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	Sunday 19th July
1	SE b E	--	--	Lay too Rain
2	SSE 1/2 E	2	4	Hazey and Rain	Throughout these 24 hours Varb [Variable] weather Squally and hard Rain at times
3		3	--
4	SE b E	4	--	SW b W Cloudy
5		3	--
6		3	4
7	SE	3	4
8	ESE	3	4
9		2	4
10		2	4
11		2	4	Squally
12	E b S
1		3	--
2		3	--
3		4	--		Washd the Gun deck
4		4	--	Fair
5	E b S 1/2 S	4	5
6		5	--	Commodore made the Signal for a strange sail
7	E b S	4	4
8		4	4		Divine Service in the Cuddy
9		3	4
10		3	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 7:20 N
11		3	3
12		3	--	75

S 86 Et	70	5	70	7:06	74	21:35

H	Courses	K	F	Wind	Monday 20th July
1	SW b W	3	--	TKr. P Signal	The strange sail standing to the Westd [Westward] when a breast of the Commodore he fired a gun to bring her too she not hearing to the former made the signal to tack and give her [?han] At 2 PM being very near she hoisted Portuguese colours and hove too the Commodore sent his boat on board of her and afterward on board of us she was from Portugal bound to [Brazil?]
2		2	5
3	Lay too	--	--
4		--	--
5	WSW	3	--
6		2	4
7		2	4
8		2	4
9		2	4
10		2	4
11		2	4
12		2	2
1	SW b W	2	--	S b E
2		2	--
3		2	5
4		2	5
5		2	6
6		2	6
7		2	4
8		2	3		AM Lowered sails down and set out the Riggin, up fore and aft Swayed the lower yard up
9		2	--
10	Lay too	--	--	setting up rigging
11		--	--		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 6:65
12		47

S 56 Wt	44	24	36	6:56	45	22:20

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Tuesday 22d July
1	SW b W to H b S	--	--	S b E Fair
2		--	--	up riggin
3	SW 1/2 W	2	4	SSE	Wind and weather very variable throughout
4		2	4
5	SW b W	2	4	Varb [Variable]
6		2	4
7		2	4
8	SE b E	2	4	Tks.	Pumping ship 4 times in 24 hours
9		2	4
10		2	4
11		2	5
12		3	--
1	SSE	2	4
2		2	4		In company the Lansdown
3		2	4	Rain
4	SE	2	4
5		3	4		the Sail out of sight to the Northd [Northward]
6		4	--
7		4	--
8		4	4
9		3	4
10		3	4
11		3	3		No Obsd [Observed]
12		4		66

S 52 Et	51	32	41	6:23	42	21:38

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Wednesday 22d July
1	SE	5	--	SSW Squally hard Rain
2		3	--		Throughout these 24 hours squally and hard rain
3		3	--
4		3	--
5		3	2
6		3	5
7		3	--
8		3	--
9	S 1/2 E	3	--	Var [Variable] hard rain
10	S b E	2	4
11		2	--
12		2	--
1		2	--
2		2	4
3		2	4
4	ESE	2	4	South
5		3	--
6		3	--
7		3	--
8		3	--	Fair	Shifted the F gall [gallant] Mt [Mast] with best one
9		3	4
10		3	4		Do [Ditto] Jib Boom with a new one
11		3	4
12		3	4	72	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 6:20
					0 [cresent] 19:40

S 68 Et	68	25	63	5:58	65	20:33

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H	Courses	K	F	Wind	Thrusday 23d July
1	SE b E	3	--	S b W Cloudy
2	E b S 1/2 S	3	2		Throughout these 24 hourse light breezes very variable [weather?]
3	WSW	3	4	Signal to tack
4		2	6
5	W b S	3	3	S b W
6		3	3
7	WSW	3	--	South
8		3	--		People under the Boatsn [Boatswain]
9	SW b W	3	4
10		4	--
11		3	--
12		3	--
1	SW 1/2 W	3	4
2		2	4
3	SW b W	1	4	Varb [Variable]
4		1	--
5	W b S	1	5
6		1	5
7		2	4	Fair
8		3	--
9	SE b E	2	--	Tkr as pr signal
10		2	--		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 6:20 N

S 85 Wt	45	4	44	6:16	45	21:18

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Friday 24th July
1	SE 1/2 E	2	4	SSW Fair
2		2	4		Light breezes with variable through
3		2	--
4		2	--
5		2	--	In 1st Reef
6		2	--		Pumpt ship every 4 hours 12 Inst
7	SSE	2	2
8		2	4	Varb [Variable]
9	SE b S	2	4
10		2	4
11		2	4
12		2	4
1		2	4
2	SE	2	4
3	SSE 1/2 E	2	4
4	SE b S	2	4		People under the Boatsn [Boatswain]
5		2	6	Squally
6		3	--		In Company the Lansdown
7		4	--
8		4	4
9	SE b E	4	4
10		4	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 5:45
11		4	4
12		4	4	70

S 45 Et	70	49	49	5:39	50	20:28

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Saturday 25th July
1	SE b E	3	4	S b W Cloudy
2		4	--		Throughout these 24 hours fresh breezes and cloudy weather
3		4	--
4		3	4
5		4	--
6		3	4
7	W b S	3	--	Wore on Pr Signal
8		2	4
9		2	4
10		2	4
11		2	4
12		2	4	Varb [Variable]
1	W b S	2	4
2		2	4
3	WSW	2	4		AM Washd the Gun deck exercised [great?] Guns and small Arms
4		2	4
5		3	--
6		3	4
7	W b S 1/2 S	3	2
8		3	2
9		3	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 5:18 N
10		3	6
11	WSW	3	4
12		3	2	75

S 37 W	41	32	25	5:13	25	20:53

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Sunday 26th July
1	WSW	4	6	South
2		4	6	Cloudy
3		4	5		Fresh breezes and fine weather throughout
4		4	5
5		4	--
6		3	3
7		4	--	Var Pr [Arn] 12:30
8		4	4
9		4	--
10		4	--
11	SW 1/2 W	3	4	S b E
12		2	6
1		3	--		Divine Service
2		3	4
3		4	--
4		4	--
5	WSW	4	4
6		4	4
7		4	4
8		4	4
9	SW b W	4	4		Hove too as pr Commodore he having lost a man on board. not saved
10		4	4
11		--/2	--/--
12		4	--	97	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 4:42

S 59 Wt	96	50	83	4:28	85	22:18

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Monday 27th July
1	WSW / E 1/2 S	1 / 1	-- / 4	Tkr
2		2	4	Cloudy	Light breezes variable throughout
3	E b S	2	4
4		3	--	Varb [Variable]
5		3	6
6		4	--
7	SW b W	3	4	Tkr E b S
8		3	4
9		4	6
10		5	--
11		4	4
12		4	4
1		3	4
2		3	4
3		3	4
4		3	--		Armorer at his forge
5		4	4
6		4	--
7	SW	4	--		People employd pointing the new [Mt I ?]
8		4	--	Fair
9		4	4
10		4	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 4:26 N
11	WSW	4	--
12		4	--	91

S 58 Wt	74	38	62	4:04	62	23:20

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Tuesday 28th July
1	SW b W	5	4	S b E Fair
2		5	--		Throughout these 24 hours fresh breezes and fair weather
3		5	--	Shifted Mn T Stay Sail
4		5	2
5		4	--	and Jibb with the worst
6		4	2	SSE
7	SW	4	2		Sailmaker middle stitching new sails
8		4	--
9		4	--	Var 11:20
10		3	4
11		4	--
12		4	--		Tradesmen at their callings
1		3	--
2		3	--
3		3	--
4		3	--
5		3	4
6		3	4
7		4	--
8		4	4
9		4	--
10		3	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 3:28
11		3	2
12		3	--	94

S 47 Wt	92	62	67	3:24	67	24:27

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