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Age
20 Years

19th May 1943

The wind was pretty strong last night & seas were coming over fore & aft. We were not prepared—i.e. hatches were not battened, or boats lashed, but the Old Man refused to turn into the wind, even when the men were working on deck. When the 3rd Mate suggested changing course, he said, “You are scared!” The Chief Officer told the 3rd Mate not to take any notice of him. He reminds me of Dim Evans on the Ethel Radcliffe. He refused to sail into the wind & paid for it. The sea is not very heavy, but under the circumstances care should be taken.

Had a great deal of fun. The Old Man said the ship was overloaded & yet he said it was OK to put in another 300 tons, the day before we left!

SAMTA’s room was flooded out, & so was the hospital.

Mostly, the sea on the starboard was rough, & we rolled a bit, but mostly it was only a heavy swell.

We arrived at Colombo at 0600 & in the evening the Purser, 3rd Mate, Rich (passenger, navy) & I went to the picture in Colombo. Very nice place. Streets are very wide & clean, too. We lie at anchor in the harbour & have to take a launch or boat ashore.