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His Majesty’s Ship Comus at Sea 1815 [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No. Sig'l | Remarks &c.. Monday 20th March | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | } | up S b W. | | | AM/. Light breeses & fine | | 2 | " | } | | | | | | 3 | " | } | | W B S. | | 4 Light breeses & fine | | 4 | " | } | | | | | | 5 | " | } | off S b E. | | | | | 6 | " | } | | | | 6 Wore | | 7 | 3 | 4 | N NE. | | | Made & Shortened sail occasionally | | 8 | 2 | 4 | E b N. | | | 8 Mod'te & fine | | 9 | 1 | | SE. | Vble. | | 10:30 Wore. West side of a River N ¼ W | | 10 | 1 | | S b. E. | | | East side N b E ½ E. Breakers from | | 11 | " | 4 | | | | N b W to N.N.E. Fired a Gun. | | 11| 1 | " | E NE. | | | Noon Fine weather | | 12 | 2 | " | East | | | | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Distance | Lat in | Long in | Bearings & distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | N 71 E't | 34 Miles | 4°27' N | 8°05' E't | Andony [[Andoni]] River W. side N ¼ W E. side S b E | [[7 Columned Table]] | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 3 | " | E.b.S | South | | PM/. Mod'te & cloudy | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | | | Made & short'd sail occasionally | | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | 5 | " | E.S.E. | | | 4 Fresh breezes | | 5 | 4 | 6 | S.E.b.E | | | 5:20 Short'd Sail | | 6 | 5 | " | | | | 6 hove too | | 7 | " | } | up S.S.E. | | | | | 8 | " | } | | S.W. | | 8 Fresh breezes | | 9 | " | } | off EbS. | | | | | 10 | " | } | | | | | | 11 | " | } | | | | Midn't Mod'te & hazy Schooner | | 12 | " | } | | | | in tow. | [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No. Sig'l | Remarks &c.. Tuesday 21st March | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | } | up South | W.SW. | | AM/. Mod'te Weather. | | 2 | " | } | off SbE. | | | | | 3 | " | } | | | | | | 4 | " | } | | | | 4 Mod'te Weather | | 5 | " | } | | | | 5:20 bore up & made sail | | 6 | " | } | | | | | | | 1 | " | North | | | | | 7 | 1 | " | | | | | | | 1 | 4 | E.S.E. | | | 8 Light Breezes & fine. Extremes of | | 8 | 2 | 4 | S.E.b.E. | | | land from NNW. to E.b.N. | | 9 | 1 | | | | | 11 anch'd in 4 fathoms. veered ½ Cable | | 10 | " | 6 | | | | S. point N E½ N 4 or 5 Miles. Sent | | | 1 | " | E b S. | | | | | 11 | 1 | 4 | SE.b.E. | S b W. | | Two boats to sound. | | 12 | | | | | | Noon light airs Schooner in Co. | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Distance | Lat in | Long in | Bearings & distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | 4°29' N | 8°58' E't | Tom Shots Point N E ½ N. 5 Miles [[7 Columned Table]] | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | } | | S.W.B.W | | PM/. Light breeses & fine | | 2 | " | } | at anchor | | | 3 Weighed & made sail | | 3 | " | } | | | | 3:20 tacked. 3:50 tacked. | | 4 | 2 | 4 | W NW | North | | | | | 2 | 4 | S b S. | | | 4 Fresh breezes | | 5 | 2 | 6 | W b N ½ N | | | 5 hove too at 6 filled. Toms Shots| | 6 | ·· | up | NW b W off | NW b N | | Point E b N 3 or 4 Miles| | 7 | 1 | | W NW. | | | | | | 2 | | S ½ E. | | | 7:20 Shortened sail & anch'd with the | | 8 | ·· | 6 | Current | | | B't Bower in 7 fathoms. Mud bottom | | 9 | | 4 | | | | veered ½ Cable furled Sails | | 10 | | 4 | running | | | | | 11 | | 4 | NE. | North. | | Midn't Mod'te & fine | | 12 | | 4 | | | | | His Majesty's Ship Comus at Sea 1815 [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No. Sig'l | Remarks &c.. Wednesday 22nd March | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | 4 | Current. | | | Am/. Mod'te & fine | | 2 | " | 4 | | | | 4 Weighed & made sail | | 3 | " | 4 | N b E. | | | | | 4 | " | 4 | | | | 5:30 Wore obs'd the Schooner to leeward | | 5 | 1 | 4 | N.W. | | | bore up to close her. | | 6 | " | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | " | 6 | S b W. | | | 8 Light breeses & Cloudy. Tom Shots| | 7 | 2 | 2 | S. b.E. | | | Point NE b N 7 or 8 Miles. Made & | | 8 | 2 | " | ES E. | | | Short'd sail occasionally. 10 took | | 9 | " | } | | | | the schooner in tow. | | 10 | " | } | Head round | | | 11:40 a breeze from W SW. | | 11 | " | } | the Compass | | | Noon light airs Schooner in tow | | 12 | " | } | | Calm | | | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Distance | Lat in | Long in | Bearings & distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | 4°24" N | 9°05" E't | W. Point of the Entrance of Old Calabar River N N E. 7 Miles | [[7 Columned Table]] | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | 4 | S E b S. | W.S.W. | | PM/. Light airs & fine | | 2 | 3 | 4 | W NW. | | | 1 Tacked | | 3 | 1 | 4 | N W b W. | | | | | | 1 | 4 | South | | | | | 4 | 4 | | S ½ E. | | | 4 Mod'te & fine, Schooner in tow | | 5 | 5 | 6 | E.S.E. | | | Tom Shots Pont N.N.E. | | 6 | 4 | 4 | N.E.b.E. | SW B W. | | at 6 anchored with the Best B'r | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | S E b E. | | | in 7¾ fathoms. Veered a whole | | 8 | ·· | 6 | | | | Cable & furled Sails. East Head | | 9 | ·· | 6 | E b N. | Current. | | N N.E. Backasey [[Bakassi]] Gap N.E. | | 10 | ·· | 6 | | | | 8 Mod'te and Fine Schooner in | | 11 | ·· | 6 | E NE. | | | Company | | 12 | ·· | 6 | | | | Mid't Mod'te and Fine Weather. | [[7 Columned table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No. Sig. | Remarks &c.. Thursday 23d March | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | - | 6 | Current | W SW. | | AM/. Mod'te & fine | | 2 | - | 6 | | | | | | 3 | - | 6 | running | | | | | 4 | - | 6 | | | | 4 Fresh breeses with thunder | | 5 | ·· | 6 | to the S.E. | | | & Lightening. Employed staying | | 6 | " | 6 | | | | Masts & setting up the Rigging | | 7 | " | 6 | | | | | | 8 | ·· | 6 | Current | | | 8 Mod'te & fine | | 9 | ·· | 6 | running | | | 9:30 ob's a boat S SE. 11:45 Weigh'd | | 10 | | 6 | to the S.E. | | | & Made all sail in chace | | 11 | ·· | 6 | | | | Noon Mod'te & fine W'r. Chace S.E. | | 12 | ·· | 6 | | W NW. | | | [[5 columned table]] | Course | Distance | Lat in | Long in | Bearings & distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | 4°24' N | 9°19'E't | Backasey Point NE. 6 or 7 Miles | [[7 Columned Table]] | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 7 | " | SE 1/2 E | West. | | PM/. Mod'te & Cloudy 1:20 fired at | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | the Chace. Shortened sail & boarded | | | " | " | | | | a boat belonging to the Liverpool | | 3 | " | } | up SW off SE. | | | English Trader laying in Calabar | | 4 | " | } | up NW off NW b N. | | | River. 3 Wore took the Boat in tow | | 5 | 5 | 6 | | | | 4 Filled Made sail Backasey | | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | Point N b E. 8 or 9 Miles 8 or 9 Miles | | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | 6 Mod'te & fine. Schooner & boat in | | 8 | ·· | } | | | | Tow. 7 Anch'd in 5 fathoms with | | 9 | ·· | } | No current | | | the S'd B'r Veered 1/2 Cable. Schooner | | 10 | ·· | } | | | | & Boat in Co. | | 11 | " | 2 | N.E. | SW. | | | | 12 | " | 4 | | | | Mid't Mod'te & fine Weather. |
Transcription Notes:
Normalized formatting. Will finish.
Vble. = Variable winds.
W't: West
E't: east
Anch'd: anchored
Head/H'd round the compass: when they swing the ship around every point of the compass to ascertain the compass' deviation caused by iron on the ship.
"Tom Shots Point" is on the right bank of the Calabar River estuary, near Jamestown. (modern Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria)
Chace - stands for "chase".
1 - The Andony River is a corruption of "Antonio River", likely the colonial name for the Kwa Ibo.
2 - Andony River is the modern day Andoni River, just north of the noon position on the 20th. It is just east of Bonny Island and just west of the mouth of the Ito River.
Backasey: anglicization of Bakassi, modern Cameroon. At the mouth of the Calabar.
