Manuscript Itinerary headed "H.M.S. Mindful" at Buncrana June 1918.

Author: 
A member of the crew of H.M.S. Mindful, destroyer.
Publication details: 
25 June -14 Dec. 1918.
£400.00
SKU: 3945

Manuscript, 8 pages, 4to, chipped (with minor textual loss) and slightly stained, text clear. Convoy and anti-submarine activity. Usually one line description per day but there is a long description of action involved while on convoy duty, encounters with submarines, reinforcements, damaged ships, etc. Their first move was to leave Base on 27th June "in search of Submarine D.6. (overdue) and then carried on to Lamlash". [D.6. was sunk with no survivors on 28 June] He gives the nmaes of other ships in the convoy, meetings with other ships, letters written, "D.S.O.[?], trips to base, searches for enemy, makeup of convoys, boiler cleaning, depth charge attack, football match seen on 23 Nov. "(Nov.23rd) "last convoy taking Yankee troops back the last convoy of the war to leave LIVERPOOL". (14 Dec. , final entry) "Arrived at Devonport & tied up." The "Mindful" was present at Jutland.