Quite a Good Scrap
Woke up at 3.30am by one of the Sergts to go on guard, as during the night we had steamed into Port Said. They were now coaling ship, our duty...
Lights of Port Said
Reveille. Nothing much happened to day, still steaming east, bright blue sky, slight swell on the water. After dark, about 8pm, we saw the lights of Port Said. Retire at...
Clean Washing
Reveille 6 am, lay in till 7.30am. Sea calm, slightly cloudy, Battery orderly Sergt for the week. Receive our clean washing, the sailor who was getting it done for us...
Rabbit for Dinner
Sunday morning. Reveille 6,0am and overslept till 6.45 nothing unusual I am sorry to say. Hot bath and change underclothing, get dirty washing ready for the wash. Sea calm, and...
Hop, Hop, Hop, Hooray!
A boom was stretched across the harbour, one of our own officers and a sergeant were landed here owing to illness, they were taken off in the hospital pinnace. When...
Royal Harbour
We entered and moored in Royal Harbour, no sooner than we were made fast to two buoys, we were surrounded by natives in bum boats ladened with different things for...
Steaming for Valletta
As daylight is dawning we can see the outline of Malta. During the night we had drifted west several miles, from Valetta. Reveille, then relieve the last guard at 6a.m.,...
Search Lights at Malta
About 8.30pm we started to see a flashlight on the horizon, when we had travelled further we found out that it was the search lights at Malta. Then lights out,...
A Neat Little Bottle of Bass
At 10a.m. we sighted like a large rock standing out of the water on our starboard bow, as we passed it on our starboard it proved to be the island...
Coast of Tunis
Reveille, Rise at 6.30 and clean up for guard. Mounted with the Guard at 8a.m.past 6 guards at different positions about the troops mess deck, which are to be relieved...