Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 130
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[Page 130]
for they never seem to evince any feeling about their calling & I doubt very much if the loss of AE1 affected any of them mentally - Navy chaps are educated to obey orders – both men & officers – without question – but there they part – the men are trained to obey but the officers to think & have initiative & to do the right thing when isolated - The men trust their officers implicitly in almost every case -
Thursday Oct 22 - The Parramatta Capt Warren is alongside - Bumped on the mud & has a diver down - She's nearly as long as we are & her top deck is full of war contraptions – torpedo tubes – loaded - guns – 4 in number – Turbine engines & 3 screws & can steam close on 30 knots per hour - She's a nasty looking customer at any time - Destroyers attack at night by choice – Submarines by day - Which is the deadlier engine of war I don't know - The submarine is far stealthier - so you see we have AE2 on one side & a destroyer on the other side of us & we'r all well & as jolly as sandboys & Suva feels quite well too – now -