Personal war diary of Nathaniel John Wakeham, item 37
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Sept 17th Left for escort duties in Sector.
Sept 18th 19th 20th 21st On escort Duties.
Sept 22nd Arrived Moudros 7:15am.
Sept 23rd Left 8am. Arrived Salonika 4pm delivered mails.
Sept 24th Left for patrol escorting.
Sept 25th 26th Escorting.
Sept 27th Arrived Salonika 8am. 10pm Zeppelin overhead. Driven off.
Sept 28th At Salonika lively scenes on show with Greeks knocking about in tribes. Greek Prime Minister arrived 5pm.
Sept 29th At Salonika. Still some panic going on ashore.
Sept 30th Left for escort duties. Plenty of submarine reports.
Oct 1st 2nd On escort duties on 2nd submarines sunk British steamer Hunsfall in Dora Channel.
Oct 3rd Arrived Salonika 8:20am.
Oct 4th 5th At Salonika enemy aircraft overhead.
Oct 6th 7th 8th At sea escorting. Submarines reported laying mines.
Oct 9th 10th 11th At Salonika.
Oct 12th 13th 14th At sea escorting.
Oct 15th At 3:30pm were ordered to proceed under orders of Commander Higginson left Harbour 3:50pm to discover where mines had been laid. arrived at rendez vous at 5:30pm got mine sweepers in position to sweep when moon came up. Commenced sweeping at 9:30pm. French Trawler reported mine in sweep. We laid as near minefield as possible and burnt search light to see if any mines came to surface. At 10:30pm we were returning from field when floating mine was seen about 20 yards off starboard bow. Sank it, then returned to Harbour.
Oct 16th Arrived at Salonika 8:30am.
Oct 17th At Salonika.
Oct 18th 19th At sea escorting.
Oct 20th On patrol struck unseen object which smashed propeller. This was in very deep water.
Oct 21st Arrived Salonika 9am. Received signal of congratulations from Italian C in C for escorting their troops without mishap.
Oct 22nd 23rd At Salonika.
Oct 24th Left for patrol at 6:30am but were relieved at noon by Fury then proceeded to Moudros arriving 6 pm.
Oct 25th 26th 27th At Moudros.
Oct 28th Left Moudros for Malta.
Oct 29th At sea subs very active.
Oct 30th Arrived Malta 9am.
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Sept 17th Left for escort duties in Sector.
Sept 18th 19th 20th 21st On escort Duties.
Sept 22nd Arrived Moudros 7:15am.
Sept 23rd Left 8am. Arrived Salonika 4pm delivered mails.
Sept 24th Left for patrol escorting.
Sept 25th 26th Escorting.
Sept 27th Arrived Salonika 8am. 10pm Zeppelin overhead. Driven off.
Sept 28th At Salonika lively scenes on show with Greeks knocking about in tribes. Greek Prime Minister arrived 5pm.
Sept 29th At Salonika. Still some panic going on ashore.
Sept 30th Left for escort duties. Plenty of submarine reports.
Oct 1st 2nd On escort duties on 2nd submarines sunk British steamer Hunsfall in Dora Channel.
Oct 3rd Arrived Salonika 8:20am.
Oct 4th 5th At Salonika enemy aircraft overhead.
Oct 6th 7th 8th At sea escorting. Submarines reported laying mines.
Oct 9th 10th 11th At Salonika.
Oct 12th 13th 14th At sea escorting.
Oct 15th At 3:30pm were ordered to proceed under orders of Commander Higginson left Harbour 3:50pm to discover where mines had been laid. arrived at rendez vous at 5:30pm got mine sweepers in position to sweep when moon came up. Commenced sweeping at 9:30pm. French Trawler reported mine in sweep. We laid as near minefield as possible and burnt search light to see if any mines came to surface. At 10:30pm we were returning from field when floating mine was seen about 20 yards off starboard bow. Sank it, then eturned to Harbour.
Oct 16th Arrived at Salonika 8:30am.
Oct 17th At Salonika.
Oct 18th 19th At sea escorting.
Oct 20th On patrol struck unseen object which smashed propeller. This was in very deep water.
Oct 21st Arrived Salonika 9am. Received signal of congratulations from Italian C in C for escorting their troops without mishap.
Oct 22nd 23rd At Salonika.
Oct 24th Left for patrol at 6:30am but were relieved at noon by Fury then proceeded to Moudros arriving 6 pm.
Oct 25th 26th 27th At Moudros.
Oct 28th Left Moudros for Malta.
Oct 29th At sea subbs very active.
Oct 30th Arrived Malta 9am.
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Sept 17th Left for escort duties in Sector.
Sept 18th 19th 20th 21st On escort Duties.
Sept 22nd Arrived Moudros 7:15am.
Sept 23rd Left 8am. Arrived Salonika 4pm delivered mails.
Sept 24th Left for patrol escorting.
Sept 25th 26th Escorting.
Sept 27th Arrived Salonika 8am. 10pm Zeppelin overhead. Driven off.
Sept 28th At Salonika lively scenes on show with Greeks knocking about in tribes. Greek Prime Minister arrived 5pm.
Sept 29th At Salonika. Still some panic going on ashore.
Sept 30th Left for escort duties. Plenty of submarine reports.
Oct 1st 2nd On escort duties on 2nd submarines sunk British steamer Hunsfall in Dora Channel.
Oct 3rd Arrived Salonika 8:20am.
Oct 4th 5th At Salonika enemy aircraft overhead.
Oct 6th 7th 8th At sea escorting. Submarines reported laying mines.
Oct 9th 10th 11th At Salonika.
Oct 12th 13th 14th At sea escorting.
Oct 15th At 3:30pm were ordered to proceed under orders of Commander Higginson left Harbour 3:50pm to discover where mines had been laid. arrived at rendez vous at 5:30pm got mine sweepers in position to sweep when moon came up. Commenced sweeping at 9:30pm. French Trawler reported mine in sweep. We laid as near minefield as possible and burnt search light to see if any mines came to surface. At 10:30pm we were returning from field when floating mine was seen about 20 yards off starboard bow. Sank it, then eturned to Harbour.
Oct 16th Arrived at Salonika 8:30am.
Oct 17th At Salonika.
Oct 18th 19th At sea escorting.
Oct 20th On patrol struck unseen object which smashed propellor. This was in very deep water.
Oct 21st Arrived Salonika 9am. Received signal of congratulations from Italian C in C for escorting their troops without mishap.
Oct 22nd 23rd At Salonika.
Oct 24th Left for patrol at 6:30am but were relieved at noon by Fury then proceeded to Moudros arriving 6 pm.
Oct 25th 26th 27th At Moudros.
Oct 28th Left Moudros for Malta.
Oct 29th At sea subbs very active.
Oct 30th Arrived Malta 9am.
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Sept 17th Left for escort duties in Sector.
Sept 18th 19th 20th 21st On escort Duties.
Sept 22nd Arrived Moudros 7:15am.
Sept 23rd Left 8am. Arrived Salonika 4pm delivered mails.
Sept 24th Left for patrol escorting.
Sept 25th 26th Escorting.
Sept 27th Arrived Salonika 8am. 10pm Zeppelin overhead. Driven off.
Sept 28th At Salonika lively scenes on show with Greeks knocking about in tribes. Greek Prime Minister arrived 5pm.
Sept 29th At Salonika. Still some panic going on ashore.
Sept 30th Left for escort duties. Plenty of submarine reports.
Oct 1st 2nd On escort duties on 2nd submarines sunk British steamer Hunsfall in Dora Channel.
Oct 3rd Arrived Salonika 8:20am.
Oct 4th 5th At Salonika enemy aircraft overhead.
Oct 6th 7th 8th At sea escorting. Submarines reported laying mines.
Oct 9th 10th 11th At Salonika.
Oct 12th 13th 14th At sea escorting.
Oct 15th At 3:30pm were ordered to proceed under orders of Commander Higginson left Harbour 3:50pm to discover where mines had been laid. arrived at rendez vous at 5:30pm got mine sweepers in position
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Sept 17th Left for escort duties in Sector.
Sept 18th 19th 20th 21st On escort Duties.
Sept 22nd Arrived Moudros 7:15am.
Sept 23rd Left 8am. Arrived Salonika 4pm delivered mails.
Sept 24th Left for patrol escorting.
Sept 25th 26th Escorting.
Sept 27th Arrived Salonika 8am. 10pm Zeppelin overhead. Driven off.
Description
Save description- 39.9198413||25.141484||
Limnos
- 40.6400629||22.9444191||
Salonika
- 35.937496||14.375416||
Malta
Location(s)
Document location Limnos
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Additional document location Salonika
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Additional document location Malta
- ID
- 17047 / 199506
- Contributor
- John Wakeham
September 17, 1916 – October 30, 1916
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