mss209-01-010r

May 16th

Weather cloudy but pleasant
Ships course N E 3/4 N. at of 8 AM Port
Log read 504 miles, At 2. pm changed
Course sea smooth At 8pm PortLog 586
miles At 11.50 P.M. Ice reported on St^d
bow slowed down to half speed. after
finding Ship> clear of Ice started
ahead again at full xxx speed passing
a number of small ice bergs Loch
Garry in position on St^d quarter
At midnight Port Log 6151.

May 17th
Overcast and cloudly, but pleasant
smooth sea At 6.30 AM passed som
small drift ice During morning
signalled to Loch Garry How many
Persons have you on board and how
many Boats received answer 20 men
all told and 3 Boats Asked again
How much Coal do you consume at
present rate of steaming answered 6
Tons per day. Port Log 671 At 1.30 pm
stopped Engene to set up bearings
and started ahead again at 1.55
about 6.pm passed several larg
Ice bergs and som small drift
Ice at 8 pm Port Log 7.58 miles
At 8 pm changed course to
N.E. 1/3 N.