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

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  • UPenn Oversize Ms. Codex 938
    • The first volume documents a voyage under Captain R. Edwards from England to Calcutta and Madras between 1795 and 1797; the second volume lists the crew with their stations and wages at the beginning of the volume and documents another voyage, this time under Captain David B. Barker, to Madras and Calcutta between 1797 and 1799.

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    H Courses K F Winds Thursday 9th July
    1 SW b S 6 2 NE
    2 6 2 Cloudy Fresh breeze and cloudy weather
    3 6 4
    4 6 4
    5 6 6 People under the Boatswain
    6 6 6
    7 6 4 Very thick weather no sails in sight
    8 6 4
    9 6 --
    10 6 --
    11 5 4
    12 5 4 In Company the Lansdown
    1 4 4
    2 4 0
    3 4 4 Kept the still a going but not yet able to make fresh water
    4 4 -- Cloudy
    5 4 5
    6 South 5 --
    7 6 5
    8 7 --
    9 6 4
    10 6 4 Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 16:32 N
    11 6 4
    12 6 6 142
    S 15 W 138 135 36 40 26:33
    H Courses K F Winds Friday 10th July
    1 South 6 4 ENE Cloudy
    2 7 -- Light wind and cloudy weather
    3 S b E 6 5
    4 6 5
    5 6 4
    6 6 4
    7 5 6
    8 5 6
    9 5 4
    10 5 4
    11 5 4 Distild [Distilled] 10 Gal [Gallons] of fresh water
    12 6 --
    1 4 4
    2 4 -- In Company the Lansdown
    3 2 --
    4 2 -- East
    5 2 6
    6 2 6 AM Got the sheet and spare anchors in
    7 4 4
    8 5 -- Unstocked them and stored them in midship before the fore Hatchway
    9 5 5
    10 5 5
    11 5 4
    12 5 -- 123 Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 14:32
    S 18 W 123 117 38 14:35 40 25:53
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    H Courses K F Winds Saturday 11th of July
    1 S b E 5 4 NE b E Fair
    2 5 4
    3 4 4 PM Got the Bower Anchors in board stowed them with the flues abast the fore most the stocks lazing on the forecastle
    4 4 4
    5 5 2
    6 5 2
    7 3 --
    8 3 --
    9 3 --
    10 3 --
    11 2 5 AM Washed the Gun deck
    12 2 5
    1 1 6
    2 1 6
    3 1 4 Stilling 10 Gall [Gallons] of fresh water pr day
    4 1 4
    5 2 4
    6 3 --
    7 4 --
    8 4 --
    9 4 -- Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 13:9 N
    10 4 4 ENE
    11 4 4
    12 4 2 85
    S 18 W 85 80 26 13:12 28 25:25
    H Courses K F Winds Sunday 12th July
    1 S b E 5 4 First part light breeze middle and latter very variable with calm
    2 5 4
    3 5 --
    4 4 4
    5 3 4
    6 3 4
    7 2 5
    8 3 --
    9 1 4
    10 1 --
    11 -- -- Calm
    12 1 4
    1 W b S 2 4
    2 3 --
    3 2 4
    4 2 4
    5 2 --
    6 1 6 Performed divine Service
    7 1 4
    8 SE 1 6 SSW
    9 2 -- Hauld out the Cutter Capt [Captain] went on board the Lansdown
    10 2 -- Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 12:23
    11 E b S 1 3
    12 1 61
    S 6 W 50 49 5 13:20 5 25:30
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    H Courses K F Wind Monday 13th July
    1 -- --
    2 -- -- Fair First part calm middle and latter and increasing breeze
    3 -- -- Calm
    4 -- -- Calm
    5 -- -- Calm
    6 -- -- Capt [Captain] returnd hauld in the cutter
    7 -- --
    8 S b E 1 -- N b E
    9 1 -- very hard Rain saved 3 casks of water
    10 2 --
    11 2 5
    12 3 --
    1 2 -- Fair
    2 2 --
    3 2 4
    4 2 4
    5 3 -- Varn Pr [?] 11:00
    6 3 -- Saw a sail bearing NE b N
    7 4 --
    8 5 4
    9 5 6 Unstockd the Bower Anchors stoved them in midships the sheet and spare
    10 6 -- NE
    11 5 4 Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 11:37 N
    12 5 4 57
    S 22 W 57 52 21 11:30 22 25:08 W
    H Courses K F Winds Tuesday 14th July
    1 S b E 5 4 NE Fair
    2 5 4 Light breezes and chiefly fair weather throughout
    3 5 4
    4 5 4
    5 5 2
    6 5 2 Cloudy small rain At 8 AM floggd Willmot a seaman for striking the Boatswains mate
    7 5 2
    8 5 2
    9 5 -- People employd breaking out the After hold
    10 5 --
    11 4 --
    12 4 -- N b W
    1 3 3
    2 3 3 In Company the Lansdown
    3 3 4
    4 3 4
    5 3 4 The sail out of sight
    6 3 4
    7 3 5
    8 3 5
    9 4 --
    10 5 -- Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 9:50
    11 5 --
    12 5 -- 108
    S 22 Et 108 100 40 9:57 42 24:26
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    H Course K F Wind Wednesday 15th July
    1 S b E 3 4 North Fair
    2 3 4 Throughout these 24 hours wind and weather very variable
    3 3 4
    4 3 4
    5 3 4 Var [Variable] Cloudy
    6 2 4
    7 2 6
    8 2 4
    9 2 2
    10 2 2
    11 2 4
    1 1 4 hard rain
    2 Taken a -- -- back
    3 W b N 1 4 saved 2 casks of fresh water
    4 2 -- Wore
    5 NE 3 --
    6 1 6
    7 o w/ cross -- --
    8 SSE 2 --
    9 1 5
    10 SE b E 1 -- taken a back rain No Obsd [Observed]
    11 SSW 1 4 Varb [Variable] Cloudy
    12 1 2 51
    S 26 Et 40 36 17 9:14 18 24:08
    H Course K F Wind Thursday 16th July
    1 NE 1 -- ESE
    2 WSW 1 -- wore Light wind very varb [variable] with calms [?and] at time
    3 3 -- Var [Variable]
    4 E b S 3 4
    5 2 6 hard rain
    6 2 4 Commodore made the signal to steer SSE in the night if the wind came fair
    7 2 4
    8 3
    9 SE b S 2 4
    10 2 4
    11 1 4
    12 1 4
    1 1 --
    2 1 --
    3 -- --
    4 -- -- In 1st Reefs
    5 Calms -- --
    6 Calms -- -- Var Pr [A?] 11:40
    7 Calms -- --
    8 Calms -- -- Shifted the F sail with the old one
    9 Calms -- --
    10 Calms -- --
    11 Calms -- -- Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 8:58
    12 -- 38
    S 45 Et 20 14 14 9:00 14 23:54
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    H Courses K F Winds Friday 17th July
    1 -- --
    2 Calm -- -- First part calms middle and latter light breezes with rain
    3 -- --
    4 -- --
    5 -- --
    6 do [ditto] -- --
    7 -- --
    8 -- --
    9 S b E 1 -- NWly [NWesterly]
    10 1 6
    11 2 4
    12 2 5
    1 3 --
    2 3 --
    3 3 4
    4 3 4
    5 3 4
    6 4 --
    7 4 4
    8 5 --
    9 4 4 Var 11:20
    10 4 4 Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 7:53 N
    11 4 --
    12 3 6 53
    S 22 Et 53 49 20 8:09 21 23:33
    H Courses K F Winds Saturday 18th July
    1 SSE 2 5 NNW First part moderate breezes hazey in the night wind rain to the South in a hard squall with lightning and rain latter fore gales from the South with rain
    2 2 5
    3 2 3
    4 2 --
    5 3 -- At 1/2 past 9 PM [[Thos [Thomas] Carter]] seaman fell overboard lowerd the Jolly boat down to his assistance but could not save him hauld the boat in and made sail.
    6 2 4
    7 2 5
    8 2 5
    9 3 -- At 5 AM saw a large fleet of ships to the South standing to the Northd [Northward] at 9 came on board a boat from the Mainship at the same time was haild and orderd to speak the Commodore
    10 1 5
    11 3 4
    12 4 --
    1 4 4 Spoke his Majesties ship [sec?] 64 Capt. [Captain] Effington desired we would send our boat on board out cutte sent the 2d Officer on board several boats from different ships the fleet consisted of the [Scip] nine Indiamen from Bengall and Bencoolin seven sugar ships and 6 Dutch [Pra?] taken by them of St Helena they had left that place 14 days at 12 came on board the [?th]
    2 5 --
    3 SE 5 --
    4 5 --
    5 5 --
    6 laying tow on 5 --
    7 different [take] 3 --
    8 [?ing] the -- -- during the night hard squalls and heavy Rain -- In 1st Reef
    9 Fleet -- --
    10 -- -- No Obsn [Observation]
    11 -- --
    12 -- -- 65
    S 45 Et 60 42 42 7:11 44 22:49
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