 1916

St Vincent to Pernambuco

Lat 8.11, Long -28.43

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Prepared for action. ‘Action stations’

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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4 February 1916

St Vincent to Pernambuco

Lat 3.5, Long -29.47

5.45am:  Spoke SS Flamenco. (British)

9.00am:  Stopped. Shifted to lower conning tower steering position

9.40am:  Proceeded

am:    Hands at loader & control drill

pm:    Hands at gun drill etc

Number on sick list 6


[SS Flamenco, 4529 tons, was built in 1906 by James Laing & Sons, Sunderland for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was captured & sunk by the German raider Moewe in 1916 with one casualty.]


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5 February 1916

St Vincent to Pernambuco

Lat -1.12, Long -34.63

am:    Cleaning ship

      Guns crews at loader

pm:    Hands as requisite

      Guns crews at loader

2.30pm:  Passed SS Oceana (Danish) bound North

Number on sick list 7


[SS Oceana is probably the 3530 ton ship launched in 1895 by Alexaner Stephen & Sons, Glasgow. At this time she was owned by Danish East Asiatic. She was scrapped in 1923.]


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6 February 1916

St Vincent to Pernambuco

Lat -5.43, Long -33.05

12.45am:  Sighted Rat Island Light S19E

1.42am:  Rat Island.Light abeam, 19.5'

Number on sick list 7


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7 February 1916

Pernambuco

Lat -8.05, Long -34.9

5.30am:  Sighted land

8.04am:  Olinda Lighthouse abeam, 4.7’

9.15am:  As required for Pernambuco Roads

9.24am:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by fort

  Brazilian sloop “Triadentes" in harbour

  Guns crews at loader

3.30pm:  Weighed & proceeded

5.15pm:  Altered course east to examine vessel SS Bjornstjerne Bjornson (Norwegian)

Number on sick list 7


[Olinda Lighthouse is in Brazil at Lat -8.02, Long -34.85

The sloop is the “Tiradentes”, 728 ton torpedo gunboat, launched in 1892 by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick. She was scrapped in 1925.

SS Bjornsterne Bjornson, 5268 tons, was launched in 1909 by William Gray & Co, West Hartlepool for Vilh Torkildsen, Bergen. She was sold & renamed in 1929. In 1936 she was stranded and sold to ship breakers.]


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8 February 1916

Pernambuco to Abrolhos

Lat -11.28, Long -34.63

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. General Quarters

10.18am:  Proceeded as required to intercept vessel

10.55am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Woudrichem (Dutch late German)

11.42am:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 8


[SS Woudrichem, 4015 tons, was built in 1895 at Bremen as SS Halle. She was renamed Woudrichem in 1915 when she was operated by Dutch owners and after many changes of owner and flag scrapped in 1925 as SS Iris.]


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9 February 1916

Pernambuco to Abrolhos

Lat -16.5, Long -37.4

am:    Guns crews at loader, control parties at drill

pm:    Watch employed as requisite

      Boys at instruction

6.30pm:  Passed SS Oregonian (American) bound NE

8.00pm:  Sighted Santa Barbara Light House N82W

9.08pm:  Sighted “Vindictive”, “Orama” & collier

9.33pm:  Stopped.&

Number on sick list 9


[SS Oregonian, 5648 tons, was launched in 1901 by the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania fo the American-Hawaian Steamship Co. She was commissioned in 1918 and returned to civilian service in 1919.]


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10 February 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

7.30am:  Boarded SS Itassuce (Brazilian)

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on Sick List 9


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11 February 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.67

5.12am:  Weighed & proceeded to anchorage north of islands

6.15am:  Stopped & anchored

7.15am:  Collier secured alongside

9.00am:  Commenced coaling

9.00pm:  Discharged one ordinary telegraphist to collier "Camellia"

Number on sick list 9


[SS Camellia, 3157 tons, was built in 1913 as SS Tyneholme by John Blumer & Co, Sunderland for the Hindustan Steamship Co Ltd. She was sold & renamed in 1914 and went missing in 1917 with 35 casualties.]


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12 February 1916

Abrolhos & at sea

Lat -18.05, Long -38.75

1.05am:  Finished coaling. Received 745 tons

5.30am:  Collier cast off

6.23am:  Weighed & proceeded to southern anchorage

7.23am:  Stopped & anchored

am:    Cleaning ship

11.50am:  Weighed & proceeded, "Orama" & collier astern

pm:    Make & mend clothes

5.00pm:  Altered course as requisite for taking station on collier

Number on sick list 9


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13 February 1916

At sea

Lat -15.53, Long -38.08

Number on sick list 10


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14 February 1916

At sea

Lat -12.7, Long -37.50

9.15am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for action. ‘Action Stations’

9.40am:  Altered course & speed as requisite for range taking exercise on collier

10.27am:  Resumed station, 2 points & 7’ abaft beam of collier

pm:    Boys at instruction

6.55pm:  Observed vessel on fire on port bow

7.25pm:  Stopped. Vessel Hatholmen (Norwegian barque) derelict & gutted, boats gone

9.40pm:  Proceeded to resume station

Number on sick list 9


[SV Hatholmen, 1220 tons, was built in 1888 at the Foyle Shipyard, Londonderry as SV Paul Isenberg. She was sold in 1907 & renamed in 1915.]


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15 February 1916

At sea

Lat -10.6, Long -35.82

1.40am:  As requisite to intercept PSNC “Orita”

1.55am:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Orita”

3.41am:  Proceeded

5.30am:  Sighted RMSPC “Amazon” on starboard bow

5.55am:  Stopped. Boarded “Amazon”

3.30pm:  Ship on station

4.40pm:  Altered course to close “Orama”

5.38pm:  Stopped. “Orama” sent boat with beef

6.10pm:  Proceeded to regain station on collier

Number on sick list 8


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16 February 1916

At sea

Lat -8.1, Long -34.24

8.15pm:  "Orama" proceeded in execution of previous orders

Number on sick list 7


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17 February 1916

At sea

Lat -4.72, Long -34.65

pm:    Make & mend clothes

8.07pm:  Collier took station astern

Number on sick list 7


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18 February 1916

Lavandeira Reef

Lat -4.92, Long -36.0

6.00am:  Altered course for Mangue Secco

8.20am:  Stopped & anchored

am:    Boys & Ordinary Seamen at boat pulling launches round ship

      Hands as requisite

10.00am:  Sighted & challenged "Orama"

12.37pm:  "Orama" anchored

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 8


[Lavandeira Reef is in Brazil at Lat -4.92, Long -36.0

Mangue Secco is probably the hill indexed as Serro do Mangue Seco in Brazil at Lat -5.17, Long -36.42.]


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19 February 1916

Lavandeira Reef

Lat -4.92, Long -36.0

6.45am:  Brazilian sloop “Republica” passed. Saluted with 9 guns, salute returned

  "Orama" shifted billet to Westward

11.00am:  Collier proceeded towards Tres Tramos to investigate conditions for coaling

2.15pm:  Collier returned & anchored

      Lost by accident 1 helmet

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 9


[“Republica” 1314 ton cruiser, was launched in 1892 by Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick. She was scrapped in 1925.

Tres Tramos is probably Ponta dos Tres Irmaos which is off the North East coast of Brazil at Lat -5.04, Long -35.98.]


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20 February 1916

Lavandeira Reef

Lat -4.92, Long -36.0

7.20am:  Weighed

8.30am:  Anchored. San Alberto Light House S41E, 6.5’

11.30am:  “Orama” & collier joined company & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[Santo Alberto Light House is in Brazil at Lat -5.05, Long -36.03.]


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21 February 1916

Lavandeira to Abrolhos

Lat -4.91, Long -36.20

6.00am:  Cleaning ship, drawing provisions from “Orama”& returning empty oil drums to collier

10.03am:  Weighed & proceeded, “Orama” & collier astern

12.12pm:  Mangue Secco astern

1.00pm:  Stationed “Orama” 8’ on port beam

2.15pm:  Passed SS Jaguribe (Brazilian)

Number on sick list 6


[The ship may have been SS Jaguaribe, 185 tons, built in 1906 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon for the Amazon River Steam Navigation Co. She was sunk by gunfire in 1932.]


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22 February 1916

Lavandeira to Abrolhos

Lat -4.83, Long -34.2

Number on sick list 5


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23 February 1916

Lavandeira to Abrolhos

Lat -7.86, Long -33.22

am:    Guns crews at loader

      Marines & boys at physical drill

      Hands working about parts of ship

pm:    Boys at physical drill & instruction

Number sick list 6


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24 February 1916

Lavandeira to Abrolhos

Lat -11.2, Long -34.83

9.17am:  Altered course to intercept vessel (SS "Arab", British)

am:    Guns crews at loader

      Boys at physical drill

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


[SS Arab, 4248 tons, was built in 1890 by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Newcastle on Tyne for Bedouin Steamship Co. After several changes of owner she was torpedoed in 1918 with the loss of 21 men.]


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25 February 1916

Lavandeira to Abrolhos

Lat -14.88, Long -36.42

am:    Marines & boys at physical drill

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands working about parts of ship

Number on sick list 6


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26 February 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -18.05, Long -38.74

7.30am:  Passed SS "Carol" (French)

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for coaling

9.30am:  Santa Barbara Light House N36W

12.23pm:  Stopped & anchored

  Vessels at anchorage: "Vindictive" & collier “Roma”

2.50pm:  “Roma” secured alongside

4.10pm:  Commenced coaling

11.00pm:  Stopped coaling for night, 454 tons in

Number on sick list 7


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27 February 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -18.05, Long -38.74

5.10am:  Recommenced coaling

2.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 883 tons

pm:    Provisioning ship

6.25pm:  “Roma” cast off

Number on sick list 5

Lost overboard by accident:

  Fender rod hazel - No 1

  Shackles Bar Robinson disengaging gear - No 1


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28 February 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -17.67, Long -38.25

6.03am:  Weighed & proceeded

8.15am:  Santa Barbara Light House N17W

9.15am:  Santa Barbara Light House N56W

pm:    Make & mend clothes

10.25pm:  Sighted light ahead


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29 February 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -14.24, Long -36.06

am:    Guns crews at loader

      Hands cleaning paintwork etc

Number on sick list 4


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 March 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -10.76, Long -35.31

7.30am:  Altered course morth to intercept vessel below horizon

am:    Marines & boys at physical drill

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands cleaning out boats etc

12.30pm:  Paid monthly money

Number on sick list 4


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2 March 1916

Pernambuco

Lat -8.05, Long -34.9

3.15am:  Sighted Agostinho Light North

5.48am:  Sighted Agostinho Light House abeam, 8'

7.12am:  Altered course for Olinda Light House

7.48am:  Stopped & anchored

am:    Hands taking in flour etc

pm:    Make & mend clothes

7.08pm:  Weighed

Number on sick list 4


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3 March 1916

At sea

Lat -6.11, Long -34.38

5.20am:  Altered course as requisite to intercept vessel. Spoke SS Vasari

6.20am:  Resumed course

am:    Hands striking down provisions, painting ship etc

1.45pm:  Sighted vessel on port bow. Proceeded to intercept her

2.25pm:  Stopped, boarded SS Chipana (British)

4.00pm:  Altered course as requisite to intercept vessel

4.35pm:  Spoke SS Chincha (USA)

Number on sick list 4


[SS Vasari, 5277 tons, was built in 1908 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesborough for the Lamport & Holt Line. She was sold & renamed for the first time in 1928; eventually being scrapped in 1979.

SS Chipana, 5549 tons, was built in 1907 by Short Brothers, Pallion for New York & Pacific Steamship Co.

There were two ships named SS Chincha at this time but this is probably the ship of 6348 tons built in 1912 for the Grace Line. She was sold several times before she was scrapped in 1950.]


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4 March 1916

At sea

Lat -4.44, Long -36.83

Lost overboard: 1 brass feeler for sounding machine

11.22pm:  Mucuripe Light S66W

11.44pm:  Mucuripe Light abeam, 15.5’

Number on sick list 5


[Mucuripe Light House is in Brazil at Lat -3.73, Long -38.47.]


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5 March 1916

At sea

Lat -2.5, Long -39.9

4.00pm:  Jericoacoara Point abeam, 13'

Number on sick list 5


[Ponta de Jericoacoara is in Brazil at Lat -2.8, Long -40.48.]


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6 March 1916

At sea

Lat -1.75, Long -43.26

6.00am:  Scrubbed hammocks

12.20pm:  Sighted vessel ahead (Collier “Ariel”)

1.15pm:  Stopped. Boarded collier

2.00pm:  Proceeded, revs various to allow collier to keep station

3.30pm:  Sighted Santa Anna Light House S28W, 16’ approximately

8.00pm:  Itacolomi Light S29W

10.30pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


[SS Ariel may have been the ship of 3428 tons, built in 1902 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool for Rickinson, Sons & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. She was torpedoed in 1918.

Santa Anna Lighthouse is probably Ilha de Santana Lighthouse in Brazil at Lat -2.27. Long -43.62

Itacolomy Light is now disused but was close to Alcantara at Lat -2.4, Long -44.4.]


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7 March 1916

San Marcos Bay

Lat -2.6, Long -44.47

6.00am:  Prepared for coaling

9.40am:  Collier “Ariel” secured alongside

10.18am:  Commenced coaling

Lost while coaling: 1 Hazelwood fender, large; 1 grass fender, large

6.20pm:  Stopped coaling. Received 415 tons

6.50pm:  Collier cast off. Washed down upper deck

9.40pm:  Weighed & proceeded

11.48pm:  Italcolomi Light N62W

Number on sick list 6


[Baia de Sao Marcos is in Brazil at Lat -2.6, Long -44.47.]


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8 March 1916

Maranhao to Pernambuco

Lat -1.0, Long -43.0

4.06am:  Stopped. Sighted HMAS Melbourne

5.50am:  Proceeded

6.58am:  Stopped & anchored 2.5 cables WNW of "Melbourne"

10.18am:  Weighed & proceeded

pm:    Scrubbed coaling suits

Number on sick list 6


[Maranhao is the administrative centre which lies on San Marcos Bay, it lies at Lat -2.51, Long -44.27

HMAS Melbourne, 5400 ton cruiser, was launched by Cammell Laird & Co, Ltd. She was sold in 1929.]


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9 March 1916

Maranhao to Pernambuco

Lat -2.53, Long -39.68

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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10 March 1916

Maranhao to Pernambuco

Lat -4.17, Long -36.36

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 7


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11 March 1916

Maranhao to Pernambuco

Lat -6.01, Long -34.7

Lost by accident: 1 feeler brass, 1 wire brush

Number on sick list 6


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12 March 1916

Pernambuco Roads

Lat -8.05, Long -34.9

7.15am:  As requisite for Pernambuco Roads

7.35am:  Stopped & anchored

12.30pm:  "Araguaya" arrived. Boarded. Officer of Guard boarded her

5.23pm:  Weighed & proceeded out of roads

7.20pm:  Agostinho Light.House abeam, 6.4'

Number on sick list 8


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13 March 1916

Pernambuco to Bahia

Lat -10.63, Long -35.74

11.00am:  Sighted three masted schooner right ahead

12.27pm:  Spoke schooner "Waterwitch" of Liverpool N.S.


[SV Waterwitch may have been the ship painted by Montague Dawson. According to the sale catalogue she was built in 1906 by JS Gardner at Liverpool, Nova Scotia for JG Palmer. Although only 220 tons she was wrecked in 1918 in the Straits of Gibraltar.]


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14 March 1916

Bahia

Lat -12.98, Long -38.52

4.00am:  Sighted land on starboad bow

7.20am:  San Antonio Light House N68W

8.50am:  Altered course for entrance to Bahia Bay

9.33am:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by fort

  Brazilian gun boat "Tomayo" in

pm:    Hands painting ship’s side

5.00pm:   "Tomayo" saluted pendant 11 guns, returned 11 guns

Number on sick list 7


[Santo Antonio da Barra Lighthouse is indexed as Farol da Barra and lies at Lat -13.02, Long -38.53

The gunboat is probably “Tamoio” also spelled “Tamoyo” & “Tamayo”, 1063 tons, completed in 1900 at Germaniawerft, Kiel. She was scrapped in 1920.]


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15 March 1916

Bahia to Abrolhos

Lat -14.34, Long -38.42

5.40am:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 7


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16 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

3.52am:  Santa Barbara Light N81W 23'

7.17am:  Stopped & anchored

  Ships at anchorage "Vindictive" & colliers "Roma” & “Caterino"

1.45pm:  Collier “Roma” secured alongside

4.00pm:  Commenced coaling

11.00pm:  Stopped coaling for night

Number on sick list 6


[SS Caterino, 3729 tons, was built in 1909 for the Gulf Line. She was sold & renamed in 1921.]


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17 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

5.05am:  Commenced coaling

11.00am:  Finished coaling received 760 tons. Collier cast off

Lost while coaling: 1 large hazel wood fender

Number on sick list 7


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18 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

All day:    Hands painting ship

Number on sick list 5


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19 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

9.40am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 5


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20 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

All day:    Hands blacking down aloft

6.00pm:  Spoke SS Itapura & Itapuca (Brazilian)

Number on sick list 5


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21 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

am:    Painting masts & yards of masts

      Aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

pm:    Painting masts & drawing provisions from "Vindictive"

Number on sick list 7


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22 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

6.00am:  Sighted “Orama”

am:    Painting ship

      Aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

7.54am:  Arrived "Orama"

Noon:    Arrived “Edinburgh Castle”

pm:    Hands painting ship & drawing stores from “Edinburgh Castle”

Lost by accident overboard: 1 hand scrubber

Number on sick list 7


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23 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised ‘Action’, aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam boat

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 7


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24 March 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.6

6.30am:  Collier "Caterino" secured alongside

am:    Coaling ship

10.35am:  Finished coaling, received 168 tons. Collier cast off

1.30pm:  “Roma” sailed

Number on sick list 7


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25 March 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -18.67, Long -38.77

Broken by accident: Thermometer ordinary

Lost by accident: 18 rush duster of wood Pattern 5 [?]

10.28am:  Weighed & proceeded

6.00pm:  Divisions, read Warrant No 1

Number on sick list 8


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26 March 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -21.92, Long -40.25

7.30am:  Passed SS Vasari bound north

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

10.15am:  Altered course to investigate vessel, spoke SS Restitution (British)

10.05pm:  Sighted Cape Frio Light S80W

Number on sick list 7


[SS Restitution, 3290 tons, was built in 1885 by Wigham Richardson & Sons Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne for R Conway & Co, Liverpool. She was purchased in 1911 by the South Georgia Co. In November 1916 she was abandoned & sank while on passage to South Georgia.]


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27 March 1916

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

1.42am:  Cape Frio Light abeam, 8’

9.30am:  As requisite for entering Rio de Janeiro

10.10am:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns & Rear Admiral with 13 guns. Returned by “Barrozo”

  US Cruiser Tenessee in harbor

  Mr O’dell Gunner.T discharged to hospital

12.20pm:  “Barrozo” entered harbour & secured to buoy

      Usual Brazilian men of war in harbour

pm:    Hands employed embarking stores

2.30pm:  USS Tennessee sailed in company with “Barrozo”

3.00pm:  Chief of Staff visited ship. Saluted on leaving 13 guns

Number on sick list 7


[USS Tennessee, 14,700 ton cruiser, was launched in 1904 by William Cramp & Sons. She was renamed “Memphis” in May 1916 and wrecked by a large wave in Santa Domingo harbour in August 1916 with the loss of 40 lives.

According to Wikipedia, Tennessee had a group of American dignitaries on board paying formal visits to South America.]


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28 March 1916

Rio de Janeiro, to River Plate

Lat -23.13, Long -43.16

10.10am:  Weighed & proceeded

10.36am:  Sighted Fort Santa Cruz abeam

11.25am:  Sighted Raza Light House abeam, 1.5'

Number on sick list 5


[The Fortaleza de Santa Cruz originated in the 16th century on a rocky promontory on the east side of the bay.]


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29 March 1916

Rio de Janeiro to River Plate

Lat -26.0, Long -45.56

2.48am:  Altered course to avoid steamer

3.15am:  Spoke to SS Manitowoc (USA) bound north

4.30pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


[SS Manitowoc, 4573 tons, was built as SS Spyros Vallianos in 1902 by Russell & Co, Port Glasgow. She sailed as “Manitowoc” from 1915-24, finally being scrapped in 1931.]


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30 March 1916

Rio de Janeiro to River Plate

Lat -29.12, Long -48.27

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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31 March 1916

Rio de Janeiro to River Plate

Lat -32.45, Long -51.07

6.26am:  Spoke SS Urco Mendi (Spanish)

1.45pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel, spoke SS Corcovado (British)

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 4


[SS Urko-Mendi, 3310 tons, was built in 1902. In 1910 she was purchased by Naviera Aznar, Bilbao & renamed Urko-Mendi. In 1933 she was scrapped.

SS Corcovado, 4568 tons, was built in 1896 for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. She was scrapped in 1921.]


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LOGS FOR APRIL 1916


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 April 1916

Rio de Janeiro to River Plate

Lat -34.92, Long -54.24

5.21am:  Sighted Cape Polonio Light S82W

7.16am:  Cape Polonio Light House abeam, 9’

9.50am:  Santa Maria Light House N41W, 5.6', altered course to intercept vessel

10.20am:  Stopped, boarded SS Torgerd [?] (Swedish)

10.58am:  Santa Maria Light House N31W, 11.5’

2.00pm:  Passed SS Devon (Argentina)

3.09pm:  Lobos Light House abeam, 1.5'

7.45pm:  Stopped & anchored

8.20pm:  "Macedonia" anchored

Number on sick list 4


[SS Torgerd, 2176 tons, was built as SS Mercedes in 1886 by Edward Withy & Co, West Hartlepool. After changes of owner & name she became SS Torgerd from 1914-24 and finished her career as SS Iris when she sank after a collision with SS Blue Ranger in 1941 but all the crew survived.

The British SS Devon has been known to fly the Argentine Flag.]


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2 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.95, Long -55.0

3.40am:  Proceeded “Macedonia”

5.10am:  Weighed & proceeded

7.30am:  SS Drina passed bound Montevideo

9.00am:  As requisite for Maldonado Bay

9.12am:  Stopped & anchored

      “Macedonia” anchored in bay

      Divers working at recovering “Macedonia's” anchor

1.00pm:  Vice Consul visited ship

3.55pm:  “Macedonia” proceeded

Number on sick list 4


[Bahia Maldonado is a bay on the estuary of the River Plate to the East of Montevideo. It is situated at Lat -34.95, Long -55.0

SS Drina, 11,483 tons, was built in 1913 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Royal Mail Steampacket Co.She hit a mine in 1917 and sank with the loss of 15 lives.]


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3 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.05, Long -55.23

8.51am:  Weighed & proceeded

      Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for action

9.38am:  Stopped, dropped target, “Action stations”

9.50am:  As requisite for 1” aiming rifle practice

10.42am:  Stopped: Picked up target

10.50am:  Proceeded

1.30pm:  Passed SS Reina Victoria Eugenia

2.35pm:  Sighted Flores Light.House N75W

3.10pm:  English Bank Light Vessel S50W

5.07pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 3


[SS Reina Victoria Eugenia, 10.137 tons, was built in 1913 for Compania Trasatlantica Espanola SA. She was renamed Argentina in 1931. In 1939 she was bombed & sunk in the Civil War but refloated and employed until she was scrapped in 1945.]


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4 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.42, Long -56.24

8.56am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers.

      Marines at infantry drill

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Hands working about parts of ship

10.10am:  Recalada Light Vessel S75W, 1.7’

1.10pm:  Slow, spoke collier “Brierton”

2.10pm:  Stopped & anchored

      Collier anchored north 4 cables

5.30pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 4


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5 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

pm:    Make & mend clothes

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


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6 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6 40am:  Collier “Brierton” secured alongside

All day:    Coaling ship

5.20pm:  Finished coaling, received 640 tons

  Collier cast off

7.00pm:  Washed down

Number on sick list 5


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7 April 1916

Rio de la Plata & Montevideo

Lat -34.87, Long -56.17

6.07am:  Weighed & proceeded

7.20am:  Sighted Recalada Light Vessel N15W

10.00am:  As requisite for entering Montevideo

10.06am:  Stopped, picked up pilot.

1012am:  Proceeded into harbour

10.54am:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by fort

  Uruguayan men of war in harbour: "Uruguay”, “Montevideo”, “Diaz” & “Octis de Julio"

Number on sick list 5


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8 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.05, Long -56.22

10.45am:  Weighed & proceeded

11.30am:  Gas buoy abeam 1½’

1.04pm:  Recalada abeam, 1'

3.25pm:  Sighted collier ahead

3.50pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 5


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9 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

Number on sick list 6


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10 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Marines painting cabin flat

      Boys mustering bags

      Hands painting boats etc

      Boys at physical drill

4.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrants No. 2, 3 & 4

Number on sick list 5


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11 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

9.00am:  SS Normanna passed bound North with 3 whalers

All day:    Hands cleaning out fresh water tanks, painting boats

      Marines painting cabin flat

      Boys at drill & instruction

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 5


[SS Normanna may have been the 2900 ton cargo vessel built in 1885 by Armstrong Mitchell & Co Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne as SS Hajeen for the Bedouin Steamship Co. After several changes of owner & name she became “Normanna” in 1911. In 1917 she was sunk by a U-boat with no loss of life.]


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12 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

All day:    Hands cleaning out fresh water tanks, cleaning boats, removing shield from P3 gun

      Marines painting cabin flats

      Boys at physical drill

      Gunlayers at dotter

Number on sick list 5


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13 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Dismounting P3, gunnery drills as requisite

      Boys at physical drill

      Marines painting Ward Room flat

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


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14 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Boys at physical drill

      Hands mounting P3 gun, gunnery drills

      Marines painting Ward Room passage

1.30pm:  Divers diving to recover hydraulic jack

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

11.30pm:  Sighted: HMS Lancaster

Number on sick list 7


[HMS Lancaster, 9,800 ton cruiser, was launched in 1902 by Armstrong. She was sold in 1920 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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15 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

12.15am:  "Lancaster" anchored

am:    Cleaning ship & taking in stores

  Engineering Lieutenant Warren joined ship

11.30am:  "Lancaster" sailed

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 9


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16 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

Number on sick list 8


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17 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6.00am:  Sighted SS Poleric

7.20am:  "Poleric" anchored

  Sent coaling party to “Poleric”

All day:    Divers diving for hydraulic jack

5.00pm:  Rigged capstan for heaving by hand

6.40pm:  Coaling party returned.

Number on sick list 8


[SS Poleric, 6182 tons, was launched in 1900 as SS Albania. She was purchased from the Cunard Steamship Co in 1912 by the Bank Line and renamed. She was scrapped in 1929.]


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18 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.00am:  Sent coaling party to “Poleric”

pm:    Prepared for coaling

6.30pm:  Coaling party returned

7.50pm:  "Poleric" proceeded

Number on sick list 7


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19 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6.50am:  Collier "Brierton" secured alongside

am:    Coaling ship

1.00pm:  Finished coaling. Received 350 tons

  Collier cast off

3.30pm:  Weighed

4.30pm:  Sighted Recalada Light Vessel N7W

7.08pm:  Recalada abeam, 1’

7.41pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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20 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.9, Long -56.2

2.45pm:  Weighed & proceeded to intercept vessel

3.13pm:  Stopped. Sent Engineering Lieutenant to SS Winifredian for passage to Cape Town

3.45pm:  Proceeded as requisite into Montevideo

4.40pm:  Passed Gas Buoy ½ cable

4.48pm:  Stopped, picked up pilot

4.57pm:  Proceeded into Montevideo

5.15pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


[SS Winifredian, 10,405 tons, was built in 1899 for the Leyland Line. She was scrapped in 1929.]


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21 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.9, Long -56.2

4.20pm:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

5.00pm:  Gas Buoy abeam 5 cables

5.30pm:  Recalada S25W, 9.6’

6.20pm:  Recalada abeam, ¾’

8.00pm:  Sighted collier ahead

8.33pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


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22 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


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23 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

9.00pm:  Mustered by the ledger.

  Divine Service

Number on sick list 7


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24 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Divisions. Prayers.

      Guns crews at loader

      Boys at physical drill

      Gunnery drills as requisite

pm:    Make & mend clothes

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 8


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25 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      .303 aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

      Hands as requisite

pm:    Boys at physical drill

Number on sick list 10


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26 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.30am:  SS Pontphoros (Greek) passed bound South

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

      Boys at physical drill

      Marines at physical drill

pm:    Hands as requisite

      Training classes at instruction

3.30pm:  Weighed & proceeded

6.15pm:  Recalada: astern, 1'

7.00pm:  Altered course for English Bank Light

7.30pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 11


[SS Pontophoros has been described as a collier.]

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27 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.2, Long -55.92

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Read court martial returns

      Ordinary Seamen & Boys at physical drill

      Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 11


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28 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.0, Long -55.77

7.15am:  Weighed & proceeded to intercept steamer

7.30am:  Full speed

8.36am:  Spoke SS Samara

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers.

      Training classes at instruction

      Hands cleaning out boats etc

      Guns crews [end of line missing]

10.15am:  Spoke SS Nygard (Danish) & SS Bedeburn (British)

2.40pm:  Spoke SS Byron

8.58pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 10


[There is an “ET Nygaard” in the Danish ship list for 1916.

SS Bedeburn, 3435 tons, was built as SS Port Denison in 1896. She was renamed Bedeburn in 1907, renamed again from 1919 and scrapped in 1934.

SS Byron, 3909 tons, was built as SS Loyalist in 1901. She was purchased by the Lamport & Holt Line in 1902 and sold again in 1922.

SS Samara, 6055 tons, was built in 1894 as SS Staffordshire by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Bibby Line. She was bought and renamed by the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1912. She was scrapped in 1922.]


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[Contains records of tests for compass deviations.]


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29 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.07, Long -55.94

7.52am:  Weighed & proceeded to intercept vessel

8.10am:  Stopped. Boarded SS Gaasterland & Woudrichem (Dutch)

9.00am:  Sent boat to SS Oberon (Dutch)

10.30am:  Altered course to intercept vessel. Spoke SS Oomarsum (Dutch)

11.22am:  Stopped. Boarded SS "Magdalena" (Dutch)

Lost by accident: 1 lead

6.24pm:  Stopped & anchored

8.05pm:  Weighed & proceeded

8.53pm:  Recalada buoy abeam ½ cable, stopped

10.00pm:  Proceeded. Gas buoy abeam, 3 cables

10.54pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 10


[SS Gaasterland may have been the ship built in 1903 by James Laing & Sons Ltd as SS Langdale, 3917 tons, for Laing SS Co Ltd. They sold her in 1909. Eventually she was bought by Royal Holland Lloyd in1916 and renamed “Gaasterland”. She was sunk by a U-boat in 1917.

SS Oberon may have been the ship built in 1911 as SS Ussa, 1996 tons, by Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Glasgow for WH Stott Ltd, Liverpool. She was sold in 1912 to Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij, Amsterdam. She was torpedoed in 1941 with the loss of 6 lives.

SS Oomarsum is probably SS Ootmarsum, 2313 tons, built in 1900 by Wm Gray & Son, West Hartlepool. She was sunk by explosive charges laid by a German U-boat in 1917.

SS Magdalena, 2173 tons, was built in 1909 by Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees. She was renamed for the first time in 1922 and finally scrapped in 1960.]


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30 April 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.24

8.48am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.30am:  Recalada abeam, 1.4'

10.31am:  Sighted collier "Brierton" S4E

12.13pm:  Stopped & anchored

      Collier “Brierton” at anchor

Number on sick list 10


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LOGS FOR MAY 1916


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.24

6.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

7.12am:  Sighted Recalada Light Vessel N5W

8.27am:  Recalada abeam, 8 cables

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Hands preparing for entering harbour

9.40am:  Gas buoy abeam. As requisite for entering Montevideo

10.17am:  Stopped, picked up pilot

10.22am:  Proceeded into harbour.

10.30am:  Stopped & anchored

  Uruguayan men of war in harbour: “Uruguay”, “Montevideo”, “18 Julio”

1.00pm:  Paid monthly money

pm:    Leave to watch of Petty Officers & Leading Seamen till 10pm

Number on sick list 9


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2 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.97, Long -56.24

10.36am:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

Number on sick list 9


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3 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.20am:  Collier “Brierton” secured alongside

      Coaling ship

1.30pm:  Finished coaling, receive 400 tons

  Collier cast off

Lost overboard by accident: 1 large hazel wood fender

Number on Sick List 9


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4 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

1.30pm:  "Macedonia" arrived & anchored

Number on sick list 7


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5 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.30am:  “Macedonia” proceeded

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for action. Action stations.

      Carried out 1” aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

      Training classes at instruction

pm:    Training classes at instruction

4.30pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 9


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6 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 10


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7 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.42, Long -55.68

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

9.48am:  Altered course for “Macedonia”.

10 25am:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Macedonia” for fresh beef

11.40am:  Proceeded

2.13pm:  Altered course to inspect barque Eugenie Fautrel (French)

5.35pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 9


[SV Eugenie Fautrel, 2212 tons, was built in 1899 by Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes. She was sunk by a U-boat in 1917 with no casualties. At this time she was owned by Societe Generale d’Armament, Nantes.]


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8 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.08, Long -55.52

7.04am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Spoke SS Egda (Norwegian)

9.25am:  Stopped, dropped target. Exercised action

9.33am:  Proceeded as requsite. Carried out 1" practice

10.27am:  Ceased firing

10.35am:  Stopped picked up target

10 52am:  Proceeded

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys at physical drill

6.40pm:  Examined by searchlight SS Mercurius (Dutch)

8.10pm:  Altered course for English Bank Light Vessel

8.33pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 8


[SS Egda, 2527 tons, was built in 1897 by A Rodger & Co, Glasgow for Mowinckel Rederi A/S. She was torpedoed in 1918 with 1 casualty.

SS Mercurius, 2863 tons, was built in 1909 by William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow for Koninklijke Nederland Stoom Maats, Amsterdam. She was requisitioned by the US Government 1918-9 but was wrecked in1925.]


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9 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.05, Long -55.25

8.35am:  Weighed & proceeded

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys at physical drill

      Hands cleaning out after holds & as requisite

      Marines at drill

1.55pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel

2.10pm:  Stopped & boarded SS Larenberg (Dutch)

6.42pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 8


[SS Larenberg, 3282 tons, was built in 1915 by A Vuyk & Zonen, Capelle aan den Ijssel. In 1935 she was sold to the Euxine Shipping Co & renamed “Helena Margareta”. She was torpedoed in 1941.]


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10 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.25, Long -55.98

8.40am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.15am:  Altered course & speed as requisite speaking. Barque “Inversnaid” (British)

10.47am:  Sighted “Macedonia”

      Marines at physical drill

      Hands cleaning out holds

      Training classes at instruction

11.05am:  English Bank Light Vessel abeam, 1'

11.44am:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Macedonia”

12.30pm:  Proceeded

7.55pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 8


[SV Inversnaid was probably the 3 masted ship of 1418 tons, built in 1892 for A McMillan & Sons, Aberdeen. She was sold in 1916, renamed in 1919 and almost foundered in 1923. After this she was converted to a coal hulk before she was scrapped in1938.]


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11 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.05, Long -54.04

am:    Hands cleaning out holds, painting ship

      Training classes at instruction

      Boys at physical drill

      Marines at physical drill & rifle drill

pm:    Make & mend clothes

4.25pm:  Sighted “Macedonia”

5.00pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Macedonia” for mails & provisions

6.00pm:  Proceeded

8.38pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 8


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12 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.10am:  Weighed & proceeded

8.55am:  Sighted collier ahead

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Hands painting out after hold etc

10.45am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:    Hands cleaning out holds etc

Number on sick list 7


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13 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Hands cleaning ship, cleaning & scraping starboard holds

      Divers cleaning starboard condenser inlets

5.00pm:  Collier “Gorsemore” arrived & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Gorsemore, 3079 tons, was built in 1899 by Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees for William Johnston & Co, Liverpool. She was torpedoed in 1918 without loss of life.]


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14 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 7


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15 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

12.30am:  Collier shifted birth.

2.05pm:  "Avoca" arrived & anchored

6.30pm:  Mr Nicols Gunner T joined ship

Number on sick list 7


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16 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.09, Long -56.07

7.05am:  Weighed & proceeded

10.15am:  Recalada N27W, 1.3’

11.05am:  Sighted “Macedonia”

12.20pm:  Stopped to communicate with “Macedonia”

1.05pm:  Proceeded

3.00pm:  Recalada S75W, 1.1’

4.00pm:  Sighted “Avoca” & collier

5.13pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 8


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17 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.00am:  Collier "King David" arrived

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands discharging empties to “Brierton”

pm:    Hands as in forenoon

Number on sick list 9


[SS King David, 3680 tons, was built by Craig, Taylor & Co, Stockton-on-Tees for the King Line. She was shelled & sunk by a U-boat in 1917 with the loss of 2 lives.]


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18 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Marines & boys at physical drill

      Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 9


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19 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.45am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite alongside "Avoca"

9.16am:  Secured alongside “Avoca”

All day:    Provisioning ship

12.30pm:  1 Petty Officer & 6 Able Seamen joined ship from “Avoca”

4.45pm:  Cast off from "Avoca"

5.00pm:  Proceeded

7.30pm:  Recalada abeam, 1’

8.00pm:  Spoke "Macedonia"

9.58pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 9


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20 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.04, Long -55.39

8.51am:  Weighed & proceeded

4.30pm:  Spoke SS Strabo (British)

6.32pm:  Examined by searchlight SS Brattingsborg (Danish)

9.19pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Strabo, 4910 tons, was built in 1913 for the Lamport & Holt Line. She was sold & renamed in 1932

SS Brattingsborg, 3063 tons, was built in 1896 by Wm Gray & Co, West Hartlepool in 1896 and was sold in 1898 to CK Hansen, Copenhagen. She was scrapped in 1933.]


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21 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.04, Long -55.39

4.42am:  Weighed

5.37am:  Stopped & anchored

9.08am:  Weighed & proceeded

11.07am:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


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22 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.04, Long -55.39

7.12am:  Weighed & proceeded

8.10am:  English Bank Light Vessel abeam, 2.3’

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Marines at physical drill

      Hands cleaning out boats etc

Noon:    As requisite to intercept vessel

12.20pm:  Stopped. Boarded SS "Trompenberg" (Dutch)

12.45pm:  Proceeded

4.45pm:  Sighted "Avoca" proceeding out of Montevideo

5.34pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to "Avoca" for beef

6.30pm:  Proceeded

7.35pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 7


[SS Trompenberg, 1608 tons, was built in 1906 by A Vuijk & Zonen for Stoomboot Maatshappij Hillegersberg, Amsterdam. She was sunk by a U-boat in 1917.]


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23 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.1, Long -55.97

2.17am:  Sighted SS Desna

3.00am:  Discharged Engineering Commander PJ Shrubsole to “Desna” for passage to England

8.52am:  Weighed & proceeded

am:    Marines, Ordinary Seamen & boys at physical drill

      Training classes at instruction

      Hands working about parts of ship

11.27am:  Stopped. Discharged 8 ratings to "Macedonia" for passage to England

12.25pm:  Proceeded

2.45pm:  Recalada abeam, 1.5’

4.30pm:  Prepared for coaling

4.50pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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24 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6.00am:  Prepared for coaling

8.45am:  Collier "King David" secured alongside

All day:    Coaling ship

7.53pm:  Finished coaling, received 606 tons

8.00pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 5

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25 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Cleaning ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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26 May 1916

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.52am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.15am:  Recalada Light Vessel abeam, 6 cables

10.35am:  Gas buoy abeam, 3 cables. Course & speed as requisite for entering Montevideo

11.18am:  Stopped & anchored. Moored with the bowers, 3 on each

pm:    Leave to Petty Officers & Leading Seamen till 10pm

      Discharged one rating to hospital

      Uruguayan men of war in harbour: "Montevideo”, “Uruguay” & “18 Julio"

Number on sick list 3


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27 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

10.15am:  Unmoored. Weighed starboard anchor

11.35am:  Weighed port anchor

12.20pm:  Proceeded

2.27pm:  Flores abeam, 4.5’

3.25pm:  Sighted "Macedonia": ahead

4.15pm:  Stopped

4.35pm:  Proceeded

7.32pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 2


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28 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.05, Long -55.73

6.30am:  Weighed & proceeded to cut off sailing vessel

  Spoke Barque "St Rogatien" (French)

9.00am:  As required to intercept PSNC "Ortega"

9.24am:  Stopped. Boarded "Ortega"

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

10.20am:  Proceeded East

3.00pm:  Stopped

3.06pm:  Boarded & took possession of Norwegian Barge "Pestalozzi" placing an armed guard on board

4.25pm:  "Pestalozzi" proceeded S30W in charge of Lieutenant Jenkins RNR

4.30pm:  Proceeded

8.00pm:  Altered course & revolutions various for keeping in touch with prize

10.54pm:  Altered course to close “Macedonia”

Midnight:  Stopped

Number on sick list 3


[“Pestalozzi”, 1068 tons, was an iron barque built in 1884 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg for F Laeisz. In 1904. she was sold to O Terjeson, Lilleshammer, Norway who kept her until 1919. She was eventually scrapped in 1937.

St Rogatien”, 1581 tons, 3-masted sailing barque was built in 1901 by Ateliers & Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes for L Bureau & Fils, Nantes. She was torpedoed and shelled in 1916 with the loss of 5 crew.]


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29 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.04, Long -55.39

12.02am:  Anchored

9.06am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.18am:  Stopped. Gave mails to "Macedonia" & "King David"

10.00am:  Stopped & anchored

11.30am:  4 Ratings (armed guard of “Patuca”) joined ship


[“Pestalozzi” was intercepted by HMS Patuca on 13 March. They sent Sub Lieutenant Bate a Leading Seaman & some ratings on board to take her to Stornoway. However, she was intercepted by a U-boat who took Lieutenant Bate & the Leading Seaman aboard and the ratings were turned over to the crew to be handed over to the German Consul in Santa Fe. Lieutenant Bate was reported as a Prisoner of War.]


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30 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6.30am:  "Macedonia" sailed

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands as requisite

pm:    Training clases at instruction

      Watch as requisite

5.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant no 5

11.00pm:  "Macedonia" arrived

Number on sick list 6


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31 May 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Training classes at instruction

pm:    Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 6


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LOGS FOR JUNE 1916


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[Meteorological instruments.]


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1 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Hands as requisite

      Guns crews at loader

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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2 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.00am:  "Macedonia" proceeded

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Physical drill for Boys & Ordinary Seamen

      Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

12.30pm:  Collier shifted billet

pm:    Hands as requisite

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 5


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3 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

pm:    Make & mend clothes

3.30pm:  Arrived "Macedonia"

7.00pm:  Armed guard returned from "Pestalozzi" on that ship being released

Number on sick list 5


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4 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

6.00am:  Prepared for coaling

8.20am:  Collier "King David" secured alongside

am:    Coaling ship

1.30pm:  "Pestatozzi" sailed

2.50pm:  Finished coaling. Received 430 tons

4.30pm:  Cleaning ship

Lost by accident: 23 coal bags

Number on sick list 5


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5 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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6 June 1916

Rio de la Plata & at sea

Lat -35.58, Long -56.33

8.30am:  Drawing stores from "Macedonia"

10.17am:  Weighed & as requisite testing "Macedonia's" range finder

11.15am:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 5


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7 June 1916

At sea

Lat -34.67, Long -52.34

am:    Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands as requisite

2.00pm:  Passed SS Ariel (Norwegian)

Number on sick list 5


[The only Norwegian “Ariel” operating at this time that I can find was SV Ariel, 886 tons, built in 1892 by A McMillan & Sons, Dumbarton. She was bought by Norwegian owners in 1906 and scrapped in 1928.]


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8 June 1916

At sea

Lat -33.74, Long -48.64

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands working about parts of ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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9 June 1916

At sea

Lat -34.53, Long -51.28

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 3


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10 June 1916

At Sea

Lat -35.02, Long -54.09

pm:    Cleaning ship with watch

3.30pm:  Sighted Lobos Light House S88W

7.34pm:  Lobos Light abeam, 5.5’

Number on sick list 5


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11 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

4.55am:  English Bank Light Vessel abeam, 3’

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

11.07am:  Stopped & anchored

  "Macedonia" & collier at anchor

Number on sick list 3


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12 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Divers cleaning port condenser inlet

      .303 aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

      Training classes at instruction

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Hands working about parts of ship

      Control parties at drill

pm:    Divers cleaning port condenser inlet

      .303 aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 5


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13 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised ‘action’.

      1” aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

      Training classes at instruction

      Cleaning ships side, painting boats etc

pm:    Scrubbed hammocks

11.30pm:  Guns crews closed up on account SS Evangelos passing very close

Number on sick list 2


[SS Evangelos, 3773 tons, was built in 1913 by Robert Thompson & Sons, Ltd, Sunderland for NE Ambatielos, Argostoli. She was sunk by gunfire from a U-boat in 1917.]


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14 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.55am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.40am:  Recalada abeam, 7’

10.20am:  As requisite for Montevideo harbour

10.42am:  Stopped. Picked up pilot

10.48am:  Proceeded into Montevideo

11.20am:  Stopped & anchored

  Uruguayan men of war in harbour: “Uruguay” "Montevideo” & “18 Julio"

      Leave to Petty Officers & Leading Seamen till 10pm

Number on sick list 3


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15 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Hands taking in provisions etc

11.45am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbou

2.10pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


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16 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Marines & Boys at physical drill

      Hands working about port cable

12.05pm:  Weighed & proceeded

2.18pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to RMSP Demerara for mails

3.40pm:  Proceeded

7.48pm:  Recalada abeam, 1.5’

9.15pm:  Sighted "Macedonia"

10.03pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


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17 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

7.00am:  Collier “Gibraltar” arrived

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 3


[SS Gibraltar, 3803 tons, was built in 1902 by Russell & Co, Ltd, Greenock for Scottish Navigation Co, Glasgow. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 4 lives.]


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18 June 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

10.00am:  Collier shifted billet to SW, 6 cables

Number on sick list 3


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19 June 1916

Rio de la Plata to Port Stanley

Lat -35.52, Long -56.22

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Boys & Ordinary Seamen at physical drill

      Training classes at instruction

      Hands preparing for sea

11.53am:  Weighed & proceede

Number on sick list 3


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20 June 1916

Rio de la Plata to Port Stanley

Lat -39.75, Long -56.35

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Marines & Boys at physical drill

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 3


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21 June 1916

Rio de la Plata to Port Stanley

Lat -43.68, Long -56.02

Number on sick list 4


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22 June 1916

Rio de la Plata to Port Stanley

Lat -47.4, Long -56.48

am:    Divisions. Prayers

      Training classes at instruction

      Guns crew at loader

pm:    Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 4


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23 June 1916

Rio de la Plata to Port Stanley

Lat -51.66, Long -57.72 [The logkeeper has written Lat -57º 39.7’ but this is incorrect on considering ship activity.]

8.05am:  Sighted Falkland Islands 2 pts on starboard bow

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Hands preparing for entering harbour

10.49am:  Altered course for Cape Pembroke Light

11.40am:  As requisite for Port William & Stanley

12.22pm:  Stopped & anchored

      Leave to watch till 7am

Number on sick list 3


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24 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

am:    Hands scrubbing ship’s bottom & cleaning ship

      Fetched picket boat from camber

pm:    Leave to watch till 7am

      Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 3


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25 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

9.35am:  Uruguayan vessel “Pesca” arrived with Sir Ernest Shackleton

1.00pm:  Leave to watch till 9pm

pm:    Prepared for coaling

5.00pm:  Collier “British Transport” secured alongside.


[At this time Shackleton had reached South Georgia and trecked across to Stromness whaling station. “Pesca”, was the “Instituto de Pesca” which had been loaned by the Uruguayan Government for an attempt to reach the crew stranded on Elephant Island. They had been beaten back back by ice fields on this the second rescue attempt and called into Port Stanley for coal on their return. Two further unsuccessful attempts were made in different ships before success was achieved by the Chilean vessel “Yelcho” on August 22nd.

A fuller account of the rescue attempts is in the link shown above which includes mention of “Glasgow”.

SS British Transport, 4143 tons, was built in 1910 for the Houlder Line. In 1917 she rammed and sank a U-boat and was scrapped in 1932.]


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26 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

5.40am:  Commenced coaling

6.32am:  Finished coaling. Received 930 tons

  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 3


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27 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

1.00pm:  Leave to watch till 7am & boys till 6pm

Number on sick list 2


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28 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

am:    Hands employed drawing stores, coaling “Instituto de Pesca”, cleaning down aloft

3.30pm:  Leave to watch till 7am

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read Warrant no 6

Number on sick list 2


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29 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

8.00am:   "Instituto de Pasca" secured alongside

      Hands dismounting guns, mustering stores in dockyard etc

4.00pm:  Leave to watch till 7am

Number on sick list 2


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30 June 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

am:    Hands employed in dockyard, dismounting guns & getting up stores

      Training Classes at instruction

pm:    Gunners party dismounting guns etc

3.40pm:  Quarters. Read warrants 7 & 8

4.30pm:  Leave to watch till 7am

Number on sick list 2


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LOGS FOR JULY 1916


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 July 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

12.30pm:  Leave to watch till 7am

2.10pm:  PSNC Orita anchored in Port William

4.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant no 9

5.15pm:  “Instituto de Pesca” cast off & proceeded to East Jetty

Number on sick list 2


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2 July 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.9

7.00am:  Landed Roman Catholic church party

9.30am:  Divisions.Prayers

      Landed church party

1.00pm:  Leave to watch till 7am, Boys to 6pm

Number on sick list 2


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3 July 1916

Port Stanley

Lat -51.7, Long -57.85

Lost by accident: 1 brass boathook

am:    Hands taking in stores

pm:    Divers clearing condenser inlets

      Returned picket boatto camber

4.00pm:  Leave to watch till 7am

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4 July 1916

Port Stanley, to Rio de la Plata

Lat -51.67, Long -57.77

am:    Prepared for sea

11.29am:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

4.00pm:  Evening Quarters. Read warrant no10

Number on sick list 4


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5 July 1916

Port Stanley to Rio de la Plata

Lat -46.88, Long -56.78

am:    Marines & Boys at physical drill

      Hands cleaning out boats etc

      Guns’ layers at dotter

4.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrants nos 11 & 12

Number on sick list 4


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6 July 1916

Port Stanley to Rio de la Plata

Lat -41.97, Long -56.14

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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7 July 1916

Port Stanley to Rio de la Plata

Lat -37.0, Long -55.88

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers

      Prepared for ‘Action’. ‘Action Stations’

      Hands scraping & red leading on upper deck

7.00pm:  Sighted “Macedonia” & collier

7.45pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 4


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8 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.30am:  “Macedonia” proceeded

am:    Hands blacking down aloft & cleaning mess decks

pm:    Blacking down aloft

5.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant no 13

7.30pm:  Arrived “Macedonia”

Number on sick list 4


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9 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

5.00pm:  Prepared for coaling

Number on sick list 4


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10 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

9.30am:  Collier “Gibraltar” secured alongside

All day:    Coaling

5.45pm:  Finished coaling, received 495 tons

6.40pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 4


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11 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Cleaning ship

pm:    Painting ship

Number on sick list 5


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12 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

am:    Hands painting upper deck & boats

10.00am:  “Macedonia” proceeded

11.30am:  Sighted "Orama"

1.10pm:  “Orama” anchored

pm:    Painting ship

3.30pm:  Arrived “Macedonia”

4.30pm:  “Macedonia” sailed

7.00pm:  One rating (sick) joined ship

Number on sick list 5


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13 July 1916

Montevideo

Lat -34.9, Long -56.22

6.55am:  Weighed

8.00am:  Sighted Recalada Light Vessel ahead

9.15am:  Recalada Light Vessel abeam, .5’

10.30am:  As requisite for entering Montevideo

11.17am:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns. Returned by fort

Noon:    Discharged 1 patient to hospital

Uruguayan vessels in harbour: “Uruguay”, “18th Julio”, “Montevideo”

am:    Leave to Petty Officers, Chief Petty Officers & part of Watch till 10pm

      Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 8


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14 July 1916

Rio da la Plata

Lat -35.0, Long -56.22

8.00am:  Discharged 4 ratings & 1 invalid to “Amazon” for passage to England

  1 rating joined from hospital

      Hands taking in stores or preparing for sea

10.15am:  Unmoored

11.00am:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

11.26am:  Stopped. Captain of Port’s Officers left ship

11.40am:  Proceeded

1.20pm:  Recalada abeam, 5 cables

1.48pm:   Sighted "Orama" & collier

3.33pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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15 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

5.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant no 14

Number on sick list 6


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16 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

Number on sick list 6


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17 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

All day:    Hands painting boats etc

5.00pm:  Quarters. Prepared for Night Action. Read warrant No.15. Darkened ship

Number on sick list 5


[She’s been preparing for night action and darkening the ship most of the time.]


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18 July 1916

Rio de la Plata

Lat -35.5, Long -56.2

8.00am:  Collier "Gibraltar" secured alongside

am:    Coaling ship

11.00am:  Finished coaling. Received 160 tons

11.45am:  Collier cast off

12.03pm:  Weighed & proceeded

2.15pm:  Recalada abeam, 5 cables

3.27pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to "Darro" for mails

4.00pm:  Proceeded

6.50pm:  Sighted "Mexico", Pacific Steam Navigation Co

7.02pm:  Stopped, sent boat for mails

7.54pm:  Altered course S85E

11.06pm:  Lobos Light House abeam, .5’

Number on sick list 5


[SS Darro, 11,483 tons, was built in 1912 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. She is infamous for her collision with SS Mendi in 1917 which resulted in the deaths of more than 600 men. She was scrapped in 1933

PSNC Mexico, 5549 tons, was built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company in 1902. She was scrapped in 1922.]


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19 July 1916

Rio de la Plata to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -34.45, Long -52.54

2.17am:  Cape Santa Maria N18E

3.40am:  Cape Santa Maria abeam, 12.5'

5.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant No.16

Number on sick list 5


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20 July 1916

Rio de la Plata to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -32.45, Long -49.6

Lost overboard by accident: 1 Hose No 5, 1 ratchet brace, 4 lengths of copper funnel - 2 with hooks, 2 boathook iron with staves, 1 oars ash, 1 ensign staff boats

7.26am:  Man overboard. Lowered sea boat

8.00am:  Hoisted seaboat man not recovered

8.05am:  Proceeded

Washed overboard & drowned in S 32 19', W 50, 13' John George Smith, Shipwright 2nd class, Official Number M 16604

Lost overboard by accident: 1 Ensign White [?] 4 breadth, 6 hand scrubbers, Brooms hair 4, buckets wood 6, mats paunch 2

Number on sick list 8


[John George Smith, age 34, is commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

A paunch mat is ‘a thick rough mat, usually made out of old rope’.]


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21 July 1916


Rio de la Plata to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -29.44, Long -47.25

am:    Hands as requisite

      Training classes at instruction

4.30pm:  Died of injuries received on 21st July, Robert Sherris Logan, Shipwright 2nd class. Official Number 16084

Number on sick list 8


[Robert Sherris Logan, age 21, is commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.]


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22 July 1916

Rio de la Plata to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -26.82, Long -44.75

1.40pm:  Stopped. Buried at sea in Lat S26 39.5’, Long W44 17’ Robert Sherris Logan, Shipwright II

1.50pm:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 7


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23 July 1916

Rio de la Plata to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -24.23, Long -41.6

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 7


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24 July 1916

Rio de la Plata to Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -21.17, Long -39.7

am:    Training classses at instruction

      Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 7


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25 July 1916

Abrolhos Rocks

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Cleaning ship & preparing for coaling

7.08am:  Abrolhos Light N12E

8.30am:  As requisite for anchorage

9.05am:  Stopped & anchored

      Collier “Pretoria” came alongside

      Coaling ship

Ships at anchorage: “Macedonia”, “Edinburgh Castle”, “Amethyst” & colliers

Lost by accident: 1 hazel wood fender

6.40pm:  Finished coaling, received 498 tons

      Collier cast off

Number on sick list 7


[SS Pretoria, 3700 tons, was built in 1900 by JL Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for Internatinal SS Co. She was sold several times and scrapped in 1934.

HMS Amethyst, 3000 ton cruiser, was launched in 1903 and scrapped in 1920. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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26 July 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

6.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 7


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27 July 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Painting ship’s side

  Read warrant No 17. Discharged F Carroll Stoker RNR to "Drumcliffe" for passage to Stanley for 90 days imprisonment

Lost overboard: 1 brush duster ground Patt 5

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


[SS Drumcliffe, 4027 tons, was built in 1905 by Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd for Joseph Chadwick & Sons, Liverpool. She was sold and renamed in 1917 and torpedoed later that year with the loss of 16 lives.]


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28 July 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Divers working on rudder

      Hands taking in stores etc

Number on sick list 4


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29 July 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Number on sick list 4


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30 July 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

8.00am:  Sent Roman Catholic church party to “Macedonia”

9.45am:  Divisions. Divine Service

Number on sick list 4


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31 July 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    .303 aiming rifle practice at target towed by steam cutter

pm:    Training classes at instruction

5.00pm:  Discharged 1 rating to “Amethyst”

Number on sick list 5


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LOGS FOR AUGUST 1916


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 August 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -18.19, Long -38.79

8.00am:  “Amethyst” proceeded

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. “Macedonia” proceeded. Prepared for action

9.46am:  Weighed. Proceeded as requisite for carrying out firing at target towed by “Macedonia”

9.55am:  Action Stations. Carried out firing from all guns

11.00am:  Ceased firing

11.10am:  Stopped. Sent boat to “Macedonia”

12.45pm:  Paid monthly money

2.40pm:  Stopped. Boat from “Amethyst” brought mails & Acting Mate (E) JT Roberts to join ship

3.20pm:  Proceeded

Number on sick list 7


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2 August 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -21.14, Long -39.94

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Whalers working about 2nd whaler

      Hands as requisite

      Boys at physical drill

10.30am:   Spoke SS Vasari (British) bound North.

Number on sick list 7


[SS Vasari, 8401 tons, was built in 1908 for Lamport & Holt Line. She was sold & renamed in 1928.]


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3 August 1916

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -23.2, Long -42.82

3.35am:  Sighted Cape Frio Light N87W

am:    Gunlayers & sight setters at drill

      Training classes at instruction

      Marines at physical drill

12.10pm:  As requisite into Rio de Janeiro harbour

12.54pm:  Stopped & anchored

      Saluted country with 21 guns & Rear Admiral in “Minas Geraes” with 13 guns

  Salutes returned by Fort & “Barrozo”

  Brazilian men of war in harbour: “Minas Geraes”, “Sao Paulo”, “Barrozo” & others

pm:    Leave to part of watch, Chief Petty Officers & Petty Officers till 7pm

Number on sick list 7


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4 August 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -23.2, Long -43.2

am:    Hands taking in stores etc

2.00pm:  Weighed. Proceeded as requisite out of harbour

3.45pm:  Maricas Light abeam, 3.4'

5.10pm:  Punta Negra Light House abeam, 7.5’

9.18pm:  Cape Frio abeam, 8'

Number on sick list 8


[Ile Maricas Lighthouse is at Lat -23.1, Long -42.92]


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5 August 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -22.07, Long -40.28

Number on sick list 6


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6 August 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -18.69, Long -38.86

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

1.50pm:  Sighted Abrolhos Light House N29E

2.00pm:  Sighted “Macedonia” & “Amethyst”

3.12pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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7 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

All day:    Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 6


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8 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

7.03am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite to northward of Islands

7.52am:  Stopped & anchored. Santa Barbara Light.House S25E, 8.4 cables

9.00am:  Collier “Pretoria” secured alongside

All day:    Coaling ship

4.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 490 tons

4.30pm:  Collier cast off

4.52pm:  Weighed & proceeded to anchorage SW of Islands

5.53pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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9 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

5.30am:  Brazilian cruiser anchored

8.30am:  “Edinburgh Castle” arrived & anchored. Brazilian cruiser proceeded to inner anchorage

pm:    Taking in stores

Broken by accident: 1 Thermometer ordinary

Number on sick list 6


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10 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Taking in stores

  “Edinburgh Castle” under weigh [sic] carrying out aiming rifle practice

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


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11 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

7.00am:  “Amethyst” & “Edinburgh Castle” proceeded to carry out firing

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Marines at physical drill

      Control parties at drill

      Guns crews at loader

2.00pm:  “Edinburgh Castle” anchored

Number on sick list 3


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12 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Number on sick list 3


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13 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Number on sick list 4


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14 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands as requisite

  Discharged 6 ratings to “Edinburgh Castle”

1.15pm:  Horace Mitchell Stoker 1st class, Official Number K26493, Declared Dead

Number on sick list 4


[Horace Mitchell, age 22, was the son of Fred (deceased) & Ada Mitchell, 14 Cautley Place, Leeds. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.]


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15 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

8.30am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.20am:  Slow. As requisite for funeral

9.30am:  Divisions

9.48am:  Stopped. Buried at sea Lat S 18 10', Long W 38 43.5’ the mortal remains of late Horace Mitchell Stoker 1st [class].

10.09am:  Proceeded north to anchorage

11.20am:  Stopped & anchored

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 2


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16 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

8.00am:  Sent store party to collier “Zambesi”

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands painting upper deck etc

      Guns crews at loader

      Marines & boys at physical drill

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Sent store party to “Zambesi”

5.35pm:  Arrived “Amethyst”

Number on sick list 2


[SS Zambesi , 3759 tons, was built in 1901 by Bartram & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for Zinal Steamship Co Ltd. She was torpedoed in 1917 with the loss of 3 lives.]


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17 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Marines & boys at physical drill

12.08pm:  "Macedonia" sailed

pm:    Make & mend clothes

11.30pm:  Arrived "Macedonia"

Number on sick list 3


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18 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

      Marines & boys at physical drill

      Guns crews at loader

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 4


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19 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Number on sick list 5


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20 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

7.00am:  Sailed "Pretoria"

7.30am:  Divine Service.

9.30am:  Divine Service.

Number on sick list 5


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21 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Gun layers at .303 aiming rifle practice

      Discharged one stoker to "Macedonia" for passage to hospital

pm    Training classes at instruction

2.00pm:  "Macedonia" sailed

Number on sick list 6


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22 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Boys at boat pulling

      Hands as requisite

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands as requisite

Number on sick list 2


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23 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Divers working about condenser inlets

      Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Marines & boys at physical drill

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys at boat pulling & sailing

5.00pm:  Washed clothes

Number on sick list 2


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24 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Marines at physical drill

      Hands painting boats etc

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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25 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Exercised ‘Action’

All day:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands employed about parts of ship

Number on sick list 2


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26 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

3.00pm:  Collier "Balgray" arrived

5.00pm:  1 rating joined ship from "Balgray"

Number on sick list 2


[SS Balgray, 3603 tons, was built in 1903 by A Rodger & Co Ltd, Glasgow for Workman, Arbuckle & Mackinnon, Glasgow. She was torpedoed in 1918.]


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27 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Number on sick list 2


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28 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

7.30am:  Collier Hebburn secured alongside

All day:    Coaling ship

2.45pm:  Finished coaling, received 400 tons

  Collier cast off

6.00pm:  Cleaning ship

Number on sick list 1


[SS Hebburn, 1938 tons, was built in 1908 by Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne for Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne. She was sunk by a mine in 1918 with the loss of 6 lives.]


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29 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Cleaning ship

  Sent store party to "Balgray".

Number on sick list 3


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30 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands working about parts of ship

Number on sick list 3


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31 August 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

6.30am:  Sighted "Macedonia"

7.20am:  "Macedonia" anchored

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands taking in stores

11.00am:  "Edinburgh Castle" sailed

pm:    Hands make & mend

Number on sick list 5


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LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1916


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


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1 September 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

7.00am:  Party drawing stores from collier “Balgray”

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands striking down provisions

2.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded

2.37pm:  Santa Barbara Light House abeam, 3'

      Paid monthly money

Number on sick list 6


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2 September 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -15.58, Long -37.53

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 7


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3 September 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -12.47, Long -35.93

Number on sick list 6


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4 September 1916

Abrolhos to Pernambuco

Lat -9.23, Long -34.85

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands working about parts of ship

1.00pm:  Sighted land

3.25pm:  Sighted Agostinho Light House N2W

5.30pm:  Agostinho abeam, 8.5'

7.10pm:  As requisite for Pernambuco Roads

7.40pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list 6


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5 September 1916

Pernambuco to Bahia

Lat -8.05, Long -34.9

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands working about parts of ship

      Guns crews at loader

9.30am:  Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by fort

4.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded

6.24pm:  Agostinho Light House abeam, 9’

Number on sick list 5


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6 September 1916

Pernambuco to Bahia

Lat -10.46, Long -35.67

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands cleaning out boats etc

Number on sick list 5


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7 September 1916

Pernambuco to Bahia

Lat -12.88, Long -38.1

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

      Hands working about parts of ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes

1.40pm:  Itapua Light House abeam, 4.2'

4.00pm:  As requisite for Bahia anchorage

4.24pm:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns, returned by fort

  Brazilian gunboat "Tympira" in harbour

7.03pm:  Saluted 21 guns

Number on sick list 7


[Itapua Light House is in Brazil at Lat -12.95, Long -38.35

The gunboat is probably “Tymbira”, built in 1896.]


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8 September 1916

Bahia to Abrolhos

Lat -12.97, Long -38.51

am:    Hands scrubbing weeds off waterline, embarking flour etc

4.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

Number on sick list 7


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9 September 1916

Bahia to Abrolhos

Lat -15.67, Long -38.6

Number on sick list 4


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10 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

4.25am:  Sighted Abrolhos Light S10E

6.00am:  Sighted “Macedonia” & colliers

7.43am:  Stopped & anchored

      “Macedonia” & colliers at anchor

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

      Sent Roman Catholic church party to “Macedonia”

11.00am:  Sighted “Amethyst”

Number on sick list 5


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11 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

6.50am:  Weighed & proceeded to northward of islets

7.45am:  Stopped & anchored

8.45am:  Collier "Hebburn" secured alongside

All day:    Coaling ship

11.00pm:  Finished coaling, received 625 tons

11.20pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 5


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12 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

6.45am:  Weighed & proceeded to southern anchorage

7.40am:  Stopped & anchored

2.00pm:  Washed clothes

7.00pm:  Collier “Balgray” sailed

Number on sick list 5


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13 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Guns crews at loader

11.30am:   "Hebburn" sailed

pm:    Hands as requisite

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 5


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14 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Aired & inspected bedding

      Held loader competition

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 5


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15 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Divers at monthly dip

      Hands taking in provisions

pm:    Scrubbing hammocks

Number on sick list 4


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16 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:  “Macedonia” carried out aiming rifle practice.

Number on sick list 4


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17 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

7.00am:  Held Roman Catholic service.

Number on sick list 3:


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18 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Lost overboard by accident: 1 boat hook & 1 vent bit

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys mustering bags

      Hands about parts of ship

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands employed about parts of ship

Number on sick list 5


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19 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

  Hands working about parts of ship

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands reeving boat falls etc

5.15pm:  "Macedonia" proceeded

6.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 3


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20 September 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -20.26, Long -39.6

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys at physical drill

      Hands working about parts of ship

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Watch as requisite

5.50pm:  Spoke SS "Pennsylvania" (Danish)

Number on sick list 5


[SS Pennsylvania, 3704 tons, was built in 1907 by William Dobson & Son, Walker for Det Forenade Dampskibs Selsk, Copenhagen. She was wrecked in 1931.]


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21 September 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.8, Long -41.02

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Boys at physical drill

      Hands working about parts of ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes

8.06pm:  Cape Frio abeam, 10’

Number on sick list 5


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22 September 1916

Abrolhos to Rio de Janeiro

Lat -23.01, Long -43.01

am:    Training classes at instruction

12.18pm:  As requisite into Rio de Janeiro harbour

12.45pm:  Stopped & anchored

  Saluted country with 21 guns returned by fort

  Saluted Rear Admiral with 13 guns returned by "Rio Grande do Sul"

  Usual Brazilian men of war in harbour

4.00pm:  Leave to Watch & Petty Officers till 10pm

Number on sick list 5


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23 September 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -22.9, Long -43.17

am:    Hands taking in stores etc & cleaning ship

Noon:    Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

1.14pm:  Maracas [?] Light House abeam, 2.1’

7.07pm:  Cape Frio Light House abeam, 2’

11.12pm:   Sighted PSNC Ortega

11.17pm:  Stopped, sent boat for mails

Number on sick list 4


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24 September 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -21.58, Long -39.93

12.30am:  1 Assistant Surgeon RNVR & 1 Lieutenant RNR joined ship for passage

11.00am:  Passed SS Kentuckian bound south

Number on sick list 4


[The log is difficult to read but the ship met at 11am is probably SS Kentuckian, 6479 tons, built in 1910 for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. She had an interesting and varied career before she was sunk as a blockship for the Mulberry Harbour for the Normandy Landings in 1944.]


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25 September 1916

Rio de Janeiro to Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

9.00am:  Sighted Abrolhos Light N21E

10.17am:  Stopped & anchored

  Collier Zambesi secured alongside

      Ships at anchorage: “Macedonia”, “Amethyst” & colliers

pm:    Coaling ship

Midnight:  Finished coaling. Received 550 tons

Number on sick list 4


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26 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

12.30am:  Collier cast off

am:    Cleaning ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 3


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27 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

Lost overboard whilst coaling on 26th: 1 large & 1 small hazel rod fenders

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands employed about parts of ship

pm:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands employed about parts of ship

Number on sick list 1


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28 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands employed cleaning paintwork, scraping mess decks etc

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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29 September 1916

Abrolhos

Lat -17.97, Long -38.7

All day:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks etc

1.30pm:  1 Stoker RNR joined ship from “Macedonia” for passage to hospital

Number on sick list 2


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30 September 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town, South Africa

Lat -18.25, Long -38.58

9.35am:  Weighed & proceeded

Number on sick list 3


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LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1916


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[List of meteorological instruments]


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1 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -19.95, Long -35.1

Number on sick list 3


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2 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -21.92, Long -31.5

All day:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks

Number on sick list 3


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3 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -23.05, Long -27.84

am:    Hands scraping mess decks & heads etc

      Training class at instruction

pm:    Watch as requisite

      Training class at instruction

Number on sick list 4


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4 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -24.6, Long -24.1

All day:    Hands scraping mess decks etc

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 2


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5 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -26.34, Long -20.0

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks & working about boats etc

pm:    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 2


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6 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -27.58, Long -15.83

9.10am:  Divisions. Prayers. Prepared for action. Exercised ‘Action Stations’

am:    Hands scraping mess decks

      Training classes at instruction

pm:    Watch employed as requisite

      Training classes at instruction

Number on sick list 3


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7 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -28.07, Long -11.52

am:    Cleaning ship

pm:    Make & mend clothes


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8 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simonstown

Lat -30.73, Long -8.3

10.30am:  Hands mustered by ledger

      Divine Service

Number on sick list 3


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9 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simonstown

Lat -31.65, Long -4.35

All day:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks etc

Number on sick list 3


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10 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simonstown

Lat -31.65, Long 1.05

All day:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks etc

Number on sick list 5


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11 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simonstown

Lat -33, Long 6

All day:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks etc

6.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant no 18

Number on sick list 4


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12 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simonstown

Lat -34.08, Long 11.28

8.45am:  Lost overboard and drowned, Bertie A White, Boy 1st Class, ON J 40428. Stopped and lowered boat.

9.40am:  Divisions. Read Burial Service

am:    Training classes at instruction

      Hands scraping mess decks etc

pm:    Make & mend clothes

6.00pm:  Quarters. Read Warrant No 19

Number on sick list 4


[Bertie Alfred White, J40428, Boy 1st Class, age 16, was the son of Frank & Emily White, 147 Porchester Rd, Woolston, Hants. He is commemorated on Panel refererence 14 Portsmouth Naval Memorial.]


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13 October 1916

Abrolhos to Simons Town

Lat -34.2, Long 15.88

am:    Training classes at examination

      Hands scraping mess decks

pm:    Training classes at examination

      Hands scraping mess decks

Number on sick list 4


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14 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

2.23am:  Sighted Cape Point Light House S73E

6.36am:  Altered course to Slang Point Peak & Roman Rocks

8.00am:  Proceeded into harbour

10.40am:  Proceeded into dock

      Hands scrubbing ship’s bottom

      Discharged 1 Stoker RNR to the shore

pm:    Scrubbing ship’s bottom

2.00pm:  Leave to Watch & part [of Watch] till 9pm

Number on sick list 4


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15 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.00am:  Divisions. Prayers. Church parties

1.00pm:  Leave to watch & part [of watch] till 7am

      Leave to Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 3


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16 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Dockyard workers making good defects

All day:    Hands cleaning ship’s bottom

Number on sick list 2


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17 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Landing ammunition

      Dockyard mechanics working on board

10.00am:  Held Court of Inquiry on board

pm:    Hands general refitting of ship

1.00pm:  2 Ratings joined ship for passage

Number on sick list 5


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18 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Hands general refitting work

  Dockyard artificers making good defects

10.00am:  Discharged one stoker to hospital

1.00pm:  Leave to Starboard Watch till 1pm Oct 24

pm:    Watch employed painting mess decks etc

4.30pm:  Leave to part of watch till 9pm

Number on sick list 1


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19 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:    Hands painting mess decks etc & general refitting works

      Dockyard artificers making good defects

4.30pm:  Leave to part of watch till 9pm

      Read warrant No.20

  Discharged 1 stoker to detention barracks

Number on sick list 1


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20 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Dockyard artificers making good defects

      Hands painting mess decks etc

pm:    Hands as in forenoon

4.30pm:  Leave to part of watch till 9pm

  Read warrant No 21

  1 stoker discharged to detention quarters

Number on sick list 1


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21 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Dockyard artificers making good defects

1.00pm:  Leave to watch till 9.0pm & boys till 7pm

pm:    Make & mend clothes

      Discharged 2 ratings to transport for passage to Portsmouth

4.30pm:  Read Warrant No 22

  Discharged 1 stoker to detention barracks

Number on sick list 1


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22 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers working on board

10.00am:  Landed Church parties

12.30pm:  Leave to boys till 7pm, leave to watch & part of watch till 9pm

Number on sick list - nil


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23 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Dockyard artificers working on board

am:    Hands refitting, scraping & painting mess decks etc

1.00pm:  Leave to port watch till 1pm 26th

pm:    Hands as in forenoon

4.00pm:  Special leave to part of watch till 9pm

  Read Warrants 23, 24

Number on sick list - nil


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24 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Dockyard artificers working on board

am:    Hands painting ship, refitting etc

pm:    6 Able Seamen, 1 Leading Seaman & 7 marines joined ship for disposal

5.00pm:  Leave to watch & part of watch till 9pm

Number on sick list - nil


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25 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:    Hands painting mess decks etc

pm:    Hands as in forenoon

4.30pm:  Leave to Port Watch till 9pm

Number on sick list - nil


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26 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Hands painting mess decks etc

      Dockyard artificers working on board

am:    Hands painting ships bottom, mess decks etc

  Discharged 1 rating to hospital

11.00am:  Read warrants 26, 27, 28 & 29

1.00pm:  Discharged 4 ratings to barracks

4.30pm:  Leave to Watch till 9pm

Number on sick list 1


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27 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Hands painting mess decks etc

      Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:    Hands painting mess decks, refitting rigging etc

pm:    Hands as in forenoon

1.00pm:  1 Rating joined ship from hospital

4.30pm:  Leave to Watch & part till 9pm

  Read warrant No.30

Number on sick list 1


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28 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Dockyard artificers working on board

      Hands refitting ship & painting mess decks

8.30am:  2 ratings discharged to hospital

9.35am:  Read Warrants 31, 32, 33, 34, & 35

Noon:    Five men discharged to detention

1.00pm:  Leave to Watch & part of Watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 4


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29 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Dockyard artificers making good defects

pm:    Leave to Watch & part of Watch till 9pm

      Leave to Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 1


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30 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Discharged 3 ratings to hospital

pm:    Discharged 4 marines to “Sirius”

8.00pm:  2. Ratings for detention & 3 ratings escort joined ship from "Thistle"


[HMS Sirius, 3700 ton cruiser, was launched in 1890 by Armstrong, Elswick. She was sunk as a blockship outiside Ostend in Apr 1918.

HMS Thistle, 721 ton gunboat, was launched in 1899 by the London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. She was scrapped in 1926 but was the last British warship to retain a practical sailing rig. Scrapped in 1926 she is part of the OW fleet.]


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31 October 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:    Discharged 1 rating to hospital

Number on sick list 1


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LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1916


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[Meteorological instruments.]


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1 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

1.30pm:  Paid monthly money

  Read warrants nos 36 & 37

3.30pm:  1 Rating joined ship from hospital

5.00pm:  Discharged one rating to detention quarters

Number on sick list 1


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2 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

4.30pm:  Read warrant no 38


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3 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.00am:  Discharged one rating to hospital

5.30pm:  Discharged 1 rating from “Thistle” to detention quarters


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4 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.00am:  Discharged 2 ratings to hospital

4.30pm:  1 Marine joined ship from detention barracks.


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5 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43


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6 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

8.30am:  Discharged 4 ratings to hospital

9.00am:  Discharged two ratings for passage to England [?]

All day:    Hands painting ship’s bottom

1.30pm:  3 ratings rejoined from detention

  Eleven ratings joined ship from SS Durham Castle [?]

Number on sick list – nil


[SS Durham Castle, 8240 tons, was built in 1904 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Govan for the Union Castle Mail Co. She was to be used as a blockship in Scapa Flow but hit a mine and sank off Cromarty while under tow.]


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7 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Number on sick list - nil


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8 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Struck broad pennant of Commodore John Luce CB & hoisted broad pennant of Commodore Aubrey Smith.

  Assistant Paymaster Edwards joined ship

10.30am:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital.


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9 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.00am:  Discharged 2 ratings to hospital.

12.30pm:  “Kent” arrived

pm:    Sent working party to “Trent”

4 ratings joined ship for passage

6.00pm:  Read warrants 40 & 41, discharged prisoner to detention quarters [illegible]

Number on sick list 1


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10 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Working party on board “Trent”

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands painting mess decks etc

1.30pm:  1 rating returned from hospital

5.30pm:  2 ratings joined from barracks

Number on sick list 1


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11 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:  Hands painting mess decks etc

1.00pm:  Leave to Port Watch till midnight, boys till 7am

    Working party sent to “Trent”

4.00pm:  Leave to part of Starboard Watch till 10pm


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12 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers on board

10.00am:  Landed Church parties.

Number on sick list 1


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13 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:  Hands general refitting work of ship

pm:  Hands painting mess decks, refitting rigging etc

5.30pm:  1 rating rejoined ship from detention

Number on sick list 3


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14 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

  Hands general refitting work of ship

3.00pm:  3 ratings joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 3


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15 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Ship undocked and placed on sea wall

  Hands mooring ship in basin

  “Kent” proceeded into dock

pm:  Hands refitting & as requisite

2.00pm:  1 rating returned from hospital

6.00pm:  1 rating returned from detention

Number on sick list 4


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16 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands refitting rigging, painting mess decks etc

5.00pm:  Read warrants nos 42 & 43

  Discharged 2 ratings to detention

  1 rating (Thistle) joined ship from detention quarters

Number on sick list 4


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17 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands painting mess decks, working about rigging, dismounting guns etc

Number on sick list 3


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18 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands painting mess decks, refitting rigging etc

10.00am:  Discharged one rating to hospital

1.00pm:  Leave to Starboard watch till 9pm 19th

    Leave to 2nd part of Port watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

5.00pm:  2 ratings joined ship from detention quaters

Number on sick list 2


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19 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

9.30am:  Hoisted flag of Commander in Chief, Cape in "Kent"

  Landed Church parties

Number on sick list 2


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20 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

  Hands working on rigging, painting mess decks, drawing stores etc.

10.00am:  Arrived "Hyacinth"

1.00pm:  1 rating returned from hospital

Number on sick list - nil


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21 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands scraping ship’s side, painting mess decks, refitting rigging, dismounting guns etc

2.00pm:  3 ratings rejoined ship from hospital

5.30pm:  1 rating returned from detention quarters

Number on sick list: 1


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22 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands working about rigging, scraping ship’s side, painting mess decks etc

1.30pm:  Discharged 2 Privates Royal Marine Light Infantry to "Hyacinth"

2.00pm:  1 rating joined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 2


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23 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

7.00 "Kent" undocked & anchored in Simons Bay

8.30am:  Ship placed in dock

pm:  Hands employed scraping ship’s side, painting mess decks, drawing stores etc

Number on sick list 3


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24 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands scraping ship’s side, working about rigging, guns etc

5.00pm:  Read warrant No 44. Discharged 1 rating to detention quarters

Number on sick list 3


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25 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands working about rigging, scraping ship’s side etc

10.00am:  3 ratings rejoined ship from hospital

pm:  Hands make & mend clothes

    Leave to Port watch till 9pm 26th

    Leave to part of Starboard watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

3.00pm:  Discharged 4 ratings for passage to "Thistle"

4.30pm:  1 rating rejoined ship from detention

Number on sick list 3


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26 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Divisions. Landed church parties

1.00pm:  Leave to part of watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 3


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27 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands scraping ship’s side, painting, working about rigging etc

11.00am:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital

1.30pm:  1 rating rejoined ship from hospital

4.00pm:  Leave to Watch & part till 9pm

Number on sick list 3


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28 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

3.30 Sailed "Kent"

Number on sick list 2


[Refitting & local leave continue.]


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29 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

2.00pm:  2 ratings rejoined ship from hospital

5.00pm:  Read warrant no 45

6.00pm:  1 rating joined from detention quarters

11.00pm:  Escort returned with deserter from "Edinburgh Castle"


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30 November 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

1.00pm:  Landed party to attend funeral of late Petty Officer. Colours, half-masted and re-hoisted at 1530


[Petty Officer Francis Hampson Browne, 131350, served on HMS Hyacinth and died on 29 Nov. He is buried in Naval Allotment, Row A, Grave 08, Dido Valley Cemetery, Simons Town.]


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LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1916


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Barometer: Mercurial


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1 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

1.00pm:  Paid monthly money

4.00pm:  Read warrant no. 46. Discharged 1 stoker to detention quarters


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2 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

11.00am:  1 rating rejoined ship from hospital

1.00pm:  Leave to Starboard watch till 9pm on 3rd

    Leave to part of watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

5.00pm:  1 rating rejoined ship from detention quarters


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3 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

10.30am:  Landed church parties.

1.00pm:  Leave to part of watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm


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4 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

5.00pm:  Read warrant No.47. Discharged one rating to detention quarters


[Refitting & local leave continue.]


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5 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43


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6 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

2.00pm:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital.


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7 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Lost by accident: 1 Lock hanging pad Patt 81

5.00pm:  Read warrant no 48. Discharged 1 Private. Royal Marine Light Infantry to prison


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8 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Sent working party to hospital

    Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands blacking down aloft, painting ship’s side, refitting boats’ falls etc

Number on sick list 2


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9 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands [employed] working parties in dockyard, painting etc

1.00pm:  Leave to Port watch 10.30pm 10th

    Leave to part of watch till 9pm, boys till 7pm

    Make & mend clothes

6.00pm:  Sent working party to station

Number on sick list 2


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10 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Divisions. Landed church parties

1.00pm:  Leave to part of watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 2


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11 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands working on side, rigging, painting, laying corticene etc

pm:  Hands scraping side, working on rigging, painting heads etc

  1 rating rejoined from hospital

Number on sick list 3


[Work by dockyard artificers and local leave rota continue.]


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12 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

Number on sick list 4


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13 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands returning & drawing shell, painting heads, working about boats etc

1.30pm:  1 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry rejoined ship from hospital

Number on sick list 6


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14 December 1916

Simons Town.

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands painting ship’s side, heads, stowing ammunition etc

10.00am:  Discharged 4 ratings to hospital

Number on sick list 5


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15 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands employed painting, scraping davits etc

4.00pm:  Quarters, read warrant no.50

Number on sick list 3


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16 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands painting down aloft, ship’s side etc

    Read warrants nos 51, 52, 53, 54

    Discharged 4 offenders to Wynberg detention barracks

1.00pm:  Leave to Starboard watch till 10.30pm 17th

    Leave to 1st part Port watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 4


[Wynberg Detention Barracks were at the Camp on Wynberg Hill begun in 1797.]


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17 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

10.00am:  Landed church parties

1.00pm:  Leave to 2nd part Port watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list 4


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18 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

All day:  Hands painting & refitting etc

1.00pm:  1 rating rejoined ship from hospital

4.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrant no 55

Number on sick list 4


[Dockyard artificers making good defects & usual local leave continue]


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19 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

am:  Hands taking in ammunition & provisions

pm:  Hands taking in provisions

5.00pm:  Watch employed stowing provisions & pumping out caisson

Number on sick list 4


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20 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Hands clearing up decks, shifting brows etc

7.00am:  Arrived “Trent”

8.00am:  Ship moved to East arm of camber & secured at 9.0am

am:  Hands painting funnels, working about rigging etc

1.00pm:  Discharged 1 rating to hospital & 4 ratings to “Trent” for passage

pm:  Hands painting funnels, bridge flats etc

6.30pm:  Sailed “Trent”

Number on sick list 4


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21 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Hands clearing up decks & jetty

am:  Hands painting booms, boats etc

pm:  Preparing for coaling

2.00pm:  4 ratings rejoined ship from hospital

5.00pm:  1 rating joined ship from detention quarters

10.00pm:  1 Deserter recovered from Civil Police at Cape Town

Number on sick list 3


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22 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

5.27am:  Commenced coaling

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

5.50pm:  Finished coaling, received 988 tons

7.00pm:  Cleaning ship

Number on sick list 4


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23 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:  Hands cleaning ship, drawing boats, hoisting in galleys, davits etc

Number on sick list 5


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24 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:  Hands cleaning ship

1.00pm:  Leave to watch & part till 9pm


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25 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

7.00am:  Landed Roman Catholic church party

am:  Hands employed clearing up magazines etc

1.00pm:  Leave to watch & part till 9pm

Number on sick list 4


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26 December 1916

Simons Town

Lat -34.18, Long 18.43

6.00am:  Hands embarking ammunition

7.00am:  Sent escort to Wynberg detention quarters.

am:  Hands embarking ammunition & drawing boats from dockyard

  Escort & prisoner returned from Wynberg

  Discharged 1 rating to “Hyacinth”

1.00pm:  3 ratings joined ship from detention quarters, 9 from hospital

pm:  Hand cleaning up deck & stowing ammunition

4.25pm:  Cast off from wall

4.45pm:  Proceeded out of camber as requisite

5.00pm:  Anchored

Number on sick list 4

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27 December 1916

Simons Town to Cape Town

Lat -33.93, Long 18.42

5.00am:  Weighed & proceeded

9.00am:  As requisite for Table Bay & docks

10.00am:  Secured alongside Coaling Jetty.

pm:  Taking in oil fuel

    Hands securing boats for sea

    Discharged 12 ratings to SS Briton for passage to England

5.25pm:  Cast off from jetty & proceeded with following transports in company: “Hororata”, “Kyara”, “Port Napier”, “Beltana”, “Suevic”, “Maunganui” & “Tahiti”

6.57pm:  Transports in divisions in line ahead, 1 mile apart on starboard beam

Number on sick list 6


[SS Briton, 10,248 tons, was built in 1897 and operated by the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. She was scrapped in 1926

SS Hororata, 9178 tons, was built in 1914 for the New Zealand Shipping Co. In 1939 ownership was transferred and she was renamed.

HMHS Kyarra, 6953 tons, was built in 1903 by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton. In 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 6 crew.

SS Port Napier, 8491 tons, was built in 1912 as “Hawkes Bay”. She was renamed “Port Napier” in 1916 while operated by the Port Line. She was laid up in 1932, transferred again and renamed in 1936.

SS Beltana, 11,167 tons, was built in 1911 for P&O. She was sold in 1930.

SS Suevic, 12,531 tons, was built in 1900 for the White Star Line. She was sold and renamed in 1928.

SS Maunganui, 7527 tons, was built in 1911 for the Union Steamship Co of New Zealand. She was sold & renamed in 1947.

SS Tahiti, 7585 tons, was built in 1904 as “Port Kingston” by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow for the Elder Dempster Line. She was sold & renamed in 1911 and served a a transport during the war. She was then returned to the Union Steamship Co. In 1930 a propeller shaft broke, tearing a hole in the hull. Her passengers, crew and the bullion she carried were rescued by SS Ventura before she sank.]


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28 December 1916

Table Bay to St. Helena

Lat -31.82, Long 15.05

4.30am:  Secured from night action stations

7.30am:  Proceeded to communicate with “Suevic” & “Honorata” etc

am:  Hands rigging lifelines, scraping upper deck etc

  Course and speed as requisite for communicating with stationing transports

3.12pm:  Altered course to intercept vessel. Spoke to SS Landrindod

  Proceeded to take up station between lines

6.00pm:  Quarters. Read warrants nos 56, 57, 58

    Prepared for night action

7.45pm:  Took station ahead of 2nd Division

Number on sick list 6


[SS Llandrindod, 3841 tons, was built in 1900 by Richardson, Duck & Co, Stockton-on-Tees for the Llandrindod Steamship Co Ltd. She was torpedoed & sunk in 1917 with no loss of life.]


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29 December 1916

Table Bay to St Helena

Lat -28.96, Long 11.35

5.30am:  Secured from night defences

7.51am:  “Beltane's” steering gear broken down, reduced to 7 knots

9.30am:  Prepared for ‘Action’. Exercised ‘Action’

10.00am:  Secured

All day:  Scraping paintwork

4.00pm:  Exercised ‘Fire stations’, stations for ‘Abandon ship’

8.00pm:  Watch closed up to guns

Number on sick list 6


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30 December 1916

Table Bay to St Helena

Lat -26.07, Long 7.03

5.00am:  Secured from night defences

am:  Cleaning ship

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 6


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31 December 1916

Table Bay to St Helena

Lat -23.32, Long 3.07

9.30am:  Divisions. Divine Service

5.00pm:  Stopped. Sent boat to "Tahiti" for fresh meat

5.50pm:  Boat returned, proceeded

Number on sick list 6


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[These pages are cover pages or blank.]



THE LOG BOOKS FOR 1917 HAVE NOT BEEN SCANNED



LOGS FOR JANUARY 1918


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[List of meteorological instruments.]


THE VOYAGES OF HMS GLASGOW
Voyage home

JP map Glasgow Homeward

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1 January 1918

Rio de Janeiro

Lat -22.90, Long -43.2

8.00am:  Dressed ship with masthead flags

am:  Hands taking in provisions, fitting crows nest, transferring 5½” reel to “Newcastle” etc, etc

pm:  Hands employed about parts of ship & securing boats for sea

4.00pm:  Leave to Petty Officers till 9pm

5.00pm:  8 ratings joined ship from “Africa”

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Newcastle, 4800 ton cruiser, was launched by Armstrong Whitworth in 1909. She was sold for scrap in 1921 and is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Africa, 17,500 ton battleship, was launched in 1905 at Chatham Dockyard. Later in 1918 she was caught by the influenza pandemic while in Sierra Leone and lost over 50 of her crew. She was sold in 1920 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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2 January 1918

At sea

Lat -23.03, Long -43.02

8.00am:  Preparing for sea

10.00am:  Admiral Caperton USN visited ship

10.36am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of harbour

11.15am:  Exercised ‘Action’

12.15pm:  Maricas abeam 3’

2.00pm:  Passed Brazilian Destroyer

4.00pm:  Prepared for night action. Exercised ‘Fire stations’ & ‘Abandon ship stations’

6.00pm:  Cape Frio abeam 7’

Number on sick list 3


[William Banks Caperton, 1855-1941 graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1875 and served until 1921.]


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3 January 1918

At sea

Lat -21.4, Long -39.6

4.36am:  Position by stars S22o 2’.4 W40o 23’.5

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.00pm:  Prepared for night action. Exercised collision & abandon ship stations

4.31pm:  Longitude by chronometer W39o 12’

6.19pm:  Sun set by compass S79W, deviation E½o

6.27pm:  Position by stars S20o 26’, W39o 3’

Number on sick list 3


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4 January 1918

At sea

Lat -17.6, Long -37.93

4.36am:  Position by stars S18o 48’.5 W35o 9’.5

9.15am:  Divisions. Prayers. Cleared ship for action. Exercised ‘Action’

am:  Medical lecture to ship’s company

4.00pm:  Prepared for night action. Read warrants nos 150 & 151

    Washed clothes

6.36pm:  Position by stars S16o 33’ W38o 1’

  Darkened ship. Watch closed up

Number on sick list 3


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5 January 1918

At sea

Lat -13.47, Long -38.4

4.43am:  Position by stars S14o 46’, W35o 14’

am:  Hands preparing for coaling & placing fenders

12.20pm:  Sighted Antonio Point N2E

2.36pm:  As requisite into Bahia, hands preparing for coaling

3.12pm:  Stopped & anchored

4.00pm:   Collier "Dorington Court" secured alongside

5.00pm:  Commenced coaling

Coal received: 6pm – 75 tons

  7pm – 138 tons

  8pm – 163 tons

  9pm – 222 tons

  10pm – 279 tons

  11pm – 336 tons

  Midnight – 390 tons

Number on sick list 3


[SS Dorington Court, 4777 tons, was built in 1915 by Richardson, Duck & Co for the Court Line. She was sold & renamed for the first time in 1937 and finally scuttled in 1948.


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6 January 1918

Bahia

Lat -12.97, Long -38.51

12.35am:  Finished coaling, received 410 tons

1.45am:  Cast off collier

am:  Cleaning ship

pm:  Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 3


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7 January 1918

Bahia

Lat -12.97, Long -38.51

All day:  Hands cleaning out boats, cleaning ship’s side etc

Number on sick list 6


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8 January 1918

Bahia

Lat -12.97, Long -38.51

9.45am:  Hands taking on board flour & sugar

12.12pm:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

12.44pm:  Antonio Point Light House abeam, 1.3'

pm:  Hands striking down provisions

3.10pm:  Itapua abeam, 6'

6.00pm:  Sun set by compass S83W, deviation nil

6.09pm:  Garcia de Avila abeam 2.5'

Number on sick list 5


[Garcia de Avila is probably Castelo da Torre de Garcia d’Avila at Lat -12.58, Long -38.03. It is the ruins of a medieval castle built on a coastal hill.]


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9 January 1918

At sea

Lat -10.88, Long -35.48

5.02am:  Position by stars S11o 38’, W36o 25’

am:  Hands fitting sea boats ladders, sponging out guns etc

5.59pm:  Sun set by compass S85W, deviation nil

6.07pm:  Position by stars, S10o 10’, W34o 38’

Number on sick list 3


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10 January 1918

At sea

Lat -8.17, Long -32.25

5.11am:  Position by stars S9o 8’, W33o 12’

4.00pm:  Prepared for night action. Exercised fire stations & stations for abandon ship

6.10pm:  Position by stars S7o 28’, W31o 25’

Number on sick list 3


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11 January 1918

At sea

Lat -5.38, Long -29.22

5.15am:  Position by stars S6o 9’.5, W30o 3’.5

4.12pm:  Eased down Port engine for inspection

4.26pm:  Stopped Port engine

5.56pm:  Sun set by compass S88W Dev Nil

6.12pm:  Position by stars S4o 50’, W28o 37’

Number on sick list 4


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12 January 1918

At sea

Lat -2.88, Long -26.3

5.24am:  Position by stars S3o 32’.5, W26o 56’

pm:  Make & mend clothes

6.08pm:  Position by stars S2o 12’, W25o 32’

8.10pm:  As required avoiding collision with & speaking French ship "Thiers”

Number on sick list 4


[SV Thiers, 2613 tons, was built in 1901 by Chantiers de St Nazaire as SV Socoa. She was sold & renamed in 1907, laid up in 1921 and broken up in 1927.]


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13 January 1918

At sea

Lat -0.34, Long -23.41

5.34am:  Position by stars S1o 7’, W24o 8’

9.45am:  Divisions. Divine Service

6.11pm:  Position by stars N0o 23’.5, W22o 34’

    Watch closed up to guns

Number on sick list 6


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14 January 1918

At sea

Lat 2.48, Long -20.47

7.29am:  Longitude by chronometer W20o 58’

9.15am:  Gunners party sponging out guns

    Gun layers at dotter

    Hands about parts of ship

4.16pm:  Longitude by chronometer W19o 47'

6.12pm:  Position by stars N3o 24’, W19o 36’

Number on sick list 7


[This consistent recording of position by chronometer and stars in the deck log is unusual although occasional readings are recorded in many logs.]


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15 January 1918

At sea

Lat 5.76, Long -17.13

5.52am:  Position by stars Lat N4o 58’, Long W17o 57’

am:  Hands fitting bridge screens, spans for 1st cutter etc

  Held loader competition

4.20pm:  Longitude by chronometer W16o 31’.5

4.58pm:  Altered course as requisite to avoid waterspouts

5.04pm:  Resumed course, Danish vessel passed bound SW

Number on sick list 9


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16 January 1918

Lat 8.43, Long -13.57

7.35am:  Position O[rion] & Arcturus N8o 17’, W14o 20’.5

8.00am:  Sounding every 15 mins

am:  Preparing for entering harbour & coaling

12.05pm:  Course as requisite for entering Sierra Leone

1.30pm:  Stopped & anchored

  British men of war in harbour: Bacchante (Flag). "Kent" "Armadale Castle”

4.40pm:  Collier "Devon City" secured alongside

5.36pm:  "Armadale Castle" sailed with convoy

5.45pm:  Commenced coaling

Coal received:  7pm – 110 tons

    8pm – 147 tons

    9pm: - 237 tons

    10pm: - 323 tons

10.00pm:  Stopped coaling for night

Number on sick list 8


[HMS Bacchante, 12,000 ton cruiser, was launched in 1901 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. She was sold in 1920 and is part of the OW fleet.

SS Devon City, 4316 tons, was built in 1913 for William Reardon Smith & Sons. She was sold & renamed in 1928 and in 1933 caught fire and was beached in Brazil.]


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17 January 1918

Sierra Leone

Lat 8.49, Long -13.2

5.30am:  Commenced coaling

    6am – 361 tons

    7am – 445 tons

    8am – 535 tons

    9am – 607 tons

    10am – 655 tons

    11am – 730 tons

    Noon – 815 tons

    1pm – 852 tons

    2pm – 941 tons

2.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 979 tons

3.30pm:  Collier cast off

Number on sick list 8


[This is probably the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown.]


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18 January 1918

Sierra Leone

Lat 8.49, Long -13.2

am:  Cleaning ship & taking on board £1,000,000 of gold

4.00pm:  Leave to Petty Officers till 9pm

Number on sick list 8


[How much would that be at today’s prices!]


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19 January 1918

Sierra Leone

Lat 8.49, Long -13.2

pm:  Make & mend clothes

4.00pm:  Leave to Petty Officers till 9pm

5.00pm:  Quarters. 1 rating joined ship from “Mallina”

Number on sick list 7


[SS Mallina, 3123 tons, was built in 1909 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company. She was sold to Japan and renamed in 1929 then eventually sunk by US aircraft in 1944.]


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20 January 1918

Sierra Leone

Lat 8.49, Long -13.2

9.40am:  Divisions. Divine Service

2.00pm:  Arrived "Moldavia"

4.00pm:  Weighed & proceeded out of harbour

4.33pm:  Submarine guns crews & look outs placed, prepared for night action

5.47pm:  Sun set by compass West, deviation 1½oW

Number on sick list 5


[HMS Moldavia, 12,358 ton ocean liner, was built in 1903 by J Caird & Co, Greenock for P&O. She was requisitioned by the Navy in 1915 and sunk by torpedo while carrying troops with the loss of 56 lives. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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21 January 1918

At sea

Lat 9.73, Long -16.68

7.32am:  Position by Arcturus & O[rion?] N9o 21’, W15o 53’

1.00pm:  Passing through strong tide rips

4.00pm:  Prepared for night action, exercised stations for ‘Abandon ship’, strong tide rips

6.22pm:  Position by stars N10o 45’.5, W17o 4’

    Darkened ship

Number on sick list 5


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22 January 1918

At sea

Lat 13.65, Long -18.28

6.15am:  Position by stars N12o 42’.5, W18o 0’

6.22pm:  Position by stars N14o 3’6, W18o 4’

7.00pm:  20o zig-zag

9.00pm:  Sighted Cape Manuel Light N60E

9.42pm:  Stopped off Dakar boom, spoke examination vessel

9.09pm:  Proceeded as requisite to anchorage off Rufisque

9.51pm:  Stopped & anchored

Number on Sick List 5


[Cap Manuel Lighthouse is in Senegal at Lat 14.65, Long -17.43

Rufisque is in Senegal at Lat 14.72, Long -17.28]


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23 January 1918

Dakar & At Sea

Lat 14.68, Long -17.4

5.45am:  Weighed & proceeded S78W

6.22am:  Stopped.

6.30am:  Proceeded as requisite through boom defence after Examining Vessel.

6.55am:  Stopped & anchored waiting pilot.

7.21am:  Proceeded into inner port.

7.40am:  Stopped & anchored. Secured stern to No 2 mole

10.00am:  Coal lighters secured alongside

French men of war in harbour: “Desaix”, “Dupleix”; British “Montagua”

10.20am:  Commenced coaling

1.00pm:  Divers clearing inlets

4.30pm:  Finished coaling, received 330 tons

    Cleaning ship

Number on sick list 4


[“Desaix”, 7700 ton cruiser, was launched in 1901 at St Nazaire. She was decommissioned in 1921 but only scrapped in 1927.

Dupleix”, 7700 ton cruiser, was launched in 1900 at Rochfort. She was decommissioned in 1919 and scrapped in 1922.

HMS Montagua, 5977 ton Armed Merchant Cruiser, was built in 1912 as “Normannia”. She became part of the Elders & Fyffes fleet in 1914 and was renamed Montagua. In 1915 she was requisitioned and returned in 1919. She was scrapped in 1933 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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24 January 1918

At sea

Lat 15.39, Long -17.68

6.35am:  Slipped stern wire

6.45am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite out of inner harbour & through boom.

8.18am:  20o zig-zag. Sighted Almadi Rock Light East, 2.5'

4.00pm:  Prepared for night action, read warrant no 152

6.18pm:  Position by stars N16o 33’, W17o 5½’

Number on sick list 4


[Almadi Rock Lighthouse is on the Pointe des Almadies in Senegal at Lat 14.75, Long -17.53.]


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25 January 1918

At sea

Lat 19.48, Long -18.32

6.17am:  Position by stars N18o 31’, W18o 10.6’

6.22pm:  Position by stars N20o 38’, W18o 31’

Number on sick list 4


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26 January 1918

At sea

Lat 23.3, Long -17.46

6.18am:  Position. by stars N22o 31’, W18o 2’

Noon:  Zig-zagging 30o

6.00pm:  Position by stars N24o 7’, W16o 47.5’

Number on sick list 3


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27 January 1918

At sea

Lat 26.68, Long -14.68

6.10am:  Position by stars N25o 48’, W15o 22’

2.14pm:  Altered course to avoid suspected periscope. Fired one round of 4" at it

2.22pm:  Resumed course

3.35pm:  Sighted south point of Fuerteventura Island N 6½W

5.44pm:  Position by stars N27o 30’, W13o 44’

Number on sick list 3


[Fuerteventura Island is one of the Canary Islands, part of Spain, and lies at Lat 28.33, Long -14.02.]


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28 January 1918

At sea

Lat 30.23, Long -10.67

4.30am:  As requisite to avoid low lying craft on port beam.

6.02am:  Position by stars N29o 8’, W11o 4’

5.42pm:  Position by stars N31o 14’, W10o 45’

Number on sick list 3


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29 January 1918

At sea

Lat 34.58, Long -8.88

6.56am:  Position by stars N32o 39’, W9o 10’

11.00am:  Sighted “Parthian”, “Parthian” took station ahead, zigzag on either bow

6.14pm:  Position by stars N35o 12’, W7o 25’

9.05pm:  Sighted Cape Spartel East

Midnight:  Sighted Tarifa Light

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Parthian, 1025 ton destroyer, was built by Scotts, Greenock in 1916. She was sold for scrapping in 1921.

Cap Spartel is in Morocco at Lat 35.79, Long -5.93

Tarifa Lighthouse is in Spain at Lat 35, Long -5.6]


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30 January 1918

Gibraltar

Lat 36.13, Long -5.35

2.40am:  As requisite into Gibraltar.

3.40am:  Entered through boom

3.50am:  Stopped & secured to no 17 buoy

pm:  Discharging ammunition

  3 Portuguese submarines & parent ship entered harbour

  Dockyard divers inspecting ships bottom

4.00pm:  Quarters. Leave to White & Blue watches till 7am

Number on sick list 3


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31 January 1918

Gibraltar

Lat 36.13, Long -5.35

am:  Hands discharging empties & taking in oil fuel

4.00pm:  Quarters. Leave to Red & Blue watches till 7am

  Discharged 3 ratings to Cormorant

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Cormorant, 1150 ton sloop was launched in 1875 at Chatham Royal Dockyard. She became the receiving ship in Gibraltar in 1889 and was scrapped in 1949.]


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LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1918


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[List of meteorological instruments.]

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[Records of observations for compass deviation.]

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1 February 1918

Gibraltar

Lat 36.13, Long -5.35

am:  Hands cleaning water line, sponging out guns etc

11.30am:  Tug towing ship round adjusting compasses

12.30pm:  Finished adjustment of compasses

4.00pm:  Quarters. Leave to Red & White watches till 10pm


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2 February 1918

Gibraltar

Lat 36.13, Long -5.35

6.00am:  Preparing for coaling & reeving ship’s rope

8.00am:  Tugs secured alongside, proceeded with tugs to South Mole

8.40am:  Secured alongside No 2 Shed, South Mole

10.30am:  Commenced coaling

11.00am:  Discharged 1 rating to Royal Naval Hospital

8.20pm:  Finished coaling, received 790 tons

    Leave to White & Blue watches till 7am

Number on sick list 4


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3 February 1918

Gibraltar

Lat 36.13, Long -5.35

7.20am:  Cast off from South.Mole. Proceeded in charge of tugs to no 8 Buoy

8.00am:  Secured to No 8 Buoy

1.00pm:  Leave to Red & Blue watches till 7am

Number on sick list 4


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4 February 1918

Gibraltar

Lat 36.13, Long -5.35

Lost by accident: 1 piasaba [?] cleaner

am:  Hands cleaning out boats & preparing for sea

  Cautioned Lieutenant QE Peters RNR for being drunk onboard at 4.0pm on Sunday 3rd February [signed by QE Peters]

  38 Army ratings joined ship for passage

  Following officers joined ship for passage: Captain Todd, Acting Commander Blomfield, Staff Surgeon Petch, Staff Paymaster Porter, Lieutenant Quinn, Commander RNR Pape, Lieutenant Commander Amundsen USN, Mr Young, Gunner also 7 ratings

4.00pm:  Slipped from buoy. Proceeded as requisite out of Gibraltar harbour

4.20pm:  “Northesk” in company escorting

9.35pm:  Reducing speed as requisite for fog

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Northesk was a destroyer launched in 1916 by Palmers Ship Building & Iron Co, Hebburn.]


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5 February 1918

At sea

Lat 36.65, Long -10.73

2.00am:  Fog lifted.

4.00pm:  “Northesk” parted company

Number on sick list 4


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6 February 1918

Lat 40.51, Long -14.75

4.10am:  Started 20o zig-zag

7.24am:  Stars N39o 21’, W14o 40’

8.30pm:  Stopped zig-zag

Number on sick list 4


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7 February 1918

At sea

Lat 45.87, Long -11.27

7.00am:  Started 20o zig-zag

11.00am:  Passed convoy bound south

5.30pm:  “Oracle” & “Onslow” joined company & took station 5 points on bow for escorting

    Darkened ship

6.30pm:  Stopped zig-zag

Number on sick list 3


[HMS Oracle, 1000 ton M class destroyer, was launched in 1915, by Doxford’s, Sunderland. She was sold in 1921.

HMS Onslow, 1025 ton destroyer, was launched in 1916 at Fairfield Shipbuilding Co, Govan. She fought at the Battle of Jutland and was sold in 1921.]


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8 February 1918

At sea & Plymouth

Lat 49.95, Long -4.73

6.30am:  Started 30o zig-zag

7.16am:  Position by stars N49o 15’, W6o 5’

10.43am:  Sighted ship’s life boat. Detached destroyers to rescue occupants (11 survivors SS. Basuta)

11.00am:  Destroyers resumed station

12.55pm:  Sighted Eddystone Light House N65E

I.00pm:  As requisite for swept channel to Plymouth Sound.

2.00pm:  As requisite into Sound.

2.20pm:  Stopped. Anchored in Sound

3.05pm:  Weighed. Proceeded as requisite to Hamoaze

3.49pm:  Stopped. Secured to No 5 Buoy

5.00pm:  Discharged officers taking passage.

Number on sick list 3


[SS Basuta, 2876 tons, was built in 1897 by Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for DP Barnett. She was torpedoed with a single casualty.

Eddystone Rock Lighthouse is one of the historic lighthouse sites of England. The present structure is the 5th on the rock first marked in 1698. It lies at Lat 50.18, Long -4.28

Hamoaze is the name of a stretch of the river Tamar leading to Devonport Dockyard.]


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9 February 1918

Plymouth

Lat 50.4, Long -4.12

8.00am:  Discharged military details to shore

  Discharged 2 ratings to "Vivid"

pm:  Leave to Blue watch till 7am

    Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list 4


[HMS Vivid was the shore establishment at Devonport.]


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10 February 1918

Plymouth

Lat 50.4, Long -4.12

11.00am:  Ship moved with tugs to No 6 Wharf.

Noon:  Secured alongside no 6 Wharf

1.00pm:  Leave to Red & White watches till 7am

Number on sick list 4


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11 February 1918

Plymouth & at Sea

Lat 50.4, Long -4.12

8.00am:  Discharged bullion to dockyard

12.03pm:  Cast off & proceeded as requisite to the Sound

12.42pm:  Stopped & anchored

4.01pm:  Weighed & proceeded out of Sound escorted by P37 & P38

4.31pm:  Draystone Buoy abeam 5 cables, proceeded by swept channel to Eddystone

5.11pm:  Eddystone abeam ¾’

7.06pm:  Start Point Light N11E, 11.5’

Number on sick list 5


[Start Point Lighthouse is off the coast of Devon at Lat 50.23, Long -3.65.]


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12 February 1918

At sea & at Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

12.30am:  As requisite passing through convoy in fog & approaching swept channel, sounding

3.48am:  No 1 buoy swept channel, proceeded as requisite up swept channel

5.41am:  Passed Horse Fort Gate

5.50am:  Stopped & anchored

7.00am:  Weighed & proceeded as requisite up Portsmouth harbour.

7.35am:  Stopped. Secured to no 4 Buoy

am:  Hands unfuzing Lyddite shell etc

1.00pm:  Discharged 2 ratings to “Dolphin”

  Leave to Red & Blue watches till 10pm & 7am respectively

5.00pm:  Lieutenant QE Peters RNR left ship

Number on sick list 4


[Horse Sand Fort was built between 1865 & 1880 in the Solent to defend the port and originally was garrisoned.]


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13 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

am:  Discharged 3 ratings to Chatham & 6 ratings to Portsmouth barracks

  Discharged 7 ratings to Royal Naval Barracks

1.00pm:  Discharged 2 marines to Royal Marine Barracks

4.30pm:  Leave to Red & White watch till 10pm & 7am

Number on sick list 4


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14 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

4.00pm:  Leave to White & Blue watches till 7am & 10pm


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15 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

am:  Discharged 8 ratings to Royal Naval Hospital

  Lieutenant Chamberlain RNR left ship

    Hands getting ammunition on deck

pm:  Hands as in forenoon

4.30pm:  Leave to Red & White watches till 10pm & 7am


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16 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

All day:  Hands disembarking coal & ammunition.

Number on sick list 2


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17 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

All day:  Hands uncoaling ship

4.30pm:  Leave to watch till 7am

Number on sick list 1


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18 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

10.00am:  Ship moved by tugs to no 9 Buoy

All day:  Uncoaling ship

4.00pm:  Leave as usual

5.45pm:  Finished uncoaling.


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19 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

All day:  Dockyard artificers working on board

11.40am:  Ship moved to C lock.

pm:  Hands returning stores etc

2.00pm:  Ship moved to alongside “Zealandia” in No 3 Basin.


[SS Zealandia, 6660 tons, was built in 1910 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank for Huddart, Parker & Co. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918. During WW2 she was requisitioned by the Australian Government and sunk by Japanese bombers in 1942 with the loss of 3 lives.]


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20 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

  Hands dismounting gear, returning guns etc

5.00pm:  Usual leave to ship’s company


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21 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

All day:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

    Hands dismounting gear, returning guns etc

5.00pm:  Usual leave to ship’s company


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22 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

8.30am:  Ship moved to No 4 berth

am:  Hands returning stores etc

Noon:  Glasses unshipped

pm:  Hands dismounting guns etc

5.00pm:  Usual leave to ship’s company


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23 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

Glasses unshipped

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:  Hands returning stores etc

pm:  Usual leave to ship’s company


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24 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

Glasses unshipped

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

9.00am:  Landed church parties

pm:  Usual leave to ship’s company


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25 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

Glasses unshipped

7.00am:  Dockyard artificers making good defects

am:  Hands returning stores etc.

4.00pm:  Discharged 153 ratings to “Fisgard”, “Excellent” & “Vernon” & Royal Navy Barracks

    Hands clearing up mess decks


[HMS Fisgard was a shore establishment for training engineers based at Portsmouth

HMS Excellent is a shore establishment on Whale Island in Portsmouth Harbour and houses the Gunnery School.

HMS Vernon was another training base at Portsmouth.]


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26 February 1918

Portsmouth

Lat 50.78, Long -1.08

6.00am:  Discharged 37 ratings to “Vivid” & “Pembroke”

9.00am:  Paid off


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