Ship's log of the Hawke, between England and India, 1795-1799 (Travel Diaries and Journals)

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Monday 29th June
1	SW 1/2 W	5	2	WNW Fair
2		5	2		Light breezes and pleasant weather through
3	SW	5	--
4		5	--
5		5	--
6		5	--		In Company the Lansdown
7		5	2
8		5	2
9		5	6	NW b W
10		5	--		Passengers exercising small arms
11	WSW	5	4
12		5	--
1	SW b W	5	2
2		5	--
3		5	--		At day light 3 strange sails in the NW Quarter I take them to be steering as we are
4		4	6
5	WSW	5	2	N b W
6		4	4
7		4	4
8		3	4	North
9		3	4		Roused the Bower Cables up took of the rounding and [paved?] them down again
10		3	4
11		4	--		The sails out of sight Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 37:40
12		4	--	116

S 30 W	110	95	55	37:52	70	16:39

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Tuesday 30th June 95
1	WSW	3l	6	NE Cloudy
2		4	--		Light breezes and cloudy weather through
3		4	4
4		4	6
5		4	4
6		4	4		People under the Boatsn [Boatswain]
7		5	--
8		5	4
9		5	--		Commodore mad the signal to conceal all light in the night
10		4	--
11		4	--
12		4	--
1		4	2
2		4	6
3		4	2
4		3	4
5		2	4
6		4	--
7		5	--		At Noon the Commodore made the signal to steer SW b W.
8		5	4
9		5	--
10		5	--
11		5	--		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 36:16 N
12		4	6	107

S 45 Wt	107	76	76	36:34	96	18:15 Wt

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Wednesday 1st July 1795
1	SW b W	5	--	NE b E Fair
2		5	--		Moderate breezes and fair weather throughout
3		5	--
4		5	--
5		5	3
6		5	3
7		5	3		Carpenter making a Jibb Boom
8		5	3
9		5	6		Armourer at his forge
10		6	4
11		6	4
12		6	6		Sailmaker middle stitching new sails
1		5	4
2		4	4
3		4	4		Washed the Gun deck and exercised [great?] Guns
4		4	4
5		6	--
6		6	--
7		4	6		Passengers small arms
8		4	5
9		5	5
10		5	6
11		6	5		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 34:38
12		5	2	130

S 34 Wt	130	108	73	34:28	88	19:43

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Thursday 2d July
1	SW b W	4	--	NE Fair
2		4	--		Pleasant weather throughout
3		4	--
4		4	--
5		5	4		People under the Boatsn [Boatswain]
6		5	4
7		6	2		Carpenter as yesterday
8		6	6
9		6	--
10		6	--
11		5	4	Cloudy
12		5	4
1		5	4
2		4	--
3		3	4
4		3	4
5	SW	4	4		Commodore made the signal to steer SWt
6		4	4
7		5	--
8		5	4	ENE
9		5	5
10		5	5
11		5	5		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 33:00 N
12		5	5	122

S 33 Wt	123	103	65	32:55	78	21:01 Wt

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Friday 3d July
1	SW	4	4	NE Fair
2		4	2		First part light breezes and fair latter increasing
3		4	2
4		3	6
5		3	4
6		2	6
7		3	6		People under the Boatsn [Boatswain]
8		4	--
9		4	4
10		4	4	ENE	Tradesmen at their callings
11		4	4
12		4	4
1		3	--
2		3	--
3		3	2
4		4	--	Var Pr [?] 20:00	In company the Lansdown
5		4	--
6		4	--
7		4	4
8		4	4
9		6	4
10		7	2		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 31:20
11		6	--
12		6	2	105

S 24 Wt	105	96	42	31:24	50	21:51

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Saturday 4th July
1	SW b S	6	--	NE b E Fair
2		6	4	Commodore made the signal to steer SW B S	Pleasant and fair weather through
3		6	--
4		6	--
5		6	--		Armourer at his forge
6		6	--	Var Pr [?] 19:40
7		6	--
8		6	--	Signal to conceal all light
9		6	4
10		6	4
11		6	4
12		6	4
1		7	--
2		7	--
3		7	3
4		7	3
5		7	4
6		7	4
7		7	2		AM Washed the Gund deck Exercising [great?] Guns and small Arms
8		7	4
9		7	2
10		7	--
11		6	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 29:00
12		6	4	160

S 8 W	160	158	22	29:50	25	22:15

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Sunday 5th July
1	SW b S	5	4	NE Fair
2		5	4		Fresh breeze and pleasant weather throughout
3		5	4
4		5	4	E b N
5		6	--
6		6	--
7		7	--
8		7	4
9		7	4
10		7	4
11		7	4
12		7	4
1		7	4
2		7	4		In company the Lansdown
3		7	3
4		7	3
5		7	4
6		7	5		Performed divine service to all hands
7		6	4
8		7	2
9		6	2	NE
10		5	2	Cloudy
11		6	--		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 26:20 N
12		6	--	161

S 10 Wt	161	159	28	26:21	32	22:47 Wt

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Monday 6th July
1	SW b S	7	--	NE b E Cloudy
2		6	4		Pleasant breezes and fine weather throughout
3		6	6
4		6	6
5		6	6
6		6	6
7		6	6
8		6	6
9		7	--
10		7	--
11		6	4
12		6	4
1		7	--
2		7	4
3		6	6
4		7	2		At 5 AM saw a sail bearing SWt standing to the SE soon
5		7	--		after saw 3 more steering SE standing as we I take them to be
6		7	--		large ships. At 8 AM being within 7 or 8 miles of the ship we
7		7	--		first saw in the SW the Commodore made the signal to hoist
8		7	--		a blue Ensign and Pendant and give brase hawl our wind as Pr
9	South	8	--		by made all sail at 11 being within 3 miles of them she shortd [shortened]
10	SW	6	4		sail and hoisted spanish colour the Commodore made our signal
11		6	4		to return -- bore up at 1 o'clock PM spoke him
12		6	4	165

Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 23:43

S 9 W	165	163	26	23:37	30	23:17	by Commodore 23:40

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Tuesday 7th July
1	SW	6	6	NE b E Fair
2		5	2		Pleasant trade and fair weather throughout
3		5	4
4		5	4
5		5	4
6		5	4
7		6	--
8		6	--
9		6	4
10		6	4
11		6	5
12		6	5
1		6	--	NE
2		5	4
3		6	4
4		6	4		The 3 strange sails in sight from the Mast head.
5		6	4
6		6	4
7		6	4		Got the [strum?] and Redg Anchors in board
8		6	4
9		5	4	Commodore made the signal to steer SE b W	Unstock them and stowd them under the shoppen on the Gun Deck
10	SW b W	5	--
11		5	--		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 21:32
12		5	6	144

S 28 Wt	144	127	67	21:36	72	24:29 Wt

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Wednesday 8th July
1	SW b W	5	5	SE b E Hazey	Fresh trade with hazey weather
2		5	5
3	SW	6	--
4		6	4
5		6	4		Passed a few pieces of Gulf weed
6		6	4
7		6	4
8		6	4
9		7	--
10		7	--
11		7	--
12		6	4
1		6	4		Got the still up but have not mad any hand of it what we have stilld being salt
2		6	4
3		6	4
4		6	4
5		5	--
6		5	4		AM Washed the Gun Deck exercised [great?] Guns Passengers small Arms
7		5	--
8		5	--	Commodore mad the sgl [signal] to steer SW b S
9	SW b S	6	4
10		7	--	The strange sails not in sight being very hazey
11		7	--
12		7	--	152	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 19:03

S 32 W	150	127	79	19:25	84	25:53

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Ship's log of the Hawke, between England and India, 1795-1799