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

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks Saturday 18 April
1	Calm Head	"	"	NE	Fair
2	Calm Head	"	"	NE
3	SE	1	"	NW
4		1	6	WNW
5		1	6
6		1	6
7		1	3		VR pr Means Azimth 3:19
8		1	2
9		1	2
10		1	4	vble [variable]	PM fummigated the orlop deck
11		1	6	vble [variable]	AM washed the gun deck
12		2	"	North
1		3	"
2		3	6		a Large swell from ESE
3		4	"
4		4	6	NNE
5		4	"
6		4	2	NE B N	Kept the stil going
7		4	2
8		4	3
9		6	2
10		6	4
11		6	4
12		6	6
			Dist P Log 73 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 29:54 South

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 47 E	67	46	49	30:4	56	20:20

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 19 April
1	SE B E	6	4	North Fair
2		6	4
3		6	"
4		6	4		Variation Pr Azth 3:37
5		6	"		D Amd 3:27
6		5	4
7		3	5	Vble [Variable] Light
8		3	3	Vble [Variable] Light
9		2	3
10		1	4	Do [ditto] Do [ditto] hard Rain	Kept the stil going
11		1	4	Do [ditto] Do [ditto] hard Rain	Variation Pr Ampd 3:10
12		2	"	Do [ditto] Do [ditto] hard Rain	P Mean Az 3:9
1		2	2
2		2	4	Do [ditto] Lightng [Lightning] from East
3		2	"	Do [ditto] Lightng [Lightning] from East
4		1	3	Do [ditto] Lightng [Lightning] from East
5		1	4
6		2	2	NW B N
7		4	"
8		4	6
9		5	4
10		5	"	Vble [Variable]
11		4	2
12		4	2
			Dist P Log 91 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 30:41 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 59 E	91	47	78	30:41	91	18:49

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 20 April
1	SE B E	7	4	NNE	Cloudy
2		7	2
3		6	2
4		5	6
5		5	"
6		5	2	Light gale Round	Variation B Algth 4:15
7		6	"	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]
8		2	"
9	South	3	6
10	SSE	4	4	Vble [Variable] Squally & Rain
11	SE B S	3	"	Vble [Variable] Squally & Rain
12	SE	4	6
1		5	6
2		5	6
3	SE B E	5	"
4		4	"		AM got the Stream anchor in unstockt it and stowd [stowed] it on the fore castle
5		5	4
6		5	"
7		5	2		Sailmaker reapairing the worst [symbol] 9 Calker [Caulker] caulking the watter [water] ways on the upper dek other tradesmen as necessary
8		6	2
9		6	2		Kept the stil going
10		6	2
11		6	4
12
			Dist P Log 128 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 31:53

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 57 E	126	69	106	31:50	125	16:44

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 21 April
1	SE B E	6	2	N B E	Variable Winds and Weather throughout
2		5	6
3		5	2
4		5	4		Sailmaker repairing the worst fore top sail Armorer at is forge
5		4	4
6		5	2	Vble [Variable]
7		4	"
8		4	6	Rain	People as necessary
9		4	2	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]
10		5	"
11		6	"
12		6	4	NNE	Kept the stil going
1		7	6	Vble [Variable] & Rain
2		7	"	Vble [Variable] & Rain
3		6	"	Vble [Variable] & Rain
4		5	"
5		5	4	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]
6		5	2	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]
7		5	"	Do [ditto] Do [ditto]
8		6	"	Vble [Variable] & Rain
9		4	"	Vble [Variable] & Rain
10		5	6	Vble [Variable] & Rain
11		5	2
12		4	4
			Dist P Log 129 Miles		No Observations

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 60 E	129	65	112	32:58	131	14:39

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H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 22 April
1	ESE	5	4	Vble [Variable] and Rain	The first part rain and Cloudy Weather the middle and latter parts fair and Light breeze throughout
2		5	2
3		4	"
4		4	4	Cloudy
5		4	4		People Tradesmen and Sailmaker as yesterday
6		5	"
7		5	2
8		5	6
9		7	"	N B E fair
10		7	4
11		7	6		Kept the stil going
12		8	2
1		7	"
2		6	"
3		5	2
4		5	3
5		5	3
6		5	4
7		5	3
8		5	2
9		5	"
10		5	"
11		5	2
12		5	3
			Dist p Log 136 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 33:42 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Acct	X Long	Long in
S 72 E	136	42	129	33:40	154	11:59

H	Course	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 23 April
1	ESE	5	4	N B E Hazey	A Pleasant breeze and mostly fair Weather throughtout
2		5	6
3		6	3	Fair	Sailmaker repairing the 2 best main top galt [gallant] sail Calker [Caulker] Calking [Caulking] the watter [water] ways on the upper deck
4		7	3
5		7	3
6		7	3
7		8	"
8		7	6		People usefully employd [employed] under the boatswain
9		7	5
10		7	5
11		7	5
12		7	5
1		8	"	Fair	Kept the still going
2		8	"
3		8	"
4		8	"
5		8	2
6		8	2
7		8	"
8		8	"
9		8	6	NNE
10		7	2
11		7	6
12		8	6
			Dist P Log 183 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Obs] 34:38 South

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 74 E	189	50	176	34:32	209	8:30

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 24 April 1789
1	ESE	7	6	NNE Fair	A fresh breeze and mostly fair Weather throughout
2		7	4
3		7	4
4		8	"
5		8	6
6		8	3		People and Tradesmen Sailmaker as yesterday
7		8
8		8
9		8	2
10		8	2
11		8	4		Kept the stil going
12		9	2
1		9
2		9
3		8	4
4		8	4
5		9
6		9
7		8	4
8		8	3	NE B N
9		8	6
10		8	6
11		9	2		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 35:38 South
12		9	2
			Dist P Log 204 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 77 E	204	46	199	35:24	244	4:26 W

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 25 April
1	ESE	8	6	N B E Fair	A fresh breeze and fair Weather throughout
2		8	6
3		8	6		Sailmaker repairing the 2 best fore top galt [gallant] sail
4		8	6
5		8	6
6		8	6
7		9	4		People variously employd [employed]
8		9	6		AM Struck down the orlop deck four Qualites deck guns to trim ship
9		9	6
10		9	4
11		9	"
12		9	"
1		10
2		10
3		10
4		9	6		Kept the stil going
5		9	5
6		9	5		Shifted the fore top mast stay sail with the 2d best
7		9	"
8		9	"
9		9	6
10		9	6
11		9	6
12		9	6
			Dist P Log 225 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 36:19 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 79 E	225	43	221	36:21	273	00:7 E

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 26th April '89
1	ESE	8	6	N B E Hazy
2		8	6		A Fresh breeze and mostly fair Weather throughout
3		9	"
4		9	2
5		9	5
6		9	2
7		9	4
8		9	4		Kept the stil going
9		9	6
10		10	"
11		10	"
12		10	"	NNE
1		9	6
2		9	6
3		9	6
4		9	6
5		9	6
6		10	"
7		10	"
8		9	6
9		9	4
10		10	"
11		9	5
12		9	2
			Dist P Log 230 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 36:42 S

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 82 E	230	32	228	36:51	284	4:51 E

H	Courses	H	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 27 April
1	ESE	9	4	N B W Cloudy	The fore part a Fresh breeze and Cloudy Weather the middle and latter parts decreasing breeze and Fair Weather
2		9	4
3		9	2
4		9	2
5		10	"
6		10	4	NNW	People variously employd [employed] under the Boatswain Sailmaker reapairing the 2 best fore sail Calker [Caulker] Calking [Caulking] the watter [water] ways on the upper deck
7		10	2
8		9	6	Vble [Variable]
9		9	4
10		8	6	WSW
11		8	4	SW
12		8	4
1		8	5	Fair
2		8	2		Kept the stil going
3		8	2
4		8	"
5		8	"
6		8	"
7		7	"
8		7	"	SSW
9		6	5
10		6	2		Variation Pr Azth 18:5
11		5	4		18:1 } West by Ships Compass
12		5	2		17:55
			Dist P Log 200 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obs [Observed] 37:7 South

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
S 84 E	200	21	199	37:9	249	9:00 E

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