three o'clock
Otherwise , things ran on very much as before . At midnight the junior watch officer called the captain , who had turned in several hours earlier , and reported : `` Liberty party all on board , sir . '' Then he turned in for a few hours ' rest himself . The junior watch was astir again at three o'clock . He routed out a sleepy crew to hoist boats and secure for sea . Seven bells struck on the Plymouth . Captain Templeton appeared on the bridge .