Halcyon Class Minesweepers  HMS Sharpshooter
January 1939
 
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HMS SHARPSHOOTER Ship’s Log - Source:  Original records held at Public Records Office ADM 53 / 110535 

Date

    At

 

1/1/39

Chatham

Cleaned ship

2/1/39

"

Painted ship’s side

3/1/39

"

Painted ship’s side

4/1/39

"

Painted After Deck

5/1/39

"

Paint ship

6/1/39

"

Paint ship

7/1/39

"

Clean ship. Make & Mend Clothes

8/1/39

"

Clean ship

9/1/39

"

Hands employed painting ship

10/1/39

"

Hands employed painting ship

11/1/39

"

Hands employed painting ship

12/1/39

"

Completed painting ship

13/1/39

"

Completed painting ship

14/1/39          

Prepared ship for sea.
11.51 Slipped and proceeded down Medway.
13.00 Sheerness Embarked 70 tons fuel oil and ammunition.
23.20 Off Dungeness

15/1/39      

At sea

11.00 Off Needles
14.46 Portland
18.00 Motor Boat capsized on wreck of ‘Reed’
23.45 Searchlight crew illuminate Castletown Pier (Stood down 01.05)

16/1/39

Portland

Clean ship. Make & Mend Clothes

17/1/39

"

Prepare ship for sea.
07.00 to 14.16 Minesweeping exercises
Secured alongside ‘Hussar’

18/1/39

"

Clean ship. Board of Enquiry assembled to enquire into loss of Ldg Telegraphist Maloney of HMS Hussar on Sunday Jan 15th.

19/1/39

"

At sea. Minesweeping exercises.
Secured alongside Salamander

20/1/39

"

Cleaned ship. Embarked 6 tons coal, 5 cwt potatoes
Landed escort for funeral

21/1/39

"

Clean ship. Make & Mend Clothes

22/1/39

"

Clean ship. Make & Mend Clothes

23/1/39

"

Clean ship. Embarked 32 tons fresh water.

24/1/39

"

Clean ship. Board of Enquiry reassembled.
Lt Surgeon A Coull joined ship

25/1/39

"

At sea. Minesweeping exercises.
Secured alongside Salamander

26/1/39

"

Hands painting After Lobby
Surgeon Lt P K Fraser left ship.

27/1/39

"

Hands painting After Lobby

28/1/39

"

Clean ship. Make & Mend Clothes

29/1/39

"

Clean ship.

30/1/39

"

Clean ship. Motor Boat to dockyard for repairs.

31/1/39

"

Clean ship. Painted After Lobby. Lt L A Hill RNR joined ship

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