Item 03: Frank Valentine Weir letter diary, 1 January-31 December 1917 - Page 312

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[Page 312]

Tuesday 4 December 1917

Last night at dinner we bumped into something & everyone stood up – it may have been wreckage. This morning at 4 a.m. we got S.O.S. again from a boat in our rear, which had been torpedoed but we seem to be protected too well by our escort. It is moonlight at 4 a.m. Only about 4% of sinkings occur in the dark. Calmer & warmer. I've written Laura & a few others but no use posting to you till we arrive Egypt, will post others Malta.

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