|
Date |
At |
|
|
1/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship. Received 29 tons fresh water |
|
2/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
Upper Works |
|
3/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship’s side |
|
4/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship’s side screens. Embarking stores. |
|
5/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship’s side and screens |
|
6/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Clean
ship |
|
7/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Clean
ship |
|
8/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship. |
|
9/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship. |
|
10/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Paint
ship. |
|
11/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Ship
under sailing orders. Clean ship. Embark stores |
|
12/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Ship
under sailing orders. Ship ‘unbasined’. |
|
13/5/39 |
Sheerness |
Cleaning. Ammunitioning. Set sail for Portland. |
|
14/5/39 |
At sea |
Exercised sea boat’s crew and lowerers.
Arrived
Portland |
|
15/5/39 |
Portland |
At sea,
minesweeping exercises with ‘Seagull’ and ‘Niger’ |
|
16/5/39 |
Portland |
At sea,
minesweeping exercises with ‘Hebe’ and ‘Salamander’ |
|
17/5/39 |
Portland |
At sea,
minesweeping exercises with ‘Speedy’ |
|
18/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. Gun drill |
|
19/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. |
|
20/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. |
|
21/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. |
|
22/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. Gun drill. Provisioning. |
|
23/5/39 |
Portland |
At sea,
minesweeping exercises with ‘Speedy’ |
|
24/5/39 |
Portland |
01.45
One rating discharged to RN Hospital Portland.
GENERAL
DRILLS – away all boats crews, send platoon to flagship, send
prisoner and escort, burn searchlight, abandon ship stations.
At sea,
minesweeping exercises with ‘Speedy’, ‘Salamander’ and ‘Seagull’.
H.A. full calibre firings at smoke bursts. Sub calibre surface
firings.
Anchored off Lyme Regis until 21.00. Night Action Stations, sub
calibre firings. Returned to anchor at Lyme Regis. |
|
25/5/39 |
Lyme
Regis |
More
sub calibre firing. Hands to air defence stations. Return to
Portland |
|
26/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. Dress ship in honour of HM Queen’s birthday. |
|
27/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. Make & mend |
|
28/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. |
|
29/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. Gun drill. Make & mend. |
|
30/5/39 |
Portland |
Secure
ship for full calibre firing.
At sea
for exercises (‘Salamander’, ‘Hebe’, ‘Hazard’, ‘Speedy’)
18.15
Full calibre surface firings
21.35
Hands to night action stations.
22.05
Full calibre firings
23.59
Return to Portland. Secure alongside ‘Hazard’. |
|
31/5/39 |
Portland |
Clean
ship. |
