Hector: Journal

Title:

Hector: Journal

Date:

1750/1754

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship, Hector, kept by Captain Stephen Kirwan. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 12 February 1751, Gravesend; 14 March 1751, Downs; 7 July 1751, St Augustine Bay, Madagascar; 28 August 1751, Gombroon; 27 September 1751, Bombay; 18 December 1751, Aurangabunda [Aurangabander, Sindh]; 18 January 1752, Bombay; 31 January 1752, Surat; 20 April 1752, Bombay; 18 September 1752, Culpee [Kulpi, near Kolkata]; 12 January 1753, Anjengo [Anchuthengu]; 25 January 1753, Cochin [Kochi]; 4 February 1753, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 11 March 1753, Bombay; 29 April 1753, Tellicherry; 16 June 1753, Bourbon [Réunion]; 24 December 1753, St Helena; 28 April 1754, Downs; 1 May 1754, Blackwater Docks.At the beginning of the journal (folios 2-4) are four lists of those aboard. These are officers and seamen belonging to the ship, passengers heading to places abroad, people taken on board at St Helena who are working their passage home, and the East India Company's soldiers and galley men. Each list contains information on names, quality (i.e. profession), time of entry, and dates for any person who may have died, been discharged, or run away.The main body of the journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and a remarks column. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. The remarks column contains the date and information on weather, courses, distances, land sightings, ship sightings, ship maintenance, rigging, employment of the crew, and some navigational data. Occasionally other miscellaneous notes are made, such as the names of the deceased, flora and fauna seen from the ship, and any unusual occurrences.At the end of the journal (folio 135) Stephen Kirwan, Captain, has signed his name in testament to it being his original journal. It is witnessed by John Webster.Crew List; Passenger List; Soldier ListPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 145; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships logs
Trade (practice)
Marine navigation
Weather
Hector

Geographic region:

St Augustine Bay
Surat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000148.0x0000ed_ar
81055/vdc_100000000148.0x0000ed_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/486A
IOR/L/MAR/B/486A

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