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Thurs 24 Aug

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Thurs 24 Sept

(Gravesend) Made fast at Blackwall alongside ‘Worcester’.

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Mon 28 Sept

Moored at Gravesend

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Tues 29 Sept

Employed scraping decks and stowing provisions in the forehold.

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Wed 30 Sept

Employed blacking and tarring our yards, scraping masts and paying ditto with turpentine.

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Thurs 1 Oct

Received 13 recruits on account of the Honourable Company. Employed scraping our lower deck.

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Sat 3 Oct

Scraped sides and payed ditto with turpentine. Received 11 recruits.

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Mon 26 Oct

At Gravesend. Employed in hold & receiving our stock, fish etc. At PM missed James Hopper, one of the Hon Co recruits which by his shoes being found in the head imagined to have gone overboard.

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Thurs 19 Nov

Received on board a hearth to be fixed amidships. Carpenters employed cutting a scuttle for the funnel.

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Sat 28 Nov

Pilot came on board. Paid the company their river money.

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Sun 29 Nov

Anchored in the Hope

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Sun 6 Dec

Sailed for the Downs.

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Wed 9 Dec

At 6 pm the caulker being riotous and refusing his duty and threatening to strike the Chief Mate, put him in irons.

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Sat 12 Dec

On the caulker acknowledging his crime and promising to behave well in future, released him from confinement.

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Sat 26 Dec

Dropped pilot at the Mother Bank.

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Mon 18 Jan

Discharged 2 Hon Co recruits.

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26 Feb

Sailed for Spithead. Anchored 3 miles offshore. Southsea Castle. NNE

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27 Feb

Exercised great guns and small arms.

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Tues 2 Mar

People under boatswain. Caulker caulking the cuddy.

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Wed 3 Mar

Anchored here Ganges, Resolution, Worcester East Indiamen from the Downs.

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Thurs 4 Mar

People under boatswain & caulker as before.

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Sat 6 Mar

Came aboard Capt Peirce & 2 lady passenger.

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Fri 12 Mar

Departed this life one of the Highland troops who cut his toes off on hope of obtaining his discharge.

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Sat 13 Mar

Committed his body to the deep with the usual ceremony.

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Wed 17 Mar

Being St Patrick’s Day gave the whole on board a tub of punch in consequence of a petition from Irish recruits.

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22 Mar

Exercised great guns.

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23 Mar

Shut hatches to fumigate with tobacco.

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26 Mar

Saw 13 strange sail to NW. One appeared to be a frigate having a pendant. The frigate got everything ready for (chacing?) but Admiral (Hughes) made no signal and they were soon out of sight.

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30 Mar

Resolution carried away her fore topmast.

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Sun 4 April

Saw Island Porte Sancto bearing NW

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Mon 5 April

Madeira

Came too in Madeira Roads. 1 mile offshore. Captain & passengers went ashore.

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Sun 11 April

PM two of our people attempting to leave the ship. Put them in irons. At 8 pm a ship’s company came aft and broke the lock and released them by force. Andrew Stewart and Ian Duncan were the persons that broke the lock.

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Mon 12 April

AM Captain came aboard and punished Andrew Stewart and Ian Duncan with two dozen lashes each for mutiny and at the same time punished Thos Grundy for going ashore and wanting to leave the ship. Put them in irons at 10 am again until an opportunity to send them on board the Admiral James.

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Tues 13 April

Thomas Grundy and Thomas Brown jumped into ye Nymph’s boat and went on board her as did John Duncan and Andrew Stewards by desire.

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Wed 21 April

Blowing fresh and in squalls from east. The ship drove. In driving the ship got foul of the Nymph sloop of war which carried away the driver boom iron work of the bumkin & poop lanthorn.

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Fri 23 April

Madeira

Armourer and carpenter repairing the iron work of the bumkin which was carried away when foul of the Nymph. People under the boatswain.

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Sun 25 April

Captain and passengers came aboard. Sailed. NB This log contains 12 hours and ends at noon.

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Mon 26 April

31º43 N

3 pm weighed in convoy under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes in Superbe and 8 of HM ships of war, 13 Indiamen, 2 bombs and 9 sail of transport ships. In sight of Madaira (sic). In company with 31 ships of the fleet. I take my leave of Madeira.

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Tues 27 April

29º50

At daylight the land bears south. The Bellisle man of war and Ganges Indiaman are missing from the fleet.

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Wed 28 April

28º29

15º35 W

Lay by in the night for fear of the Canary Islands. 30 men in the sick list with slight complaints occationed by the wine of Madeira

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Thurs 29 April

27º20

Grand Canary 4 or 5 leagues. Caulker on 2(?) deck. Sailmaker middle stitching of main topsail.

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Fri 30 April

26º13 N

16º07 W

Barometer 30. 1 Light breezes, fair weather.

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Sat 1 May

24º55

16º19

Caulkers caulking upper deck in the waist. 22 in sick list.

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Sun 2 May

23º45

16º31

Fair weather. The water much discoloured. A southerly set of 8 miles.

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Mon 3 May

22º27

16º53

The land has nothing remarkable. It is a low level land and appears to be a ????. Off shore about 5 leagues.

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Tues 4 May

21º05N

17º15 W

The Bellisle in sight. Cleaned lower deck fumigated with tobacco and washed with vinegar. Carpenter making a new jibb boom longer. Sailmaker finished middle stitching main topsail.

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Wed 5 May

18º43 N

17º03

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Thurs 6 May

17º10

17º3

Fresh breezes with hazey weather & very sultry.

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Fri 7 May

15º26

17º3

Fresh breezes and hazy weather. Several swallows & other small birds about the ship. Smoked the tiers with tobacco.

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Sat 8 May

14º37

Saw land. The body of Bird Island. Cape Verde 6 or 7 miles.

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Sun 9 May

Goree

At GOREE. Calm. Gammoned our bowsprit.

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Mon 10 May

Goree

At Goree. Delivered some cheese and butter aboard the Worcester being for the use of the factory at Canton.

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Tues 11 May

Goree

At Goree. Caulker caulking the galley.

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Wed 12 May

Goree

The Admiral made ye signal for sailing. Superbe (Rear Admiral Hughes) with 6 of His Majesties Ships of War and 13 Indiamen.

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Fri 14 May

10º 58’ N

17º 54’ W

At 6 am departed this life Dennis McMullen one of Hon Co recruits occasioned as supposed by his taking a quantity of opium. Washed the gun deck. At half past 11 am William Stevens one of the Hon Co recruits fell overboard. Lowered down the jolly boat and hove too. She returned after half hours search without seeing anything of him.

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Sat 15 May

9º34N

17º39 W

6 pm committed the body of the deceased to the deep with the usual ceremony.

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Sun 16 May

9º00 N

17º32

The sea full of small red blubber. AM Performed divine service.

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Mon 17 May

8º15

17º22

Lightning in the night. Departed this life Donald McPherson and his brother Duncan McPherson, two of the Kings troops. Committed their bodies to the deep.

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Tues 18 May

Punished ? McSwinney one of the Hon Co recruits with a dozen lashes for striking the Sergeant and bad behaviour.

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Wed 19 May

7º39

17º17

3 AM fell overboard from the main shrouds John Golls seaman. Hove too. Lowered down the jolly boat in search of him but imagine he was stunned with the fall. Boat returned unable to find him.

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Thurs 20 May

7º18

Heavy rain. 12 people with slight complaints on doctors list

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Sat 22 May

No obs

Washed gun deck & smoaked lower deck with tobacco. Fox & Grafton hull down astern.

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Sun 23 May

7º10

Light airs and calms. We have had a N current of 35 miles in 2 days. Also strong to eastward.

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Tues 25 May

6º45

16º54 W

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Wed 26 May

6º33

16º51

The people continue healthy. Only 8 in the sick list with trifling complaints. No one being confined to his bed.

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Fri 28 May

No obs

Squalls and hard rain

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Mon 31 May

5º48

16º29

Light breezes

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Tues 1 June

No obs

13 sail only in company ourselves included

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Wed 2 june

4º59

16º52

Got 100 pigs of lead from lower deck into coal hole and got also 4 steerage fguns forward to trim the ship.

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Thurs 3 June

4º41

16º44

Being of the opinion we have brought the ship too much by the head, got 2 of the steerage guns aft

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Fri 4 June

3º51

17º57 W

Got other steerage guns aft. Burnt charcoal in stoves on lower deck.

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Sat 5 June

2º37 N

19º11 W

The sail seen yesterday was the Fox

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Sun 6 June

1º12 N

20º10

Divine service. 13 sail in company.

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Tues 8 June

00º38 S

20º58

Crossed the equinoctial line.

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Thurs 10 June

2º37 S

22º22 W

4 pm Put George Coles, T. Bines and Wm Chever in irons, the first two for refusing to do their duty the third for encouraging of them. AM relesased them on acknowledging their crime and promising good behaviour.

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Sat 12 June

5º23 S

23º55

Soldiers picking oakum

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Mon 14 June

8º22 S

25º32

A fresh trade. In company with the fleet

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Wed 16 June

10º56 S

26º46 W

Pleasant trade

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Fri 18 June

14º05

27º34

Pleasant trade

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Mon 21 June

18º51

28º06

At noon Martinvass rocks. Supposed to lie in Longt 30 degrees west of London.

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Tues 22 June

20º33

The body of the Island Trinidada. The largest of the Martinvas Rocks about 4 leagues.

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Fri 25 June

23º45

27º45

In company with ye Fleet.

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Mon 28 June

28º09

24º22

Shifted several of our sail

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Tues 29 June

29º04

23º50

Longitude by obs at midnight

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Thurs 1 July

30º28

18º36

Smoaked Orlop deck

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Sat 3 July

31º01

18º31

Marine barometer 30:60

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Tues 6 July

No obs

20º43

Departed this life Wm Anderson a Highland soldier of 23rd Regt. Ten only on the sick list with trifling complaints. 2 with the liver, one with the scurvy.

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Wed 7 July

34º48

20º17

Committed his body to the deep.

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Sat 10 July

34º36 S

13º26

Strong gale. The ship takes some deep lurches but strains nothing.

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Tues 13 July

34º24

3º52

Crossed the meridian of the Lizard

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We 14 July

34º08

1º1 W

Fresh gale

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Thurs 15 July

No obs

0.0

Crossed the meridian of London.

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Mon 19 July

34º21

0º26 E

Gunner painting the cutters

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Tues 20 July

33º20

1º06 E

Put ships Co on allowance of 3 pints of water.

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Wed 21 July

32º44

2º01

Our people begin to compain of the scurvy. 10 now on sick list. Dep this life John Plunkett one of Hon Co recruits of a fever.

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Sun 25 July

34º34

6º12

We now have 6 seamen and companys soldiers and 8 King’s soldiers in the scurvy.

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Mon 26 July

34º29

8º25

Washed the Hollop deck (sic)

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30 July

Arrive TABLE BAY, Cape Colony

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Fri 5 Nov

Leaves Table Bay (Cape) in convoy with Superb (Read Adm Sir Edward Hughes) and 5 men of war, 1 sloop and Hawke, Granby, Walpole, Ceres, Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Oxford, Duke of Grafton, Resolution, Prime, True Britton, Fox, Atlas, Norfolk East Indiamen. Penguin Island SebE

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Sat 6 Nov

34º34’ S

17º33’

Put John Hacey & Greenfield, 2 Company recruits in irons for drunkenness and indecent behaviour. I take my departure from Table Land, allowing it in Lat 33º66

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Sun 7 Nov

Punished John Hacey and Sam Greenfield with a dozen lashes each for getting drunk and behaving indecently. In company with fleet.

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Tues 9 Nov

Haul’d up ye Best Bower and took the serviss off.

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Wed 10 Nov

36º54’

23º57’

Light airs. Hazey.

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Thurs 11 Nov

Sailmaker making a mainsail out of a sail purchased at the Cape.

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Sun 14 Nov

36º48’

31º25’

Shortened sail for Duke of Grafton

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Mon 15 Nov

Have had to wait for Fox & Grafton.

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Tues 16 Nov

The Admiral made a signal for the Worcester to take the Grafton in tow, which she did accordingly.

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Wed 17 Nov

36º00

38º05’

Fresh gale. The Worcester cast off from the Grafton.

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Sun 21 Nov

36º22’

46º21’

Weather freshening. A large swell. The ship rowls (sic) sometimes deep.

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Wed 24 Nov

36º52’

52º26’

A large swell. The ship rowls very deep. The Ceres missing in the morning from the fleet and Hawke far ahead with her fore topmast gone.

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Sat 27 Nov

37º48’

59º32’

Fresh gale. Washed the gun deck.

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Sun 28 Nov

37º50

In company with 16 sail.

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Wed 1 Dec

37º45

70º00’

Observation by sun & moon Longitude at noon 74º15’ E. Sailmaker repairing old main sail.

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Fri 3 Dec

37º48

The island of St Paul 5 or 6 leagues

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Sat 4 Dec

36º48’

77º59’

Smoked ye Teirs(?) and washed with vinegar. In company with 15 sail.

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Tues 7 Dec

Sailmaker repairing old mizzen. The people continue very health. Only 4 in the sick list with trifling complaints.

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Wed 8 Dec

33º17’

82º39’

Cleaned and smoak’d wit tobacco the Hollop (Orlop?) decks.

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Thurs 9 Dec

32º26

82º37

Soldiers picking oakum

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Fri 10 Dec

32º05

84º05

Sailmaker repairing 2nd best foresail.

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Sun 12 Dec

29º39’

85º15’

At 9.30 am lay too for the Admiral who shifted his flag on board the Worcester and dispatched from the fleet the Superbe and Eagle who immediately made all the sail they could ahead.

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Wed 15 Dec

25º38’

87º01’

Repairing 2nd best main topsail. Armourer at the forge.

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Sun 19 Dec

17º58’

88º09’

The Burford took Grafton in tow. Soldiers picking oakum

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Wed 22 Dec

11º58

89º06

At noon the Resolution saluted the Admiral and hauld Nwards for Bombay. PM Anne Lane, one of the Private’s wives belonging to HM 73rd Regiment and Capt Shore’s Company was delivered of a female child.

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Fri 24 Dec

8º16

89º40

Exercised small arms and great guns. Exercised the Company Recruits and made them fire blunt cartridges.

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Sat 25 Dec

6º30’ S

90º03’

A pleasant trade

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Thurs 30 Dec

1º04’N

91º31’

Light airs

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Sat 1 Jan

3º22’ N

92º31’

Smart squall split main topsail.

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Wed 5 Jan

3º40’ N

94º25’

Hard squall

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Fri 7 Jan

4º33 N

94º19

Saw land of Sumatra.

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Sun 9 Jan

6º02 N

94º33’

Off Kings Point

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Mon 10 Jan

7º28

94º01

The Atlas in tow of Burford, very sickly having 120 influenced.

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Tues 11 Jan

9º17

93º14

The Grafton in tow by Bellisle.

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Wed 12 Jan

10º44’

91º45’

The Grafton & Atlas in tow.

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Thurs 13 Jan

11º53

90º37

The Grafton & Atlas in tow.

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Sat 15 Jan

Gunner painting. Smoaked lower deck with tobacco. Our people continue very healthy. Grafton & Atlas in tow.

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Sun 16 Jan

13º40

86º23

In company with 12 sail.

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Tues 18 Jan

MADRAS. Moored SW of St Thomas Mount & SwbS of Armenian Church. NW of flag staff of Fort St George. Distance off shore 1 mile. Saluted Fort with 9 guns which was returned. Found riding here (various naval ships) the General Barker and Walpole, East Indiamen & several country ships.

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Wed 19 Jan

Landed Captain Shane’s Company of 73rd Rgt. Saluted Capt Hughes on his going ashore with 17 guns. Came on board the First Lieut of HMS Belleisle and press’d 15 of our people as follows, viz: George Lawson, Moses Andrews, David Thomas……. Seamen. Captain Peirce went on shore who was saluted on landing with 9 guns. Returned same number.

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Thurs 20 Jan

Employed sending baggage on shore and cleaning ship for delivery of cargoe.

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Fri 21 Jan

Landed Hon Co recruits all in good health being __ men, one woman, two children.

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Sat 22 Jan

Delivered some baggage and private trade.

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Mon 24 Jan

Delivered private trade.

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Tues 25 Jan

Delivered private trade.

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Wed 26 Jan

Delivered private trade.

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Thurs 27 Jan

Delivered private trade.

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Fri 28 Jan

Arrived ship Nancy belonging to Her Imperial Majesty.

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Mon 31 Jan

Fired 21guns as did all ships and forts on ye Nabob of Arcotts opening letter from his Majesty.

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Wed 2 Feb

Lieut Burford brought on board Wm Herashall (?) and press’d George Half in his stead.

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Wed 9 Feb

Delivered stores on account His Majesty.

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Fri 11 Feb

Delivered stores on account His Majesty

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Mon 14 Feb

Delivered provisions on account His Majesty

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Mon 21 Feb

Sailed hence True Britton and Walpole for Bengall

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Wed 23 Feb

Arrived here Ganges, Capt Richardson, from Bengall.

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Thurs 24 Feb

Delivering copper on Company account.

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Fri 25 Feb

Delivering copper on Company account

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Mon 28 Feb

Cleaning the hold.

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Tues 29 Feb

Storing water in Lazaretto. Receiving red wood.

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Wed 1 Mar

Receiving red wood.

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Fri 3 Mar

Large swell. Moved coppers on ye galley for ye caulker to caulk underneath. Rec’d red wood and private trade.

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Sat 4 Mar

Warped out into 10 fathoms. Moored ship with a cable each way. This morning died Wm Grimes, ship’s cook, ashore at ye hospital.

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Fri 10 Mar

Rec’d water.

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Sat 11 Mar

Arrived Success, galley of the Nabob of Arcot

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Mon 13 Mar

Delivered Hon Co copper. Rec’d red wood.

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Tues 14 Mar

Delivered Hon Co copper. Rec’d red wood.

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Wed 15 Mar

Delivered Hon Co copper. Rec’d red wood.

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Thurs 16 Mar

Delivered Hon Co copper. Rec’d red wood.

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Fri 17 Mar

Delivered Hon Co copper. Rec’d red wood.

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Sat 18 Mar

Delivered copper. Rec’d on board red wood and block tin

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Sun 19 Mar

Rec’d block tin.

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Mon 20 Mar

Deliver Hon Co copper. Rec’d red wood.

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Tues 21

Deliver Hon Co copper.

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Wed 22

Deliver Hon Co copper.

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Thurs 23 Mar

Deliver Hon Co copper.

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Sat 25 Mar

Deliver copper. Sent our powder ashore to be dried.

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Sun 26 Mar

Rec’d our powder.

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12-19 Apr

Rec’d water

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Fri 28 Apr

Rec’d Private Trade

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Thurs 11 May

Arrived a Porterguese ship

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17-19 May

Delivering Private Trade. Rec’d ballast & cotton Britannia arrives 20 May

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Mon 22 May

Rec’d ballast & cotton

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Thurs 25 May

Rec’d 2 boatloads of cotton

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(3 French officer POWs in 3rd Mate’s mess. £90. See Court Mins)

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Fri 16 June

Rec’d our sailing orders

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Sat 17 June

Came on board the Captain. The Fort saluted him with 9 guns which was returned with equal number.

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Mon 19 June

Weighed the whole fleet, consisting of Granby, Earl of Oxford, Sandwich and Brittania under convoy of His Majesty’s ship Seahorse. (frigate)

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Tues 20 June

13º18

81º58’

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Wed 28 June

0º11’

93º13’

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Sun 2 July

4º38’ N

-

No longitude given

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Tues 4 July

No obs

At noon extremes of Pulo Pinang. High land of Pulo Ladda & extr of Pullo Button

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Wed 5 July

5º00 N

Extremes of Pinang

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Thurs 6 July

5º10’

-

Body of Pulo Pinang. Extreames of Malay shore.

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Fri 7 July

4º49 N

Small island off Pinang. Pulo Dinding and Sumatra shore.

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Sun 9 July

3º43

Malay shore. Pulo Jarra. The largest Sambelong

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Mon 10 July

3º33’

-

Pulo Jarra, Dinding & Two Brothers.

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Tues 11 July

3º18

At sunset Two Brothers just visible off the poop deck.

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Thurs 13 July

PM when anchored the Arroes in sight from the mast head.

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Sat 15 July

2º48’

-

The Round Arroe. At sunrise Parcelar Hill.

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Sun 16 July

When anchored extremes of land Cape Richardo.

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Tues 18 July

-

-

Cape Richardo and trees on Sumatran shore.

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Wed 19 July

Arrive Malacca

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Sat 22 July

Departed this life George Jackson, captain’s cook

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Sun 23 July

Committed his body to the deep after ye usual ceremony.

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Fri 28 July

Sets sail. 15 miles sailed but no observation taken.

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Sat 29 July

Water Island

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Sun 30 July

1º40’

Sumatra shore in sight.

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Mon 31 July

Mount Formosa NNE. Malay shore. Pulo Pisang 4 leagues.

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Tues 1 Aug

At noon Tanjang Bulos

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Wed 2 Aug

Barn Island. Peak of Great Carimon. Tree Island 3 miles.

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Thurs 3 Aug

Red Island. Extreames of Island of St Johns

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Fri 4 Aug

Anchored the Buffaloe, eastmost point of St Johns in line with Barbucett Hill. At noon Bintang Hill.

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Sat 5 Aug

1º58’ N

NWbN Jahore Hill off Point Romania. At noon Pulo Auroe 6-7 leagues.

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Sun 6 Aug

I take my departure from Pulo Auroe

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Wed 9 Aug

6º00’ N

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Fri 11 Aug

6º49’

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Sun 13 Aug

8º11’

At noon, extreames of Pulo Condore. Divine Service.

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Tues 15 Aug

10º37’

Pulo Sapata 5-6 leagues

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Thurs 17 Aug

12º45’ N

In company with the fleet.

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Fri 18 Aug

14º12’

A northerly set of 20 miles. Captain Panton of the SeaHorse must believe it sets also strong to eastward or he would steer more to the eastward than he does, it eing the usual method to make 4º meridian from Sapata xxxxxx allowing a degree between them for the Easterly current.

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Sat 19 Aug

15º48’

Departed this life Geo Simpson, an invalide. I make this voyage only 3º19’ meridn distance from Sapata to Macclesfield Shoal which is 1/36 less than I made last voyage but I was then more to the eastward.

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Thurs 24 Aug

20º46’

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Fri 25 Aug

21º55’

At noon the peak of the Grand Ladrone.

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Sat 26 Aug

21º56

Extremes of Lemma Islands

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Mon 28 Aug

At sunrise Macao town. Sent the pacquet ashore to the supercargoes.

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Tues 29 Aug

Came on board ye pilot and took charge of ship to Whampoa. Saluted Sea Horse with 13 guns.

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Wed 30 Aug

Came too, near the Bogue of Figres

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Thurs 31 Aug

Got through the Bogue. Passed Success aground. PM Passed Second Barr. Sent longboat to assistance of Success.

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Fri 1 Sept

Whampoa

Passed First Barr. Warped into our birth (sic) at upper part of Bankshall Island.

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Sun 3 Sept

The Captain went to Canton. (Bill of exchange for £1,730 dated 9 Sept. See Court Mins)

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Thurs 7 Sept

Delivered stores for factories at Canton.

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Tues 19 Sept

Delivered 2 chops of bales on account ye Honourable Company.

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Sat 23 Sept

Delivered remainder of Hon Company bales.

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Mon 25 Sept

Delivered red wood & Private Trade.

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Fri 29 Sept

Delivering cotton

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Sun 1 Oct

Arrived a Sweed (sic) ship from Europe.

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Wed 4 Oct

Delivered red wood.

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Fri 6 Oct

Delivered red wood & Private Trade

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Tues 10 Oct

Delivered lead on account Hon Co

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Sat 14 Oct

Employed in lifting the limbers and cleaning the holds. Landsmen at their different vocations.

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Sun 15 Oct

Divine service.

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Mon 16 Oct

Having taken out above 70 pieces of our Hold and decks and finding the step of the foremast so bad, have thought it necessary to have a survey thereon.

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Thurs 19 Oct

Rec’d ballast from Bankshall. Water’d gun room and found it tight.

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Fri 20 Oct

Water’d Lazaretto and found it tight.

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Sat 21 Oct

Rec’d 2 chops of china ware on acct Hon Co.

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Mon 23 Oct

Stowing china ware.

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Tues 24 Oct

Departed this life John Dent, seaman. Sent corpse to Danes Island and interred him with the usual ceremony.

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Sat 28 Oct

Departed this life Wm Dickinson, carpenter.

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Sun 29 Oct

Sent his corpse to French Island.

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Wed 1 Nov

Heeled ship. Scrubbed and pay’d her bottom with hot tar.

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Fri 3 Nov

Rec’d 200 chests of tea on acct Hon Co.

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Sat 4 Nov

Rec’d rice and stores.

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Tues 7 Nov

Rec’d salt provisions and Arrack stores from Bankshall.

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Wed 8 Nov

Rec’d 200 chests of Bohea tea on acct Hon Co.

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Thurs 9 Nov

Rec’d 200 chests of Bohea tea on acct Hon Co. Employed in the hold.

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Tues 14 Nov

Rec’d 200 chests of Bohea tea.

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Mon 20 Nov

Rec’d 2 boatloads of tea on acct Hon Co

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Fri 24 Nov

Rec’d 800 chests of Congo teas on acct Hon Co.

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Thurs 30 Nov

Rec’d 340 bales raw silk and 469 half chests of Congo teas.

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Sat 2 Dec

Hoisted colours half mast in honour to the memory of Capt Daniel Webb who departed this life yesterday afternoon. Rec’d a chop load of Private Trade.

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Mon 4 Dec

Rec’d stores and 2 boats with teas on acct Hon Co

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Wed 6 Dec

Rec’d all our booms from shore. Holders stowing teas.

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Thurs 7 Dec

Painted all larboard side with varnish of pine and yellow oker.

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Fri 8 Dec

Got everything ready to go for Second Barr.

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Sat 9 Dec

Two boats with tea on acct Hon Co. Detained them, expecting to proceed for Second Barr. The pilot not coming, received 800 Singlos on acct Hon Co.

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Sun 10 Dec

The pilot came on board. Began to unmoor, as did the Granby and Sandwich. Saluted the ships with 9 guns.

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Mon 11 Dec

At 3 got passed (sic) First Barr. Least water 4 fathoms. At 5 am came too, above Second Barr. Run out all warps ready for warping over the Barr. 3 pm sailed Second Barr. Least water 3 fathoms.

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Fri 15 Dec

Sent the longboat to Whampoa for remainder of our stores.

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Sat 16 Dec

Rec’d 2 boats with tea and St Helena stores on acct Hon Co.

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Sun 17 Dec

Sent longboat to Whampoa for stores.

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Mon 18 Dec

Longboat returned. Rec’d paddy and yarns. Sea stores.

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Wed 20 Dec

Rec’d 250 quarter chests on acct Hon Co.

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Thurs 21 Dec

Rec’d on board the Grand Chop & sea stores.

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Fri 22 Dec

Employed stowing Private Trade.

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Sun 24 Dec

Sailed hence Old Horsenden.

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Tues 26 Dec

Departed this life Wm Chaverly, seaman.

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Wed 27 Dec

Sent deceased to Danes Island.

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Fri 29 Dec

Came on board Captain Peirce and rec’d Hon Co pacquet. At 11 am Commander made signal to unmoor. (Fleet consists of: Granby, Commodore (John) Johnson; Earl of Oxford, White; Sandwich, Deane; Brittania, Achinson?; and Favourite, country ship. Departed this life John Burnett, butcher.

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Sat 30 Dec

Passed the Bogue when perceived Favourite ashore.

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Sun 31 Dec

Am Passed Linting barr. Pm passed Macao.

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Mon 1 Jan

20º19’

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Wed 3 Jan

15º15’ N

Hove too and sounded, expecting to get ground on the Macclesfield but got none at 70 fathoms by which we must be to the eastward of it. This agrees with Wm Dalrymple’s chart but having twice struck the bank coming from China with 1..35 merid distance from Ladrone I was very much disappointed in not getting ground this day and believe had we hove to more to the N’ward we had struck ground.

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Thurs 4 Jan

13º13’ N

Sounded every hour from 30 to 35 fathoms up and down but got no ground.

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Fri 5 Jan

Continues to sound, without result.

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Sat 6 Jan

Continues to sound without result.

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Sun 7 Jan

Sent out long boat with 3rd Officer and 8 men to take soundings to give to the Commodore.

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Mon 8 Jan

Many grappus’s about the ship. I find an amazing current these 24 hours being 4º8 the S’ward of account.

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Tues 9 Jan

5º23'N

(Carinata Passage) I kept the longboat ahead all night sounding and keeping a good lookout. Commodore made signal to all Commanders which was answered. At 7 am she made signal of having got soundings of deep water. Hove too, sounded ground 50 fathoms sand with black specks. Our longboat has been out 2 days ahead of the Commodore, provided with signals, lights & necessaries.

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Wed 10 Jan

5º23'N

At 3 pm our longboat made signal for seeing the land – which we soon after saw – being the N’ern Natuna about 8 leagues. At midnight our longboat made signal for seeing land which I at first supposed to be E’rn Natuna but we found it to be the Steeple Island. In the morning we had some very smart long squalls which obliged us to reef & growing very thick the Commodore hove too. At 1/2 past 7 it clear’d. The Halsewells and Sandwich longboats ahead of the Commodore. Course by log corrected to ye land, agreeable to Mr Dalrymples chart.

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Thurs 11 Jan

1º35 N

Commodore under an easy sail with Halsewell & sandwich longboats ahead. I expected from our course to have seen, agreeable to Mr Herberts chart, the Island Platte (?) but saw no land until midnight when an island making as may be seen in my sketches bore as Lo????? A small Round island. These I take to be the Islands De Remarque and St Pierre laid down by Mr Dalrymple as seen by the Elephant and Camel.

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Fri 12 Jan

0º29 S

Saw island which I take to be E’most of the 2 islands laid down by Mr Dalrymple in his chart – I call this Deanes Island.

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Sat 13 Jan

1º23 S

Squalls. The Oxford hoisted in her cutter. 2 longboats ahead all night. Sounding very irregular. Frequently falls from 16 to 19 to 25. Saw Island Saratou.

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Sun 14 Jan

AM the longboat made signal to come on board which was answer’d. The Sandwich longboat being ahead, gave them a fresh supply of candles, lanthorns & necessary refreshments and sent her ahead again. I take a fresh departure yesteray at noon from W end of Saratou allowing it to lie in Lat 1º34 S. It is impossible to ascertain the set of the current at present. I shall therefore postpone it till we make Lubeck, Java & Madeira and then endeavour to account for it.

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Mon 15 Jan

Departed this life Nicholson, a Dane and at 4 am William Smith a quarter master of a fever. At noon committed their bodys to the Deep.

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Tues 16 Jan

These 24 hours fresh gales and v hard squalls in the night. One in particular split our Main Topsail and in which I imagine the Commodore bore up and ran much to E’ward. She made signal to bring too in the night which we did not hear and not seeing his light kept under an easy sail on the same course as she before steer’d. In the morning the longboats were out if sight, immediately hove too as did Britannia & Sandwich. Soon after saw them in NW. I was under much anxiety for the boats as it blew very hard in the night with a large sea.

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Wed 17 Jan

Streights of Bally

Fresh gales & squalls. The Sandwich parted her cable and drove far over towards Gillion. We since learn she lost 2 Bower anchors.

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Thurs 18 Jan

Streights of Bally. Very hard squalls. Commodore made signal to close in his wake. I bore down accordingly seeing it impossible for other ships to get into Samanap. I saw plainly the islands called in Mr Dalrymple chart Turtle Island and Sunkan Island. Sketches of which I have taken. Coasting along Java I saw a Reef off Two Tree Point the particulars of which I mark’d to avoid it in my observations.

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Fri 19 – Tues 24

Soundings in Streights of Bally.

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Wed 24 Jan

Streights of Bally

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Sat 27 Jan

10º11 S

114º10

From Bally to St Helena.

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Sun 28 Jan

11º17

114º30

Breezes & cloudy.

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Mon 29 Jan

10º50

114º10

Exercised great guns and small arms. Washed gun deck. In comp’y.

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Tues 30 Jan

11º38’S

114º10

Light airs. In Co.

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Sat 3 Feb

14º34’S

113º27

Light breezes. Wash’d gun deck. Exercised Great Guns and Small Arms.

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Tues 6 Feb

16º52

113º36

Hazey. Swell much fallen. In company.

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Thurs 8 Feb

18º12

113º49

Sailmaker repairing old mizzen.

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Sun 11 Feb

18º53

112º47

Divine service. Fleet in company.

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Mon 12 Feb

18º47

112º39

10 pm departed this life Thos Pewter gunners servant. 2 am departed this life Fred Whieland 2nd mates servant.

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Fri 16 Feb

17º35

108º36

In company. Fresh breezes.

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Mon 19 Feb

17º38

104º45

Lowered down the jolly boat and sent her on board commodore who are v. sickly.

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Tues 20 Feb

Sold effects of 2 deceased servants.

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Wed 21 Feb

17º42

103º24

Lowered down the jolly boat and scrubb’d the ships Bends.

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Fri 23 Feb

18º04

101º19

Departed this life Peter Derrick a Dane seaman.

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Sun 25 Feb

18º30

97º44

Caught a great quantity of fish. In company.

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Tues 27 Feb

Finding the ship very much by the stern got the foremost guns forward in their birth (sic)

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Thurs 1 March

18º40

90º33

Hazey. Armourer at his forge.

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Sat 3 March

19º00

87º10

Spoke the Commodore who informed us his ships comp’y being very sickly having buried 5 within this week. At 6 pm departed this life John Lyell Quarter Master of ye flux.

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Sun 4 March

19º41

85º08

Spoke the Oxford and find she is in the same situation with the rest of the fleet having buried 4 within 8 days. 16 people in the sick list mostly of the flux.

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Mon 5 March

20º07S

Wash’d gun deck with vinegar.

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Thurs 8 March

21º24

77º06

Departed this life Thomas Baldwell seaman.

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Sat 10 March

A pleasant Trade. In company. Wash’d Gun Deck.

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Sun 11 March

23º00

71º35

Divine Service.

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Wed 14 March

22º58

69º56

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Fri 16 March

23º00

68º20

Our people still sickly.

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Mon 19 March

24º34

64º47

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Tues 20 March

Spoke Neptune Grand, Portuguess (sic) from Macao to Lisbon.

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Fri 23 March

27º06

58º18

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Tues 27 March

Departed this life George Powell seaman. In company.

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Fri 30 March

30º51

46º53

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Mon 2 April

32º05

45º00

Fresh breezes. In company

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Fri 6 April

34º27 S

36º29

Light airs. Large swell

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Tues 10 April

35º35

31º06

Washed gundeck. Smoaked and washed the beams with vinegar.

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Sat 14 April

Carpenters and caulkers repairing the yawl.

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Sun 15

In company as usual

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Tues 17 April

35º10

27º51

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Wed 18 April

Granby, Oxford & Sandwich far to leward (sic). Sandwich not in sight.

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Sat 21 April

36º00

25º24

In company with ye fleet.

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Wed 25 April

38º10

17º55E

Bore down to ye Commodore as he signalled to speak us.

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Tues 1 May

35º17

15º55

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Sat 5 May

31º18

13º26

The fleet in Company

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Fri 11 May

22º27

Are obliged to run under an easy sail for the Oxford & Brittania.

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Sun 13 May

20º52

0º26E

Our people continue very healthy.

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Fri 18 May

16º02 S

Saint Helena.

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Sat 19 May

NEW

Abreast Barn Point. Employed working into the Road. Found riding here Walpole, Capt Abercrombie; The Fox, Capt Blackburn; the Grafton, Capt Bull; Kingston, CaptNutt; Princess Royal, Capt Ker; and the True Brittain and two whalers. Saluted fort with 9 guns. PM Captain wnt on shore. In the evening the ships in the Road fir’s half minute guns at the funeral of Capt Timbrell of True Britton.

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Mon 21st May

Sent our sick on shore.

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Thurs 24 May

St Helena Road

Winds & Weather as before- A.M. spliced the End of our Stream Cable in the Long Boat & hove a head on the Small Bower, for the Granby so clear our Cable, she having overlaid it – Clear’d it tear’d away & took the End of the Stream in Moor’d as before.

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Sat 26 May

Strong Flurries of the Valley – Cloudy Weather – a.m. Unmoor’d and hove short on the small Bower run a Warp out to the Kingston & Wharp’d her further in shore – Let go the small Bower Neer’d away and Moor’d Ship, Stream Anchor to the Sea, depth Water 19 Fathoms. Bearings, Sugar Loaf, Point ENE3/4N Horse Pasture Point. ?? Church ?? Off shore a short half mile. Strong Flurries of the Land Cloudy Weather - AM Wash'd the Gun Deck.

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Mon 28 May

Winds as before with rain in the latter part – Employ’d Rec. Water ?? Put Mr Henderson Seaman in Irons for striking Mr Stewart 4th Mate, & refusing to Load the Long Boat on Shore.

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Tues 29 May

Strong flurries. Cloudy weather with rain at times. AM The Captain came on board. Punish’d Wm Henderson seaman with two dozen lashes. Cooper employed setting up casks. Armourer at the forge

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Wed 30 May

Fresh breezes. Fair weather. AM Heel’d ship. Hog’d and scrub’d her & Pay’d her Bottom with Pitch and Greese. Dried sails and unbent them. Sailmaker repairing the sails. Cooper as before. Armourer at the Forge.

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Thurs 30 May

Fresh breezes with rain in the middle part. Employ’d taking on board Water. Boatswain overhauling the rigging etc. sailmaker as before.

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Mon 11 June

NEW

Came on board Major Basset and mustered ye ship’s company

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Mon 25 June

NEW

Anchored here the Stormont, Capt Rogers; Bessborough, Capt Montgomerie; Bridgwater, Capt Parker; York, Capt Blanchard; Atlas, Capt Cooper; Lascelles, Capt Wakefield; London, Capt Cummings from China.

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Wed 27 June

New

Exercised the great guns. Anchored here the Hastings, store ship, Capt Thompson from England

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Fri 29 June

Dept this life Fred Miller on shore at sick quarters.

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Tues 3 July

New

Exercised great guns. PM an alarm was for one sail. 11 arrived here Shark, sloop of war.

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Sun 29 July

Renown made signal to prepare to sail. 10 am Capt Peirce came on board with Mrs Wrangham as passengers.

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Mon 31 July

Convoy under Renown Capt Henry and Shark sloop of war. In company with Walpole, Granby, Stormont, Oxford, Princess Royal, Sandwich, Grafton, Bridgwater, York, Bessborough, Brittania, Atlas, Fox, Kingston, Lascelles, London & True Britton (17 ships.)

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Sun 5 Aug

10º16S

13º54W

The Fleet in company.

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Thurs 9 Aug

5º05S

18º33W

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Sat 12 Aug

0º04S

20º38

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Fri 17 Aug

7º07N

21º36

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Tues 21 Aug

12º39

23º56 W

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Sat 25 Aug

15º45N

27º55

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Wed 29 Aug

21º21

32º17

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Sun 2 Sept

27º16

35º22

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Mon 10 Sept

33º50

37º51

At 11 am officers from Renown came on board and pressed John Brown, Wm Henderson & John Leicester seamen.

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Fri 14 Sept

39º14

38º48

Received on board John Jewell, Wm Dawes & Laurence Fricker in ye room of the seamen pressed on ye 10th instant.

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Tues 18 Sept

42º00

31º19

An increasing gale.

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Sat 22 Sept

43º10

29º02

Calm

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Wed 26 Sept

45º43

22º28

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Sun 30 sept

47º18

17º19

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Thurs 4 Oct

49º23

11º00

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Mon 8 Oct

49º39

6º27

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Fri 12 Oct

50º00

At noon Lands End. Scilly.

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Sat 13 Oct

At noon the Lizard bor NbW. In company with the Fleet.

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Sun 14 Oct

The Eddystone NE bE

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Tues 16 Oct

At noon Dunnose NNE

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Wed 17 Oct

Isle of Wight

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Thurs 18 Oct