Dennis, Walter, Ship's Log, 28-30 April 1915

Ship's log, Walter Dennis dated April 28-30, 1915.
Description: 
HMS Vengeance: Log

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Case Study: 
British Forces in the Middle East
Creator: 
Dennis, Walter
Source: 
Ship's Log
Date: 
28-30 April 1915
Place: Dardanelles
Collection/Fonds: 
Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
Rights: 
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
00001363-5
Language: 
eng
Type: 
image
Format: 
jpg
Transcript: 

Apl 28th cont – The “Vengeance” firing 125 common & 14 Lyddite shells from B group 6” guns in 8 minutes. At 7 o/c pm we anchored again in Morta Bay.
April 29th – Since going into Action on Sunday last the expenditure of ammunition has been: -
38 rounds 12”
1579 rounds 6”
558 rounds 12 pdr
Total 2,175 rounds
The weight of metal fired = 87 tons, 16 cwt. 24 lbs
Distance from Helles Point to Rabbit Island 6 miles
Distance steamed since leaving Sheerness 18,118 miles
Distance from Rabbit Island to Helles Point 6 miles
Distance steamed since leaving Sheerness. Aug 1st 18,124miles
April 29th – In the Dardanelles. At 5.10 am we weighed and shortly afterwards received orders to proceed to Rabbit Island to replenish with ammunition. Arrived there at 6.50 & at 7.30 the ammunition supply ship “Tees” secured alongside & we immediately commenced ammunitioning. The “Tees” cast off at 11.45 and the supply ship “Carrigan Head” came alongside, having ammunition not carried by “Tees”. At 5:30 the “Carrigan Head” shoved off & at 6 o/c we weighed & proceeded to the Dardanelles to resume our position in the firing line, anchoring again off Seddul Bahr at 7.15 pm. Our troops, especially the artillery were observed to be very busy.
April 30th – In the Dardanelles. At 4.30 am we weighed and proceeded to the position occupied by us at the commencement of these operations. At 6.30 enemy’s artillery opened fire on the Allied troops landing at Seddul Bahr from a position a little North of Eren Kisi. The French armed transport “La Provence” & “Vengeance” at once replied and we have every reason to believe that they were effectively silenced. At 9.50 we were fired at by an hitherto concealed battery on the Asiatic shore. 39 rounds were fired in 2 hours 10 minutes, not one of them, however, being effective. At 1.40 pm it was observed that our ships in the Gulf of Saros