Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 186
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[Page 186]
Encounter which as I mentioned is Guard Ship & we take all our orders from her - There has been some hitch over AE2 on the slip - She wont go up it which means trouble & delay - AE2's displacement is 800 tons when her tanks are full - There is a talk in Naval papers of a Super Submarine – a real submarine cruiser with disappearing guns & other new features - Jellicoe however bases his strategy & tactics on gun fire, using Submarines only from a base – with Submarines at sea to sink the parent ship is the game for then the submarine must come up & be captured or sunk -
I've been studying the AMJ & reading the address on physiology - The medical side of the Navy does not attract me - There's absolutely no scope - On my ship the Upolu with Naval ratings I've nothing much to do – all my men are picked men – while on the Aorangi with any ordinary sailor man there is a bit to do - Pick your men at your base & bar a naval engagement & with a thousand men all told, your billet is a sinecure -