29th Carried on landing camels from Nowshera. Weather bad. Sheik of Abbia arrested.
30th Fulwell arrived with mails.
31st SS Nowshera left with mail. Boats away as usual.
Feb 1st SS Gaul left. Boats clearing Newark Castle. Weather bad.
2nd Weather too rough for boat work. Ship rolling heavily. SS Ikhona arrived with 600 camels.
3rd Weather still too rough.
4th Weather very bad
5th No boats lowered
6th Weather moderated. Boats away & landing camels from Ikhona. Several drowned today. Boats returned 6 pm.
7th Boats away as usual SS Wessman arrived with mails & wireless telegraph party from England. One seaman from each ship landed for telegraph. 350 camels landed today. Pomone left 10pm for Aden with mails.
8th Boats away as usual. Weather bad. Finished Ikhoma she leaving at 9pm. RIMS Canning arrived with Camels and stores.
9th Boats away as usual. Weather bad. Boats having to return at 4pm.
10th Boats were away as usual. SS Siras arrived 2,500 tons of stores.
11th Boats away usual time.
12th Weather too rough for boats. HMS Cossack arrived with mails. Boats lowered at 2pm. Work carried on. HMS Cossack left 10 pm. with mails.
14th Boats away as usual. Weather bad. Finished Newark Castle. RIMS Hardinge arrived 7.45pm. Boats fetching canteen gear from Hardinge. Newark Castle left
15th Boats away unloading Sersa. RIMS Canning left.
16th Boats working on SS Sersas. Italian gunboat Caprera sent coalbags to Perseus to be filled..
17th Boats engaged coaling Italian warship Caprera. Dolphin turned over to Hardinge. Prepared for sea.
18th Feb Left Obbia at 10 am with mails. Exercised Tube Cannon.
19th Met HMS Pomone & received 18 men from her, they belonged to Bombay Defence which is now broken up. At 10am arrived & anchored off Elig. Lowered cutters & commenced sweeping for our lost anchor & cable. No results.
20th Anchor & cable found & we left Elig at 3pm for Aden.
21st Sats Routine, turned in boats.
22nd Sundays routine.
23rd Gen Qrts. Carried out half Quarters firing. Acting QG fired.
Ran torpedoes. Arrived Aden 5pm. Ships here, Fox, Hermione, Intrepid, Cossack & four torpedo boats. Intrepid & Hermione attached from Straits.
23rd Usual routine.
24th Torpedo boat 103 left for Berbera.
25th Fox left for Obbia at 7am. Intrepid & Hermione left for Quarters firing. Pomone arrived & coaled. Prepared for Coaling
26th Coaled ship 260 tons. Intrepid & Hermione arrived. Torpedo boat 104 arrived.
27th Execised Gen. Qrts. 5 Russian torpedo boats arrived. Concert aboard Hermione. Perseus invited. Letter read from Admiralty congratulating Perseus on smartness of ship.
28th Sats routine.
29th Sundays routine
March 1st
2nd Clear for action. Pomone took in upper deck cargo of stores. Diving party away searching for lighter lost by Pomone. Painting ship French Grey.
3rd Two Russians arrived and anchored outside.
