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Location
At Sea - Hull - New York
Age
17 Years

31st July 1940

She is rolling very badly and very awkwardly now. It is very difficult to stay in one place. The wind is very high. Its nothing like July – but its fun! The cabin boy has a good time bringing the food from the galley to the pantry. It’s a good job he is short, because he is not so likely to topple over! The food is always cold by the time we get it, as they have no steam presses in the pantry.

She is rolling even worse now. Everything on the dinner table simply slides. We have had to eat our soup out of a mug! The reason why she is exceptionally bad, is that she has no cargo. I wish some of you were here to watch it.

We have no bath here (except the skipper). We just stand in the cabin and swill ourselves down.

When I was on watch, it started to rain, and the port was open. It is right over my bunk!! I had to sleep on the settee. I could just about get on it and with no exaggeration, I felt one moment as if I was doing a “head-stand” and the next minute as if I was standing up.