Ruskin logs, 1914-1918 / Alfred Ruskin - Page 50
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had been reported to be working in.
18th.
Sydney received orders to sweep in that direction south. Thursday the R.A. Gave the ship's Company a lecture on the Falkland Island Battle; swept south until parrallel with Monte Video then turned west and proceeded to Monte Video.
28th.
Sydney and 2 Colliers anchored in Sanbornor [?] Bay, outside Macedonia & E. Castle we [were] ordered to sweep South to an old German Rendezous, to see if there was anything doing. There was nothing Sydney took in 610 Tons of Coal and then proceeded up harbour, distance covered sweeping 2,340 miles.
29th.
11 AM arrived Monte Video. The British Patriotic Society presented Sydney with some much needed green stuff, potatoes, fruit, also plenty of books and papers of which the officers had the pick, the remainder we shared with the Colliers.
30th.
At 9 AM left Monte Video, picked up the 2 Colliers outside. Stopped engines and gave Colliers fresh provisions and part of our present, with the afterwards proceeded north to Rio Grande-de-Sol to pick up Macedonia and E. Castle.
31st.
Returned Rio Grande and picked up Aux. Cruiser.
April 1915.
1st.
All ships sweep north. Macedonia ordered to sweep north and search Santa Catherina [Catarina]. Nothing doing. Sydney arrived at Santa Catherina, all ships sweep north.