Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander - Page 102
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She was a large 4-masted barque, the Norwegian flag plainly visible at her main. She was in full sail. The vessel was sunk at 11 pm. The "Storo brero", Beira-Montevideo in ballast with a neutral crew of 31. We had some hopes of being sent in to a South American port when it was found she was a neutral, but –
Thu. 10th Jan.
Have had an hour on deck each day since New Year's day. Concerts by band on Sunday afternoons.
Today was observed as a Sunday by the crew owing to the number of Sundays worked during the coalings. "Mendi" alongside at six pm. Our position is approximately on the Equator.
Nagayama and Ohara, our two Jap. patients, gave an amusing little Japanese "song recital" this evening. Ohara took the shrill falsetto, Nagayama strummed the tempo in a lower key.