First page of Richard Lawlor's diary aboard HMS Orbita

• December 22, 2016 23:42:37 Sue Bryant

  THRE. YEARS. VOYAGE by R. Lawler, R.N.R.
  

  OF
  

  "H.M.S Orbita" June 1915-October 1919
  

  Left Devonport Barracks on Tuesday 29th
  

  June for Belfast via Liverpool to join H.M.S.
  

  Orbita a mail Boat of 15,000 tons which was just
  

  built by Harland + Wolff for the P.S.N.C. but was
  

  taken over by the Admiralty as an Auxilliary
  

  Cruiser. We arrived on board the Orbita at
  

  Mid-day on the 30th June. We turned to on the
  

  following morning 1st July to get the ship ready
  

  for sea. Such as mounting of guns which were 6 in.
  

  of a very old type. We got in 110 rounds of
  

  Ammunition for each gun making a total of 660 rounds
  

  we got in stores, 5.000 tons of coal. 2.000 tons of water
  

  we then got four days leave came back on the 22nd
  

  July and went to sea on the 29th to test her guns
  

  and to do her steaming trials which proved
  

  successful, we lay at Anchor in Bangor Bay - all
  

  night - and on the 1st August we left for an unknown
  

  destination. When we were 5 days out the captain
  

  told us we were bound for St Vincent on of the
  

  Cape De Verde Islands. While proceeding down the
  

  Irish Channel we had to Mann the guns days and night
  

  and it was bitter cold owing to us not having any

   

  sleep which lasted 3 days and nights untill we were out
  

  of the danger zone. it came warmer as we went
  

  
  

  
  

• December 17, 2016 14:25:24 Jonathan Triffitt

  THRE. YEARS. VOYAGE by R. Lawler, R.N.R.
  

  OF
  

  "H.M.S Orbita" June 1915-October 1919
  

  Left Devonport Barracks on Tuesday 29th
  

  June for Belfast via Liverpool to join H.M.S.
  

  Orbita a mail Boat of 15,000 tons which was just
  

  built by Harland + Wolff for the P.S.N.C. but was
  

  taken over by the Admiralty as an Auxilliary
  

  Cruiser. We arrived on board the Orbita at
  

  Mid-day on the 30th June. We turned to on the
  

  following morning 1st July to get the ship ready
  

  for sea. Such as mounting of guns which were 6 in
  

  of a very old type. We got in 110 rounds of
  

  Ammunition for each gun making a total of 660 rounds
  

  we got in stores, 5.000 tons of coal. 2.000 tons of water
  

  we then got four days leave came back on the 22nd
  

  July and went to sea on the 29th to test her guns
  

  and to do her steaming trials which proved
  

  successful, we lay at Anchor in Bangor Bay - all
  

  night - and on the 1st August we left for an unknown
  

  destination. When we were 5 days out the captain
  

  told us we were bound for St Vincent on of the
  

  Cape De Verde Islands. While proceeding down the
  

  Irish Channel we had to Mann the guns days and night
  

  and it was bitter cold owing to us not having any
  

  ...leep which lasted 3 days and nights untill we were out
  

  of the danger zone. it came warmer as we went
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• December 17, 2016 14:21:35 Jonathan Triffitt

  THRE. YEARS. VOYAGE by R. Lawler, R.N.R.
  

  OF
  

  "H.M.S Orbita" June 1915-October 1919
  

  Left Devonport Barracks on Tuesday 29th
  

  June for Belfast via Liverpool to join H.M.S.
  

  Orbita a mail Boat of 15,000 tons which was just
  

  built by Harland + Wolff for the P.S.N.C. but was
  

  taken over by the Admiralty as an Auxilliary
  

  Cruiser. We arrived on board the Orbita at
  

  Mid-day on the 30th June. We turned to on the
  

  following morning 1st July to get the ship ready
  

  for sea. Such as mounting of guns which were 6 in
  

  of a very old type. We got in 110 rounds of
  

  Ammunition for each gun making a total of 660 rounds
  

  we got in stores, 5.000 tons of coal. 2.000 tons of water
  

  we then got four days leave came back on the 22nd
  

  July and went to sea on the 29th to test her guns
  

  
  

  
  

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