Bunting Tosser wrote:Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:42 am HMS Ribble 18th March 1915
9.10 Captain "D" hoisted Senior Officer pendant in Ribble, proc'd
2.0 "Bouvet" struck mine & sank in 4 m~ (minutes?)
2.10 closed "Bouvet" - Full Speed
2.40 Stopped by wreckage
2.45 Proceeded out of Dardanelles, full speed, under fire from European & Asian shores
2.50 Stopped & embarked survivors of "Bouvet"
3.30 "Gaulois" withdrew from action
3.35 closed "Gaulois" full speed, embarked spare ratings, co & speeds as req for standing by "Gaulois"
4.15 Inflexible withdrew from action
4.17 closed "Inflexible" full speed.
Irresistible struck mine.
co & speeds as req for standing by Inflexible & then closing Queen Elizabeth.
6.0 Proceeded from Dardanelles.
7.0 Transferred 1 dead & survivors to Suffren
7.15 "Ocean" struck mine
7.30 Proceeded towards Dardanelles
8.0 co & speeds as req for finding(?) TBDs & Trawlers. Proceeded into Dardanelles - stopped off De Totts Battery.
Jed proceeded with Chief of Staff to locate "Ocean" & "Irresistible"
19th March
1.0 (am) No sign of "Ocean" & "Irresistible" reported from Dardanelles by Chief of Staff
Proceeded from entrance of Dardanelles for Tenedos 12 kts
2.40 anchored
9.45 proc'd for patrol
11.0 Mastered spirits & found correct. Gunner. co & speeds as req. for patrol
5.50 Formed single line ahead
6.35 came to with stbd. anchor - Foul billet
6.40 weighed stbd. anchor foul of Blenheim's cable
6.50 fouled Blenheim.
7.0 Slipped Stbd cable at 4th shackle in 11 fms
7.20 came to with Port anchor in 10 fms, veered 3.5 shackles
Bunting Tosser wrote:Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:59 pm HMS Ribble 4th May 1915 off Gallipoli:
"7.0 proc'd to Tenedos with dispatches
7.45 stopped off Blenheim
7.55 proc'd towards aerodrome.
8.15 Sent dispatches ashore.
Failed to find aerodrome. Dispatches sent to Blenheim for delivery"
Bunting Tosser wrote:Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:17 pm HMS Ribble 5th May 1915 off Gallipoli:
5.40 anchored off aerodrome - North side Tenedos - sent whaler with dispatches for aerodrome