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Location
Hull - UK
Age
17 Years

14th July 1940

It was pouring hard with rain this morning when I woke up, but it soon left off. I went up to the city and phoned home. I think Dad and I got more words to the minute, than anybody else in the world.

My cabin now looks more or less homely, and I have hidden all the junk under my bunk, and hung a kind of curtain over it all. In my chest of drawers are about 10 gas masks (civilian); I think they belong to the skipper. Gosh doesn’t time fly! It only seems a minute ago when I was ticking off June 14th, and we were nearing the canal!

Last trip, when this ship was in convoy, a German plane dropped bombs within 25 or 30 ft. of her. My boss has still got some shrapnel. (not in his body I don’t mean).

I have been doing some of my old Matric papers this afternoon. It helps to pass the time away.

We moved down the dock about a quarter of a mile to take on coal. We took on about 400 tns, and must take on another 600 tns. No wonder there’s a coal shortage if all ships do this.