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This had now been cleared out , and hooks provided for the two midshipmen to sling their hammocks . The slinging and unlashing of the hammocks was performed by a servant , to whom Ross and Vernon had each to pay ten shillings a month for the privilege . During the day the cabin made a fairly comfortable room , although the furniture was Spartan-like in its simplicity . At six bells -LRB- 11 a.m. -RRB- the _ Capella _ , having replenished her fuel and stores , and made good slight defects , was `` tracked '' out of the dock . An hour later she left Southampton , bound for a rendezvous off Beachy Head , near which a U-boat had been reported to have made an unsuccessful attack upon a swift merchant vessel . The run down Southampton Water was necessarily performed at quarter-speed , for in spite of her light displacement the _ Capella 's _ wash at full speed was almost equal to that of a liner . Even as it was , a long line of white foam lashed itself upon the mudflats several minutes after she had passed .