Wednesday 2 May 2012
S.S. UGANDA
Cruise Personal Log, Second Day
Riveting stuff this.
Please note the Navigational Log.
No idea where the details came from; no recollection of these
facts. I omitted to write that, in the
course of this day, the weather got so bad, most of us were as sick as dogs. They encouraged (forced) us to play deck
sports to ease the nausea. The games were regularly interrupted as kids ran to vomit over the side. Some made it; some didn't. Swab the decks, me hearties! Evidently there was a nightly dance, vital to
this 14 year-old as County
High was all-girl and
this was my first co-ed adventure. I
think I actually mention a boy later
in the log. Spelling, punctuation and
strange, formal style is as originally written.
27/10/71
Bound from Southampton to Gibraltar
Personal Log: Second Day
After having washed and dressed we went to breakfast and on
our return we tidied our domitories for their first check.
Our first period took us to the assembly hall for a talk on
the ship and its history. Another
practice for emergencies followed this, and at this time, the wind was blowing
quite strongly and the sea was choppy. For
deck games we played deck hockey which I found more fun than ordinary hockey.
Before lunch we had classroom periods in which we were given
our log books. We were given a very
brief lecture on the history of Europe and
after this, we went to our last lesson of the day in the classrooms where we
brought our logbooks up to date.
In the evening I went to the dance for the second time
because the film already had huge queues and I didn't think I could get in.
Navigational Log:
0400-0800 Morning Watch
Entering Bay of Biscay --
weather calm and smooth
0800-1200 Forenoon Watch
Still on our journey through Bay of
Biscay
1200-1600 Afternoon Watch
We sailed over the Continental Shelf which took us from 600
ft to 1,500 ft at 1400 hours.
2000-2359 First Watch
Nearing the end of the Bay of Biscay
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