Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 150
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E3 has been missing over a week in the North Sea - E signifies a class only the highest & best class of British Submarines up to date - There's a D – class & C class – F class will be higher than E but as yet its not in existence – therefore of the 3 E boats – 1 & 3 are gone & only the Australian E2 is afloat - Wonder what the Commander thinks?
It was nice coming up the harbor in her - She conveys a sense of power to you as she rapidly moves with 8 her 1600 horse power Diesel engines – (2 at 800 each) - Everyone comes to the shipside to see AE2 as she passes - Personally I think the Destroyers give me as big a sense of power & a lot more feeling of Security -
Tuesday Oct 27 - I am posting this aftn - Nothing fresh – Cumberledge was on board this morning & I gave him C's message which he reciprocates saying he remembered him well - We'r going to have a 'Shivoo' on the Destroyers on Thursday 29 - I'll tell you all about it later -
The weather is glorious & Suva at its best – opposite us a boat is loading Fiji bananas -