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Location
At Sea - Hull - New York
Age
17 Years

26th July 1940

Somehow, we managed to sail right on time and were soon forming up in our position in the convoy. In the N. Sea, they only have two lines of ships, so it stretches for some way. The Rangitiki is acting as Commodore.

I listened to the news at 7am. It said that the British had brought down 20 Germans and 10 Italians. Also that Germans had attacked convoys from sunrise to sunset yesterday! This, I believe has been mostly in the Channel. This certainly is a glorious stretch of coast. The sun has been brilliant, the sea calm, and that, mixed with the hills and mountains on the coast, somehow lulls one into a feeling of happiness and serenity. I thought once, that I would rather not go in convoy, but there is something fascinating about it. Especially at sunset, when all you can see in the way of ships, is dark, misty, grey silhouettes, standing out in pleasant relief against the bright red sky and the pale blue sea. Every now again, a plane flies over, below mast height.