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

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H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 5 May
1	East	5	2	NNE Rain
2	E B N	5	2
3		6	"	Vble [Variable]
4		6	2	In 1 Reef	The first and middle parts Vble [Variable] Winds and Continual Rains The latter a Pleasant Breeze and Hazey weather
5	East	8	"	Vble [Variable] and rain
6		8	"
7	ENE	6	4
8		6	4
9	East	6	"
10		6	"
11	NE	4	"
12	Hd E	2	4	Calm
1		"
2		3	4
3	NE	7	4	NE	People employd [employed] by the Boatsn [Boatwain]
4		7	2
5		7	2
6		7	2
7		6	2
8		4	"
9		7	2
10		7	3
11		8			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 37:6
12		8
			Dist P Log 144 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 53 E	133	80	106	37:2	131	34:29

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 6 May
1	NE	9		SE Hazey
2		8	2
3		8	3
4		8	3
5		8	"		Pleasant Breezes and mostly hazey weather
6		7	4	Fair
7		7	4
8	NE B N	7	4	ESE Hazey
9	NE	8	"		People variously employd [employed] by the Boatsn [Boatswain]
10		8	4
11		8	4
12		8	4
1		8	2
2		8	"
3		7	6
4		7	6
5		7	4
6	ENE	7	4	Hazey	AM Washed the Gun deck
7		7	5	SE B S
8		7	"
9		7	"
10		6	5
11	NE B E 1/2 E	6
12		6			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 39:42
			Dist P Log 185 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 35 E	183	150	105	39:96	134	32:15

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 7 May
1	NE B E 1/2 E	6	4	SE Fair
2	E B W	6	4
3		2	4		Saw a Sail in the SE Qur [Quarter] hove tod [toward] to speak her spoke the Brother of Dartmouth In Mr. Cully Commander from Cales to the Banks of Newfoundland She left Cales the the 15 of April all well on bd [board]
4	Mss E B S	"		of ENE
5	Made Sail
6	E B N	4		SSE
7		4
8	E B N 1/2 N	4		Vble [Variable] and Rain
9		4	2
10		4
11		6	2
12		6	4
1	E B N	5	4	Fair	Light Pleasant Breezes and fair weather
2		4	4
3	East	5	6		Long [Longitude] by 0 & [cresent] at 11:25:32 AM was 32:11:30 W of Green [Greenwich] The Cronometer at the same time was 34:33:45
4		5	2
5		4	"
6		4	3
7		3	2
8		4	"	SSW
9		5	2
10		5
11	Saw	4		a Sail East	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 40:30
12		4
			Dist P Log 103 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 63 E	103	47	92	40:22	120	30:15

H	Courses	[K]	[F]	[Winds]	[Remarks]
1	E B N	4	2	WSW Fair
2		5	2		The first and middle parts moderate Breezes Westerly and fair weather The latter parts light variable winds with rain and Cloudy weather a heavy swell from ye [the] Westd [Westward]
3		5	"
4		5	3
5		5	4
6		5	4
7		5	4
8		5	"
9		6	"	W B S
10		6	6
11		6	6
12		6	2
1		7	2
2		7	"
3		7	"	Vble [Variable] and Rain
4		6	2	P Do [Ditto] & Do [Ditto]
5		5	6
6		4	4
7		4	4
8		3	4	Cloudy
9		2	5
10		2	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 41:48
11		3		North
12		3
			Dist P Log 124 M

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 56 E	124	69	103	41:39	437	37:58

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H	Courses	H	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 9 May
1	E B N	4	6	NNW Fair
2		5	2
3		6
4		6	"
5		5	"	North
6		5	2
7	East	5	3
8		5	3
9	E 1/2 S	4	"	N 1/2 E
10		3			Variation Br Ayth 21:3
11	E B S	2			The first and middle parts a Light Breeze and a Heavy swell from the NW The latter calm fair weather throughout
12		2
1	East		4
2				Calms
3
4
5
6
7
8
9	E B W		4	Saw a sail N B E	Long by 0 & [cresent] at 9:47:28 AM was 29:6:15 W of Greenwh [Greenwich]
10			6
11			5		The Cronometer at the same time was 31:24
12			6
			Dist P Log 57 M		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 41:48

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 66 E	56	23	51	41:51	68	26:50

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 10
1	E B N	"		W Light Airs Hazey
2		1
3		1
4	H NE			Calm	Shifted the mizen top sail with 2 best
5	ENE			Do [Ditto]
6	E B N		4	Vble [Variable]
7		1
8		1			Light Airs Calms and mostly Cloudy weather throughout with a heavy swell from ye [the] NW
9		1
10		1
11		1
12		1
1		1
2		1
3		1
4		1	6		Long [Longitude] by last Ayth 28:29
5		1	4
6		1	"	SW Cloudy
7		2	4
8		2	4
9		2	"	A Brig to the Sd [Southward]
10		2	4		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 42:9
11		2	4
12		2	4
			Dist P Log 31 M

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 37 E	31	17	26	42:5	35	26:15

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday
1	E B N	2	"	SSW Hazey
2		2	"
3		2	2	Vble [Variable]
4		2	2
5		2	"		Shifted the mizen top sail with the 2 best
6		2	"
7		2	"
8		1	4
9		1	4
10		1	4	Vble [Variable]
11		3	4
12		4	2
1	ENE	5	2
2	E B N	6	"
3		6	"
4	ENE	5	2
5	E B N 1/2 N	6	4		Saw two sail to the Eastd [Eastward] standing to NW
6		6	"		Long [Longitude] at noon by last sight 0 & [cresent] 26:45
7		4	2		Passed a Large ship which showed English colours by her appearance a Tugate
8		3	4
9	ENE	5	"
10		5	4
11		5	4
12		4	"		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 43:4
			Dist P Log 90 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 50 E	90	58	69	43:7	94	24:41

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 12
1	NE B E	3		SE B E Hazey
2		4
3		3
4		2
5	E B N	1		Fair
6		"	6	Vble [Variable]
7	NE B E	2	6		Light Air Variable Winds and fair weather
8	NE	3	"
9		2	2
10	ENE	2	2
11		3	"
12		3	"
1		3	6
2		2	6
3	NE B E	2	6
4		2	6
5	NE	4	"	ESE
6	NE B N	4	"	E B S
7		5	3		Long [Longitude] at Noon by last sight of 0 & [cresent] 26:8
8		4	"	Vble [Variable]
9	NNE	5	"
10		6	6
11		5	2
12		5	5		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 44:24
			Dist P Log 82 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 20 E	78	78	27	44:17	37	24:4

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H	Courses	K	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 13 M [May]
1	NNE 1/2 E	4	4		Vble [Variable] Hazey
2		4	4
3		4	5
4	NNW	~~4/1~~				Saw a sail to the Eastd [Eastward] standing to the Westward Bore away to speak her spoke the Navy of Dublin which Place she left the 2d of May Bound to Filladelphi [Chea?] Fletcher Commander in [Cos?] as all was in England has Long [Longitude] by Act yesterday at noon was 26:10 Wd [Westward] of Greenh [Greenwich]
5	H 0		4/1
6	N B E	2	2	6	Made sail
7		3	4	6
8		2	4	6
9		2	4	4
10		3	4	4
11	N 1/2 E	3	4	6
12		2	4	6
1		2	5	"
2	NNE	2	5	"
3		2	4	4
4		4	4	2
5	N 1/2 E	3	4	2	E B N	Long [Longitude] at noon by last Ayth 0 & [cresent] 26:42
6		2	4	2		Passed by two sails stand [standing] to the Southd [Southward]
7		2	4	4		Passed by a brig standing to the Westd [Westward]
8		2	4	4	Vble [Variable]
9	NE B N	4	3	4
10		5	3	4
11		6	4	2
12	NNE	5	4	2		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 46:1 N
			Dist P Log 101 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 14 W	99	96	24	46:00	34	24:38

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 14
1	E B N	4	2
2		2/2	2	Vble [Variable] Hazey
3	ESE	5
4	ESE 1/2 E	4	4
5		4	2	E B N
6		4	"
7		3	6
8		2	"	In 1 Reef
9	SE	1	6
10		1	6		Taken a back
11		1/1
12	NNE	1	6
1		3	6
2		3	4
3		3	6
4		3	"
5		3	4
6		3
7	NNE	2
8		1		Calm
9		"			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 45:41
10	E 1/2 N	1
11	E B S	2
12
			Dist P Log 70 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 40 E	53	41	34	45:96	48	23:50

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