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wrong with her rudder. The Glasgow arrives at 2.30pm. give us instructions and goes off again we are making preparations for an exhaustive search for the "Dresden" she is not very far away we are all sanguine as to ultimate appearance from this quarter as it is a very likely place a good deal of the Inlets and channels are as yet uncharted. I believe that she will be sunk no matter where she is found. It will be a ticklish job to manoeuvre our ships in the places where we are to search
March 1st Leave at 4 a.m. for Punta Arenas send mail ashore, leave Punta Arenas at 1 p.m. arrive back at Fortescue Bay 7 p.m., we travelled at full speed all the way, "Kent" Arrives in the meantime and anchors on south side of Channel.
March 2nd "Kent's" pinnace arrives fitted up with wireless set and rigged up. two torpedoes slung on each side with a patent dropping gear. she is to search the Barbara Channel which is too shallow for our ships at each entrance of the Barbara channel