Iles war diary, 1914-1919 / G. H. Iles - Page 112
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firing ground clear, - firing finished – H.M.S. "Calgarian" left at noon and she took away our mails, whilst "Niobe" and ourselves resumed patrol duties – At 8 PM a wireless message that staggered the world was intercepted, to the effect that the "SS. "Lucitania" had been sent to the bottom by the Hun Pirates, - this caused a very painful sensation naturally.
May 16th [1915] at 6.30 PM. HMS. Berwick arrived abreast of us to take over our duties, and at midnight we departed from New York Harbour.
May 17th was anything but pleasant, we were continually running into thick fog banks and which are caused by the northern ice flows.
May 19th at 8.30 A.M. we arrived alongside jetty at Bermuda, - H.M.S. "Levithan" Cumberland and Suffolk were also there, and we were extremely pleased to be informed that only 28 bags of mail were awaiting us.
May 20th at 9 PM Suffolk left coaling wharf and went to sea, "Cumberland" taking her billet alongside the wharf, - at 10 A.M. we