Measurements for Clothing
Reveille 6AM. Turn out 6.30. Weather very hot. See shoal of dolphins which avery similar in antics to the porpoises only they leap clear out of the water, while porpoise...
Steaming Away from Suez
Reveille 6. Turn out 6.30. 8.15 Up anchor and start steaming away from Suez. Everyone is glad to move, as it is getting very monotonous hanging about in the one...
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...
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...