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Location
Near Chester
Age
18 Years

30th December 1941

…around freezing point, and snow falls continually.

Everybody was in good spirits this morning; the breakfast was excellent, so what had we to worry about? my appetite is in really good form I am glad to say and I hope to do justice to the evening dinner.

Christmas carols are to be heard all over the ship, as broadcast receivers are now being allowed. “Silent Night, Holy night” is still a favourite on board.

We have received two ordinary S.O.S’s from weather conditions. The later one had one of her hatches smashed in & was making water fast. She had lost all her lifeboats. That’s what we worried about on the “Ethel”. The ship that went to her rescue had only one lifeboat left.