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His Majesty's Ship Comus at Sea [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Course | Winds | No Sig | Remarks &c Monday 16th, Jan'y 1815 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | " | N.W b N. | N E b N. | | AM/. Mod'te & Cloudy | | 2 | 1 | 6 | N W. | | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | | 3:30 Set the foresail | | 4 | 1 | 2 | NWBW. | | | 4 Same Weather. Commodore N W B W. | | 5 | 1 | 4 | | | | at 7 Exch'd No's with H M S. Conway. | | 6 | 2 | 4 | W.N.W. | North. | | Made private sig'l to D'o [[H M S. Conway]]. | | 7 | 3 | 4 | E.S.E. | | | | | 8 | 4 | " | | | | 8 Fresh breezes Ulysses not in sight | | 8 | 1 | 4 | West | | | 8 Fresh breezes Ulysses not in sight | | 9 | 8 | 4 | W b N. | N b W. | | 10:15 Squally in 2d Reefs. 10:30 set top | | 10 | 8 | " | | | | gall't sails | | 11 | 6 | 4 | | | | Noon Fresh Breezes & Squally. Ulysses | | 12 | 8 | " | | | | & Convoy in sight | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearing and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | S17°W't | 60 Miles | 33° 00 N | 16° 11 W't | Porto Santo WNW. 13 Miles | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 5 | " | W ½ N. | N b E. | | PM/. Fresh breeses & fine | | 2 | 5 | " | | | | shortened sail & bent the Cables | | 3 | 5 | " | | | | 4 Fresh breeses & fine W'r. Great Desertas SW ½ S | | 4 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | 6 | " | W B S. | | | 6. Fresh breeses & fine W'r. Point Lorenzo W N.W. 3 Miles | | 6 | 7 | " | | | | Raining at intervals | | 7 | 6 | } | W SW. | | | 7:15 Squally. in 3'd reefs. | | 8 | " | } | up N b W | NE b E. | | 7:20 hove too. Convoy in Company. | | 9 | " | } | off NW. | | | 8 Same Weather. 9 obs'd the Commodore | | 10 | " | } | | | | fire a Gun & make a night sig'l. | | 11 | " | } | up ESE | South | | Repeated Gun & night signal | | | | } | | | | at 11 Wore ship. Mid't mod'te & Cloudy | | 12 | " | } | off East | | | Several of the Convoy in Sight | [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Tuesday 17th Jan'y 1815 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | } | up East. | | | AM/. Mod'te & Cloudy. | | 2 | " | } | | | | at 3 wore | | 3 | " | } | off SE. | | | 4 Mod'te & Cloudy W'r. Wore. 4:15 Wore & hove too | | 4 | 2 | " | N b W. | | | 7:30 Made Sail. Convoy in Company. | | 5 | " | } | | | | | | 6 | " | } | up East | | | 8 Mod'te & Cloudy W'r. Brazen Head. N ½ E. 12 or 13 M. | | 7 | " | } | off E.S.E. | | | Standing off & on waiting for the | | 8 | " | } | | | | Convoy to anchor. Saluted the Comm'dore | | 9 | " | } | | | | with 13 guns on his hoisting the | | 10 | " | } | | | | broad pendant | | 11 | " | } | | | | Noon Fresh breeses. 3 of the Convoy | | 12 | " | } | | | | beating up for the Anchorage. | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | --- | --- | 32 35 N. | 17 03 W. | Funchale N B W. Brazen Head E NE.| [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | } | off & on | N ½ E. | | PM/. Fresh breezes. Variable | | 2 | " | } | | | 63 | Standing off & on. at 3 ans'd sig'l to| | 3 | " | } | Funchale Roads. | | | anchor. bore up. | | 4 | " | } | | | | at 5 anchored with the Small | | 5 | " | } | | | | Bower in 35 fathoms Brazen Head | | 6 | | | | | | E NE ½ E. Pico Rico Point W NW | | 7 | | | | | | Los Fort NE. furled sails & veered a | | 8 | | | | | | whole Cable. 8 Light breezes. a Current | | 9 | | | | | | setting to the E.NE. ½ Mile p'r hour | | 10 | | | | Calm. | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid't Calm. | | 12 | | | | | | | His Majesty's Ship Comus at Madeira [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Wednesday. 18th Feb'y 1815 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | | | | Calm | | AM/. Calm & fine | | 2 | | | | | | at 1 shortened in Cable | | 3 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 4 Same Weather. | | 6 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | Received Water. | | 8 | | | | | | Employed as requisite | | 9 | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | D'o [[Calm]] | | Noon Calm & Cloudy. | | 12 | | | | | | | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearing and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | At anchor in Funchale Bay. | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | | | | Vble. | | PM/. Light airs & fine | | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | Fired a Salute of 21 Guns. | | 4 | | | | | | Compleated our Water | | 5 | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 Light airs & fine Weather | | 8 | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | Northerly. | | Mid't Light airs & fine Weather | | 11 | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Thursday 19th Feb'y 1815 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | | | | NW. | | AM/. Fresh breeses with Small Rain | | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | at 2 veered a whole Cable. | | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 4 Fresh breeses with Small Rain Weather. | | 7 | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | Employed variously | | 9 | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | Noon Mod'te & fine | | 11 | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | At anchor in Funchale Bay. | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | | | | Vble. | | PM/. Mod'te & fine | | 2 | | | | | | Sent all the empty casks for | | 3 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | Water. Sighted the Small Bower | | 5 | | | | | | & let go the Best Bower. | | 6 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | at 8 Fine Mod'te Weather | | 8 | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | W.N.W. | | Mid't Fine Mod'te Weather. | | 11 | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | |
Transcription Notes:
For some reason, I think someone messed up with the page that comes after Tuesday Jan'y 17th. The top of the second side has the date of Wednesday Feb'y 18th.
"D’o" is abbreviation for "Ditto" meaning "same as before".
"W’r" is abbreviation for "Weather".
"D’o W’r" means "same weather as before".
"W’t" is abbreviation for "West".
“Obs’d” is abbreviation for “Observed”.
"Mod’te" is abbreviation for "Moderate".
“C’o” is abbreviation for “Company”.
“Vble” is abbreviation for “Variable”.
Wore ship - changed the tack of a sailing vessel by coming about so that the wind passed astern.
Hove too – stopped the ship with the head into the wind.
broad pennant - flown from the masthead of a warship afloat or a naval headquarters ashore to indicate the presence of a Royal Navy officer in the rank of Commodore.
Standing off & on - to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it.
bore up - steered the ship more closely into the wind.
