Item 01: J. E. Morrison diary, 13 October 1917-29 October 1918 - Page 122
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So at 3 pm she departed & was torpedoed having a few passengers aboard. At 10/30 pm that same night the Captain & chief engineer who had been 35 years in the company & 2nd officer were drowned. The crew whilst amongst the wreckage was spotted by a hydroplane & thence reported the matter ashore. She sunk in 2 minutes. A cargo steamer was also torpedoed & sunk the same day.
Another patrol trawler encountered a enemy sub on the surface & opened fire. The sub's gun outranged the trawler. The crew therefore sent for assistance by wireless & in the meantime abandoned ship. A distroyer rushed to her assistance. The sub on sighting it on the horizon dived & disappeared. The abandoned trawler was manned & towed into Alex.
23.7.18
H.M.T. Indarra in dock having the stern shafts of both propellors drawn & repacked. At 4 pm whilst we officers were bathing at Mex. beach, a great bathing resort ½ a mile from the ship a British hydroplane had engine trouble & was forced to land. He came down within a 100 yards of hundreds on the beach. Men, women & children & smashed up the machine. The floats, wings & engine