ATF/SIC 1, Moctobi, February-March 1963
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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