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Thursday the 30th April 1795
Strong gales of wind SW the first & latter part fair, the middle rain employed receiving on board bales on acct [account] fo the Honble [Honorable] Company in the hold & setting the rigging up Gumes painting the masts officers on board chief third & sixth
Friday May 1st
Moderate breezes Westerly fair weather received on board two anchors on acct. [account] of the Honble [Honorable] Company a spare anchor & ship's guns employed in the Hold & setting the rigging up came down the [Ci?] [?] Lindsey sailed the [[Francis]] [[Captn Barrows]] Officers on board Cheif 3 & 6th
Saturday the 2d of May
Light Breezes from North to East fair weather, employed in the hold about the rigging. cleared [[Hawke]], received on board some stores & cordage Officers on board Chief third and sixth
Sunday the 3rd of May
Moderate breezes ENE people employed washing decks & cleaning ship at 1 PM came on board Captn [[Captain Edwards]] officers on board 2d 4th & 6th
Monday the 4th
Light airs Easterly received on board part of the stores cordage People employed under the Boatswain officers on board second 4th & 6th
Tuesday the 5th
Light airs Easterly received on board the ships raft of Booms & spars & ships long boat people employed as yesterday officers on board as yesterday
Wednesday the 6th
Wind Easterly & hazey weather, received on board sundry oil stores, flour, canvas & ship's sails & at 4 AM the ship [[Taton of Bristol]] [[John Batter]] Master came athwart hawse & carried away our jib boom & bump- kins & slightly hurt our cutwater, she was bound for [[Petersburgh]] officers on board as yesterday
Thursday the 7th Wind N.N.W cloudy weather people employed in the hold & under the Boatswain Officers on board as yesterday
Friday the 8th
Wind N.N.W cloudy weather recd [received] on board 120 packages on acct [account] of the Captn & officers people employed in the hold & under the boatswain officers on board as yesterday
Saturday the 9th
Wind westerly light breeze received on board 34 [?] of store beer, people employed hold & under the Boatswain cleared Hawse discharged [[Joseph Benfield]] foreman with eighteen lumpers Officers on board as yesterday
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Sunday the 10th of May 1795
Wind WNW Strong gales, people employed washing the decks & cleaning the ship Officers on board as yesterday
Monday the 11th
Fresh breezes NNW with a heavy swell received on board on acct [account] of the Honble [Honorable] E. I. [[East India Company]] 993 cakes of battery copper Poeple employed in the hold & under the Boatswain, received on board also sundry old stores Officers on board as yesterday
Tuesday the 12th
Fresh breezes Northerly, the first part fair, the latter rather hazey, employed in the hold & about the rigging Officers on board as yesterday
Wednesday the 13th
Light airs Northerly, the firs part fair, the latter cloudy with some rain received on board sundry stores on the victual- ling Bill; People employed in the hold & under the Boatswain Shipwright firing new bumpkins, received on board a new Jib Boom; hoisted the cutter yawl and jolly boat in Officers on board Chief, second, third, fourht & sixth
Thursday the 14th
Light airs Westerly & calms; received on board some packages of private [Frede?] set the Topmast rigging up fore and aft Officers on board Chief, third, fourth & sixth
Friday the 15th
Strong gales Westerly, fair weather, employed in the hold & about the rigging Officers on board as yesterday
Saturday the 16th
Moderate breezes Easterly & fair weather employed receiving on board stores for the victualling Bill Officers on board as yesterday
Sunday the 17th
Moderate Breezes during the first & latter parts of the day, the middle blowing fresh Easterly with fair weather, Bent sails at noon Captn [[Captain Edwards]] came on board & returned on shore in the evening. Officers on board as yesterday
Monday the 18th
Moderate Breezes ENE received on board on acct [account] of the Honble [Honorable] E. I. [[East India Company]] 4 chests of silver coin & Trunk of wrought plate also 114 packages of private trade for the Captn [Captain] & officers Officers on board second, third, fouth & sixth
Tuesday the 19th
Light airs WSW received on board 69 packages of private trade for the Captain & officers. people employed in the hold & under the Boatswain Officers on board as yesterday
Wednesday th 20th
Light airs WSW People employed under the Boatswain Officers on board as yesterday
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Thursday the 21st of May 1795
Light airs WSW received on board 20 casks of red & white [lead?] for the Captain and officers. People employed under the Boatswain Officers on board as yesterday
Friday the 22d
Light airs Westerly; received on board 50 packages of private trade for Captn [Captain] & officers & 6 package of baggage for passengers, 1 chest for a cadet & 10 1/2 barrels of gun powder ships stores. at 6 PM a sloop in coming down the reach got athwart our Hawse & carried away the Bowspirt cap; people employed by the Boatswain Officers on board as yesterday
Saturday the 23rd
Light airs Westerly & calm employed receiving on board private Trade on account of the Captain & officers & passengers baggage worked on the gundeck Officers as yesterday
Sunday the 24th
Fresh gales Easterly received on board a new cap for the Bowsprit came on board Captn [[Captain Edwards]] with [[Mr. Joseph Carr]] Pilot who took charge of the ship; got the cap on the Bowspirt, run the Jib Boom out & bent the Jib at Noon spliced the stream cable to the small Bower & unmoor- ed ship on the flood, on the Ebb weight, tacked & filled down to the lower part of the reach when we brough up with the best bower & served out half a cable All officers on board
Monday the 25th
Strong gales Easterly fair weather at day light moored the ship on the flood a cable each way, best bower to the Eastward people employed in painting a new Main Topsail & about the rigging received on board some stores & passenger's baggage Officers on board Chief, third, fourth, fifth, & sixth
Tuesday th 26th
Strong gales from the NE fair weather; came on board [[Mr. Warren]] from the [[East India House]] & [[John Cordoroy]] paid past of the river paid Officers on board as yesterday
Wednesday the 27th
Fresh gales Northerly fair weather, employed as yesteday, finished paying the river pay sealed the guns loaded & charged them All officers on board Draught of water foreward 21 feet & 2 inches aftr [aftward?] 20 feet & 9 inches
Thursday the 28th
Modearate Breezes from NE to NW at day light drew up the plice of the small Bower, cleared Hawse & on the flood an moored at nine AM came on board Captn [[Captain Edwards]] soon after we weighed dropt down near the Hope, let go the Anchor to wait the tide soon afet we again weighed lacked & filled thro' the Hope made sail down sea reach, the swift yaught [yacht?] a head Captn [[Captain Piper]] at 8 PM the yaught [yacht] making the signal for shoal water on the flats came too with the best Bower near the buoy of the Knows veered out half a cable
Friday the 29th
Strong gales from the Noward [Northward] accompanied with drizzling rain down top gallant yards in the Evening sighted the anchor let it go again & veered half a cable
Saturday the 30th
Fresh breezes Noerly [Northerly] at 8 am weighed anchor at 9 past by the Buoy on the Pansand & stood down the Queen's Channel, up the top gallant yards & out reefs; at 15 minutes before 2 PM came too in the Downs with the best Bower in 9 Fathoms the No [North] Foreland bearing NNE 1/4 E the So [South] Foreland SW 1/2 W & Deal Town WNW; found riding here his majesty's ship [[Jupiter]] of 50 guns [[Admiral Vandisrut]] Commander with several Frigates & other vessels [[Mr. Dovereword]] Mate went on shore in the evening & soon after returned with a message from the Admiral that no convoy had been appointed
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In the Downs
Sunday 31st of May 1795
Fresh breezes SW cloudy weather the former part; the latter fair; the Pateral sloop of war made a signal for a convoy to the Westward, sent [[Mr. Dover]] the second officer on board for signals, but they were not made out; washed the gun deck & Quartered the ship's company
Monday June 1st
Moderate breezes Soerly [Southely]; which in the evening veered round to the SE with fair weather; arrived the Honble [Honorable] Company Ships the [[Woodcot]], [[Marquiss of Lansdown]] & [[Lord Walsingham]]; sailed two Frigates & a sloop of war to the Northward received on board Water & Provisions & our signals & instructions from the Paterel sloop of war; arrived a Convoy from the Westward
Tuesday the 2d
Fresh Breezes SW fair weather in the evening less wind & the poeple employed by the Boatswain; Tradesmen at necessary work; arrived the Honble [Honorable] E. I. [[East India Company]] ship [[Earl of Oxford]]
Wednesday the 3d
The first part light airs variable & cloudy towards Noon from the NE fair weather, at 8 AM the Paterel sloop of war made the signal to prepare for sail when we have short at 9 AM made the signal to weigh, weighed in company with the Honble [Honorable] E. I. [[East India Company]] ships the [[Woodcot]], [[Marquiss of Lansdown]], [[Lord Walsingham]] & [[Earl of Oxford]] with several Transport & Coasters stood down against at Noon less wind This log ends at noon
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9 | 4 | [ditto] | SW by W | S. East | At 8 PM Dungenness Light House |
10 | 4 | [ditto] | W by S | S. East | NW by W Folkstone North the |
11 | 5 | [ditto] | Commodore NNE shortened sail | ||
12 | 5 | 4 | at 12 pm the Ness Light house ENE Dist [distance] 3 or 4 leagues the high Land of Lee bore NW by W out 10 Leagues the Commodore SE. | ||
1 | 4 | 4 | SW by W 1/2 | fair | |
2 | 5 | 5 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | W by S | Fair | |
4 | 6 | 2 | W 1/2 N | ||
5 | 1 p | 1 | W by N | ||
6 | 1 p | 2 | W by N 1/2 N | Beachy Head N 1/2 E | |
7 | 5 | " | SSW | The Commodore E. by N. Isle of Wight N by W 1/2 W Dist. [distance] 8 or 9 Leagues at noon the Isle of Wight bore NW by W dist. [distance] 6 or 7 Leagues Beachy Head [?] 5 or 6 leagues | |
8 | 3 | 6 | In the Well 8 In | ||
9 | 3 | ||||
10 | 2 | 4 | WNW | ||
11 | " | " | |||
12 | " | " | Calm | Lat. [Latitude] Obsn [Observation] 50.87 N |
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In the Evening a breeze sprung up with rain stood in to the [[Isle of Wight]] at 1/2 before 9 came too on the Motherbank with the B. [best] Bower in 1/2 less 5 F [fathoms] having neigher wind nor tide rode short This log ends at noon
Friday the 9th
Light airs variable & calms the first & middle past at 5 PM wore away & moored ship a cable each way served the small Bower, the extremes of the [[Isle of Wight]] at SSE to NW by W 1/2 W [ryde?] SW by W 1/2 West 1 1/2 miles distant loosened sails to dry