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Dreadnought Battleship, Queen Elizabeth-class

Pendant Nos. 57 (1914), A9 (1.18), 12 (4.18). Launched 26.11.13 Devonport DY. 27,500 tons, 640(oa), 600(pp)x90x30ft. Turbine 75000shp, 25kts. Armament: 8-15in, 14-6in, 2-3in AA, 4-21in tt. Armour: 13in sides, 3in deck, 11in guns. 5th BS attached to Battlecruiser Force, Grand Fleet from completion. Battle Honour (and link to despatches, casualties, awards) Jutland 31 May 1916. Sold 12.7.46 for Metal Ind, Faslane, wrecked in tow 23.4.47 in Mounts Bay, wreck sold 6.49 R. H. Bennett. (British Warships 1914-1919)

Laid down 31/10/12, launched 26/11/13, comp 3/15, commissioned at Devonport in March 1915 and arrived at Scapa Flow in April to join 5th BS. Grounded, 16 September 1915 and repaired at Rosyth 17 September-20 November. In collision with Barham, 3 December 1915 and repaired at Devonport 11-21 December. Heavily damaged at Jutland suffering at least 15 11in and 12in hits and 5 5.9in hits. One pierced her 7.5in upper belt, wrecking the port feed tank and causing the engine room to flood. Her helm jammed at a crucial moment in the action, causing her to turn circles under fire from the head of the German battle line but she managed to limp clear. She had to be detached because her speed was dropping, and made her own way back to Rosyth. Under repair 1 June-22 July 1916, but on 24 August was seriously damaged in a collision with the Valiant, requiring repairs from 26 August to 28 September. Flagship of 5th BS February 1918. Refitted at Rosyth 12 March-16 May 1918. joined 1st BS Atlantic Fleet in 1919, then Mediterranean Fleet following partial modernisation 1924-26. Rebuilt 1934-37 for service in Second World War. Paid off into reserve finally in February 1945 and sold for BU in July 1946. She left Portsmouth in tow for Faslane but broke her tow and ran aground on 23 April 1947, so that salvage and scrapping took another nine years. (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-21)

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Notes:

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

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

THE VOYAGES OF HMS WARSPITE 1921

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)

LOGS FOR JANUARY 1921


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[These are cover pages or blank.]


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Captain: F Clifton Brown

Tonnage (Displacement): 29,480

Extreme Length: 640 ft

Extreme Breadth: 90 ft 6 in


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Barometer: Mercurial, Hicks A101-848

Height of cistern above sea: 9ft

Error of Mercurial Barometer: -.004


Thermometers for Air Temperature: Negretti & Zambra

On Lower Chart House Platform, in screen


Armament

In pairs in centre line, turrets superimposed: 8 15” Breech Loading Mark 1, mounting turret

In Battery:12 6” Breech Loading Mark XII, mounting P IX

Foc’sle deck: 2 3” quick firing, high angle, mounting Mark II

Fore shelter deck: 4 3 pdr Hotchkiss

Torpedo Armaments: 21” submerged broadside

2 in fore flat, 10° before beam

2 in after flat 10° abaft beam


Boats

2 50 ft picket boats

1 42 ft motor launch

1 36 ft sailing pinnace

3 32 ft sailing cutters

2 30 ft sailing gigs

2 27 ft sailing whalers

1 16 ft skiff


Number of tons oil fuel carried: 3500

Quantity of water carried: 470 tons


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1 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Tested lifebuoys (correct)

12.30pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am Monday & Boys till 10pm

Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 0


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2 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.30am: Divisions & Prayers

12.30pm: Leave to Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 1


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3 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

5.00am: Raised steam for slow speed

Hands employed unstowing cable & as requisite

9.00am: Landed docking party

11.30am: Slipped & shifted berth, assisted by tugs, to No 5 Basin

1.00pm: Secured alongside “Frobisher” on west side of basin

Hands unstowing cable & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am

Number on sick list: 0


[HMS Frobisher, 9750 ton cruiser, was launched in 1920 at Devonport Dockyard. In 1930 she became a cadet training ship. In WW2 after a refit in 1942, she escorted convoys in the Indian Ocean until recalled for the D-day landings. She became a depot ship and then reverted to a training ship until sold in 1949.]


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4 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

4.30pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am

Number on sick list: 0


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5 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed refitting, as requisite & drawing stores

4.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am

Number on sick list: 0


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6 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed refitting, as requisite & drawing stores

2.00pm: 4 ratings joined from Royal Navy Barracks

4.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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7 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed returning cable for test, refitting & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am

Number on sick list: 2


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8 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am Monday, Boys till 10pm

Make & mend clothes


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9 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.30am: Divisions & Prayers

1.30pm: Leave to Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 0


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10 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed drawing stores, refitting & as requisite

5.00pm: Surgeon Commander Fullerton joined ship

6.00pm: Leave to part of watch till 7am

Number on sick list: 0


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11 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed drawing stores, refitting & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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12 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Shifted ship into No 8 Dock (afloat)

4.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am

Number on sick list: 2


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13 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Shifted ship to East Wall No 5 Basin

12.30pm: Paid fortnightly & leave advance

pm: Hands employed about cable in test house & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to part [of watch] till 7am

Number on sick list: 1


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14 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.00am: 1st watch returned from long leave

9.00am: Men going on leave proceeded to Royal Navy Barracks, remainder employed refitting & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to watch till 8am 31st & to part till 7am

Number on sick list: 1


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15 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.30pm: Leave to part till 7am Monday, Boys till 10pm

4.30pm: 2 Marines joined from Royal Marine Barracks

Number on sick list: 0


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16 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.30am: Divisions & Prayers

1.30pm: Leave to Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 1


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17 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Shifted ship to No 8 Dock

pm: Carried out tilt test, remainder refitting & painting

4.30pm: Exercised fire stations, leave to part till 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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18 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00am: 5 ratings joined from Portland

All day: Hands employed cleaning ship’s bottom

4.30pm: Weekday leave rota continues

Number on sick list: 5


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19 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed cleaning ship’s bottom, painting & refitting as requisite

Number on sick list: 2


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20 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed scraping & painting & as requisite

pm: Hands coaling galley

Number on sick list: 2


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21 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed scraping ship’s bottom, staging down & as requisite

Number on sick list: 2


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22 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Hands employed cleaning ship & clearing up dock

1.30pm: Leave to part till 7am Monday, Boys till 10pm

Hands make & mend

Number on sick list: 4


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23 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.30pm: Leave to Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 4


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24 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed drawing stores, refitting & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to part till 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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25 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.30am: Mr Lloyd (Midshipman) joined ship

am: Hands employed painting below & as requisite

pm: Hands employed as in forenoon & scraping ship’s side

4.30pm: Leave to part till 7am

5.00pm: Read warrant no 37

Number on sick list: 3


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26 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed scraping ship’s side & painting mess decks

4.30pm: Leave rota continues

Number on sick list: 3


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27 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed scraping, painting, refitting & as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to part till 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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28 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed scraping, painting, refitting & as requisite

17 Ratings joined ship from Royal Navy Barracks

Number on sick list: 3


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29 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: Discharged 2 ratings to RN Hospital

Leave to part till 7am Monday, Boys till 10pm

Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 3


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30 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.30am: Landed church parties

1.00pm: Leave to Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 3


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31 January 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: 2nd watch returned from long leave

am: Hands employed in coaling ship’s galley, scraping painting & refitting as requisite

pm: Hands employed embarking stores & as in forenoon

4.00pm: Leave to non-duty watch & part

Number on sick list: 3



LOGS FOR FEBRUARY 1921


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1 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed scraping funnels & as requisite

pm: Discharged 102 Ratings to Royal Navy Barracks

Number on sick list: 10


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2 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Landed store parties, remainder of hands employed painting ship & as requisite

pm: Landed store & cable parties, remainder of hands employed as in forenoon

Number on sick list: 10


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3 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed drawing stores, chipping funnels, about boats & as requisite

Number on sick list: 4


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4 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed returning stores & refitting as requisite

Number on sick list: 10


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5 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: Liberty men returned on board

9.00am: 2 ratings joined ship

10.00am: Mr Cornhill left ship, Mr Belcher joined ship

11.15am: Got in fresh provisions

1.15pm: 1 case to RN Hospital

2.25pm: Sub-Lieutenant Hugonin left ship

8.30pm: Royal Marine Gunner, W Washburn, joined ship

Number on sick list: 9


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6 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Landed church parties

11.00am: Church parties returned

Number on sick list: 10


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7 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.00am: Landed rigging house working party

1.05am: 3 Royal Marine Artillery Corporals & 8 Gunners discharged to RMA Barracks, Portsmouth


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8 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: “Raleigh” proceeded out of harbour

10.40am: 1 rating discharged to RN Hospital

1.45pm: 1 rating discharged to depot, 1 rating joined ship

3.50pm: 2 ratings joined ship from RN Hospital

5.00pm: Read warrant no 38

Number on sick list: 12


[HMS Raleigh, 9910 ton cruiser, was launched in 1919 by William Beardmore, Dalmuir. In 1922 she ran hard aground on L’Anse Amour, Labrador, with the loss of 11 men. The wreck was stripped of salvageable material, then blown up in 1926.]


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9 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Dock flooded

10.15am: 1 rating joined ship

3.00pm: Ship left No 8 Dock

3.35pm: Ship made fast in No 5 Basin

Lighter No 139 came alongside

Number on sick list: 12


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10 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Number on sick list: 9


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11 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: Ammunition lighters came alongside.

7.45am: Oil tank came alongside

9.45am: 1 rating joined from RN Barracks

10.00am: Leave to port watch till 7am Monday

3.00pm: 1 rating joined & 1 rejoined from RN Hospital

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port watch till 7.30am Saturday

Number on sick list: 11


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12 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.00am: Hands employed ammunitioning ship & as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to 1st part starboard watch till 7.30am, Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 9


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13 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.30am: Divisions, Prayers

10.30am: Leave to 2nd part starboard watch till 7am, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list: 18


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14 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.40am: Ship left No 5 Basin

8.40am: Ship made fast to No 9 Buoy

9.00am: Ammunition lighter came alongside, hands employed ammunitioning ship

11.30am: Got in fresh provisions

pm: Hands employed ammunitioning ship

3 ratings discharged to RN Hospital

3.30pm: 1 rating joined from RNH

6.00pm: Leave to starboard & 2nd part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 11


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15 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Hands employed ammunitioning ship

10.10am: 9 ratings discharged to RN Barracks

10.45am: 1 rating joined from depot

1.00pm: 18 Boys joined from “Impregnable”

1.45pm: 1 rating joined from RNB

6.30pm: 2 Royal Marine Artillery gunners joined ship

7.10pm: 15 ratings joined ship for passage

9.00pm: 20 Ratings joined ship for passage

Number on sick list: 11


[HMS Impregnable was the training establishment at Devonport. Different ships became HMS Impregnable as they took over the role. At this time it was the “Black Prince”.]


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16 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.00am: Coaling lighter alongside

Starboard watch coal ship

1 rating & 3 Royal Marine Artillery gunners discharged to RN Barracks Portsmouth.

2 ratings joined from RNB

10.10am: Oiler alongside

Noon: Crane lighter alongside

2.00pm: 5 ratings discharged to Depot

3.30pm: 5 ratings left ship

5.40pm: 10 ratings joined from RNB

8.45pm: 1 rating joined ship from Depot

Number on sick list: 13


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17 February 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

10.20am: Water tank came alongside

11.20am: HMS Phaeton alongside came

1.15pm: Discharged Lieutenant Commander Chalmers to hospital

4.15pm: 17 ratings joined from Royal Navy Barracks

Number on sick list: 10


[HMS Phaeton, 3568 ton cruiser, was launched in 1914 by Vickers Ltd. She took part in the Gallipoli campaign & Battle of Jutland and shot down Zeppelin L7. She was scrapped in 1923.]


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18 February 1921

Devonport & Plymouth

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

6.00am: Read warrant no 39

7.05am: 1 prisoner proceeded to Bodmin North Prison

“Raleigh” proceeded out of harbour

11.05am: Paid monthly advancement

12 51pm: Slipped & proceeded, assisted by tug, to Sound

1.40pm: Stopped engines, secured to No 3 Buoy, Sound

Swung ship for adjustment of compasses, prepared for sea

6.04pm: Slipped & proceeded to sea

6.30pm: Penlee Point 270°, 0.7 miles

7.07pm: Eddystone Light abeam 119°, 1400 yards

10.10pm: Lizard Light abeam

Number on sick list: 12


[Penlee Point is in Cornwall at Lat 50.32, Long -4.18.

Eddystone Lighthouse is off the coast of Cornwall at Lat 50.12, Long -4.27.

Lizard Point Lighthouse is in Cornwall at Lat 49.97, Long -5.2.]


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19 February 1921

Devonport to Arosa Bay

Lat 47.0, Long -7.08

10.40am: Exercised ‘Action’

11.04am: Shifted to "B" steering position

pm: Make & mend clothes

3.50pm: Changed over to "B" steering position

4.04pm: Changed over to "A" steering position

Number on sick list: 13


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20 February 1921

Plymouth to Arosa Bay

Lat 42.6, Long -9.53

12.35pm: Sea boats’ crews to muster

2.05pm: Altered course to starboard & back to avoid steamer

2.45pm: Course & speed as requisite for entering Arosa Bay

4.30pm: Anchored

Ratings discharged to various ships during evening.

Number on sick list: 20


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21 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

11.15am: HMS Wanderer entered harbour

2.10pm: HMS Vindictive arrived

3.00pm: 23 Ratings discharged to “Wanderer” for passage

3.30pm: HMS Vindictive left

5.30pm: HMS Wanderer left

7.45pm: Got out anchor for Argus & other stores

Number on sick list: 22


[Arosa Bay is indexed as Ria de Arousa, an estuary in Spain at Lat 42.5, Long -8.9

HMS Wanderer, 1112 ton destroyer, was launched in 1919 at the Fairfield Yard in Govan. She served in the Mediterranean then as a training ship until 1939. She assisted in evacuating troops from Norway & Le Havre. She spent much of WW2 as a convoy escort & was credited with sinking 5 U-boats. In July 1944 she was in a poor state and was scrapped in January 1946.

HMS Vindictive, 9545 tons, was launched in 1918 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. She was designed as a cruiser, converted before launch to carry aircraft, converted back to a cruiser and put into reserve. During WW2 she was used as a fleet repair ship before she was scrapped in 1946.

HMS Argus, 14,680 ton aircraft carrier, was launched in 1917 by William Beardmore, Dalmuir. She was laid down as an ocean liner but was taken over by the Admiralty & re-designed. Her conversion was too late for WW1 but she was used to develop carrier operations during the inter-war years. In WW2, despite her lack of speed & armament she delivered aircraft to Malta & Russia and also provided convoy air cover. She was briefly used as an accommodation ship before she was scrapped in 1946.]


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22 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

4.00pm: HMS Coventry left

Number on sick list: 14


[HMS Coventry, 4190 ton cruiser, was launched in 1916 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend. At this time she was Flagship (destroyers) for the Atlantic Fleet. After an active start to WW2 she was sunk during the assault on Tobruk in 1942 with the loss of 63 men.]


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23 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm, Boys till 5pm

Hands to make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 14


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24 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

9.45am: “Valorous” proceeded out of harbour

6.20pm: Read warrant no 40

Number on sick list: 13


[HMS Valorous, 1345 ton flotilla leader, was launched in 1917 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton. She was active in WW2 and scrapped in 1947.]


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25 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

9.00am: Regatta started

pm: Hands make & mend clothes except seamanship training class

4.00pm: 31 ratings discharged to B[attle] C[ruisers]

Number on sick list: 12


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26 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & Boys till 6pm

Number on sick list: 12


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27 February 1921

Arosa Bay

Lat 42.53, Long -8.94

10.40am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.30pm

1.20pm: 1st Picket Boat picked up dead body. Transferred to “Greenwich”

5.10pm: Starboard watch secured ship for sea

Number on sick list: 18


[HMS Greenwich, 4676 ton destroyer depot ship, was launched as a cargo ship in 1914 but then converted to a depot ship. She continued in this role until 1945 when she was sold & reconverted, then finally scrapped in 1970.]


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28 February 1921

Arosa Bay to Vigo

Lat 42.4, Long -9.3

6.55am: Weighed & proceeded, course & speed as requisite for taking station 2 cables astern of “Valiant”

8.08am: Salvora Island 320°, distant 1 mile

10.30am: Commenced sub-calibre run, course & speed as requisite

11.15am: Corubedo Light 29½°, Salvora 40°, Ons Light

12.04pm: Altered course & back to avoid drifters

1.00pm: Met “Barham” & “Valiant” at rendezvous & carried out torpedo attack

2.00pm: Ons Light bore 99°, Salvora 85°, Finistere 13½°

4.26pm: Course & speed as requisite to avoid torpedo attack

6.09pm: Agudo Light abeam

6.48pm: Anchored

8.00pm: Flotilla entered harbour

Number on sick list: 17


[HMS Valiant, 33,100 ton battleship, was launched in 1914 by Fairfields, Govan. She took part in the Battle of Jutland in WW1. In WW2 she had a more active role. She was seriously damaged, once by a limpet mine and once in a docking incident, but survived the war to become a training ship until she was scrapped in 1948.

Isla Salvora is off the coast of Spain at Lat 42.47, Long -9.01

Cabo Corubedo Lighthouse is in Spain at Lat 42.57, Long -9.09

Isla Ons Lighthouse is off the coast of Spain at Lat 42.48, Long -8.93

HMS Barham, 33,110 ton battleship, was launched 1914 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. She took part in the Battle of Jutland & became Flagship of the Atlantic Fleet in 1919. She was active in the Mediterranean in the early years of WW2 but was torpedoed & sank in 1941 with the loss of 862 men. She is part of the OW fleet.

Finistere is a cape in Spain at Lat 42.88, Long -9.26

Agudo Light is probably referenced as Punta Monteagudo Lighthouse in Spain at Lat 42.25, Long -8.9.]



LOGS FOR MARCH 1921


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1 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

Number on sick list: 11


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2 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & Boys till 6pm

5.00pm: Read warrants 41 & 42

Number on sick list: 8


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3 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

4.00pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & Petty Officers till 6pm

Number on sick list: 8


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4 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

12.30pm: Hands paid fortnightly advancement

4.00pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & POs till 6pm

Number on sick list: 14


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5 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.35am: Divisions, air night clothing

1.00pm: Leave to port watch & Boys till 6pm

Hands make & mend clothing

Number on sick list: 11


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6 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

9.30am: Divisions

10.00am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & Boys till 6pm

Number on sick list: 12


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7 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

pm: All boats away under sail

4.00pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & POs till 6pm

Number on sick list: 14


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8 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.00am: All boats away for sailing race

2.00pm: HMS Snapdragon proceeded out of harbour

4.00pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & POs till 6pm

Lost overboard by accident while diving: 1 saw hand; 1 boot diving

Number on sick list: 15


[HMS Snapdragon, 1175 ton sloop, was launched in 1915 by Ropner & Sons, Stockton-on-Tees. She was scrapped in 1934. Her ship builder’s model with information on her career is in the Royal Museum at Greenwich, London.]


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9 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.15am: Warrant Officers’ sailing regatta started

11.20am: Hands employed on upper deck getting in provisions

1.00pm: Leave to port watch & Boys till 6pm

Hands make & mend clothes

HMS Snapdragon arrived & left at 13.30

Number on sick list: 14


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10 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.15am: Coxswain’s sailing regatta started

4.00pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & POs till 6pm

Number on sick list: 12


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11 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

11.20am: HMS Argus entered harbour

4.00pm: Petty Officers leave continues

Number on sick list: 14


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12 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & Boys till 6pm

Hands make & mend clothes

8.20pm: Concert on Quarter Deck started

10.40pm: Concert finished

Number on sick list: 16


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13 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

9.00am: Hands mustered by open list

10.30am: Divine Service

11.45am: HMS Assistance entered harbour

Noon: HMS [SS, previously RFA] Agnes Duncan entered harbour

1.00pm: Leave to port watch & Boys till 6pm

HMS Assistance proceeded out of harbour

1.45pm: 6 Sub Lieutenants joined ship from “Agnes Duncan”

Number on sick list: 17


[HMS Assistance, 6100 ton fleet repair ship, was launched in 1900 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough. She was scrapped in 1937

SS Agnes Duncan, 2512 ton cargo ship, was launched in 1912 by Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow. She was requisitioned in 1915 as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary but returned to her civilian owners in 1919. She served the RFA from 1941 to 1948, then returned to her Russian owners & was converted to a storage hulk.]


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14 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.15am: No 1 & 2 platoons to drill

All day: Training classes to instruction & hands as requisite

4.00pm: Petty Officer leave resumes

8.30pm: Concert started

Number on sick list: 15


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15 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.15am: 3 & 4 platoons to drill

All day: Training classes to instruction & hands as requisite

Number on sick list: 17


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16 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

8.15am: Provisioning party landed, 5 & 6 platoons to drill

am: Training classes to instruction & hands as requisite

9.35am: HMS Turquoise came alongside

11.20am: Hands employed getting in provisions

Noon: HMS Snapdragon entered harbour

12.35pm: HMS Turquoise cast off, hands make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 6pm

1.25pm: Diving party left ship

3.30pm: Duty hands get in provisions

Number on sick list: 17


[HMS Turquoise, 927 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by Yarrow & Co, Clydebank. She was scrapped in 1932.]


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17 March 1921

Vigo

Lat 42.24, Long -8.73

All day: Training classes to instruction, remainder of hands as requisite

3.00pm: HMS Delhi, Dragon, Danae, Dunedin & Dauntless entered harbour

4.00pm: HMS Snapdragon proceeded out of harbour

5.50pm: HMS Greenwich proceeded out of harbour

Number on sick list: 18


[HMS Delhi, 4850 ton cruiser, was launched in 1918 by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. She rescued refugees from the Spanish Civil War under fire & served through WW2, then was scrapped in 1948. She is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Dragon, 4650 ton cruiser, was launched in 1917 by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Greenock. She served through WW2 being transferred to a Polish command in 1943 but took part in the Normandy landings. She was badly damaged by a German midget submarine and scuttled as part of Mulberry Harbour II.

HMS Danae, 4276 ton cruiser, was launched in 1918 by Armstrong Whitworth. She served in the North Sea at the end of WW1 and stayed in service through to the outbreak of WW2. She served through WW2 and was briefly transferred to Polish command after the loss of “Dragon”. She was returned to the Admiralty in 1946 then scrapped in 1948. She is part of the OW fleet.

HMS Dunedin, 4276 ton cruiser, was launched in 1918 by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. She served in WW2 but was torpedoed in 1941 with the loss of 486 men. She is part of the OW fleet

HMS Dauntless, 4650 ton cruiser, was launched in 1918 by Palmers Shipbuilding & Ironworks Co, Jarrow. She was placed in reserve for the second time in 1935 but served in the early part of WW2 before she became a training ship based in Simonstown in 1943. She was scrapped in 1946 and is part of the OW fleet.]


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18 March 1921

At sea

Lat 42.08, Long -9.23

9.15am: Training classes to instruction, remainder as requisite

9.30am: Anchors aweigh

9.50am: Course & speed as requisite for leaving harbour in line ahead

1.00pm: Course & speed as requisite for tactical exercise

1.20pm: 15” & TC control parties closed up [probably Turret & Control parties]

Training classes to instruction, hands as requisite

1.45pm: 15” concentration parties closed up

5.28pm: Negative tactical exercises

11.12pm: Cape Finisterre bearing 054°

Number on sick list: 13


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19 March 1921

Vigo Bay to Tor Bay

Lat 44.28, Long -9.52

1.28am: Cape Villano bearing 060°

2.01am: Cape Villano 068½°

Cape Torinana 103½°

Cape Finisterre 123½°

7.05am: Commenced zig-zagging

8.55am: Finished zig-zagging

9.00am: Course & speed as requisite for fire distribution exercise

9.15am: 15” control parties closed up

10.35am: Course & speed as requisite for Tactics

1.05pm: Commenced working up to full power trial

1.45pm: 15” control parties closed up

2.00pm: Started full power trial

4.00pm: Ceased full power trial

7.00pm: Carried out range finder exercise

9.20pm: Completed range finder exercise

10.00pm: “Valiant” parted company to Plymouth

Number on sick list: 12


[Cabo Villano is in Spain at Lat 43.17, Long -9.2

Cabo Torinana is in Spain at Lat 43.05, Long -9.3.]


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20 March 1921

Vigo Bay to Tor Bay

Lat 48.1, Long -9.25

6.18am: Sighted sailing vessel 100°

8.00am: Exercised long distance signalling by searchlight

9.30am: Divisions, Divine service

10.35am: Exercise finished

10.50am: Altered course to close on “Barham”

11.40am: Sighted Battle Cruiser Squadron right ahead

Noon: Altered course & form station abeam of “Barham”

3.41pm: Stopped both engines

3.50pm: Evening quarters. Memorial service to K5

4.35pm: Speed 15 knots

Number on sick list: 13


[K5 was a submarine lost on exercises earlier in the year when she failed to surface and was lost with all hands.]


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21 March 1921

Vigo Bay to Tor Bay

Lat 50.12, Long -3.18

2.00am: Fog, extra lookouts placed

5.10am: Fog cleared

5.45am: Fleet reversed position of columns

7.40am: Submarine look outs closed up

8.05am: Entered submarine area, carried out exercise BK during forenoon

11.00am: Afternoon watchmen to payment

12.06pm: Parted company from fleet & came under orders of ACI

2.43pm: Anchored in Tor Bay

Leave to natives of Torquay to 7pm

5.15pm: 1 rating discharged to “Revenge”

Number on sick list: 13


[Tor Bay is in Devon at Lat 50.42, Long -3.47, Torquay is the main local town.

HMS Revenge, 30,450 ton battleship, was launched in 1915 by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She took part in the Battle of Jutland. She served as convoy escort during the early part of WW2 but her age was telling and she took little active part in the latter stages. She was scrapped in 1948 & part of her gun mounting used in the 1st radio telescope at Jodrell Bank.]


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22 March 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

All day: Training classes to instruction, remainder as requisite

10.35am: Anchor aweigh, course & speed as requisite for leaving harbour & forming single line ahead

4.20pm: Course & speed as requisite for entering Sound

4.59pm: Made fast to No 2 Buoy, Plymouth Sound

5.30pm: Surgeon Commander Fullerton & 2 ratings discharged to hospital

Number on sick list: 14


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23 March 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

8.30am: Discharged 1 prisoner to Royal Navy Barracks

am: Training classes to instruction, remainder as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7am, Boys till 10pm

Landed men proceeding on long leave

Number on sick list: 13


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24 March 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

7.30am: 10 bales & 2 cases of stores arrived on board

All day: Training classes to instruction, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am Saturday

Number on sick list: 4


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25 March 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

9.15am: Roman Catholic church party landed [Good Friday]

9.20am: USS Chattanooga entered harbour

9.30am: Divisions, Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list: 5


[USS Chattanooga, 3251 ton cruiser, was launched in 1903 after a complicated completion process. She was a convoy escort in WW1, decommissioned in July 1921, then sold in 1930.]


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26 March 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.30am Monday, Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 5


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27 March 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

9.00am: Roman Catholic church party landed

9.30am: Divine Service

5.45pm: ML 487 entered harbour

Number on sick list: 6


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28 March 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.45am: Slipped from buoy, courses & speeds as requisite for going up harbour

9.30am: Secured alongside no 5 Wharf

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch & 1st part port till 7.30am, Boys till 10pm

Hands to make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 4


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29 March 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.30am: Oiler “Orange Leaf” came alongside

Training classes & hands as requisite

10.10am: Ammunition lighter came alongside, hands employed getting out ammunition

12.30pm: “Orange Leaf” & lighter shoved off

Training classes & hands as requisite

4.30pm: Leave to port watch & 1st part starboard watch till 7.30pm

Number on sick list: 5


[RFA Orangeleaf, 5927 ton tanker, was launched in 1916 as “Bornol” by JL Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, but was renamed before going into service in 1917. She served through WW2 and was scrapped in 1948.]


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30 March 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

pm: 2 ratings discharged to hospital

3.00pm: HMS Delhi secured alongside

4.15pm: Leave to starboard watch & 2nd part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 6


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31 March 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.45am: Coaling lighter came alongside

am: Training classes & special parties as requisite, remainder coaling ship

pm: Hands employed as in forenoon

2.45pm: Lighter shoved off

4.15pm: Leave to port watch & 1st part starboard watch till 7.30am

5.10pm: Read warrant no 43

Number on sick list: 4



LOGS FOR APRIL 1921


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1 April 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Training classes instruction, remainder as requisite

1140am: Lost by accident: 1 oilskin suit

pm: Hands employed as in forenoon

4.15pm: Leave to port watch & 2nd part starboard watch till 7.30am

9.00pm: Sub Lieutenant Simcox left ship

Number on sick list: 2


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2 April 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am Monday, 1st part port watch till 7.30am, Boys till 10pm

5.00pm: USS Chattanooga proceeded out of harbour

Number on sick list: 1


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3 April 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Roman Catholic church party landed

9.35am: Divisions

10.15am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & 2nd part port watch till 7.30am, Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 1


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4 April 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Training classes instruction, remainder employed provisioning ship

12.55pm: Royal Marine detachment landed, hands employed provisioning ship & as requisite

4.00pm: RM detachment returned on board, 2nd part starboard watch storing provisions

4.10pm: Leave to port watch & 1st part starboard watch till 12.30am

Number on sick list: 2


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5 April 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.00am: Ammunition lighter came alongside

All day: Hands employed ammunitioning ship & as requisite

11.15am: Ammunition lighter cast off

Get in fresh provisions

2.30pm: Ammunition lighter came alongside

3.00pm: Ammunition lighter cast off

4.10pm: Leave to starboard watch & 2nd part port watch till 7.30am

4.40pm: Mr Hunt joined ship

Number on sick list: 3


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6 April 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

am: Training classes & hands as requisite

10.45am: HMS Delhi cast off

11.45am: RFA Elderall came alongside

Noon: Surgeon Commander Fullerton rejoined ship

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

Special parties employed in dockyard

3.15pm: Mr Hyatt, gunner, joined ship

3.20pm: RFA Elderall cast off

4.10pm: Mr Green, gunner, left ship

5.00pm: “Ramillies” proceeded out of harbour followed by “Valiant”

5.42pm: Cast off from No 5 Wharf, course & speed as requisite for leaving harbour

8.00pm: Sighted Lizard bearing 248°

Number on sick list: 6


[RFA Elderol, 1000 ton harbour oiler, was built in 1917 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend. She served in home waters throughout WW2 and was scrapped in 1954.

HMS Ramillies, 30,900 ton battleship, was launched in 1916 by William Beardmore & Co, Dalmuir. She served through WW2, hampered by her slow top speed, then became an accommodation ship before being sold in 1946 and scrapped in 1949.]


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7 April 1921

Devonport to Greenock

Lat 53.08, Long -5.45

4.28am: Sighted Smalls 016°

am: Platoons 1-5 & Lewis guns’ crews to drill

10.47am: Altered course to avoid steamer

3.00pm: Altered course to avoid sailing ship

3.50pm: Mull of Galloway 035°

8.55pm: Black Point 151°, Corsewall 090°

10.12pm: Ailsa Craig abeam

11.05pm: Holy Island 347°, Pladda 270°

Number on sick list: 6


[The Smalls is an island off the coast of Wales at Lat 51.72, Long -5.67

The Mull of Galloway is in Scotland at Lat 54.64, Long -4.85

I cannot trace Black Point. However Black Head at Lat 54.86, Long -5.15 has been referenced in the same cross bearing with Corsewell Point by HMS Barham.

Corsewall Point is in Scotland at Lat 55.01, Long -5.16

Ailsa Craig is an islet off the coast of Scotland at Lat 55.25, Long -5.12

Holy Island is an islet off the coast of Scotland at Lat 55.52, Long -5.07

Pladda is an islet off the coast of Scotland at Lat 55.43, Long -5.12.]


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8 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

1.01am: Toward abeam

1.23am: Gantock abeam

1.47am: Kempock abeam

1.55am: White Farland abeam

2.13am: Anchored, steam at 4 hours’ notice

7.30am: HMS Barham & Wolsey arrived

7.50am: Engineer Captain Sagar rejoined ship

9.45am: 4 destroyers arrived

10.35am: 3 sloops entered harbour

Noon: Hands mustered for payment

3.00pm: Destroyer G62 left harbour [probably “Tara”]

6.00pm: “Wolverine”, “Volunteer” & “Veteran” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 6


[Toward Point is in Scotland at Lat 55.85, Long -4.98.

Gantock is in Scotland at Lat 55.93, Long -4.92.

Kempock Point is in Scotland at Lat 55.96, Long -4.82.

Whitefarland Point is in Scotland at Lat 55.96, Long -4.79.

HMS Wolsey, 1120 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by John I Thorneycroft & Co, Woolston. She spent the last few months of WW1 in Scapa Flow, was involved in the Nanking incident in 1927 and spent WW2 on escort duty. She was scrapped in 1947.

HMS Wolverine, 1140 ton destroyer, was launched in 1919 by J Samuel White & Co Ltd, Cowes. She spent many inter-war years in reserve but was a convoy escort throughout WW2 before she was scrapped in 1946.

HMS Volunteer, 1140 ton destroyer, was launched in 1919 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton. She spent much of the 1930s in reserve and WW2 escorting convoys before she was scrapped in 1948.

HMS Veteran, 1140 ton destroyer, was launched in 1919 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. She spent much of the 1930s in reserve then began her wartime duties as convoy escort. In September 1942 she was torpedoed with the loss of all hands and some survivors from SS New York who had been sunk previously.]


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9 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

5.45am: HMS Dragon entered harbour

6.00am: Sent 300lbs fresh meat to “Dragon”

HMS Resolution entered harbour

8.00am: 22 ratings joined ship

am: Small arm companies prepare for landings, hands as requisite

2.25pm: “Dragon” proceeded up harbour

5.30pm: Hoisted out sailing pinnace & launch

6.00pm: No 4 Platoon mustered with guns present

Number on sick list: 6


[HMS Dragon, 5693 ton cruiser, was launched in 1917 by Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Greenock. She played a small part at the end of WW1 & the Russian Civil War. At the beginning of WW2 she began to escort convoys, from 1943 under the Polish flag as “Orp”, then supported the Normandy landings. She was severely damaged by a midget submarine with the loss of 26 men. Her armament was dismantled and she was towed to Courseulles then sunk as part of Mulberry B.

HMS Resolution, 33,500 ton battleship, was launched in 1915 by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow. She had an undistinguished career being finished too late for much action in WW1 and obsolete by the start of WW2. She was scrapped in 1948.]


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10 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.50am: Sent 200 steel helmets to “Barham”

10.10am: Divine Service

pm: Duty hands employed fitting up stores

5.45pm: HMS Wolsey left harbour

Number on sick list: 6


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11 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.30am: Landed 4th section, 1st Platoon

8.40am: 2 ratings from HMS Volunteer on sick list

9.04am: Training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

11.40am: HMS Winchester alongside

1.00pm: Marine detachment to HMS Winchester

1.20pm: HMS Winchester left

1.35pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Tender “Whirlpool” alongside

8.00pm: HMS Wolsey entered harbour

Number on sick list: 17


[HMS Winchester, 1300 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by J Samuel White, Cowes. She assisted in the campaign against the Bolsheviks and spent most of WW2 escorting convoys. She was sold in 1946.

Whirlpool, 94 ton drifter, was launched in 1919 by Hall. She was sold in 1947.]


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12 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

5.55am: Tender “Ray” alongside

9.15am: Training classes, hands as requisite

9.20am: Tender “Ray” cast off

1.00pm: Landed torpedo party at Royal Naval Torpedo Factory

1.30pm: Training classes, hands as requisite

Number on sick list: 14


[“Ray”, 86 ton drifter, came into service in 1918 by Stephen, Banff. She was sold & renamed in 1927

Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock was opened 1910-12; just 2, somewhat altered, buildings remain on site.]


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13 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

6.10am: Landed 3rd & 4th sections of No 4 Platoon

8.20am: 1 rating discharged to hospital

9.05am: Training class, remainder as requisite, hands working about cable

10.30am: 1st & 2nd sections of No 4 Platoon landed

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.10pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & Petty Officers till 7pm

1.40pm: Landed victualling party

2.50pm: Duty hands employed getting in fresh provisions

Number on sick list: 13


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14 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.20am: 2nd picket boat steam for ½ hours notice

9.15am: Training class, hands as requisite

1.25pm: Training class, hands as requisite

2.00pm: 1 officers’ steward joined ship

4.00pm: Leave to Chief Petty Officers & POs till 7pm

10.00pm: Steam barge steam for immediate notice

Number on sick list: 13


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15 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

10.00am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Landed party to draw paraffin for destroyers

Leave to Chief Petty Officers & POs till 7pm

Number on sick list: 12


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16 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

10.20am: Send fresh provisions to HMS Wolsey

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.05pm: HMS Ready under weigh

Leave to Petty Officers & Chief POs till 7pm

Number on sick list: 20


[HMS Ready, 1033 ton destroyer, was launched in 1916 by John I Thorneycroft & Co, Cowes. She was sold in 1926.]


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17 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.20am: Divisions, Captain’s rounds

10.30am: Church

11.00am: HMS Rob Roy, Rosalind, Winchester left

1.00pm: Leave to Petty Officers & Chief POs till 7pm

2.20pm: HMS Wolsey proceeded out of harbour

Number on sick list: 13


[HMS Rob Roy, 991 ton destroyer, was launched in 1916 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton. She served on the East Coast defences & as a convoy escort before she was scrapped in 1926.

HMS Rosalind, 1052 ton destroyer, was launched in 1916 by John I Thorneycroft, Cowes. She was assigned to the Grand Fleet during the war and scrapped in 1926.]


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18 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

11.40am: HMS Wolverine came into harbour

11.45am: HM sloops “Tring” & “Badminton” passed down river to sea

1.25pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to privileged men till 7pm

Number on sick list: 9


[HMS Tring, 800 tons, is generally described as a minesweeper. She was originally named “Teignmouth” and was launched in 1918 by Simons. She was sold in 1927.

HMS Badminton 800 tons, is also described as a minesweeper. She was launched in 1918 by Ardrossan Ship Builders and scrapped in 1928.]


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19 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.55am: Landed provision party

9.25am: Training classes, spotting table crew, remainder as requisite

1.10pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to privileged men till 7pm

Number on sick list: 12


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20 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.30am: Hands painting ship

10.30am: Starboard watch clean ship, port watch paint ship

11.30am: 3 ratings rejoined from RN Barracks Devonport

Noon: 2 ratings returned from Castle Cary

pm: Make & mend clothes, leave to liberty men till 7pm

11.00pm: 1st picket boat went up to Old Kilpatrick

Number on sick list: 14


[Old Kilpatrick is up river from Greenock on the opposite bank. It lies at Lat 55.92, Long -4.45 and was near the RFA fuel depot sometimes called Mountblow, sometimes Dalnottar.]


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21 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

4.00am: 2 sick cases returned from Old Kilpatrick

8.00am: Sailing pinnace went for sand

9.05am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

1.15pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Water carrier Meliltie alongside

5.40pm: Meliltie cast off

Number on sick list: 13


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22 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.15am: Drifter alongside “Frances Duncan” to complete with coal

9.15am: Divisions, Prayers.

Training classes, remainder as requisite

11.30am: 2 ratings joined ship from leave

Noon: Paid ship’s company

1.20pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm

5.15pm: Read warrant no 45

Number on sick list: 12


[Frances Duncan” was a Tynebuilt collier.]


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23 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.00am: Coaling party left ship

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 12


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24 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

2.45am: 1st picket boat to “Barham”

10.00am: Landed Presbyterian church party

10.20am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 11


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25 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.45am: Landed men who served on W Beach

8.00am: Divers working about aft torpedo tubes

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers

Training classes, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 10


[W Beach was a Gallipoli Campaign site.]


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26 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers

Training classes, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 10


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27 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.00am: Provisioning party left ship

9.05am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

1 rating left the ship

11.00am: Provisioning party returned

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 13


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28 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.15am: Concentration parties, spotting table crew, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 10


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29 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

10.00am: Ordinary seamen & Boys to drill

12.50pm: Drifter proceeded to complete with coal

1.25pm: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 12


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30 April 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.35am: Divisions, air night clothing

11.30am: Engineer Captain Birmingham joined ship

Noon: Hands make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 13



LOGS FOR MAY 1921


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1 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.20am: Roman Catholics to HMS Barham

9.30am: Landed Wesleyans & Presbyterians

10.30am: Church

12.30pm: Leave to Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm, leave to watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 11


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2 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.00am: Engineer Captain Sagar left ship

9.25am: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

Got in provisions

1.20pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

2.30pm: Engineer Captain Birmingham left ship

4.00pm: Weekday leave rota resumes

Number on sick list: 17


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3 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

Exercised 15” spotting tables crew & concentration parties

1.25pm: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

Mr Hutton, Warrant Engineer left ship

4.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Chief Petty Officers & POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 13


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4 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.20am: Stokers’ small arm company to drill

9.20am: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Chief Petty Officers & POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 10


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5 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

Marine detachment returned on board

1.25pm: Training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

3.30pm: Marine detachment landed again

5.15pm: Read warrant no 46

Number on sick list: 11


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6 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.00am: Dressed ship

9.00am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

Paid afternoon watchmen

Noon: Fired Royal Salute, 21 guns [Anniversary of accession of George V]

12.30pm: Hands muster for fortnightly payment

1.05pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

9.06pm: Undressed ship

Number on sick list: 13


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7 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

pm: Make & mend clothes

Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 9


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8 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.40am: Divisions, landed Non-Conformist church parties

10.30am: Divine Service

pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 7


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9 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.10am: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Special parties, training classes, 6” guns crews to drill, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Weekday leave rota resumes

Number on sick list: 8


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10 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.00am: Concentration party & spotting tables crew exercised

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.10pm: Provisioning party & torpedo party, training classes, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 9


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11 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

am: Divisions, Prayers, training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

12.30pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

8.00pm: Destroyers “Rosilind”, “Sharpshooter”, “Tarpon”, “Sable” entered harbour

11.00pm: Sloop “Badminton” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 12


[HMS Rosalind, 1052 ton destroyer, was launched in 1916 by Thorneycrofts. She was scrapped in 1926.

HMS Sharpshooter, 1065 ton destroyer, was launched in 1917 by William Beardmore & Co, Dalmuir. She took part in action off the Belgian coast and was sold in 1927.

HMS Tarpon, 1065 ton destroyer, was launched in 1917 by John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank. She was sold in 1927.

HMS Sable, 1065 ton destroyer, was launched in 1916 by Whites. She was sold in 1927.]


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12 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

6.15am: “Fermoy” entered harbour

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers. Concentration parties, training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

Sloops “Ross”, “Tring”, “Mistley”

pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Weekday leave rota resumes

Number on sick list: 14


[HMS Fermoy, 813 ton minesweeper, was launched in 1919 by the Dundee Shipbuilding Co. She was a depot ship in Portland from 1923. In 1941 she was bombed while in Valletta then written off as too badly damaged.

HMS Ross, 813 ton minesweeper, was launched in 1919 by Lobnitz, Renfrew. During WW2 she took part in the evacuation at Dunkirk and was sold in 1948.

HMS Tring, 800 ton minesweeper, was launched in 1918 by Simons. She was scrapped in 1927.

HMS Mistley, 800 ton minesweeper, was launched in 1918 by Harkness. She was sold in 1928.]


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13 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Training classes, provisioning party, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Training classes, provisioning party, remainder as requisite

Sloops “Mistley”, “Ross”, “Tring”, “Fermoy” & “Badminton” proceeded up river

Number on sick list: 15


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14 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.30am: HM Sloop Arlesford came into harbour

12.15pm: HMS Arlesford proceeded up river

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 21


[HMS Arlesford, 813 ton minesweeper, was launched in 1919 by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon. In WW2 she took part in the Dieppe Raid & the Dunkirk evacuation as well as minesweeping operations. She was sold in 1947.]


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15 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.00am: Landed church parties

9.30am: Divisions

10.20am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 16


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16 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.25am: Training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

1.10pm: Surgeon Lieutenant Craig left ship

5.00pm: Read warrant no 48

Number on sick list: 16


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17 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Concentration parties

9.30am: General drill: starboard watch ‘Out fire engine’, port watch ‘Out collision mat’

‘Away all boats’, ‘Out kedge anchor’, remaining hands at physical drill

10.10am: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.25pm: Special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Weekday leave rota resumes

Number on sick list: 17


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18 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

6.40am: Lieutenant Heys-Hallett left ship to attend Olympia

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers, training classes, remainder as requisite

Noon: Hands make & mend

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 15


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19 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

10.30am: 6 midshipmen (Royal Australian Navy) joined ship

11.00pm: Boys to physical drill

1.20pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Lieutenant Murray RN joined the ship

Number on sick list: 21


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20 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

9.30am: Spotting tables crew to drill

1.25pm: Training classes, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 14


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21 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

4.00pm: Held concert on board

Number on sick list: 12


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22 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Rigged church

9.30am: Divine Service, church party landed

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list: 15


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23 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.00am: 2 midshipmen left ship for Castle Cary & Old Kilpatrick

All day: Training classes & hands as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

5.00pm: Water lighter alongside

Number on sick list: 11


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24 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

3.20am: Petty Officers & Chief POs returned on board from dance

7.40am: Collier came alongside

8.00am: Port watch coal ship

9.25am: Concentration party closed up

Lost by accident: 2 coal bags

10.00am: Collier cast off

11.15am: Got in fresh provisions

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 15


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25 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.00am: Torpedo tubes crew closed up

9.05am: Divisions. Prayers. Training classes, hands as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

Hands make & mend clothes

2.20pm: Water boat alongside

Departed this life May 25 1921 Charles Adolphus Nash, Ordinary Seaman, Official No J89843, accidentally drowned while swimming in the canal at Hungryside.


[Hungryside Bridge (a lifting bridge) is where the A807 crosses the Forth and Clyde Canal. At the time, it was a wooden drawbridge.]


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26 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.00am: Dressed ship

8.40am: Torpedo party left for range

Training classes & hands as requisite

9.30am: Concentration party closed up

10.20am: 3 ratings from Castle Cary joined ship

Noon: Fired royal salute – 21 guns [Queen Mary’s birthday]

pm: Training classes & hands as requisite

Submarine K5 came alongside [K5 sank in January 1921. This is probably K9, which is mentioned on June 4.]

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 14


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27 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.15am: Landed 4 platoons with arms

Torpedo party stowing torpedoes

Got in provisions

12.20pm: Landing party returned

pm: Training classes, hands as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

5.00pm: Read warrant no 49

Number on sick list: 13


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28 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

7.30am: Water lighter came alongside

8.45am: Lighter cast off

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

5.00pm: Read warrant no 50

Number on sick list: 13


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29 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.30am: Divisions. Church parties landed

10.20am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

5.00pm: Read warrant no 51

Number on sick list: 15


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30 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers. Training classes, hands as requisite

10.50am: Got in stores

11.30am: Drifter completed with coal

pm: Training classes, hands as requisite

Drifter “Whirlpool” left for Portsmouth

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

5.10pm: Water boat came alongside

7.15pm: Water boat shoved off

Number on sick list: 13


[Drifter “Whirlpool”, 94 tons, was launched in 1919 by Hall’s. She was sold in 1947.]


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31 May 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers. Training classes, hands as requisite

Concentration parties & 15” spotting table closed up

10.40am: Got in provisions

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

Hands to make & mend clothes

Read warrant no 51

1.20pm: Landed escort & prisoner



LOGS FOR JUNE 1921


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1 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Divisions, Prayers. Training classes, hands as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs to 11pm, Boys to 7pm

Hands to make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 12


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2 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.00am: Submarine torpedo tube crews closed up

9.05am: Divisions. Prayers. Training classes, hands as requisite

pm: Training classes, hands as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 9


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3 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.00am: Dress ship

9.10am: Mr Paddy, gunner, left for Old Kilpatrick

9.15am: Divisions. Prayers. Training classes, hands as requisite

10.40am: Hands getting in fresh provisions

11.05am: Hands muster for payment

Noon: Fired Royal Salute of 21 guns [King George V’s birthday]

pm: Training classes, hands as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs to 11pm

6.30pm: Drifter “Eddy” arrived

Number on sick list: 12


[Drifter “Eddy”, 94 tons, was launched in 1918 by Hall’s. She hit a mine off Malta in 1942.]


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4 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

8.00am: Dress ship

10.15am: “Sharpshooter”, “Rosalind”, “Tarpon”, “Sable” proceeded to sea

11.40am: K9 [submarine] cast off

Noon: Fired salute of 21 guns [‘Trooping the Colour’, marks official birthday of sovereign]

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

1.40pm: “Wolsey” proceeded out of harbour

Number on sick list: 10


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5 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.30am: Divisions, church parties landed

10.00am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list: 8


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6 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Divisions. Prayers. Training classes & hands as requisite

pm: Training classes & hands as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

7.15pm: Coaled drifter

Number on sick list: 9


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7 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

9.05am: Divisions. Prayers. Training classes & hands as requisite

9.30am: Provisioning party landed

10.30am: Water boat alongside

11.00am: Hands getting in provisions

pm: Training classes & hands as requisite

1.30pm: HMS Mistley entered harbour

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 9


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8 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

am: Water boat alongside

Training classes, hands as requisite

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 11pm, Boys till 7pm

Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 10


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9 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

All day: Training classes, hands as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

Number on sick list: 8


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10 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

1.15am: Set anchor watch

All day: Training classes, hands as requisite

3.15pm: Took in cordite from “Resolution”

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm

5.30pm: Read warrant no 52

6.00pm: Marines returned on board

6.30pm: “Dragon” arrived

9.00pm: “Dragon” arrived [sic]

Number on sick list: 9


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11 June 1921

Greenock

Lat 55.96, Long -4.76

am: Prepared ship for sea

Lost by armed landing parties: Boxes ASA ½N – 3; Belts Waist – 5, Frogs – 1; Haversacks – 9; Gas Mask Bags – 3 & Gaiters Pairs – 9

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 11pm [Highly unlikely; see entry at 9pm]

5.00pm: 2 destroyers entered harbour

5.45pm: Landing parties returned on board

6.00pm: “Resolution’s” marines came on board for passage

8.00pm: Secure for sea

9.04pm: Anchor aweigh, course as requisite for leaving Greenock, followed “Barham”

11.26pm: Holy Island Light S61½W, Turnberry Point S2½E

11.33pm: Holy Island Light abeam

Number on sick list: 11


[Frogs are attached to belts for carrying bayonets.

Turnberry Point is in Scotland at Lat 55.32, Long -4.83.]


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12 June 1921

Greenock to Devonport

Lat 52.8, Long -5.53

12.27am: Turnberry Light abeam

12.56am: Ailsa Craig abeam

12.55am: Corsewall Light abeam

2.11am: Maidens abeam

2.42am: Black Head abeam

4.03am: Skulmartin abeam

8.25am: Nose of Howth 242°, 26 miles

9.40am: Divine Service

9.50am: “Barham” exercised Ana steering position [According to “Barham’s” log she is exercising lower conning tower steering.]

11.10am: Exercised “X” steering position

2.27pm: Changed to “A” steering position

5.00pm: Started inclination exercise

8.00pm: Took station astern of “Barham”


[Turnberry Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 55.33, Long -4.83

Corsewall Point Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 55.01, Long -5.16

The Maidens are rocks in between Scotland & Northern Ireland at Lat 54.93, Long -5.75

Black Head is in Scotland at Lat 54.86, Long -5.15

Skulmartin is a rock off Northern Ireland at Lat 54.53, Long -5.45

Nose of Howth is in Ireland at Lat 53.39, Long -6.05.]


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13 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

12.40am: Pendeen Light 225°

12.55am: Pendeen Light abeam

1.27am: Longships abeam

1.30am: Seven Stones abeam

3.13am: Lizard 54°

3.28am: Lizard abeam

3.36am: Parted company with “Barham”

7.02am: Eddystone abeam

7.45am: Course & speeds as requisite for entering Sound

7.55am: Anchored in Sound

10.46am: Weighed anchor

12.10pm: Made fast to No 8 Wharf

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

4.35pm: Lieutenant Bass RMLI & 25 Marines left ship to Royal Marine Barracks


[Pendeen Lighthouse is in Cornwall at Lat 50.17, Long -5.67.

Longship Lighthouse is off the coast of Cornwall at Lat 50.07, Long -5.75.

Sevenstones Light Vessel is off the coast of Cornwall at Lat 50.07, Long -6.07.]


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14 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.30am: Hands paid monthly advancement

1.00pm: Landed GWR & LSWR liberty men [probably refers to men using the Great Western Railway & London & South Western Railway to go on leave.]

Drifter “Lady” arrived

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 7.30am

Number on sick list: 5


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15 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7.30am

Hands make & mend

Number on sick list: 3


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16 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am


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17 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

4.30pm: HMS Valiant arrived


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18 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.55am: Commander Holden left ship

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7.30am, hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 4


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19 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: Liberty men landed

5.00pm: “Resinge” [“Revenge”?] & Carysfort proceeded down harbour

Number on sick list: 4


[HMS Carysfort, 3750 ton cruiser, was launched in 1914 at the Pembroke Dockyard. She gained Battle Honours for activities off the Belgian Coast then patrolled off the coast of Ireland & operated in the Eastern Mediterranean after the war. She was sold in 1931.]


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20 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 4


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21 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed getting in provisions

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 3


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22 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.10am: “Delhi” proceeded into no 5 Basin

8.00am: Dress ship

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am, hands make & mend clothes

9.23pm: Undress ship

Number on sick list: 2


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23 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.15am: “Eddy” proceeded down yard

All day: Hands getting in provisions

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 2


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24 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.40am: “Revenge” secured against wall

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

pm: Hands getting in ammunition

Number on sick list: 2


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25 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 2


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26 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 2


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27 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands as requisite & getting in provisions

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 3


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28 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Number on sick list: 4


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29 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.00am: Long leave men returned

Hands employed ammunitioning ship

11.00am: Paid men leaving ship

Noon: Leave to watch to midnight

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

12.30pm: Mate (E) [Algernon D] Kempster left ship

1.30pm: 113 ratings discharged to Royal Navy Barracks


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30 June 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

11.05am: Mr Warner, Signal Bos’n left ship

12.30pm: Cast off from No 8 Wharf, course as requisite for leaving Hamoaze

1.00pm: North Rubble abeam

1.34pm: Made fast to No 5 Buoy in the Sound

2.45pm: Drifter “Eddy” left for Portland, swung ship

4.15pm: Slipped from the buoy

6.31pm: Prawle Point abeam

6.50pm: Start Point abeam

7.38pm: Berry Head abeam

9.38pm: Sighted Portland Light bearing N66E

11.07pm: Portland Light abeam, Shambles N49E

11.42pm: Portland Light & [?] Shambles N80W

Number on sick list: 5


[Hamoaze is a tidal stretch of the River Tamar from its confluence with the River Lynher and Plymouth Sound.

Prawle Point is in Devon at Lat 50.2, Long -3.72.

Start Point is in Devon at Lat 50.22, Long -3.64.

Berry Head is in Devon at Lat 50.4, Long -3.48.

Portland Bill Lighthouse is in Dorset at Lat 50.52, Long -2.48.

Shambles is a shoal off the coast of Dorset at Lat 50.5, Long -2.38.]



LOGS FOR JULY 1921


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1 July 1921

Weymouth

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

12.26am: Anchored

12.45am: “Eddy” arrived alongside

5.15am: HMS Repulse under weigh

8.00am: Fired salute to Flag

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7am

Number on sick list: 5


[HMS Repulse, 27,600 ton battlecruiser, was launched in 1916 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. She took part in the 2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight. She completed a ‘Round the World’ cruise 1922-4 & protected shipping during the Spanish Civil War. In WW2 she hunted the Bismark before transferring to the Far East where she was torpedo bombed in 1941 with the loss of 508 men.]


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2 July 1921

Weymouth

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 7am

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

3.30pm: HMS Barham entered harbour

5.00pm: Read warrants 53 & 54

Number on sick list: 3


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3 July 1921

Weymouth

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

9.30am: Divisions, Roman Catholic Service

10.30am: Divine Service

11.30am: Vice Admiral visited ship

1.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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4 July 1921

Weymouth

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

6.10am: Landed pier patrol

am: A turret to drill, hands as requisite

10.10am: Water lighter alongside

pm: B turret to drill, hands as requisite

2.30pm: “Delhi” under weigh

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 7am

Number on sick list: 3


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5 July 1921

Weymouth

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

5.00am: HMS Repulse proceeded out of harbour

6.00am: “Valiant” & “Dragon” arrived

8.45am: Training classes away sounding

9.36am: Torpedo parties closed up, remainder as requisite

1.10pm: “Valiant” under weigh

Training classes, hands as requisite

2.00pm: “Dunedin” arrived

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 5am

Number on sick list: 5


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6 July 1921

Weymouth

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

am: Training classes, hands as requisite

10.20am: “Petronel” alongside

11.35am: “Valiant” under weigh

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 7am

Hands make & mend clothes

“Queen Elizabeth” proceeded out of harbour

10.30pm: 1 deserter returned on board

Number on sick list: 6


[“Petronel”, 1024 ton water tank vessel, was launched in 1918 by Dunlop Bremner. She was sold & renamed in 1947.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, 33,100 ton battleship, was launched in 1913 by Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. She took part in the Gallipoli campaign then moved to the Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow. In WW2 she was active in the Mediterranean and East Indies. She was scrapped in 1948.]


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7 July 1921

Swanage

Lat 50.53, Long -2.95

7.40am: Drifter under weigh

10.00am: Torpedo control parties

10.20am: Course & speed as requisite for firing & picking up torpedoes

11.27am: Fired 2 torpedoes

12.55pm: Old Harry N24½W, Anvil N48W, Ballard N30W

1.33pm: Course as requisite for sub-calibre shoot

3.35pm: Anchored in Swanage Bay

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 11pm

4.30pm: Hoisted in torpedo

Number on sick list: 6


[Old Harry Rocks are 3 chalk formations at Lat 50.64, Long -1.92.

Anvil Point is near to Swanage at Lat 50.6, Long -1.96.

Ballard Down is in Dorset at Lat 50.62, Long -1.96.]


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8 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.55, Long -1.93

9.45am: Anchor aweigh

10.00am: Course & speed as requisite for firing & picking up 2 torpedoes

10.08am: Fired 2 torpedoes

10.45am: Passed “Caledon” & “Carysfort”

11.10am: Passed flat bottomed boat

12.20pm: 15” control parties

Courses & speeds as requisite for sub-calibre shoot

3.27pm: Needles N65E

3.38pm: Old Harry Rocks N34W

5.29pm: Course as requisite for entering Portland

5.40pm: Anchored

6.30pm: Landed liberty men

8.00pm: “Dragon” & “Delhi” entered harbour

8.40pm: “Dunedin” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 5


[HMS Caledon, 4306 ton cruiser, was launched in 1916 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She took part in the 2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight and the British intervention in the Baltic in 1919. She served through WW2, mainly on convoy escort duties, and was scrapped in 1948.

Needles Point is on the Isle of Wight at Lat 50.66, Long -1.59.]


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9 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

8.36am: Divisions, air night clothing

9.30am: Water tanker alongside

11.30am: Central stores lighter alongside

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7am

5.00pm: Hands to bathe

Number on sick list: 4


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10 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.20am: Church parties landed

9.30am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7am, Boys to 7pm

5.00pm: Hands to bathe


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11 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

7.15am: Landed range party & provisioning party

am: B turret & S1 group to drill, remainder as requisite

10.00am: Got in fresh provisions, unmoored

10.15am: “Petronel” alongside

11.30am: Rake party left ship

1.05pm: Anchor aweigh, course & speed as requisite for leaving harbour

4.00pm: Course & speed as requisite for sub-calibre firing with “Barham” & firing torpedoes

4.57pm: Parted company from “Barham”

5.00pm: Lulworth N24E, Shambles S80W, White Nose N7W

5.40pm: Anchored

7.00pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 3


[Lulworth is in Dorset at Lat 50.62, Long -2.25.

White Nose is also known as White Nothe, a point in Dorset, at Lat 50.63, Long -2.32.]


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12 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

7.40am: “Barham” under weigh

9.08am: Anchor aweigh

9.15am: “Valiant” took station

10.00am: Course as requisite for firing & picking up torpedoes & throw off sub-calibre with “Valiant”

10.20am: 12” companies closed up

1.15pm: Kimmeridge Tower N1E

1.35pm: Drifter proceeded to Portland

2.00pm: Hit by torpedo

Course as requisite for entering Weymouth

3.13pm: Anchored

4.00pm: Read warrant no 56

5.30pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 2


[The reference at 1.15pm may be to the MoD firing range at Broad Bench, on Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. This would fit with the true bearing and distance of 3.4 miles, 236° from St Alban’s Head. However, the landmark is probably Kimmeridge Tower at Lat 50.61, Long -2.12.

Weymouth is in Dorset at Lat 50.61, Long -2.44.]


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13 July 1921

Weymouth to sea

Lat 50.3, Long -3.05

5.40am: Anchor aweigh

6.21am: Took station astern of “Barham”

8.00am: Portland Bill bore [blank]

9.05am: Course as requisite for submarine attack & tactical exercises

11.42am: ‘Enemy in sight’

11.59am: Attacked by 1st Light Cruiser Squadron

12.06pm: Attack ended

1.50pm: “Tiger” in sight on starboard beam, courses & speeds as requisite for Officer of Watch manoeuvres.

2.59pm: Manoeuvres finished

4.13pm: Prawle Point 204°, Start [Point] 312°

7.55pm: 1st division close up, night defence stations

8.25pm: Darken ship

8.40pm: Fog, streamed fog buoy

11.30pm: Fog cleared

Number on sick list: 3


[HMS Tiger, 29,000 ton battlecruiser, was launched in 1913 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. She took part in the Battles of Dogger Bank, Jutland & 2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight and was scrapped in 1931.]


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14 July 1921

At sea, exercising

Lat 50.43, Long -3.12

8.10am: Portland Light 024°, 3 miles

Course as requisite for Officer of Watch manoeuvres

11.00am: Afternoon watchkeepers paid

1.15pm: Fog. Streamed fog buoy, special look-outs placed

6.25pm: Fog cleared

7.55pm: 3rd section closed up for night defence stations

8.00pm: Tactical exercise negative

Number on sick list: 3


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15 July 1921

At sea, exercising

Lat 50.47, Long -2.82

3.00am: Eddystone Light bearing 345½°

3.45am: Ran into fog bank, lookouts placed

6.30am: Started sounding

6.55am: Fog lifted

8.45am: General Quarters

Courses & speeds as requisite for tactical exercise

Lost by accident: fog buoy & swivel piece 7/16 & 100 fathoms 1½" steel wire

12.35pm: Portland Bill in sight bearing 060°

1.39pm: Course as requisite for entering Portland Harbour

2.27pm: Anchored

4.00pm: Landed liberty men, “Petronel” alongside

Number on sick list: 3


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16 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

6.20am: Landed pier patrol

1.00pm: Leave to watch till 7am, Boys to 7pm

3.45pm: HMS Fermoy entered harbour

9.00pm: HMS Malaya entered harbour

Number on sick list: 4


[HMS Malaya, 33,119 ton battleship, was launched in 1915 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co, High Walker. She took part in the Battle of Jutland sustaining severe damage & the loss of 65 men. She spent much of WW2 escorting convoys, then became an accommodation vessel at the end of 1944 and was scrapped in 1948. She is part of the OW fleet.]


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17 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.30am: Divisions

10.00am: Divine Service

1.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7am, Boys to 7pm

Number on sick list: 4


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18 July 1921

Portland to sea

Lat 50.43, Long -2.35

7.52am: Anchor aweigh, course as requisite for leaving harbour

8.45am: Course as requisite for submarine attack

10.38am: Portland Bill 318°, Shambles 348½°

11.00am: Course as requisite for sub-calibre shoot with “Barham”

11.30am: [Portland] Bill 294°, Shambles 317½°

1.12pm: [Portland] Bill 002°

Courses as requisite for sub-calibre throw off shoot with “Valiant”

2.14pm: Courses as requisite for firing & picking up 2 torpedoes

4.27pm: Courses as requisite for entering harbour

5.11pm: Anchored in Weymouth Bay

7.30pm: Engineering Lieutenant Commander Smith left ship

8.00pm: Lieutenant Bradburn RN joined ship

Number on sick list: 6


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19 July 1921

Weymouth Bay

Lat 50.61, Long -2.44

5.15am: HMS Carysfort entered harbour

10.30am: Training classes, hands as requisite

11.40am: “Petronel” alongside

pm: Training classes, hands as requisite

5.15pm: Read warrant no 57

5.20pm: 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron entered harbour

Number on sick list: 8


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20 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

4.50am: Anchor aweigh, “Valiant” took station astern

6.57am: Portland Prison 355°

7.00am: Course as requisite for throw off 15” full calibre shoot with “Valiant”

7.38am: Opened fire

7.53am: Cease fire

11.00am: Course as requisite for entering harbour

11.41am: Moored in Portland harbour

12.28pm: Shifted berth

2.25pm: “Valiant” & “Ramillies” entered harbour

5.00pm: 6 crutches lost by accident

Number on sick list: 9


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21 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

All day: Hands painting ship

9.50am: 2 light cruisers proceeded to sea

10.20am: Discharged 1 prisoner to Portsmouth

11.00am: 1 case K1427 lost overboard by accident

Noon: Leave to port watch to 7am

5.20pm: Read warrant no 59

6.10pm: “Hood” & “Repulse” entered harbour

6.40pm: “Hood” proceeded to sea

Number on sick list: 10


[HMS Hood, 47,430 ton battlecruiser, was launched in 1918 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. In WW2 she participated in the destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir and convoy protection in the North Sea. She was sunk by SMS Bismark in 1941 with only 3 survivors from a crew of 1418.]


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22 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

am: Hands employed painting ship

9.30am: Royal Marine detachment inspected

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7am, Boys to 7pm

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

2.45pm: “Repulse” entered Weymouth Bay

8.15pm: “Fermoy” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 7


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23 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

4.50am: “Revenge” under weigh

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7am, Boys to 7pm

Number on sick list: 5


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24 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.30am: Divisions

10.30am: Divine Service

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7am

Number on sick list: 9


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25 July 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.10am: P.40 under weigh

9.20am: “Fermoy” under weigh

am: Training classes, hands as requisite

11.00am: Regatta started

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7am

6.40pm: “Delhi” & “Dunedin” left harbour

Number on sick list: 10


[P.40, ~600 tons, was a low profile patrol boat, designed for hunting U-boats, with toughened ‘ram’ bows. She was launched in 1916 by Whites & sold in 1937.]


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26 July 1921

Portland to sea

Lat 50.43, Long -2.40

4.00am: Anchor aweigh, Course as requisite for leaving harbour

5.08am: Shambles abeam, 195°

8.00am: Course. as requisite for 6" full calibre firing

8.22am: Open fire

8.26am: Cease fire

10.05am: Open fire

10.20am: Cease fire

Portland Bill 048½°

Hands employed sponging out guns & as requisite

12.20pm: Course as requisite for torpedo firing

12.49pm: Fired 2 torpedoes

1.10pm: Stopped both, picked up torpedo

3.27pm: Course as requisite for entering harbour

3.47pm: Anchored in Weymouth Bay

5.00pm: “Valiant” & “Malaya” anchored in bay

Number on sick list: 8


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27 July 1921

Weymouth Bay to Cawsand Bay

Lat 50.41, Long -2.78

5.20am: “Fermoy” under weigh

7.00am: “Resolution” under weigh

9.15am: “Valiant” under weigh

9.51am: Anchor aweigh

10.15am: Took station astern of “Hood”

10.38am: Portland Light abeam

Noon: Hands make & mend clothes

12.35pm: Hands mustered for payment

12.46pm: Control parties closed up, course as requisite for destroyer attack

1.30pm: Destroyers parted company

4.22pm: Course as requisite for anchoring

5.10pm: Anchored in Cawsand Bay

9.45pm: “Sandhurst” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 6


[Cawsand Bay is in Cornwall at Lat 50.33, Long -4.20.

HMS Sandhurst, 7654 tons, was built as SS Manipur in 1905 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. She served as the dummy battleship HMS Indomitable then was converted to a depot/repair ship. She served through WW2 and was scrapped in 1946.]


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28 July 1921

Cawsand Bay & Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

4.10am: “Malcolm” entered harbour

4.25am: “Ramillies” entered harbour

4.40am: Destroyer flotilla entered

5.00am: Officer of Guard boarded “Malcolm”

9.20am: Training classes, hands as requisite

10.40am: Anchor aweigh, course as requisite for proceeding up harbour

12.05pm: Secured to No 8 Buoy

12.20pm: Northern Ireland party proceeded on long leave

1.50pm: Ammunition lighter alongside, hands as requisite de-commissioning

4.00pm: Leave to starboard & 1st part port [watch] to 7am

6.45pm: Landed Flagstaff patrol

Number on sick list: 4


[HMS Malcolm, 1530 ton destroyer leader, was launched in 1919 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Although too late for WW1 she was active in convoy escort through WW2 after taking a major role in the evacuation of Dunkirk. She was scrapped in 1945.]


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29 July 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: Water lighter alongside

9.40am: London party went on long leave

Lost by accident: 1 broom

11.00am: Crewe party landed

Noon: Remainder went on leave

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7am

Number on sick list: 2


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30 July 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7am Monday

Number on sick list: 2


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31 July 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.00am: HMS Raleigh proceeded down harbour

9.30am: Divisions, Prayers

1.00pm: Liberty men landed

Number on sick list: 2



LOGS FOR AUGUST 1921


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1 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

6.00am: Hands fall in, worked main derrick

8.00am: 2 prisoners for barrack detention, read warrant no 60

11.00am: 1 prisoner from St George’s Hall under escort

3.00pm: Hospital party returned

Number on sick list: 3


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2 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

11.20am: Beef boat alongside

11.30am: Boat cast off

1.00pm: Water boat alongside

1.30pm: 14 ratings joined ship from barracks

2.45pm: Oil lighter alongside

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 2


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3 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.15am: 9 ratings to Stonehouse hospital (RNH)

11.30am: Hospital party returned

11.45am: Oiler shoved off

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7.20am

Hands make & mend clothes

1.50pm: Oiler alongside, 1 rating joined ship

3.15pm: Oiler shoved off

Number on sick list: 2


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4 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

6.30am: HMS Delhi shifted berth to tidal basin

10.30am: 20 ratings joined ship

1.40pm: Beef boat alongside

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 1


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5 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

12.48am: Visited by Officer of Guard

am: 3rd cutter & balsa raft for dockyard

1.00pm: Landed watchkeeping liberty men

6.20pm: 1 musician joined ship

8.20pm: Lost: 1 port bow light fell overboard by accident

Number on sick list: 3


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6 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: Weekend leave to port watch to 7.30am Mon

Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 1


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7 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

Number on sick list: 1


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8 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

11.00am: Water boat alongside

1.30pm: Water boat shoved off

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 7.30am

Number on sick list: 1


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9 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

12.15pm: Water boat alongside

1.15pm: 1 rating to Royal Navy Hospital

1.35pm: 1 Chief Petty Officer & 1 Gunner joined ship

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7.30am

6.20pm: Lost 1 brass stanchion by accident

Number on sick list: 2


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10 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

12.15pm: Oiler shoved off

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am

Make & mend clothes

1 Leading Torpedoman rating to hospital

Leave to both watches Boys till 10pm

7.15pm: HMS [blank] shifted from alongside “Ramillies” up harbour

Number on sick list: 2


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11 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.35am: Customs aboard

10.20am: Water boat & vegetable boat alongside

11.15am: Water boat shoved off

2.00pm: 1 rating to hospital

3.45pm: Hospital party returned

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7.30am

10.15pm: 1 prisoner, deserter

Number on sick list: 2


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12 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: 1 musician left ship

1.15pm: 1 rating joined ship

1.30pm: Beef boat alongside

2.40pm: Hospital boat with Stoker Petty Officer

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7am

Number on sick list: 2


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13 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

10.40am: Provision boat alongside

11.20am: 1st batch liberty men returned from long leave

12.10pm: Remainder returned from long leave

1.00pm: Make & mend

Weekend leave to starboard watch & 1st part port watch to 7.30am (Mon)

6.00pm: 1 rating to hospital

Number on sick list: 1


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14 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.40am: Landed Roman Catholics

9.00am: Hands clean to No 1s

10.15am: Landed Wesleyan & Baptist church parties

12.05pm: Church parties returned

12.20pm: Landed escort for Huddersfield

Number on sick list: 4


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15 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.25am: Water boat “Minx” alongside

8.30am: Irish party to long leave

9.00am: 2 ratings joined ship

10.30am: Paid ratings proceeding on second long leave

11.10am: Provision boat alongside

11.25am: Provision boat cast off

1.00pm: Leave to port watch & 1st part starboard to 7.30am

Remainder hands paid

Number on sick list: 9


[“Minx”, 390 ton water tank vessel, was launched in 1900 by Cox’s. She was sold in 1946.]


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16 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

6.00am: A turret parties prepare up [?] ammunition

8.00am: Oiler alongside

9.50am: Men to London proceeded on leave

10.10am: Sanding party to Cawsand Bay

10.20am: Beef boat alongside

10.45am: Beef boat left

11.40am: Men to North of England proceed on leave

Noon: Men returned from long leave

1 prisoner & escort from Huddersfield

1.25pm: Hands as requisite ammunitioning

4.00pm: Leave to starboard & 1st part port to 7.20am

Ammunition lighters cast off

4.30pm: Part of watch getting in stores

10.20pm: 1 rating from hospital

Number on sick list: 8


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17 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.20am: 1 prisoner to Royal Navy Barracks

9.00am: Hands as requisite, getting in 15” shell

9.30am: 122 ratings joined ship, 115 ratings left

12.45pm: Water boat alongside

1.45pm: Hands ammunitioning

2.10pm: 1 rating for HMS Scythe

2.30pm: Ammunition lighters cast off

3.20pm: 1 Engine Room Artificer joined from hospital

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 7.30am

Number on sick list: 7


[HMS Scythe, 1075 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by John Brown & Co, Clydebank. She was scrapped in 1931.]


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18 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.55am: Provision boat alongside

10.00am: 1 rating joined from Royal Navy Barracks

1.15pm: Hands provisioning ship, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: 1 rating from RNB

2.35pm: 1 rating from hospital

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & 2nd part port to 7.30am

4.50pm: Part of watch stow stores

Number on sick list: 5


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19 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.05am: Hands as requisite, hand provisioning

9.25am: Provision boat cast off

10.00am: 1 rating joined from Royal Navy Barracks

1.35pm: Water boat alongside

2.15pm: Water boat cast off

4.00pm: Leave to starboard & 1st part port watch till 7.30am

5.40pm: 25 ratings joined from HMS Glorious

Number on sick list: 3


[HMS Glorious, 19,488 ton battlecruiser, was launched in 1916 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. In WW1 she took part in the 2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight and was in Scapa Flow when the German Fleet surrendered. In 1924 she was converted into an aircraft carrier. In WW2 she was sunk on June 8 1940 with her 2 destroyer escorts, “Ardent” & “Acasta” by “Scharnhorst” & “Gneisenau”. Of the 3 crews only 40 men survived with 1519 men lost.]


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20 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

5.05am: Hands holystoning upper deck, remainder as requisite

8.30am: HMD Eddy to coal wharf

9.15am: Beef boat alongside

9.25am: 2 ratings from Royal Navy Barracks

9.35am: Beef boat shoved off

1.00pm: Weekend leave to port watch & 1st part starboard to 7.30am (Mon)

Make & mend

Number on sick list: 5


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21 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: 26 Roman Catholics to service on “Ramillies”

9.30am: Divisions & Prayers

9.50am: Pipe down, 2 seamen to Royal Navy Hospital

10.30am: RC party returned

Number on sick list: 4


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22 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.20am: “Tiger” came to No 9 Buoy

8.40am: Marines landed for Barracks

9.30am: Water boat alongside

10.10am: Vegetable boat alongside

10.30am: Water boat shoved off

11.45am: Port cable stowed

1.30pm: Hands as requisite, watchkeeping liberty men landed

Marines returned on board

4.45pm: Part of watch get in stores

Number on sick list: 5


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23 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: Breakfast, read warrant no 64

8.00am: Ammunition lighter alongside

8.15am: 1 prisoner discharged to Royal Navy Barracks

8.20am: Hands ammunitioning ship, remainder as requisite

8.25am: “Tactician” left harbour

10.00am: 1 rating joined from RNB

10.55am: Provision boat alongside

11.00am: Provision boat cast off

1.15pm: Hands ammunitioning ship, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: “Viceroy” secured alongside

1.50pm: 1 rating joined from “Defiance”

4.00pm: Leave to port watch & 1st part starboard till 7.30am

7.10pm: “Tactician” proceeded up harbour

Number on sick list: 4


[HMS Tactician, 1075 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by William Beardmore, Dalmuir. She was sold in 1931.

HMS Viceroy, 1325 ton destroyer, was launched in 1917 by Thornycroft. She was sold in 1948.]


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24 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.00am: “Sylph” proceeded out of harbour

9.05am: Hands as requisite & surveying cable

9.15am: Torpedo party to dockyard

11.00am: Torpedo party returned

1.00pm: Beef boat shoved off

1.25am: Hands stowing cable, remainder as requisite

Water boat alongside

4.00pm: Leave to starboard & 1st part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 3


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25 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.05am: Training classes & hands as requisite

1.45pm: 2 ratings joined from Royal Navy Barracks

2.10pm: Coaling lighter alongside

2.40pm: “Tactician” left harbour

4.00pm: Leave to port watch & 2nd part starboard watch till 7.30am

5.45pm: Part of watch rig coaling screens

Number on sick list: 8


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26 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

5.30am: Hands for coaling to coaling rig

6.00am: Steam on capstan, hands stowing cable, starboard watch coal ship

8.00am: 1st part starboard [watch] coal ship

9.00am: “Tactician” left harbour

10.30am: Hands muster for payment

11.30am: Starboard cable stowed

Noon: Finished coaling ship

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

1.00pm: 1 rating to Royal Navy Hospital

3.15pm: 2 ratings joined from Royal Navy Barracks

4.00pm: Leave to port watch & 1st part starboard watch to 7.30am

Number on sick list: 6


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27 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

5.45am: Hands holystone upper deck

8.35am: Hands as requisite, Royal Fleet Auxiliary supply boat came alongside

9.45am: Part of watch clean battery deck, supply boat shoved off

11.05am: Provision boat alongside

11.20am: Provision boat cast off

11.45am: Lieutenant RNVR joined ship

1.00pm: Make & mend

Weekend leave to starboard watch & 2nd part port watch till 7.30am (Mon), Boys till 10pm

Number on sick list: 5


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28 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.12am: Roman Catholics to service on “Ramillies”

9.30am: Divisions & Prayers

10.00am: Pipe down, leave to Boys till 7pm

11.10am: RCs return

4.30pm: HMS Strenuous under weigh

Number on sick list: 4


[HMS Strenuous, 1075 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by Scotts. She was sold in 1932.]


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29 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

6.00am: Hoisted out sailing pinnace

7.30am: Hands painting ship

Lost overboard by accident: 2 paint brushes pattern no 4, rate value 9/4 [~47 pence]

11.15am: Water boat alongside

11.50am: Water boat cast off

Noon: Dinner, piped leave to port & 2nd part starboard watch to 7.30am

1.15pm: Hands carry on painting ship

5.05pm: Steaming party left for HMS Hood

Number on sick list: 4


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30 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.20am: RWY lighter alongside

8.50am: HMS Tactician left harbour

9.10am: Provision party clear lighter

10.00am: Lost by accident: 1 hand scrubber

1.10pm: Provision boat alongside

1.15pm: Hands as requisite, provision boat cast off

2.10pm: “Viceroy” cast off, provision lighter cast off

3.30pm: “Hood” proceeded down harbour

5.20pm: “Viceroy” made fast starboard side

6.25pm: Steaming party returned

Number on sick list: 7


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31 August 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.10am: Sanding party left ship

8.40am: “Viceroy” cast off

9.15am: Water boat alongside

9.45am: Water boat cast off

10.20am: “Sandhurst” shifted berth

pm: Make & mend

1.35pm: Sanding party returned

1.50pm: Beef boat alongside

2.00pm: Drifter to coaling wharf

2.20pm: Beef boat cast off

2.50pm: 1 rating joined from HMS Valiant

3.25pm: 1 12 oar cutter & 1 copper punt supplied to ship from NMD [Navy Maintenance Depot?]

4.00pm: Leave to port watch & 2nd part starboard till 7.30am, Boys to 10pm

7.00pm: 36 ratings to Royal Navy Barracks

Number on sick list: 6



LOGS FOR SEPTEMBER 1921


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1 September 1921

Plymouth Sound

Lat 50.34, Long -4.14

Note in log: Lieutenant KW Stewart did obtain £10 from the account of the Carlton Hotel on June 20/21 by means of a cheque on Messrs. Stillwell & Sons, 42 Pall Mall, which was twice presented, and each time returned unpaid marked R/D. Further, Lieutenant Stewart informed the Commanding Officer in writing on 14 August that he had paid this sum to the Carlton Hotel, a statement which was incorrect, as the sum was not received by the Carlton Hotel till September 2. [Signed by KW Stewart & F Clifton Ramsay, Captain]

9.15am: Oiler “Fortol” alongside

am: Lieutenant Paymaster RNR joined ship

11.35am: 3rd sub starboard watch getting in fresh provisions

pm: Training classes under instruction, remainder employed preparing for sea & as requisite

Raised steam for 13 knots

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch to 10pm

5.06pm: Slipped & proceeded, course & proceeded as required to Sound, King’s Harbour Master in charge.

11.45pm: Drifter “Eddy” sailed

Number on sick list: 9


[RFA Fortol, 2829 ton tanker, was launched in 1917 by Archibald Macmillan & Son, Dumbarton. She served through WW2 & was scrapped in 1958.]


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2 September 1921

Plymouth to Invergordon

Lat 50.46, Long -1.82

3.42am: “Valiant” in company

4.02am: Eddystone Light 318°, BW Light 353°

4.36am: Eddystone Light 262°, BW Light 326°

5.00am: Start Light 065°

7.30am: Berry Head 302°

9.13am: Took station 10 miles 253° from “Hood”

9.40am: Exercised ‘Action’, carried out submarine attack

10.05am: Portland Bill Light House 004°, 17,000 yds

11.43am: Alban Coast Guard [station] 328°, Anvil 352°, Needles 045½°

Noon: Anvil 328°, Needles 036°

1.30pm: Needles 328°, St Catherine’s 029°, Dunnose 052°

1.40pm: Course as requisite to take station astern of “Barham”

2.00pm: Course & speed as requisite for torpedo sea-plane exercises, speeds up to 17 knots

2.56pm: Nab Tower 039°, St Catherine’s 306°

3.20pm: Exercised collision stations

4.00pm: Owers Light Vessel 053°, Nab Tower 343°, course as requisite for inclination exercise

5.00pm: Nab Tower 313°, Owers Light Vessel 352°

8.29pm: Beachy Head Light 311°, Royal Sovereign Light Vessel 357°

10.48pm: Varne Light Vessel 085°

Midnight: South Foreland 297°, South Goodwin Light Vessel 003°, East Goodwin Light Vessel 041°

Number on sick list: 8


[BW Light is probably Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse at Lat 50.33, Long -4.23

At this time there was a Coast Guard station on St Alban’s Head, Dorset at Lat 50.58, Long -2.06.

Anvil Point is at Lat 50.6, Long -1.97.

Dunnose is a headland at Lat 50.6, Long -1.18.

St Catherine’s Point Lighthouse is on the Isle of Wight at Lat 50.58, Long -1.3.

Nab Tower was designed for submarine defence but now functions as a lighthouse at Lat 50.67, Long -0.95.

Owers Light Vessel was sited over Owers Bank and has been replaced by a buoy at Lat 50.63, Long -0.69.

Beachy Head Lighthouse is in Sussex at Lat 50.73, Long 0.25.

The Royal Sovereign Light Vessel has been replaced by the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse which is at Lat 50.72, Long 0.43.

A Varne Lightvessel is still on station marking the shallow Varne Bank at Lat 51.0, Long 1.37.

South Foreland is a headland in Kent at Lat 51.15, Long 1.4.

An East Goodwin Lightvessel is still on station on Goodwin Sands at Lat 51.26, Long 1.51 but no fewer than 5 lightships have been stationed at various points on the sands which shift position along the coast.]


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3 September 1921

Plymouth to Invergordon

Lat 53.33, Long 1.18

12.48am: North Goodwin Light Vessel 334°

12.50am: East Goodwin 228°, South Foreland 238°, North Foreland 309°, North Goodwin 321°

2.27am: Kentish Knock Light Vessel abeam

3.04am: Longsands light vessel abeam

5.17am: Southwold Light abeam, 9.4 miles

7.06am: Cross Sand Light Vessel 225°, Newarp Light Vessel 303½°

7.15am: Newarp Light Vessel 288°

8.21am: Woold Light Vessel 340°, 3000 yards

11.33am: Cromer Knoll Light Vessel

1.00pm: Outer Dowsand Light Vessel 000°, 6500 yards

1.12pm: Outer Dowsand Light Vessel 058°, 3200 yards

2.00pm: Course & speed as requisite for tactical exercise, speeds up to 16 knots

2.53pm: Finished exercise

3.00pm: Withernsea Light House 260°

4.30pm: Mappleton Spire 231½°, Flamborough Head Light House 282½°, Hilston Spire 213½°

5.11pm: Flamborough Light House abeam

6.00pm: Flamborough Light House 185½°

6.50pm: Filey Brig 216°, Scarborough Castle 241°, Whitby Light 284°

8.42pm: Whitby Light 226°

9.00pm: Exercised action

10.45pm: Sighted Torpedo Boat Destroyers, course & speed as requisite for night attack

11.00pm: Secured

Number on sick list: 6


[North Foreland is a headland in Kent at Lat 51.37, Long 1.6.

Kentish Knock is a shoal in the North Sea at Lat 51.67, Long 1.62.

In 1813 the position of the Longsands Light Vessel was Lat 51° 47’ 40”, Long 1° 40’ 00”.

Southwold Lighthouse in in Suffolk at Lat 52.33, Long 1.67.

The Newarp Light Vessel marked the Newarp Shoal which is at Lat 52.78, Long 1.9.

The Cross Sands were a series of shoals to the south of the Newarp Shoal; because the shoals have shifted I have not been able to locate the accurate position of the lightvessel.

The Woold [or Would] lies between Cromer and Yarmouth & Haisboro Sands and is parallel to the coast.

The Cromer Knoll Light Vessel marked the eponymous rocks at Lat 53.32, Long 1.2.

Outer Dowsand Light Vessel is probably Outer Dowsing Light Vessel. This marks the edge of the Outer Dowsing Shoal and the navigation channel at Lat 53° 29’N, Long 1° 00’E.

Withernsea Light House is in Yorkshire at Lat 53.73, Long 1.73.

Mappleton is in Yorkshire at Lat 53.88. Long -0.14 and the spire of Holy Trinity Church was built using stone salvaged from a shipwreck.

Flamborough Head Lighthouse is in Yorkshire at Lat 54.12, Long -0.08.

Hilston Spire probably refers to the landmark known as Admiral Storr’s Tower on the outskirts of the village of Hilston which lies at Lat 53.78, Long -0.05.

Filey is in Yorkshire at Lat 54.21, Long -0.29.

Scarborough Castle is in Yorkshire at Lat 54.29, Long -0.39.

Whitby Lighthouse is in Yorkshire at Lat 54.48, Long -0.57.]


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4 September 1921

To Invergordon

Lat 57.67, Long -1.8

1.34am: Sighted Longstone Light 084°

2.37am: Longstone abeam, 12.3’

3.50am: Longstone Light 197°, St Abbs Light 264°

6.45am: Sighted “Inconstant” ahead

7.47am: Scurdy Ness 269½°, Tod Head Lighthouse 326½°

8.00am: Scurdy Head 257½°, Inverbervie Coast Guard 299½°, Tod Head Light House 316½°

10.00am: Divisions, held Divine Service

10.49am: Cruden 257°, Buchan Light 304°, Peterhead Breakwater 323½°

11.41am: Buchan 192½°, Rattray 266½°, Cairnbulg Bay 299°

12.30pm: Cairnbulg 214°, Kinnaird 243°, Rosehearty 255½°

12.49pm: Kinnaird Head Light abeam

2.08pm: McDuff Light abeam

3.44pm: Covesea Light House 242°, Buckie Light House 145°

4.20pm: Covesea Light abeam

5.59pm: Passed Cromarty Whistle Buoy

6.55pm: Stopped engines, secured to No 23 Buoy, Cromarty

Number on sick list: 9


[Longstone Lighthouse is on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland at Lat 55.65, Long -1.62.

St Abbs Head Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 55.92, Long -2.14.

Scurdy Ness is in Scotland at Lat 56.7, Long -2.43.

Tod Head Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 56.88, Long -2.22.

Inverbervie is in Scotland at Lat 56.85, Long -2.27 but I cannot locate the exact position of the Coast Guard station.

Cruden is in Scotland at Lat 57.47, Long -1.83.

Buchan Ness Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 57.47, Long -1.77.

There are two lighthouses at the entrance to Peterhead Harbour, both at Lat 57.5, Long -1.77.

I cannot find Cairnbulg Bay but Cairnbulg Point is at Lat 57.68, Long -1.93.

Kinnaird Head is in Scotland at Lat 57.7, Long -2.0.

Rosehearty is in Scotland at Lat 57.7, Long -2.11.

MacDuff Pier Lighthouse in in Scotland at Lat 57.88, Long -4.6.

Cove Sea Skerries Lighthouse is off the coast of Scotland at Lat 57.72, Long -3.34.

Buckie North Breakwater Lighthouse is at Lat 57.68, Long -2.97.]


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5 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.40am: Concentration party; A turret crew, magazine & shell room party to drill, remainder as requisite, training classes under instruction

1.30pm: Spotting table party to drill, physical instruction group to drill, concentration party to drill, remainder as requisite, training classes under instruction

4.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm

Number on sick list: 8


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6 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.87, Long -3.67

8.45am: Slipped & proceeded

10.25am: Course & speed as requisite for 2 runs sub-calibre concentration astern of “Barham”

11.15am: Stopped, connected up ‘cruising’ turbines

11.35am: Proceeded, course & speed as requisite for harbour

12.18pm: Observed Tarbert Light House 227°

1.04pm: Stopped, dropped anchor in Dornoch Firth

Training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 8


[Tarbert Ness Light is Tarbet or Tarbat Ness Lighthouse at Lat 57.87, Long -3.78.

Dornoch Firth is an estuary on the North East coast of Scotland at Lat 57.88, Long -4.0.]


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7 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

am: Concentration parties, training classes under instruction, 6th-15th parties to drill, remainder as requisite

Noon: Make & mend clothes

22.30pm: Drifters arrived

Number on sick list: 7


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8 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

am: Training classes under instruction, A turret, S1 group, 6” director & transmitting station to drill, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: X & B turret parties to drill, P1 group & spotting table close up, remainder as requisite

9.00pm: Exercised 3rd section of searchlight crews, 15” & 6” control parties to Night Action stations

Number on sick list: 7


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9 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

am: Training classes under instruction, X turret to drill, remainder as requisite

11.00am: Paid afternoon watchmen

Noon: Paid fortnightly payment

1.25pm: Weighed anchor

1.35pm: Dunrobin: 310°, Brora: 032½°

1.45pm: General quarters, course & speed as requisite for exercise

2.47pm: Tarbet 238°, 5750 yards

4.50pm: Stopped, anchored. Tarbet Light S19E, 2900 yards; Portmahomack Pier S37E

9.00pm: Darken ship

9.15pm: General quarters

9.26pm: Anchor aweigh, course & speed as requisite for exercise

10.45pm: Tarbet 110°, 2500 yards

11.10pm: Covesea 140°, Tarbet: 212°

Number on sick list: 5


[Dunrobin Point is in Scotland at Lat 57.98, Long -3.88.

Brora Point is in Scotland at Lat 58.0, Long -3.83.

Portmahomack is in Scotland at Lat 57.83, Long -3.8.]


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10 September 1921

Golspie to Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

12.04am: Tarbet Light abeam

12.20am: Course as requisite for coming to anchor

1.13am: Stopped, anchored

6.30am: Weighed, slow, course as requisite for entering harbour

7.45am: Stopped, secured to No 21 Buoy, Invergordon

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Landed liberty men & patrol. Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Boys to 7pm

3.00pm: “Snapdragon” entered harbour

6.00pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 4


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11 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.15am: Roman Catholic & Presbyterian parties to “Malaya” & “Barham”

10.20am: Church, Divine Service

12.30pm: Landed liberty men, leave to port watch till 9pm, Boys to 7pm

6.15pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 7


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12 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

am: 15” party & B turret crew to drill, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: A turret & 6” party to drill, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to 8pm to starboard watch

Number on sick list: 8


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13 September 1921

from Invergordon

Lat 57.96, Long -3.67

8.00am: Slipped buoy & proceeded to sea

9.30am: Hands to General quarters, training classes under instruction

10.25am: Tarbet Ness abeam, commenced exercise, courses & speeds as requisite

11.15am: Commenced exercise II

Noon: Tarbet Ness 219°, 6’

12.08pm: Stopped, connected up main engines

12.23pm: Course & speed as requisite for exercise III

3.05pm: General quarters

3.10pm: Covesea 160°, Burghead 192°, Tarbet 270½°

3.45pm: Fired 2 torpedoes

4.00pm: Exercised sea boat’s crew

4.50pm: Lowered sea boats to fetch up torpedoes

5.05pm: Carried out exercise IV, course & speed as requisite

6.44pm: Proceeded to Golspie

6.52pm: Anchored

9.00pm: Darkened ship

9.30pm: Weighed anchor, course as requisite for exercise 5 (sub-calibre)

10.50pm: Anchored off Golspie

Number on sick list: 8


[Burghead is in Scotland at Lat 57.7, Long -3.48.]


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14 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

9.10am: X turret, P1 group & 15” parties close up, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

11.15am: Search light parties close up

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

8.30pm: Search light parties close up

Number on sick list: 8


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15 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

9.00am: Marking party left for “Snapdragon”

9.45am: A & Y turrets close up, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction, director test, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 8


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16 September 1921

to Golspie

Lat 57.77, Long -3.25

7.12am: Weighed anchor & proceeded to sea

7.48am: Tarbet Ness abeam

9.15am: Burghead 216°, Covesea 195°, Stotfield 183½°

10.07am: Opened fire, course & speed as requisite for full-calibre 6”

10.55am: Completed exercise

11.15am: Stotfield 197°, Burghead 223½°, Tarbet 268°

Noon: Stotfield 197°, Covesea 222°, Burghead 242°

12.28pm: Stopped

12.40pm: 8 knots, course 271° to meet “Barham”

1.00pm: Commenced submarine attack, course & speed as requisite for exercise

2.20pm: Completed exercise

3.15pm: Whistle Buoy abeam, course as requisite for entering harbour

5.30pm: Read warrants 64, 65

“Revenge”, “Royal Oak”, “Ramillies”, 5 submarines entered harbour

7.45pm: “Enchantress” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 7


[Stotfield Head is in Scotland at Lat 57.72, Long -3.27.

HMS Royal Oak, 30,450 ton battleship, was launched in 1914 at Devonport Dockyard. She took part in the Battle of Jutland. At the beginning of WW2 she was torpedoed while at anchor in Scapa Flow with the loss of 833 sailors and the wreck is now a designated war grave.]


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17 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

1.00am: HMS Wryneck left harbour

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

Make & mend clothes

4.30pm: Landed liberty men

5.00pm: Read warrants 67, 68

Number on sick list: 8


[HMS Wryneck, 1118 ton destroyer, was launched in 1918 by Palmer’s, Jarrow. She was completed on 11 November. She was sunk in April 1941 during the evacuation of Greece with the loss of 105 men.]


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18 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.30am: Roman Catholic church on mess deck, Presbyterian & Methodist parties to “Valiant”

10.35am: Held Divine Service on board

Noon: Church parties returned

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 8pm, Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list: 10


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19 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.30am: ‘Out kedge anchor’, S1 group & 15” concentration parties to at drill

1.20pm: Training classes under instruction, diving party, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 8pm

Number on sick list: 10


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20 September 1921

Invergordon to Golspie

Lat 57.93, Long -3.65

8.04am: Weighed, course & speed as requisite for leaving harbour

9.15am: Training class under instruction, remainder as requisite

9.18am: Course as requisite for submarine attack

10.24am: Finished exercise

10.40am: Torpedo control close up

11.08am: Exercised ‘Action’

11.35am: Fired 2 torpedoes

11.50am: Stopped to pick up torpedoes

12.25pm: Course as requisite for entering harbour, Dornoch Firth

1.30pm: Anchored

2.15pm: Training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 10


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21 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

7.50am: Weighed anchor & proceeded, “Barham” 119°,11 knots

8.50am: Exercised ‘Action’, course & speed as requisite for full calibre firing

9.41am: Opened fire

9.51am: Ceased fire

9.57am: Tarbet 275°, Burghead 194°, Covesea 159½°

10.15am: Burghead 172½°, Covesea 144½°, Tarbet 265½°

11.19am: Stopped, anchored off Golspie

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 10


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22 September 1921

Golspie to Invergordon

Lat 58.06, Long -3.15

8.53am: Weighed anchor

9.35am: Tarbet abeam

10.02am: Tarbet 239°

10.27am: Covesea 161°, Tarbet 256°

11.25am: Stopped, picked up target

Noon: Covesea 161°, Tarbet 240°

1.05pm: Dunrobin 279°, Covesea 168°, Tarbet Ness° 248

3.05pm: Whistle Buoy abeam, course as requisite for mooring in Cromarty Firth

3.28pm: Stopped, turned over target to drifter

4.18pm: Middled in No 28 Berth, Invergordon

9.10pm: Search light crews closed up

Number on sick list: 11


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23 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.15am: Training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

11.00am: Paid afternoon watchmen, unmoored ship

1.00pm: Hands muster for payment

1.38pm: Weighed anchor, course as requisite for leaving harbour

2.20pm: Whistle Buoy abeam

3.10pm: Practice abandoned

4.25pm: Whistle Buoy abeam, course as requisite for entering harbour

5.24pm: Middled at No 28 Berth, Invergordon

5.40pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 9


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24 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

pm: Make & mend clothes

1.30pm: Landed liberty men, leave to port watch till 8pm, Boys till 7pm

4.30pm: Landed liberty men

6.15pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 8


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25 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.00am: Church parties to “Barham” & “Valiant”

10.25am: Held Divine Service on board

11.45am: Church parties returned

1.00pm: Landed liberty men & patrol. Leave to starboard watch till 9pm, Boys till 7pm

4.20pm: Landed liberty men

6.00pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 8


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26 September 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.69, Long -4.08

9.45am: P1 group to drill & loader, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

11.40am: Weighed & proceeded to sea

12.30pm: Whistle Buoy abeam

12.35pm: Officer of Watch manoeuvres

1.50pm: Resumed line ahead, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

2.00pm: Exercised ‘Action’. Course as requisite for 4 ship 15”, sub-calibre concentration

2.20pm: Opened fire

2.25pm: Ceased fire

2.28pm: Course as requisite for firing torpedoes

3.11pm: Stopped

3.43pm: Slow

4.03pm: Fired 2 torpedoes

4.04pm: Course as requisite to pick up torpedoes

5.00pm: Altered course for anchorage

5.18pm: Anchored off Golspie

Number on sick list: 8


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27 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

am: Hands as requisite, A turret, S1 group concentration party to drill, training classes under instruction

1.30pm: 6” spotting table & S2 group to drill, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 9


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28 September 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

9.30am: B turret’s crew to drill, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

10.30am: 6” TS & P1 group to drill

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

1.30pm: Landed recreation party

8.20pm: Search light crews closed up

8.30pm: Exercised 15” & 6” control parties

Number on sick:9


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29 September 1921

From Golspie

Lat 57.92, Long -3.83

9.14am: Weighed anchor, course as requisite for full-calibre

9.55am: Exercised ‘Action’

10.40am: Opened fire

11.22am: Cease fire (2 runs)

11.24am: Set course for anchorage

12.27pm: Anchored off Golspie

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction, S1 & 2 groups to drill, remainder as requisite

7.12pm: Weighed anchor, course as requisite to take up station for 15” full-calibre night firing

7.42pm: Tarbet abeam, 183°

8.08pm: Exercised ‘Action’

9.17pm: Opened fire, fire 1 torpedo

9.23pm: Cease fire

9.45pm: Altered course to pick up torpedo

11.23pm: Abandoned search, altered course for anchorage

Number on sick list: 11


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30 September 1921

Golspie to Invergordon

Lat 57.92, Long -3.46

12.20am: Stopped, anchored

8.28am: Anchor aweigh, exercised sea boat’s crew

8.30am: Both watches scrub upper deck

10.00am: Course as requisite searching [for] torpedo

1.30pm: Training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

3.15pm: Abandoned search for torpedo

5.25pm: Whistle Buoy abeam, altered course to enter harbour

5.58pm: Stopped, anchored

6.20pm: Middled No 27 Berth, Invergordon

Number on sick list: 10



LOGS FOR OCTOBER 1921


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1 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

1.30pm: Leave to starboard watch to 9pm, Boys to 7pm

Make & mend clothes

4.00pm: Lieutenants Parham & Oliver-Bellasis joined ship

4.20pm: Landed liberty men

6.00pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 10


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2 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.30am: Landed church parties, Roman Catholics to “Malaya”

10.30am: Divine Service on board

11.00am: Church parties returned

1.00pm: Leave to port watch to 8pm, Boys to 7pm

4.30pm: Landed liberty men

6.20pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 9


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3 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

2.00am: Altered ship’s time from BST to GMT

9.25am: X turret to drill, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

Lieutenant Castle & Sub Lieutenant Triggs-Herbert left ship

1.10pm: 15” concentration parties to drill, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Landed liberty men, leave to starboard watch till 8pm

6.00pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 8


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4 October 1921

Invergordon to Covesea

Lat 57.85, Long -4.05

11.07am: Weighed anchor & proceeded, hands prepare for towing target

11.46am: Whistle Buoy abeam

11.54am: Anchored off Whistle Buoy

1.00pm: Target taken in tow

1.15pm: Weighed anchor, slow

2.00pm: Exercised sea boat’s crew

3.44pm: Course as requisite for 15” full calibre firing

4.03pm: Opened fire

4.15pm: Ceased fire

4.46pm: Tarbet 258°, Covesea 202½°

6.36pm: Stopped, turn over target to “St Genny”

7.39pm: Anchored, Tarbet 287°, 4800 yards

8.07pm: Weighed anchor, set course for Covesea

10.05pm: Anchored off Covesea

Number on sick list: 8


[St Genny, 800 ton rescue tug, was launched in 1919 by Crichton’s. She foundered off Ushant in 1930.]


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5 October 1921

Covesea

Lat 57.7, Long -3.3

9.20am: Training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

2.01pm: Anchor aweigh, proceeded, courses as requisite for 6” full calibre

2.56pm: Exercised ‘Action’

3.00pm: Carried out exercises

4.36pm: Altered course for anchorage

4.55pm: Burn of Cullen 150°, Burn Hill 205°, Stotfield 282°

5.56pm: Stopped & anchored

7.25pm: Weighed & proceeded, course as requisite for 6” & 15” full calibre night firing

8.00pm: Tarbet 214°

9.23pm: Tarbet 213°, Covesea 150°

10.26pm: Opened fire

10.37pm: Ceased fire

10.48pm: Stopped. Illuminated target for drifters

Number on sick list: 7


[Burn of Cullen is the lower section of the Burn of Deskford. It has been bridged by a railway viaduct and enters the sea at the Bay of Cullen which is at Lat 57.69, Long -2.82.

I cannot trace Burn Hill.]


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6 October 1921

Covesea

Lat 57.81, Long -3.46

12.58am: Anchored off Covesea

9.09am: Anchor aweigh, course as requisite for 6” full calibre

9.29am: Exercised ‘Action’. Carried out 1 run 6” full calibre

10.06am: Burghead 192°, Covesea 156°

10.30am: Burghead 222°, Beacon 178°, Stotfield 162°

Noon: Covesea 142°, Burghead 186°, Tarbet 298°

12.41pm: Took station astern of “Barham”

1.05pm: Burghead 188½°, Covesea 156½°, Stotfield 146½°

2.17pm: Morven 348°, Tarbet 270°

2.27pm: Exercised ‘Action’

2.45pm: Carried out 1 run 6” full calibre, 4 ships concentration

2.46pm: Fired 1 torpedo

3.40pm: Stopped, picked up torpedo

3.50pm: Set course for anchorage

6.15pm: Whistle buoy abeam

6.54pm: Anchored

Number on sick list: 10


[Morven is a hill at Lat 58.23, Long -3.7.]


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7 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

am: Exercised 15” concentration parties, training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm

6.00pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 10


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8 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm

Special party employed diving

Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 6


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9 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.00am: Church parties on board from “Repulse”, “Valiant”, “Argus”, “Barham”, “Hood”

9.30am: 4th flotilla destroyers arrived

10.15am: Held Divine Service on board

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm

4.30pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 7


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10 October 1921

Invergordon to Helmsdale

Lat 58.03, Long -3.42

7.35am: Weighed anchor, course as requisite for leaving harbour

8.30am: Whistle buoy abeam

9.35am: Training classes to instruction, remainder as requisite

10.25am: 15” & torpedo controls close up

1.30pm: Training classes to instruction, remainder as requisite

5.00pm: Course as requisite for 3” High Angle exercise

5.43pm: Cease fire

5.55pm: Covesea S10½W, Tarbet S52½W, Berriedale N10W

6.56pm: Anchored off Helmsdale

8.20pm: Exercised searchlight crew

Number on sick list: 10


[Berriedale is at Lat 58.18, Long -3.5.

Helmsdale is at Lat 58.12, Long -3.65.]


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11 October 1921

Helmsdale to Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.05

8.05am: Weighed anchor & proceeded, course as requisite for exercising 15” full calibre

8.45am: Helmsdale pier 336°, Dunrobin 261°, Tarbet 217½°

10.48am: Opened fire

10.54am: Ceased fire, fired 2 torpedoes

11.34am: Stopped, picked up torpedoes

12.30pm: Set course for anchorage

3.05pm: Anchored off Golspie

5.00pm: Read warrant no 69

6.15pm: Weighed anchor, course as requisite for 15” full calibre night firing

6.45pm: Darken ship, control parties close up

7.00pm: Carried out exercise

8.25pm: Tarbet 200°, Covesea 143°

9.02pm: Fired 1 torpedo, proceeded to pick it up

9.19pm: Picked up torpedo

9.40pm: Set course for anchorage

10.03pm: Tarbet Light abeam

10.27pm: Anchored off Golspie

Number on sick list: 11


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12 October 1921

Golspie

Lat 57.96, Long -3.96

am: Training classes under instruction, remainder as requisite

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

6.57pm: Weighed anchor & proceeded for 6” full calibre night firing

8.00pm: Tarbet 209°, 5.4’, Covesea 139½°

8.28pm: Tarbet 242°, Covesea 152½°

9.09pm: Carried out exercise

10.17pm: Covesea 150°, Tarbet 262°, altered course for anchorage

11.29pm: Stopped & anchored

Number on sick list: 7


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13 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

7.49am: Weighed anchor

9.00am: Course as requisite for submarine attack

10.30am: Finished exercise, course as requisite for coming to anchorage

11.24am: Anchored & moored at No 24 Berth, Invergordon

2.10pm: 54 marines, Captain Luckington RMA and Lieutenant Bass RMLI joined ship

4.20pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm, Chief Petty Officers till 9pm

8.00pm: Lieutenant Chapman RN joined ship

Number on sick list: 7


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14 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

All day: Hands paint ship

4.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm, Chief Petty Officers till 8pm

Number on sick list: 6


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15 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

pm: Hands make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm, Chief Petty Officers till 8pm

3.30pm: Embarked 1 aeroplane from “Argus”

Number on sick list: 7


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16 October 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.00am: Church parties to “Valiant” & “Barham”

10.00am: Divine Service

11.15am: Church parties returned

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm

3.30pm: Landed liberty men

Number on sick list: 9


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17 October 1921

Invergordon to Scapa Flow

Lat 58.16, Long -2.92

7.01am: Anchor aweigh, engines as requisite for turning ship

7.25am: Half ahead both to take station astern of “Barham”, proceeded to sea

7.55am: Whistle buoy 020°, ½ mile

8.40am: Submarine attack commenced, course & speed as requisite

9.35am: Both watches for exercise, training classes

9.47am: Tarbet Ness Light 272°, Morven 340°, Cove Sea Light 164°

10.21am: Quitted line to fly off aeroplane

10.36am: Flew off aeroplane, course as requisite for rejoining fleet

11.00am: 5th flotilla of destroyers in 2 divisions attacked, course & speed as requisite for attack

11.47am: Morven 288½°, Clythe Ness 321°, Noss Head Light 346°

12.45pm: Clythe Ness 262°, Noss Head Light 342°, Castle 322°

1.44pm: Noss Head Light 284½°, [blank] 317°, Pentland Skerries 358½°

3.33pm: Whistle Buoy abeam

3.52pm: Anchored in B2 Berth

3.55pm: Worked main derrick, hoisted out boats

4.15pm: Drifter returned to ship

5.00pm: 1st part port watch replaced aeroplane derrick

Number on sick list: 8


[Clyth Ness is in Scotland at Lat 58.32, Long -3.22.

Noss Head Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 58.48, Long -3.05.

The Castle is probably either Castle Giringoe or Castle Sinclair Giringoe both of which are ruined and are at about Lat 58.48, Long -3.07.

Pentland Skerries are in the Pentland Firth at Lat 58.68, Long -2.91.]


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18 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

10.30pm: Mr Pengelly, Commissioned Victualling Officer, joined ship

Number on sick list: 8


[Scapa Flow is a sound, now almost enclosed, between several Orkney Islands at Lat 58.92, Long -3.1.]


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19 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

Number on sick list: 7


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20 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

All day: Both watch for exercise, training classes, special parties, remainder as requisite

7.00pm: Read warrant no 70

Number on sick list: 6


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21 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

9.20am: Both watches for exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

12.45pm: Hands muster for payment

1.30pm: Both watch for exercise, training classes, special parties, remainder holystone upper deck

Number on sick list: 6


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22 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

Noon: Hands make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 9


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23 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

9.10am: Roman Catholic & Non-Conformist parties left ship

10.30am: Divine Service

Number on sick list: 10


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24 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

8.15am: No 2 platoon to drill

9.30am: Both watches for exercise, special parties, training classes, boats’ crews prepare boats for sailing, remainder as requisite

1.00pm: Landed recreation party till 5pm

1.30pm: Both watches for exercise, training classes, special parties

9.30pm: Raised steam for 2 hours’ notice

Number on sick list: 10


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25 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

9.30am: Both watches for exercise, training classes, B magazine & shell room crews to drill

1.00pm: Recreation party landed till 5pm

1.15pm: 1 rating discharged to HMS Dolphin, 1 Royal Marine to Eastney

1.30pm: Both watches for exercise, special parties, training classes, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 11


[HMS Dolphin, 925 ton sloop, was launched in 1882 and served as a submarine base ship through WW1. She was sold in 1925.

Eastney was probably Eastney Barracks in Portsmouth.]


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26 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

6.00am: Scrub quarter deck, prepare ship for coaling

7.45am: Port watch coal ship

8.15am: Landed marine detachment

Noon: Hands make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Recreation party landed

5.00pm: Marine detachment returned on board

5.30pm: Recreation party returned on board

Number on sick list: 11


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27 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

1.00pm: Recreation party landed

1.30pm: Both watch for exercise, in provisions, remainder parts of ship

3.15pm: Pipe down

5.30pm: Recreation party returned on board

Number on sick list: 13


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28 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

2.55am: Port watch worked main derrick

4.30am: 4th Sub starboard anchor watch. Let go starboard anchor

Gutter Sound Light N58W, Weddell Sound Light S62W; ship’s head N70W

9.30am: General Quarters

10.40am: Both watches exercise. 15” spotting table & concentration parties close up, X & Y turrets to drill, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: Both watches for exercise, training classes, port watch fell out, duty Sub weighed starboard anchor, flour party, boat sweepers

7.30pm: Let go starboard anchor.

Ship’s head N76W, Gutter Sound buoy N67½W, Weddell Sound buoy S53½W

10.00pm: Set anchor watch

Number on sick list: 7


[The navigation of this part of Scapa Flow was modified in WW2 when the ‘Churchill Barriers’ were constructed to block some of the entrances, after HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed while at anchor in the Flow. Weddell Sound is shown in this map but no lights are marked since the Sound has been blocked. Gutter Sound is to the West of the anchorage and is the site of wrecks from the German ships who were scuttled in 1919.]


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29 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

9.45am: HMS Hood, Repulse left Scapa

10.25am: 1 small fender lost overboard by accident

Noon: Make & mend clothes

5.40pm: Weighed starboard anchor

Number on sick list: 7


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30 October 1921

Scapa Flow

Lat 58.92, Long -3.1

8.05am: “Argus” proceeded to sea

9.10am: Church parties left ship

9.30am: Divisions, march past

10.30am: Divine Service

1.30pm: Recreation party landed

5.25pm: Recreation party returned

Number on sick list: 11


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31 October 1921

Scapa Flow to Tarbet

Lat 57.94, Long -3.29

6.46am: Anchor aweigh, turned ship, half ahead

7.38am: Hoxa Head abeam

7.51am: Barth Head 138°, North Clett 228°

8.48am: Noss 231°, Duncansby Head 341½°

9.41am: Hands close up to General quarters, courses & speeds as requisite for manoeuvres

10.20am: Clythe Ness 290°, 3500 yards, Morven 267°

11.57am: Covesea Light 187°, Monument 277°, Morven 232°

12.24pm: Tarbet 104½°, Burghead 270°, Covesea 161°

1.10pm: Tarbet 249°, Morven 353°

1.40pm: Tarbet 195°, 2700 yards

1.50pm: Anchored, Tarbet 158°, 2400 yards

2.15pm: Both watches exercise, training classes, coal galley party, party getting up beef, remainder as requisite

Number on sick list: 11


[Hoxa Head is on South Ronaldsay in the Orkneys at Lat 58.82, Long -3.03.

Barth Head is on South Ronaldsay in the Orkneys at Lat 58.75, Long -2.98.

North Clett is in the Orkneys at Lat 58.76, Long -3.06.

Duncansby Head is in Scotland at Lat 58.65, Long -3.03.]



LOGS FOR NOVEMBER 1921


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1 November 1921

Tarbet Ness

Lat 57.87, Long -3.77

9.30am: Both watches exercise, training classes, remainder clean below

1.30pm: Both watches exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

4.30pm: Steam at 1 hours notice

Number on sick list: 11


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2 November 1921

Tarbet Ness

Lat 57.87, Long -3.77

6.00am: Secure ship for firing, clean ship

8.00am: Steam at 2 hours’ notice

9.30am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

Noon: Make & mend clothes

12.55pm: Anchor aweigh, proceeded to sea

2.00pm: Covesea 156½°, Tarbet 258°

2.02pm: Courses & speeds as requisite for torpedo attack by destroyers

2.58pm: North Sutor 250°, Tarbet 337°

3.52pm: Covesea 352°, Burghead 179°, Tarbet 293½°

4.10pm: Tarbet 255°

5.30pm: Clythe Ness 320°, Noss Head 306°. Course & speed as requisite for exercises

6.00pm: General quarters

7.13pm: Clythe Ness 004°, Covesea 188°

8.04pm: Covesea 183½°, Tarbet 258½°

9.05pm: Course & speed as requisite for entering harbour

9.22pm: Anchored

Number on sick list: 13


[North Sutor is a headland in Scotland at Lat 57.7, Long -3.97.]


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3 November 1921

Tarbet Ness to Invergordon

Lat 57.92, Long -3.53

8.40am: Weighed anchor

9.08am: Dunrobin 308°, Tarbet 180°

9.14am: General quarters

9.24am: Carried out 15” full calibre firing & tactical exercise, both watches, courses & speeds as requisite

11.10am: Course as requisite to take station astern of “Queen Elizabeth”

11.30am: Helmsdale 315°, Tarbet 231°

12.20pm: Covesea 135°, Tarbet 268°

1.30pm: Both watches exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.35pm: Course as requisite for entering Invergordon harbour

2.05pm: Nigg pier abeam

2.25pm: Anchored

5.45pm: HMS Wanderer secured alongside

Number on sick list: 10


[Nigg is in Scotland at Lat 57.72, Long -4.0.]


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4 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.30am: Both watches to exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.10pm: Football party landed

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm

11.45pm: Set anchor watch

Number on sick list: 12


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5 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

10.55am: RFA Appleleaf secured alongside

Noon: Make & mend clothes

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm, Chief Petty Officers till 8pm

1.15pm: RFA Appleleaf cast off, received 252 tons oil fuel

Number on sick list: 10


[RFA Appleleaf, 2912 tons, was launched in 1916 by Workman Clark, Belfast. She served through the latter stages of WW1 and through WW2 before she was sold for scrap in 1947.]


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6 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.10am: Church parties to “Malaya”

10.30am: Divine Service, church parties return

1.15pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm, Chief Petty Officers & POs till 8pm, Boys till 6pm

Number on sick list: 11


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7 November 1921

Invergordon to Tarbet Ness

Lat 57.87, Long -3.77

7.48am: Anchor aweigh, course as requisite for leaving harbour

9.11am: Fishing station 315°, Tarbet 355°

9.49am: Burghead 162°, Tarbet 298°

10.24am: Monument 306°, Tarbet 277°

10.50am: Stopped, anchored

Anchor bearings: Tarbet Light S18E, 4300 yards, Bindal Chimney S12W, Dornoch Church spire N79W

1.30pm: Both watches for exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

5.45pm: Read warrant no 74

Number on sick list: 14


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8 November 1921

Tarbet Ness

Lat 57.87, Long -3.77

1.00am: HMS Valiant came to anchor

9.45am: Both watches to exercise, training classes, school class, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: Both watches to exercise, sub of watch on foc’sle, training classes, secure ship for sea

2.10pm: Anchor aweigh, course & speed as requisite for firing at HMS Agamemnon

3.45pm: Tarbet 330°, North Sutor 246°

4.54pm: Anchored off South Sutor

5.00pm: 6 Boys & 2 ordinary seaman joined ship from “Impregnable”

Number on sick list: 13


[HMS Agamemnon, 16,800 ton battleship, was launched in 1906 by William Beardmore & Co, Dalmuir. She took part in the Dardanelles campaign and operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. After the war she served as a target ship before she was scrapped in 1927.

South Sutor is a headland in Scotland at Lat 57.68, Long -3.98.]


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9 November 1921

South Sutor to Tarbet Ness

Lat 57.91, Long -3.53

8.05am: Anchor aweigh

8.25am: Fleet in Organization no 7

9.00am: Torpedo control parties closed up

9.05am: 15” & 6” control parties closed up

9.35am: Bologne Castle 282°, Tarbet 302°, Burghead 153½°

Courses & speeds as requisite for carrying out exercise BY

10.12am: Tarbet 267°, Stotfield Church 160°

1.10pm: Course & speed as requisite for Officer of Watch manoeuvres

1.19pm: Covesea 155°, Tarbet 247°

2.18pm: Stotfield Church 175°, South Sutor 228°

4.36pm: Dunbeath Light 298°, Clythe Ness 293°

5.20pm: General quarters, carried out exercise BAB

5.46pm: Noss Head 342°, Clythe Ness 298°

7.45pm: Secure from General quarters

7.50pm: Covesea 200½°, Tarbet 262°

Carried out starshell firing tests

11.09pm: Covesea 177°, Tarbet 277°

Number on sick list: 10


[Bologne Castle is Ballone Castle, a now restored ruined medieval castle, between Tarbet Ness and Rockfield.

Dunbeath is in Scotland at Lat 58.25, Long -3.43 but I cannot find a lighthouse; the reference was probably to a lighted buoy.]


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10 November 1921

Tarbet Ness to Invergordon

Lat 57.69, Long -3.87

12.10am: Course as requisite for anchorage

12.30am: Stopped & anchored off Tarbet Ness

9.30am: Anchor aweigh, course as requisite for leaving anchorage

Both watches for exercise, part of watch on foc’sle, remainder as requisite

10.30am: Cadboll Chimney 257½°, Ballone Castle 302°, Tarbet 331°

Noon: Course & speed as requisite for entering harbour

12.38pm: Whistle buoy abeam

1.30pm: Both watches to exercise, part of watch on foc’sle, remainder as requisite

1.55pm: Moored in no 25 berth Invergordon

2.30pm: Recreation party landed

4.45pm: “Queen Elizabeth”, “Argus”, “Revenge”, “Ramillies”, “Royal Oak” entered harbour

5.00pm: “Valiant” & “Malaya” entered harbour

5.15pm: Recreation party returned on board

6.00pm: “Snapdragon” entered harbour

Number on sick list: 9


[Cadboll Chimney may refer to the tower of Cadboll Castle, a ruin adjacent to Glenmorangie House which is at Lat 57.77, Long -3.9.]


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11 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.30am: Training classes, remainder as requisite

Court of Inquiry assembled on board

11.00am: Armistice silence observed

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7pm

1.30pm: Recreation & liberty parties landed

1.35pm: “Hood” & “Repulse” anchored

5.00pm: Recreation party returned

6.15pm: Boys returned on board

7.15pm: Liberty men returned on board

Number on sick list: 9


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12 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

10.30am: “Curacao”, “Caledon”, “Castor” & “Cordelia” entered harbour

11.50am: HMS Tower entered harbour

Noon: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm, Chief Petty Officers till 9pm

3.00pm: 1st Battle Squadron & “Queen Elizabeth” proceeded to sea

3.15pm: “Argus” proceeded to sea

Number on sick list: 12


[HMS Curacoa, 4260 ton cruiser, was launched in 1917 at Pembroke Dockyard. She saw little action in WW1 but was involved in naval operations in the Baltic after the war. In WW2 she was converted to an anti-aircraft ship and escorted convoys. However in 1942 she collided with the Queen Mary, then carrying troops, north of Ireland and sank with the loss of 337 men.

HMS Castor, 3750 ton cruiser, was launched in 1915 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She took part in the Battle of Jutland and was active in both the Baltic & China station after the war. In 1936 she was scrapped.

HMS Cordelia, 4287 ton cruiser, was launched in 1914 at Pembroke Dockyard. She took part in the Battle of Jutland and served in the Baltic after the war but was scrapped in 1923

HMS Tower, 991 ton destroyer, was launched in 1917 by Swan Hunter. She was scrapped in 1928.]


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13 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

9.00am: Church parties landed

9.30am: Divisions, march past

10.30am: Divine Service

Noon: Leave to port watch till 7pm, Boys till 6pm, Petty Officers & Chief POs till 8pm

Number on sick list: 14


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14 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

8.45am: Armed landing party & provisioning party left ship

9.55am: Provisioning party returned, 20 bags flour sent to “Curacoa”

11.05am: HMS Agamemnon left harbour

11.40am: Landing party returned on board

12.30pm: Football party left ship & drifter coaling party

Both watches exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7pm

5.00pm: Read warrants no 75 & 76

5.15pm: 1 Boy returned from hospital, football party returned on board

7.15pm: Drifter sailed for Portland

Number on sick list: 14


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15 November 1921

Invergordon

Lat 57.684, Long -4.177

8.30am: Marine detachment landed

9.15am: Both watches for exercise, training classes, port watch cleaned ship’s side, remainder as requisite

9.30am: 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron proceeded to sea

11.25am: Marine detachment returned on board

12.20pm: 2nd LCS returned to harbour

12.25pm: 2nd part starboard watch unmoored ship

1.00pm: Lieutenant Murray left the ship

1.30pm: Both watches for exercise, secure for sea

2.05pm: Anchor aweigh

2.39pm: Nigg Pier abeam

3.45pm: Findhorn 165°, Burghead Coast Guard 107°

4.30pm: Covesea 136, Hopeman Pier 195°, Burghead 217°,

6.10pm: Connected up cruising turbines

8.40pm: Rattray 162°, Kinnaird 219°

9.21pm: Kinnaird 271°, Rattray 215°, Buchan Light Station 190½°

10.00pm: Buchan 216°, Rattray 287°

Number on sick list: 12


[Hopeman is a small village between Covesea & Burghead at Lat 57.71, Long -3.43.

Rattray Head is in Scotland at Lat 57.62, Long -1.82.

Kinnaird Head is in Scotland at Lat 57.7, Long -2.

Buchan Lighthouse is in Scotland at Lat 57.47, Long -1.77.]


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16 November 1921

Invergordon to Portland

Lat 55.07, Long -0.42

8.15am: W/T DF Berwick 088°

8.49am: W/T DF Flamboro 347°

9.30am: Hands employed as requisite, training classes to instruction

1.15pm: Training classes

5.43pm: Flamborough Head Light abeam

7.20pm: Commenced taking soundings

9.00pm: Outer Dowsing Light Vessel 137°

9.30pm: Sounding party fall out

10.22pm: Outer Dowsing Light Vessel abeam

10.30pm: Sounding party close up

11.40pm: Cromer Knoll Light Vessel 138°

11.45pm: Sounding party fall out

Number on sick list: 10


[Berwick is on the border of Scotland & England at Lat 55.78, Long -2.0.

Flamborough Head is in England at Lat 54.12, Long -0.08.

The Outer Dowsing Shoal, which was previously marked by the manned Light Vessel, is at Lat 53.47, Long 1.08.

Cromer Knoll, previously marked by a manned light vessel, is a shoal at Lat 53.32, Long 1.28.]


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17 November 1921

Invergordon to Portland

Lat 51.36, Long 1.94

12.42am: Cromer Knoll Light Vessel abeam, 1.9’

2.14am: Cromer Light 214°

2.30am: Cromer Light 231°, Haisboro Light Vessel 103°

3.15am: Would Light Vessel 125°

4.00am: Course as requisite to pass through Would [a channel]

4.13am: Would Light Vessel abeam

4.42am: Newarp Light 180°, Would Light 290°

5.41am: Cross Sands Light abeam to starboard

8.35am: Outer Gabbard Light 203°

8.59am: Outer Gabbard Light abeam, 1.7’

9.40am: Both watch exercise, clean ship below, training classes

10.10am: Galloper Light Vessel abeam, 1.9’

10.50am: Payed [sic] starboard watch

12.39pm: Sandettie Light Vessel 250°

1.05pm: Paid port watch fortnightly advance

1.30pm: Both watches exercise, training classes

1.37pm: East Goodwin Light Vessel abeam, 6600 yards

2.20pm: South Goodwin Light Vessel abeam, 7400 yards

3.40pm: Varne Light Vessel abeam

4.28pm: Dungeness High Light abeam, 6800 yards

5.58pm: Royal Sovereign Light Vessel ahead, Beachy Head 280°

6.31pm: Royal Sovereign Light Vessel abeam, 322°

7.31pm: Beachy Head Light abeam

7.54pm: Royal Sovereign Light 056°, Beachy Head Light 019½°

10.15pm: Owers Light Vessel 290°

11.23pm: Nab Tower 303°

11.57pm: St Catherine’s Light 279°

Number on sick list: 11


[Cromer Lighthouse is in England at Lat 52.93, Long 1.32.

Haisbro Light Vessel was in place from 1832 to 1988 at Lat 53.0, Long 1.6.

Would Light Vessel was in place from 1880 to 1927 at Lat 52.8, Long 1.8.

The Newarp Light Vessel marked the Newarp Bank which is at Lat 52.78, Long 1.9.

The Cross Sands Light Vessel marked a shoal but I have not been able to locate its exact position on the line of shoals which involves North, Middle and South Cross Sands. The middle shoal is at Lat 52.65, Long 1.87.

The Outer Gabbard Light Vessel marked a shoal situated at Lat 51.97, Long 2.05.

Galloper Light Vessel marks The Galloper, a shoal at Lat 51.77, Long 1.95.

Sandettie Light Vessel, which is now an automatic weather station as well, marks the Sandettie shoal at Lat 51.13, Long 1.79.

A number of Goodwin Light Vessels have marked the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Norfolk, the site of many shipwrecks. The South Goodwin LV broke free from her moorings in 1954 and sank with the loss of her crew of 7. The Goodwin Sands are at Lat 51.23, Long 1.58.

The Varne Light Vessel marks the Varne Bank, a shoal at Lat 51.0, Long 1.37. The current LV is fully automatic.

Dungeness High Lighthouse is the old lighthouse, now switched off, at Lat 50.91, Long 0.97.

The Royal Sovereign Light Vessel has been replaced by an offshore tower at Lat 50.72, Long 0.43.

Beachy Head is in England at Lat 50.73, Long 0.25.]


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18 November 1921

Invergordon to Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

1.33am: St. Catherine's Light abeam

2.31am: Needles Light abeam

3.40am: Anvil Point abeam

4.35am: Anvil 022°, Shambles 2~2°

5.10am: Shambles ahead [?], Portland Bill 268°

5.37am: Shambles 256°, Bush Water 291°

6.00am: Altered course & as requisite for entering harbour

7.19am: Anchored

10.20am: Both watches exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

1.00pm: Recreation party landed

4.15pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7am

11.10pm: Mr. Backhouse (Gunner) & Mr. Crispie (Boatswain) joined ship

Number on sick list: 11


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19 November 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

1.15pm: Leave to port watch till 7am, Boys from both watches till 7pm

2.30pm: Football party landed

7.00pm: Recreation party & Boys returned on board

Number on sick list: 9


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20 November 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.15am: Non-Conformist church parties to “Malaya”

10.20am: Divine Service

11.00am: Non-Conformist church parties returned

1.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7am, both watches Boys till 7pm

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

Number on sick list: 7


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21 November 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

8.30am: 1st Light Cruiser Squadron left harbour

9.05am: Both watches exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

10.45am: Mr Paddy (Gunner) left ship

1.00pm: Make & mend clothes, leave to port watch till 7am, port watch Boys till 7pm

3.00pm: Took over Drifter “Lunar Bow” from Dockyard

6.45pm: 4 RNVR ratings joined ship

Number on sick list: 11


[“Lunar Bow”, 94 ton drifter, was launched in 1918 by John Lewis, Aberdeen. She served through WW2 then was sold to the Lunar Fishing Co in 1945. She was sold to a Faroese owner in 1954.]


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22 November 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.30am: Both watch for exercise, training classes, B school class, remainder as requisite

1.30pm: Both watch for exercise, training classes, Y school class, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7am

Number on sick list: 12


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23 November 1921

Portland

Lat 50.58, Long -2.45

9.20am: H 44 left harbour

9.35am: Both watches to exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

9.50am: HMS Fermoy & E 48 left harbour

11.20am: PC 56 & H 44 entered harbour

11.40am: HMS Fermoy entered harbour

12.30pm: R 4 entered harbour

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7pm, recreation party landed

H 49 entered harbour

8.30pm: Unmoored ship & secured for sea

10.05pm: Anchor aweigh, course & speed as requisite for leaving harbour

10.57pm: Shambles 156°, Portland Bill abeam

Number on sick list: 10


[H 44, 431 ton (surfaced) submarine, was launched in 1919 by Armstrongs. She was sold in 1944

HMS Fermoy, 830 ton minesweeper, was launched in 1919 by the Dundee Shipbuilding Co. She served in Malta during WW2 but was damaged beyond repair in 1941 & sold for scrap after the war.

E 48, 673 ton (surfaced) submarine, was launched in 1916 at the Fairfield’s Yard, Govan but completed by William Beardmore & Co, Dalmuir and commissioned in 1917. She was sold in 1928

H 49, 431 ton (surfaced) submarine, was launched in 1919 by William Beardmore & Co, Dalmuir. She was depth charged & sunk in 1940 off the Dutch coast with the loss of 21 men from her crew of 22.

R 4, 417 ton (surfaced) submarine, was launched in 1918 by Chatham Dockyard. The class was optimised for underwater speed & designed to attack other submarines. She was sold in 1934.]


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24 November 1921

Portland to Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

2.53am: Berry Head Light 295°

2.58am: Start Point Light 262°

3.02am: Berry Head 301°, Start Point 264°

3.46am: Berry Head 325°, Start Point 270°

4.05am: Berry Head Light abeam

5.09am: Start Point Light abeam, 5.1’

5.57am: Eddystone 277°, Start Point 53°

6.38am: Breakwater Light 325°

7.00am: Course as requisite for entering harbour

7.55am: Breakwater Light abeam

8.15am: Secured to No 2 Buoy, Plymouth Sound

9.05am: Divisions, 12 ratings discharged to hospital

9.30am: Both watches for exercise, training classes – magazine & shell room crews, remainder as requisite

11.58am: Slipped from No 2 Buoy, proceeding up Hamoaze to No 8 Buoy

12.44pm: Secured to No 8 Buoy

1.40pm: Both watches for exercise, training classes, coal galley party, turret, magazine & shell room crews, remainder as requisite

4.00pm: Liberty men landed

Number on sick list: 9


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25 November 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.35am: Liberty men returned

9.05am: De-ammunition ship, training classes

10.05am: HMS Adamant left harbour

10.20am: 1 Petty Officer Telegraphist, 2 Leading Telegraphists, 1 Ordinary Telegraphist, 3 Boy Telegraphists joined ship

1.00pm: Watch keeping liberty men landed, 4 RNVR ratings left ship

1.30pm: Both watches for exercise, training classes, remainder as requisite

HMS Marlborough entered harbour

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & 1st part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 10


[HMS Adamant, 935 ton sea-going depot ship, was launched in 1911 at the Cammell Laird Dockyard, Birkenhead. She served in the Dardanelles during WW1 and was sold in 1932.

HMS Marlborough, 24,500 ton battleship, was launched in 1912 at Devonport Dockyard. She took part in the Battle of Jutland and post-war operations in the Black Sea. She was scrapped in 1932.]


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26 November 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

12.30pm: Leave to 7.30am Monday, leave to starboard watch, starboard Boys till 900, leave to 2nd part port watch till 7.30am Sunday

Number on sick list: 9


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27 November 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.50am: Divine Service

12.30pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am, leave to 1st part port watch till 7.30am, port watch Boys till 7pm

Number on sick list: 10


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28 November 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.45am: De-ammunitioned ship

1.00pm: De-ammunitioned ship

4.00pm: Leave to port watch to 7.30am, 1st part starboard watch to 7.30pm

Number on sick list: 10


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29 November 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.40am: Got out common shell & completed with shellite. Remainder cleaning & scraping paintwork. Provision ship

10.00am: Devonport Local Defence Flotilla sailed

1.15pm: Carried on ammunitioning & provisioning ship. Remainder as requisite

2.00pm: 1 rating from barracks

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & 2nd part port watch till 7am

Slipped from No 8 Buoy

4.15pm: Tug s pointed ship

5.08pm: Secured to East wall No 5 Basin

6.00pm: Struck down provisions

Number on sick list: 10


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30 November 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.05am: Both watches for exercise, training classes, school classes, 6” guns’ crews & magazine crews

1.00pm: Leave to port watch & 2nd part starboard watch to 7.30pm, starboard watch Boys to 11pm

Make & mend clothes

Number on sick list: 9



LOGS FOR DECEMBER 1921


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1 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.00am: Landed docking party

8.15am: Berthed in No.8 Drydock

9.05am: Hands employed refitting ship

1.00pm: Landed watch keeping liberty men

1.15pm: Training classes, remainder employed refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch & 1st part port watch till 7.30am, Chief Petty Officers & POs till 8am

5.00pm: Exercised fire quarters

Number on sick list: 9


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2 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes, remainder refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to starboard watch till 7.30am, Chief Petty Officers & POs till 8am

5.10pm: Exercised fire quarters

Number on sick list: 10


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3 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

1.00pm: Leave to port watch till 7.30am Monday, 1st part port watch till 7.30am Sunday

Number on sick list: 9


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4 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.30am: Church parties landed

Noon: Church parties returned

1.00pm: Leave to 2nd part starboard watch till 7.30am, Chief Petty Officers till 8am

Number on sick list: 9


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5 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: Starboard watch proceeded on long leave

9.05am: Training classes, remainder refitting ship

1.15pm: Hands refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port watch till 7.30am, Boys till 8pm

5.00pm: Read warrant no 77

Number on sick list: 9


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6 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

10.40am: Mr Connor Mate joined ship

12.15pm: Small fire discovered in starboard WER, exercised fire stations

12.20pm: Secured

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 9


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7 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 1st part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 10


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8 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 8


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9 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

1.30pm: Band proceeded on long leave

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port watch till 7.30am, Chief Petty Officers & POs till 8am, Boys till 8pm

Number on sick list: 5


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10 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.25am: Hands employed refitting ship

12.30pm: Leave to 1st part port watch till 7.30am Monday, Boys (natives) [?] till 7.30am Monday

Number on sick list: 15


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11 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

8.30am: Landed church parties

10.35am: Landed liberty men, leave to Boys till 9.45pm

Number on sick list: 6


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12 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9 .05am: Duty hands provisioning ship, training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

1.15pm: Special parties, training classes under instruction, refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 5


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13 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 1st part port till 7.30am, Boys till 8pm

Number on sick list: 5


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14 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Training classes under instruction, remainder refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 5


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15 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.05am: Hands refitting ship, training classes under instruction

1.15pm: Special parties, remainder refitting ship

4.00pmL Leave to 1st part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 3


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16 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

All day: Hands employed refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 1st part port watch till 7.30am, Boys 8pm

5.25pm: Warrant Engineer Flett joined ship

Number on sick list: 4


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17 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: Landed Scotch long leave men

8.30am: Hands refitting ship

1.00pm: Landed watch keepers liberty men

4.00pm: Leave to 2nd part port watch till 7.30am

Number on sick list: 2


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18 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9,15am: Landed Roman Catholics for service in RN Barracks

9.30am: Divisions & Prayers

10.00am: Landed liberty men, leave to Boys till 7pm

10.30am: Church parties returned

Number on sick list: 3


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19 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

9.05am: Hands refitting ship, special painting parties, side chipping party, cable locker party

12.30pm: Paid port watch fortnightly money

1.30pm: Hands refitting ship

3.00pm: 1 rating returned from RN Hospital Stonehouse

Number on sick list: 3


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20 December 1921

Devonport

Lat 50.369, Long -4.188

7.30am: Starboard watch returned from long leave

8.00am: Port watch of hands proceeded on long leave

9.33am: Irish leave party proceeded on long leave

9.40am: Hands refitting ship

10.30am: 1 rating discharged to RN Hospital

1.10pm: Read warrant no 78

1.15pm: Hands refitting ship

4.00pm: Leave to 1st part starboard watch till 7.30am

5.00pm: Landed stokers’ liberty party

Number on sick list: 4


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