Item 01: Sydney B. Young war diary, 13 May-24 July 1916 - Page 59

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[Page 59]

5th We were issued with our webbing equipment to-day.
Medicine Ball Sports on Saloon deck at 10 a.m.
At 11 a.m. we sighted on the horizon what looked to be a waterlogged sailing ship with one very long mast. There seemed to be the stump of another mast left standing and she was drifting about in a manner which showed her helplessness.
Our escort raced over to see what was up and lay about 500 yds off it. We saw a pinnace dart

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