Abstract: A journal (log book) of the first voyage of the East India Company ship
Royal Captain, recorded by the Captain Nathaniel Tanner. The journal entries are dated 17 February 1761 to 19 August 1763.The journal is inscribed: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p[per] Nath.[anie]l Tanner’, ‘This is my orrig.[ina]l Jornial and my Hand Writing – Nath[anie].l Tanner’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’.The entries record the ship anchoring at places including: Cochin [Kochi] (12 to 14 December 1761); Bombay (2 January to 24 February 1762); Muscatt [Muscat] (19 to 23 March 1762); Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas] (29 March to 14 April 1762); Muscatt (20 to 23 April 1762); Bombay (5 May to 5 June 1762); Trincomalay [Trincomalee] (19 June to 1 July 1762); Madrass [Madras] (3 July to 5 August 1762); Macao [Macau] and Wampo [Pazhou] (29 October 1762 to 10 January 1763); Pulo Auro [Pulau Aur or Aur Island] (21 to 25 January 1763); St Helena (12 to 22 April 1763); Spithead (29 June to 4 July 1763); and Dover (4 to 13 July 1763). The ship arrived at Deptford on 23 July 1763.Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.Daily entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), courses, knots (K), fathoms (F), other navigational measurements, and comments. The comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of land; sightings of, and interactions with, other ships; actions performed by the crew; and the course of the ship.The journal is part of a volume containing three separate log books: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p Nath.l Tanner’ (IOR/L/MAR/B/556A);
Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556B); and
Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 174; 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 (compiled by John Carswell [Chief Mate]) of the voyage of the
Phoenixfrom England to Fort St George at Madras, Bangall [Bengal], and Persia, and back (Captain Thomas Lambert), 1700-03. The
Phoenixwas at Gomorun [Bandar Abbas] from 25 April to 30 May 1702.The Journal consists of daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, contact with other English ships, sightings of other vessels, commodities carried, and general remarks.The Journal includes a pencil sketch of the Bay of St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], showing the fort and town, and the island of Fogo to the west, on folios 1-2.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 180; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading flyleaf. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 94-180, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Nathaniel, kept by Captain Jonathan Negus. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Mocha and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 12 June 1712, Aden; 7 July 1712, Mocha; 21 September 1712, Bombay; 1 February 1713, Cape; 29 July 1713, Texel; 16 Aug 1713, Deptford.At the front (folio 2) of the volume is the inscription: 'This is my origianall journal [original journal], Iona Negus'.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Date, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only and often not daily. The remarks column contains information on weather, courses, distances, navigational data, sightings of land and other ships, and maintenance and repair work, as well as other miscellaneous notes. Occasional notes in the margins are made on arrivals and departures, damage to the ship, sightings of other ships, and the names of the deceased. These notes are inconsistent.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 93; 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 77-92, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the
Harcourt, kept by Captain William Webber. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Bombay [Mumbai] and Mocho (also written Mocco) [Mocha/al-Mukha]: 23 August 1759, Morendavia [Morondava, Madagascar]; 3 October 1759, Bombay; 29 November 1759, Anjango [Anchuthengu, India]; 12 December 1759, Callicut [Kozhikode, India]; 20 December 1759, Tellycherry [Thalassery, India]; 29 December 1759, Onoare (also written Onoar) [northern Kanara, India]; 11 January 1760, Bombay; 5 February 1760, Surrat [Surat]; 21 April 1760, Mocho; 4 October 1760, Bombay; 5 February 1761, St Helena; 22 June 1761, Blackwall, London.At the front (folio 2) of the journal is the inscription: 'This is my original journal. W'm [William] Webber. Rec'd July 10 1761'.The journal begins with a list of crew members, providing information on name, quality (occupation), and wage (folios 2-4). This is followed by daily entries of notes on the preparation and loading of the ship at Blackwall shipyard, 27 February-23 March 1759 (folios 7-9). These notes include remarks on weather and other ships in the vicinity.The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], 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 include observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The journal includes an abstract from the log book of the ship
Essexfrom 30 July 1745 that relates to some rocks encountered by the
Harcourt(folio 121).The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Harcourt: Journal, William Webber, Captain, 1752-54, (IOR/L/MAR/B/558A);
Harcourt: Journal, William Webber, Captain, 1755-58 (IOR/L/MAR/B/558B);
Harcourt: Journal, William Webber, Captain, 1759-61 (IOR/L/MAR/B/558C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 159; 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.
Abstract: The volume is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘
Refugeoverset near Bantam.
Mary Royallfrom Bantam to England’. The Journal records the loss of the ship
RefugeWhich foundered three leagues southwest from Bantam Road, in 1628. And the ship
Mary Royal’s voyage from Bantam to England in 1629. Also mentioned is the ship
Falconat Bantam in 1628 (on folio 2). Among the places mentioned in the volume are Bantam, Battavia [Batavia], Suraat [Surat], Cape of Good Hope, Sant Ellino [St Helena], Cape Verde and Plimmouth [Plymouth].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 16; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ships the
Hartand the
Mary, kept by ship's mate Edward Austin. The journal covers the
Hart's voyage from England to Surrat [Surat] and Gumaroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], and the
Mary's voyage from Surat to Bantam and England (all dates are those of arrival): 10 July 1627, Cape [of Good Hope]; 10 September 1627, Mohelia [Moheli, Comoros]; 30 November 1627, Surrat; 6 January 1628, Gumaroone; 25 February 1628, Surat; 27 May 1628, Mauricius [Mauritius]; 6 July 1628, St Augustin Bay, Madagascar; 22 July 1628, Mozambique; 4 August 1628, Johanna [Anjouan, Comoros]; 4 October 1628, Surat. At this point Edward Austin appears to board the
Mary, whose voyage continued from Surat as follows: 25 December 1628, Bantam; 7 August 1629, Cape Verde; 12 October 1629, Silly [Isles of Scilly]; 28 November 1629, Downes [Downs]; 13 December 1629, Erith.The journal consists of daily entries in three columns. The first column contains navigational data and the occasional remark on landings. The second column contains the day of the month. The third column contains further navigational data and notes on land bearings, courses, wind, and weather.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 76; 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 51-74, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume contains a journal (log book) by Richard Allwright, Chief Mate, of a voyage on the East India Company ship
London, commanded by William Sedgwick.The journal is in two parts: the first part of the journal (folios 4 to 96) is dated 16 November 1749 to 10 February 1752; and the second part of the journal (folios 97 to 186) is dated 23 April 1751 to 13 June 1752. The entries from 23 April 1751 to 7 February 1752 in the first part of the journal are duplicated in the second part of the journal.There are notes on the cover pages of each part of the journal stating ‘This is my original Journall [Journal]’, signed by Rich[ar] Allwright, and also stating that they were received on 8 July 1752, witnessed by Tho[mas] Reading.The first part of the journal includes a list of the ship’s company (crew and passengers), with columns for their names, their quality (positions), and whether they were dead, had drowned or had run away from the ship (folios 5 to 6). The second part of the journal also includes a list of the ship’s company from Ingerlee, with columns for their names and their quality (folio 132).The first entry in the journal is dated 16 November 1749, when the ship was at Deptford, after which the ship was at Gravesend, then in the Downs, before anchoring in Plymouth Sound from 21 March 1749/50 to 1 April 1750. The ship then anchored at the following places: Joanna [Anjouan] Bay (19 July 1750); Fort St David’s Road (24 August 1750); Madrass [Madras] (8 September 1750); Culpee [Kulpi] (9 October 1750); Ingerlee Road (29 November 1750); Cochin [Kochi] (3 January 1750/51); Bombay (27 January 1750/51); Mocha (20 March 1750/51); Judda [Jeddah] (21 April 1751); Mocha (16 July 1751); Bombay (13 August 1751); Calcutta (9 October 1751); Ingerlee (28 December 1751); St Hellena [St Helena] (6 April 1752); and Long Reach (past Gravesend, 13 June 1752). (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Entries for when the ship was in port mainly discuss: wind and other weather conditions; the receipt of cargo, and the unloading of cargo to be taken ashore; and actions performed by the crew.Entries for when the ship was at sail mostly relate to wind and other weather conditions, the course of the ship and sightings of land, and sightings of other ships, birds and sea creatures. In addition, these entries also include daily tables recording the following information: remarks, hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, and wind direction.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 189; 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 167-188, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Thistleworthfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai, India], March-September 1714, from Bombay to Surat, India, November 1714, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran], February-March 1714 [New Style date 1715], from Gombroon to Bombay, March-April 1715, and from Bombay to England, October 1715-May 1716 (Captain Daniel Small).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; 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 (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: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Townshend, kept by Captain Philip Worth. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Mocha and Callicut [Kozhikode] (all dates are those of arrival): 4 March 1722, Cape [of Good Hope]; 16 May 1722, Mocha; 5 September 1722, Goa; 12 September 1722, Callicut; 3 February 1723, Cape; 7 March 1723, St Helena; 8 June 1723, Downs.Near the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my Originall journal [original journal], Philip Worth, Received 31st July 1723'.The journal begins with a list of crew members, giving names and occupations (folio 2). The first part of the journal covers the ship's journey from Deptford to the Downs, via Gravesend and Westgate Bay. The journal here consists of entries every few days containing dates, and remarks on weather, land bearings, ship sightings, and maintenance work (folio 4).The main body of the journal consists of daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds, and a remarks column. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. The remarks column contains the date, and information on winds and weather, land bearings, repairs and maintenance, sea conditions, ship sightings, and 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.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Townshend: Journal, Philip Worth, Captain, 1721-23, (IOR/L/MAR/B/660C);
Townshend: Journal, Philip Worth, Captain, 1725-27 (IOR/L/MAR/B/660D).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 89; 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
Bouveriefrom Gomaroone [Gombroon, Bandar Abbas] towards Great Britain (Captain Thomas Wotton), 29 June 1719-16 August 1720 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Bandar Abbas, 29 June 1719; 16 August 1719, Madarass [Madras]; 25 September 1719, Ballasore [Balasore]; 14 October 1719, Fort William [Calcutta]; 24 December 1719, Coxes [Cox's Bazar]; 11 May 1720, St Hellena [St Helena].Inscribed: 'This is my Origional [original] Journall, Thos. Wotton' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. 7ber y. 29th. 1720 [Received, 29 September 1720]' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [navigational information (latitude by account and observation, meridional distance from a fixed point, difference of longitude, and variation)]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; details of the other ships with which the
Bouveriesailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried; sightings of sea birds and marine animals; and general remarks.A report of news from the British Isles: folio 73.The journal is double-dated where necessary, giving both Old and New Style dates.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books:
Bouverie: Journal, Chief Mate Thomas Meacham, 1713-16 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692B), and 'A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the Good Ship Bouverie.', 1719-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 80; 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.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Prince Frederickfrom England to Mocha, and back (Captain William Haynes), 21 October 1727-25 March 1730 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 November 1727; 18 March 1727 [Old Style]/18 March 1728 [New Style], Cape Bona Espranca [Cape of Good Hope]; 23 June 1728, Moha [Mocha]; 16 October 1728, Bombay; 2 January 1728 [Old Style]/2 January 1729 [New Style], Mocha; 22 May 1729, Bombay; 20 November 1729, St Helena; 23 March 1729 [Old Style]/23 March 1730 [New Style], the Downs.The ship was at Mocha from 23 June to 25 August 1728, and from 2 January 1728/9 to 5 May 1729, and at Bombay from 16 October to 13 December 1728, and from 22 May to 27 July 1729.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall, Sam. [Samuel] Rodham [Chief Mate]' (folio 5).Marked: 'Rec. [Received] 29 April 1730 (folio 5).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Course; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in habour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; weather; winds; sea conditions; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; an incident in which the ship lost all six of her anchors, and was assisted by a Dutch ship (folio 25); commodities carried (especially coffee from Mocha, and rattans from Bombay); and deaths of crew members, including the death of Captain Haynes at Bombay, folios 53-54.The journal also includes a list of the
Prince Frederick'sofficers and seamen, giving names; qualities [rank or occupation]; and details of those members of the crew who had died, or 'runn' [deserted from the ship], with dates (folios 4-5).The journal is double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) 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 123; 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 112-122, which have not been digitised.