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31 March 1963
0530
3 petrel or
Screamer
0730
2 Solytens
0754
2 petrels (?)
0800
approx. 50 Solytens
one Fantail
several W/ tail Sleekers - off Starboard
0832
1 petrel (?)
0857
2.5 ± Solytens
2 weighted Sleekers - both sides of ship → NE
0932
3 petrels or
Sleekers
0936
white-tailed
Tropicbird
1005
2 Xuna I's
Sleekers
1015
Xuna I 2
SW
White ringed
petrel (Sul)
1030
Xuna I 2
SW
1035
Xuna I 2
SW
1037
white Ringed
petrel (Small)
1039
kg Sleekers or
Petrel
1045
Xuna I 2 SW
1052
petrel (?)
1100
White Ringed
Petrel
1102
petrel or
Sleekers
1115
Xuna I 2
1117
petrel or
Sleekers
1134
Xuna I 2
1141
B P. Alb (i)
1400
Mr Engel spotted these off Starboard
off Starboard → NE.
off Starboard
passing & flicked tail 100 yds
off port - not large enough to be Xuna I
Blade - off Starboard roughly
pond [illegible] low → SE
→ NE Starboard
→ N Starboard → Bow → Port
crowded Bow → W
off Starboard
Starboard → Port (cross bow)
off port
blade cut tail winged body Starboard to Port
underwings white under body blade
Starboard
Starboard
crowded Bow → W
Black wings + body.
white only underwings - off Starboard
crowded bow-
lighter color wing tips - blade thinner
off Starboard bow
Following ship - 1st to appear