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Description: | Interesting ms diary (67pp) recording the active service of an anonymous seaman in the Light Cruiser HMS LIVERPOOL (September 1915 - March 1917) including joining his ship commissioning at Barrow in Furness (September 1915); with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow (September 1915 - December 1915), notably encountering German Cruisers (November 1915); the voyage via Gibraltar, Malta and Taranto under Submarine attack (December 1915); with the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron as part of the British Adriatic Fleet based at Brindisi, Italy (December 1915 - March 1917); commenting on conditions; his duties including maintenance, torpedo and gunnery practice and coaling; co-operation with French and Italian Fleets; the issue of life-jackets; repairing the Submarine E12; escorting the King and Queen of Montenegro to Brindisi (January 1916); patrolling the Adriatic; submarine and air attacks on the fleet, notably the damaging of the Italian Destroyer ARMAMOSA (January 1916); escorting convoys of Serbian and Montenegrin troops (January 1916); the arrival of refugees and the Prince of Montenegro (January 1916); bombarding an enemy submarine base near Cattaro (January 1916); the loss of two trawlers (February 1916 and March 1916) and subsequent enquiries; the evacuation of Serbian and Italian troops from Durazzo (February 1916); escorting the Prince of Wales from France to Egypt (March 1916); being attacked by an Italian Destroyer by mistake (March 1916); the capture at Gibraltar of a German Spy (June 1916); the sinking of 3 Austrian vessels by Italian Destroyers (June 1916); the loss of the Italian destroyer LEONARDO DA VINCI at Taranto (August 1916); the Italian Victory at Gorizia (August 1916); his off-duty activities; and mentioning the Admiral Commanding the British Fleet at Taranto; the King of Italy (March 1916); the Russian Consul General; Admiral Mark Kerr, C in C British Adriatic Fleet (October 1916), and Captain H G L Oliphant RN, HMS SAPPHIRE (October 1916); who lectured the company on the war notably the Battle of the Somme.
Cataloguer VB
Catalogue date 2004-01-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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