Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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− | Splendid sunny day - 350 miles of Cape Farewell Greenland & 284 from Belle Isle at noon. Shoal of porpoise passed in morning. | + | SS Ascania Belleisle |
− | Miss Agatha Allen c/o Guy Allen F W Ontario. | + | |
− | + | Splendid sunny day - 350 miles of Cape Farewell Greenland & 284 from Belle Isle at noon. Shoal of porpoise passed in morning. Miss Agatha Allen c/o Guy Allen F W Ontario. | |
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+ | Pass large iceberg 4 pm & make Belle Isle 9 pm - channel considerable drift ice. Very cold & considerable sea and fog (Newfoundland coast) makes me think of Jack Mitchell - a remarkable coincidence in view of Jack Mitchell - killed in action today. Capt 1/8/City of London M.C. | ||
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+ | Through straits by morning and islands & Labrador coast to North out of sight of land rest of day - Anticosti at dark. Reach Rimouski & Father Point at dark. | ||
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+ | BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916. |
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SS Ascania Belleisle
Splendid sunny day - 350 miles of Cape Farewell Greenland & 284 from Belle Isle at noon. Shoal of porpoise passed in morning. Miss Agatha Allen c/o Guy Allen F W Ontario.
Pass large iceberg 4 pm & make Belle Isle 9 pm - channel considerable drift ice. Very cold & considerable sea and fog (Newfoundland coast) makes me think of Jack Mitchell - a remarkable coincidence in view of Jack Mitchell - killed in action today. Capt 1/8/City of London M.C.
Through straits by morning and islands & Labrador coast to North out of sight of land rest of day - Anticosti at dark. Reach Rimouski & Father Point at dark.
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916.