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The log of HMS Belfast


HMS Belfast Tuesday 6^th day of June, 1944. From Greenock To or At Sea
Time	Log (Stating type)	Distance Run through the Water		True Course		Mean Revolutions per minute	Wind		Weather and Visibility		Sea and Swell	Corrected Barometric Pressure in Millibars	Temperature (ºF)			LEAVE GRANTED TO SHIP'S COMPANY
		Miles	Tenths				Direc-tion (true)	Force (0-12)					Dry Bulb	Wet Bulb	Sea	REMARKS
0400	503.6	12	2	175			W[est]	2	C 5		33	1012	56	51		0355 Bombing off port bow fires started
																0400 Action stations
0500	507.5	3	9	Var[iable]												0420 Fires started on coast ahead
																0445 Fires & Flack (sic) on st[ar]b[oar]d beam
0600	511.8	4	3	Var												0500 Stopped in position to bombard to stbd.
																0527 Opened fire with full broadside to port
0700	515.4	3	6	Var												0605 Scylla reports 3 enemy destroyers
																0710 Shore bombed
0800	519.5	4	2	Var			W.	2	C 6		22	1022	56	51		0725 Commencing landing troops etc
																0930 Mont Fleury battery captured
0900	519.5	0	1	Var=												6"[inch] Firing carried out at intervals
Distance run through the Water 72.1					Position		Latitude			Longitude			Depending on			Currents experienced		ANCHOR BEARINGSVarious
					0800											Tidal
Zone Time kept at noon -2					1200
					2000											Number on Sick List	Sick 5 Hosp[italised] 12