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Tuesday 12th.
Dockyard's Hands finish work and the Ship leaves Cockatoo Island at 11 AM amid Great Cheers from the men on the Island who had been working aboard; and all the Ferry Boat's blew their Wistles while the ship steamed round the Island and down the Harbour to Garden Island where the Ship stopped for 20 minutes and the Band Played a few tunes and Auld Lange Syne, as the Ship steamed away. We came down the Harbour at a good Speed and about Rose Bay the Steering Gear went wrong and the Ship went within 20 feet of the Rocks and was only saved by the Starboard anchor getting a secure hold, ship went astern and got clear of the rocks and sent for dockyard men to fix up the defects, ship left about 2 PM and all's well.
Wed. 13th. 2.30 AM.
I had the middle Watch on No.3 Boiler in B Boiler Room 2.30 AM. A Tube split in No. 3 Boiler so we had to shut up the Boiler and draw fires, we were steaming about 21.6 Knots, the Bilge Pump will not work properly so we have to stand in water up above our boots tops. The ship at present seems a misfit.
Thurs. 14th.
We arrived at Platyapus [Platypus] Bay and Anchored at 10.30 AM. The Capt. went ashore in the forenoon and the Ship's Company in the afternoon for Bathing [indecipherable] (catch nil). Opened No.3 Boiler in B Boiler room to find out the cause of defect, we found a lot of pieces of wood and packing and that 3 Tubes were split and were very thin. We are now going to have a through examination of all Boilers. All mail under Censor, destination of Ship Unknown. Distance steamed from Sydney 700 Miles at an average of 20 Knots. We started at 23 Knots but through a series of accidents we had to ease down to 16 Knots.
Coal burnt in Consumtion Trial, 24 Hours 530 Tons
Oil Fuel in consumption trial, 24 hours 200 Tons