Prince Henry: Journal

Title:

Prince Henry: Journal

Date:

1750/1752

Description:

Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Henryfrom England to Persia [Iran] and Bombay, and back (Captain Thomas Best), 20 November 1750-9 December 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 20 March 1751; 16 July 1751, Joanna [Anjouan]; 22 August 1751, Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas]; 27 September 1751, Bombay; 29 February 1752, Carwar [Karwar]; 9 March 1752, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 27 April 1752, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 7 August 1752, St Helena; 30 October 1752, the Downs.Note that the date 30 October 1752 above (the date given in the record) is Old Style.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Thos. Best' (folio 2).Marked 'Recd. [Received] 13th. Decr. [December] 1752'.The dates in the journal change to New Style on 20 November 1752.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [Date and Remarks], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds and Weather, and Transactions. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with British ships; sightings of other vessels; punishments inflicted on crew members and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, deaths at sea; commodities carried, the firing of gun salutes at Bombay on the occasion of the birthday of King George III (folio 59); transmission of correspondence; and general remarks.The journal also includes: a list of the names of the crew members of the Prince Henry, 1750, giving number, names, quality [rank or occupation], whether they had been discharged or had run [deserted], whether they had died, and when and where [relating to the two previous columns] (folios 3-4); and a list of soldiers and galley men in the service of the East India Company (passengers), giving number, names, and quality, and stating whether they had been discharged, had run [deserted], had died, etc., with dates (folios 5-6).The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Prince Henry: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325A); Prince Henry: Journal 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325B); and Prince Henry: Journal, Benjamin Reynolds, Chief Mate, 1756-58 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 128; 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Ships
Ships logs
Prince Henry

Geographic region:

Gombaroon

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001513.0x000148_ar
81055/vdc_100000001513.0x000148_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/325A
IOR/L/MAR/B/325A

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