Item 01: J. E. Morrison diary, 13 October 1917-29 October 1918 - Page 113
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Alexandria overhaul
July 2 & 3
Cleaning & painting ship inside & outside & overhauling machinery. Crew & shore labor employed. The vessel at anchor & moored to bouys awaiting for the use of the graving dock.
4th to 8th July
Under a overhaul. Engin room requirements overhauled. Transport chipping outside & painted & awaiting our turn for the dock. At present a torpedoed transport in dock under repair & 3 other torpedoed ships awaiting plates to come out from Britian. The was torpedoed twice. The 1st time she managed to come into port & was repaired & was again torpedoed the 2nd time & struck in exactly the same place as she were formally repaired at No. 2 hold. Cotton seed cargo saved her & eased the explosion. They managed to run her into Alexandria harbor & beach it. During our stay here we saw all the sights of Alexandria. Bathing beaches. Pompey's pillar. Catacombs & several ancient buildings said to be hundreds & some thousands of years old. Everything is very expensive. 100% dearer than Australia at present.