Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790 (Travel Diaries and Journals)

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Ship General Goddard from towards England to Bengal

H	Courses	K	F	Winds &c	Remarks on Fryday 27th Febry 1789
1
2
3	Weighed			North	At 7 PM ness light bore W by N sounded 17 fathom At 8 the Ness light bore NNE at 12 past 9 the Ness light E by N 1/4 N ground 22 fathom at 11 Saw beachey Head bearing West Distance 5 or 6 Leagues at 12 Beachy head N B W Distance 8 or 9 miles sounded 21 fatm [fathom] at day light the Extreme of this land from N 1/2 W to NE by N Distance 8 Leagues supposed to be the Isle of White at noon the land from NNE to NW
4				Distance of shore about 4 miles
5	the Pilot left us
6				at 12 past 5 Dover castle NE by N
7	SW by W	5
8	W by S	5	4	NNE Sounds 19 fathom
9	West	7	2	N by W
10	[ditto]	8	"	grd [ground] 22 fathom
11	[ditto]	8	"
12	[ditto]	7	5	grd [ground] 19 22 & 20 fathom
1	W by N	8	[ditto]	[ditto] 20 fathom
2	[ditto]	8	[ditto]	[ditto] 21 - 21 fathom
3	[ditto]	8	[ditto]
4	[ditto]	7	6	21 [ditto]
5	[ditto]	7	4	No Ground
6	[ditto]	6	6	No do [ditto]
7	[ditto]	6	"	do [ditto] do [ditto] Hazed
8	[ditto]	6	6
9	[ditto]	6	5	North
10	WNW		2
11
12	Distance per log			127 miles No grd [ground] 30 fathom	Lat [latitude] obs [observed] 50.14 N

H	Courses	K	F	Winds &c.	Saturday 28 day of Febry 1789
1	W 1/2 S	3	3	Vble [variable] Fair	At 1/2 Past 1 PM [Aloerny?] bore from SW 1/2 S to S B W 1/4 W. at 5 Aloerny S. five leagues, sounding [?] fathoms course same and Broken Shells P at 5 PM the Isle of White a N 5 E B N Distance 4 or 5 Leagues Praul Point 1/2 W People variously employed AM got the sheet anchor on the gun wale I take my departure from the start allowing it to lay in Lat [Latitude] 50.9 N and Long [Longitude] 3.51 W
2	W B S	3	3	[illegible]
3	WSW	3	4	NW
4	NNE	3	6
5	N B E	3	"
6	NNW	3	"
7	WNW	3	2
8	West	4	"	Gd 25 fm [fathoms]
9	W B N	3	6	34 fm [fathoms]
10		3	2
11		3	6
12		4	2	35 fms [fathoms]
1		4	6
2		4	2
3		3	6	37 fm [fathoms]
4		3	"	Fair
5		4	4
6		5	"
7		6	4	ENE	Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 49:54 N
8		7	2
9		6	"
10		7	"	NE
11		7	"
12		6	"

Course	Dist	X Lat	[D?]	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 56 W	35	25	24	49.44	38	23W

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Ship Gent Goddard from towards England to Bengal

F	Courses			Winds &c	Remarks on Sunday 1 March '89
1	West	3	3	N Fair	Moderate breezes throughout People employed stowing the anchor and unbending the cable
2		4	2
3		5	4
4		6	"
5		7	5
6		7	"	cloudy
7	W B S	7	"
8		6	"
9		7	4	NE B S
10		6	"
11		6	4
12		4	"
1		5	2
2	WSW	5	"
3		5	3
4		5	3
5		5	4
6		5	5
7		4	"
8		4	4
9		4	"
10	Three	4	"	sail in sight
11	Stowd	3	5	the anchor and unbent the cable
12

Dis at Log 129 miles Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 48:32 North

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 56 W	127	71	105	48:43	162	7:5 W

H	Courses	K	F	Wind	Remarks on Monday the March 2 1789
1	WSW	8	"	WSW	Cloudy
2		3	3
3		4	"		3 sails in sight
4		4	"
5		4	"		People employed lashing the boom and as necessary under the Boatswain
6		4	"
7		4	4	East
8		5	"
9		4	"
10		3	6
11		4	"
12		4	4		5 sails in sight
1		3	"
2		3	4
3		3	2
4		4	4
5		4	"
6		4	"
7		4	2	ENE
8		4	2	SE dis per Log 95 miles	No observation
9		4	3
10		4	3
11			3
12

Dist at Log 95 miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 45 W	95	67	67	45.25	100	8.45

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Ship Gent Goddard from towards England to Bengall

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 3 March '89
1	WSW	6	"	S B E	Cloudy
2		5
3		5	5		Shifted the messenger with the best
4		6	5
5		6
6		5		Vble [Variable]	4 sails in sight
7		5	5
8		7	4
9		7	"		Hazey
10		7	2		People employed as necessary under the Boat ~~wain~~ swain
11		7	4
12		8	4
1		9	5	SE
2		9	"
3		9	5		Squally
4		9	4	South W B W
5		9	"
6		10	2
7		9	"	Vble [Variable]
8		8	3
9		8
10		8
11		8		Cloudy
12	Disce pt Log 182 miles No Obson [observation]	No Obs

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 43 W	181	132	123	45.13	178	11.43

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday M 4 March '89
1	SW B W	9	4	NE	Cloudy
2		9	4	vble [variable]
3		9	-
4		9	1		A hevey [heavy] swell ~~squall~~ from the SN NW
5		9	2
6		9	4
7		10	2
8	SW	10	-
9		10	-
10		10	-
11		9	4
12		9	2
1		9	6	NE	Squally & Rain
2		9	3		Fresh gales throughout with cloudy wether people variously employed under the Boastswain
3		9	-
4		6	6
5		9	4
6		9	4
7		9	4
8		9	2
9		8	6
10		8	6
11		8	4		Disce in Log 225 miles No Obs [No Observations]
12	SW b S	8	5
	Dist P Log 225 miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 2 SW	223	199	101	41.54	141	144

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds &c	Remarks Thursday 5 March '89
1	SW B S	8	2	NE	Cloudy
2		8	6		A fresh gale with Cloudy Rainy wether
3		9	"
4		9	"		People variously employed
5		9	4
6		9	4
7		10	"
8		10	"
9		10	2		Squally & Rain
10		10	2
11		10	"
12		10	4
1		10	"	vble [variable]	sailmaker making of Wind sail a large sea from the NE
2		10	"
3		10	2
4		10	"
5		9	4
6		9	4		Squally & Rain
7		9	4
8		9	6
9		9	-
10		9	"
11		9	"
12		10	"
		10	"
		231 Dis P Log 231 miles	Lat Obson [Observation] 38.26 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 16 W	231	222	64	38.12	83	15.27

H	Courses	K		F	Winds &c
1	SW B S	11		NE Squally saw a Sail min the NW Quarter	Fresh Breezes with cloudy squally weather people employed as necessary At 7 PM Departed this Life William Alen a private of the 76th Regimt [Regiment]
2		10	4
3		10	2
4		10	"
5		9	4
6		9	4
7		9	4
8		9	4
9		9
10		9		[brackete next 3 lines] vble [variable] cloudy and squally
11		9
12		9	"
1		9	"
2		9	"
3		9	"
4		9	"
5		9	2
6		9	5	North
7		9	4
8		9	4	vble [variable]	At 8 AM buried the deceased
9		9	4
10		9	"
11		9	2
12		8	5
	Disce Log 226 miles				Lat Obsd [observed] 35.6 N Indeeft

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 16 W	226	217	62	34.49	77	16.44

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 7th March
1	SW B S	9	5	NW Squally & Rain
2		9	5
3		9	4	N B W
4	SW B W	9	"
5	out 2 Reef	7	"	In s and 2 Reef down four and main top galt [gallant] yards
6		7	"		The first part squally the middle and latter decreasing breeze cloudy weather
7		7	"
8		7	"
9		6	5	Rain
10		6	2	Out 1 Reefs
11		5	6	Up main top gallant
12		5	4	yard
1		4
2		"	"
3		3	6
4	SW	3	"
5	S B W	2	2	Up fore top Gall [Gallant] Yard	Rain and set the main and fore Rigginings
6	SW B S	1	"
7		2	6
8		3	2
9		4	"
10		2	"
11		1	4	South Fair
12		1	5	South B E	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 32.58 N
		3	"	S B W
			Distance P Log 122 miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 33 W	116	97	63	33:29	77	18.1

H	Courses	K	F	Winds &c	Remarks on Sunday 8 March '89
1	SSW	4	"
2	S B W	3	6	W Squally	Light winds variable and mostly fair wether throughout People usefully employed under the boastwain
3	S B E	2	"	vble [variable] Fair
4		1	6
5		2	6
6		3	3
7	SSW	3	4
8		2	"
9	S B W	1	6	Squally
10	SW B S	1	2
11		1	"
12		1	"
1		2	"
2		1	6
3		3	6
4		2	2
5		2	"
6		1	4
7		1	"
8		2	2
9		4	"
10		3	6
11		4	3
12		4	2
	Dis P Log 61 miles				Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 31.53 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat acct	X Long	Long in
S 31 W	139	119	72	27:20	81	19.46

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Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790