Good evening, well we have had Captain’s rounds and are sitting waiting for our Greek Cypriot supper to cook. Pastito if you ask.

For so many years of my life in the Royal Navy, my daily routine was governed by a marvellous document, produced by the Routines Office Writer on a Gestetner, typed onto a blank foil and then produced in hundreds (on the carrier). It contains abbreviations that a code breaker at GCHQ would find difficult to fathom. A bottle of something if someone comes up with a translation.

DAILY ORDERS
Routine Office
HMS ARMAGEDDON

29 March 2020                                                                            at sea

Sunrise 0624/Sunset 2108
Sunday Anchor/Sea Routine                                                       Duty watch 1 Port
OOD Lt Ringbolt
DPO PO Cook Typhoid

Routine
0700          Call the Duty Watch
0800          Colours
0805          Scrub the upper deck
0930          Communion Quarterdeck
1100           Call the hands
1100-1300 Brunch
1230           Weigh Anchor/passage/canal transit brief
1330           SSDCUANBCDS3CYHOOTROTDCOTUD
1400           Weigh anchor passage to Port Said
1800           SSDCUANBCDS3CYCASDAHHOOTROTDCOTUD
1830           Anchor Port Said roads, transit preps
2108           Sunset
300030      SSDCUANBCDS3CYCASDAHHOOTROTDCOTUD RM UD sentries close up
0100           Embark Canal Pilot commence transit

Captains Rounds
The Captain was impressed by the high standards achieved, all round, today. It was an excellent effort by the whole ships company. We are better prepared for the tasks that now face us.

Cakes were awarded to Verd Redwood for his determination in continuing to clean his spaces when the upper deck was closed to him.

Best spaces overall, most improved and Captains pet to Jun for her hard work to ensure the continued cleanliness of the whole ship. BZ

Communion
The Chaplain requests whoever replaced his bottle of communion wine with a bottle of Buckfastleigh Tonic Wine to return same to Chapel ASAP.

The Captain Writes
I received a letter in the mail from the Ships sponsor, Lady Thrice-Nightly. She has been touched by the kind letters of support on the passing of her husband in a hunting accident. She singled out the letter from the Stokers Mess offering to lend a hand and send a party to help her and her three daughters, Chastity, Felicia and Virginia in picking fruit and bringing the harvest home. Well done Stokers Mess, please talk with the Master Gunner, who accompanied L T-N to a hunt ball on etiquette and the use of stamina tablets.

Beard growing competition
Entries for the competition are now closed and the Captain looks most likely to win.

Library
The library will be open from 1900 to 1905 for return of books

Naval Stores
Note that the stores will be closed for the next three days for stocktaking

B D Drummond
First Lieutenant

Verd receives his Lemon drizzle cake

Jun receives her prize cake.