Abstract: Journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Walpolefrom England to Bengal (Captain Charles Boddam), January 1727-September 1729.The
Walpoledeparted from the Downs on 7 March 1727, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 6 April 1727, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 4 August 1727, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai]; 16 September 1727, Balasore; 26 September 1727, Rogues River; 6 October 1727, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 27 December 1727, Ingeley [Hijili Flat]; 26 January 1727/28, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 3 February 1727/28, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 2 March 1727/28, Socatra [Socotra] ; 15 March 1727/28, Mocha; 10 August 1728, Madrass; 3 October 1728, Calcutta; 17 January 1728/29, Ingeley [Hijili Flat]; 31 May 1729, St Helena; 31 August 1729, Erith.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.The log book contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], and [Remarks]; with six days recorded on each side of a folio.The log also records the ship visiting Socatra (folio 24) and Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. On the ship's return the log book (folios 47 and 48) records the ship reaching Dunnose, Beachy Head, Dover and Erith on the English mainland as the
Walpolereturned to Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and English men-of-war, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.Folio 5 records the
Walpolemeeting the ships
Preston,
Chatham,
Monmouthand
RoseGally, East India Company men-of-war as well as the East India Company ships the
Mountague(Captain Gordon);
Bridgewater(Captain Edward Williamson) and
Lathulire(Captain Shephard).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: A journal (log book) of the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Ilchester, recorded by the Captain of the ship John Tedd. The daily entries are dated 30 December 1749 to 7 October 1751.The journal includes the following inscriptions (on folio 1): ‘This is my Original Journal John Tedd’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’, and ‘Rec[eive]d 9th. Oct[obe]r. 1751’.The journal entries begin when the ship was at Deptford, and subsequently record the ship’s arrival at, and departure from, the following places (both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal): Morandava [Morondava], Madagascar (21 to 29 July 1750); Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] (3 September to 10 October 1750); Bombay [Mumbai] (24 November to 17 December 1750); Tillicherry [Thalassery] (27 January to 13 February 1750/51); Anjengo [Anchuthengu] (18 February to 3 March 1750/51); St Helena (19 to 30 June 1751). The ship arrived in the Downes [Downs] on 9 September 1751, after which it was at Woolwich, before it returned to Deptford.Daily entries for when the ship was in port mostly record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and stores received on board the ship; actions performed by members of the crew; goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and sent ashore; and the arrival and departure of other ships.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: remarks, hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, wind directions, comments on the weather, and other information. The other information mainly relates to the following: wind and other weather conditions and sea conditions; sightings and bearings of land; actions performed by members of the crew; and measurements of the course of the ship, distance, and latitude and longitude. The entries also record scurvy amongst the crew.The journal also includes a loose folio (folio 2) inserted into it, which is an invoice ‘For Bringing up the Godolphin. Cap[tain] Stevens Commander from Woolwich to Blackwall’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; 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.
Abstract: This volume consists of a journal (log book) of a voyage to Madras [Chennai] and Bengal in the East India Company ship
Dartmouth, recorded by the Captain of the ship Thomas Beckford.The journal entries are dated 14 October 1710 to 17 August 1713.The inscriptions on folio 2 of the journal state that the journal was received on 16 September 1713 and laid before the Court of Directors of the East India Company on 18 September 1713.The journal records the ship sailing for Gravesend on 19 November 1710. Following this, the ship anchored in the Downes [Downs] on 22 December 1710, at Spithead on 3 January 1710, Stokes Bay on 4 January 1710, and Spithead again on 26 January 1710.The journal entries subsequently record the ship anchoring in the following places (both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal entries): the Cape of Good Hope (24 April to 13 May 1711), Fort St George [Madras] (10 to 20 July 1711), Fort St David (10 to 12 August 1711), Fort St George (14 August to 6 September 1711), Rogues River [Muri Ganga, also known as Channel Creek or the Baratala River] (25 September 1711, leaving Bengal 28 January 1711/12), Anjango [Anchuthengu] (15 to 17 February to 1711/12), Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] (28 March to 28 June 1712), Fort St George (7 to 16 August 1712), Table Bay (18 January to 31 March 1712/13), and Texel (9 August 1713). The ship reached the Thames Estuary on 17 August 1713.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea from 28 January 1711 onwards consist of tables recording the following: navigational measurements of latitude by account and departure (from the meridian), hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, winds, and remarks. The remarks mostly relate to the following: the wind and other weather and sea conditions; ships with which the
Dartmouthwas sailing in company, and sightings of other ships; actions performed by the crew; and measurements of the course of the ship and bearings of land.Entries for when the ship was at Fort St George, Fort St David, and Anjango record information including: weather conditions, treasure and goods being unloaded from the ship and sent ashore, the Captain and merchants from the ship going ashore, provisions and other cargo being received on board the ship, actions performed by the crew, and the arrival and departure of other ships. There are no daily entries for the dates when the ship was at anchor in the other places listed above, other than entries for the arrival and departure dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 133; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Comptonfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai] (Captain William Mawson). The
Comptondeparted from the Downs on 1 April 1723, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 August 1723, Bombay; 17 October 1723, Carwar [Karwar]; 26 October 1723, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 3 November 1723, Cocheen [Kochi]; 13 November 1723, Anjango [Anchuthenguu]; 5 December 1723, Cocheen; 10 December 1723, Callicut [Kozhikode]; 12 December 1723, Tellicherry; 16 January 1724, Bombay; 15 February 1724, Surat; 4 Apr 1724, Bombay; 18 June 1724, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 12 August 1724, Bussora [Basra]; 28 November 1724, Gombroon; 7 January 1725, Surat; 10 February 1725, Bombay; 23 March 1725, Goa; 8 April 1725, Tellicherry; 10 May 1725, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai]; 11 November 1725, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 26 December 1725, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 19 January 1726, Ascention [Ascension]; 9 April 1726, Woolwich.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks. A crew list is given on folio 7.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 101; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages ff 90-100, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Nathaniel, kept by Benjamin Dennis (until his death on 30 December 1707). The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Sancta Hellenna [Saint Helena], Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra] (dates are those of arrival): 14 May 1705, Sancta Hellenna; 3 September 1705, Madrass; 22 November 1705, Bantall; 3 December 1705, Bencoolen; 19 January 1706, Sillabarr Bay [Silebar]; 16 February 1706, Bencoolen; 2 March 1706, Bantall; 17 May 1706, Madrass; 18 July 1706, Callicutta [Kolkata]; 27 January 1707, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 19 March 1707, Gombron [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 24 June 1707, Madrass; 30 July 1707, Polta Hugly River [Hooghly]; 27 November 1707, Madrass; 28 December 1707, Cuddalore; 28 March 1708, Cape [of Good Hope]; 4 September 1708, Texel; 28 October 1708, Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Date, general remarks, H [Hour], K [Knots], K [Half-knots], Course, and Winds. The remarks column contains navigational data and notes on weather, land and ship sightings, employment of the crew, ship maintenance, and other miscellaneous information.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Nathaniel: Journal, Benjamin Dennis, Captain, 1702-04 (IOR/L/MAR/B/136A(1));
Nathaniel: Journal, Benjamin Dennis, Captain, 1704-08 (IOR/L/MAR/B/136(2));
Nathaniel: Journal, John Hunter, Chief Mate (IOR/L/MAR/B/136B).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 146; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Wilmingtonfrom England to Bombay and back (Captain Charles Massey), 28 March 1734 to 22 August 1735. The
Wilmingtondeparted from the Downs on 28 March 1734, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 18 August 1734, Joanna [Anjouan]; 22 September 1734, Bombay; 23 October 1734, Surratt [Surat]; 22 November 1734, Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 22 December 1734, Bombay; 3 Feb 1734/5, Tellichery [Thalassery]; 11 February 1734/5 Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 26 April 1735, Cape [of Good Hope]; 24 May 1735, St Helena; 18 August 1735, Downs.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 140; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 115-134, which have not been digitised.