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His Majesty’s Ship Comus at Sea 1815
[[7 columned table]]
| H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No. Sig. | Remarks &c.. Friday 14th April 
| --- | ---| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |  | S b W | SE b E. |   | AM/. Mod'te & fine |   
| 2 | 1 | 4 | S ½ E |   |   |  3 Made sail | 
| 3 | 2 |  |   |   |   | 4 Mod'te & fine W'r. |   
| 4 | 2 |  | S b. E. | E b S. |   | Vble winds |  
| 5 | 1 | 6 | S b E ½ E. |   |   |   |  
| 6 | " | } | up SW b W | S b E. |   | 8 Mod'te & fine W'r. made all sail |   
| 7 | " | } |   |   |   |   |  
| 8 | " | } | off W b N |   |   | aired Bedding |   
| 9 | 2 | 2 |  W SW. |   |  |   |  
| 10 | 2 |  | W ½ S. |   |   | Noon mod'te & fine. Made sig'l to hove |  
| 11 | 2 | 6 |   |   |   | to the wind on the Starb'd Tack. a broken |   
| 12 | 2 | 4 | West. |   |   | sugar loaf hill East, a hat cone hill E SE,| 
|   |   |   |   |   |   | a double cone or pass SE b E. |   

[[5 columned table]]
| Course | Distance | Lat in | Long in | Bearings & distance at Noon |
| --- | --- |--- | --- | --- |
| S7°W't | 38 Miles | DR. 2°24'N. obs'd. 2°38' N |   | . . . . . . . . . . . |

[[7 columned table]]
| --- | ---| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 3 |   | S b E. | SW. |   | PM/. Mod'te W'r. |
| 2 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   | 
| 3 | 3 | 2 | S SW. |   |   | 
| 4 | 3 | 2 | S SW. |   |   | 4 Mod'te & hazy. Southern Extreme of |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | SW b S. | Vble |   | the Land S b E 1/2 E. |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | S b W. |   |   | at 6 South Extreme SE b S. |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | NW 1/2 W. |   |   | 6:20 Wore in 2'd reefs |
| 8 | 1 | 4 |   |   |   | 8 Mod'te & Cloudy. Convoy in Co. |
| 9 | 1 | 4 |   |   |   |
| 10 | 1 | 4 |   |   | Mid't light airs & Cloudy.  |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | NW b N. |   | 3 Sail in tow, another in sight |
| 12 | 2 | " |   |   |   |

[[7 Columned Table]]
| H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Saturday 15th April |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 | " | NWbN. | Vble. |   | AM/. Mod'te & Cloudy. |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | 1 | 6 |   |   |   |   |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | NNW |   |   | 4 Light Breezes with thunder & |
| 5 | 1 | " | NWbN |   |   | lightening |
| 6 | " | 4 | NW |   |   |   |
| 7 | 2 |   |   |   |   | 8 Mod'te & Cloudy |
| 8 | 2 |   | WNW. |   |   |   |
| 9 | 2 |   | WbS. | Vble. |   |   |
| 10 | 2 |   | West. |   |   | Noon light breezes & fine |
| 11 | 2 |   | WbS. |   |   | Convoy in Company. |
| 12 | 1 | " |   |   |   |   |

[[5 Columned Table]]
| Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S68°W't | 21 Miles | 2°37' N. |   | Land from the Mast Head EbS. |

[[7 Columned Table]]
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 |   | WNW. | SW. |   | PM/. Light breeses & fine |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | S.S.E. |   |   | 1 Wore. took 12 Slaves out of the |
| 3 | " | } | up S ½ W. off S ½ E. |   |   | Intrepida |
| 4 | 1 |   | South | W SW. |   | 4 taken aback. trimmed Sails |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | S.W. |   |   |   |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | S.S.W. |   |   | 6 Mod'te & Cloudy. |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | S ½ W. |   |   | 8 Mod'te & Cloudy. Convoy in Company |
| 8 | 2 | 6 |   |   |   |   |
| 9 | 2 | 4 |   |   |   |   |
| 10 | 2 | 4 |   |   |   | Mid't. Mod'te & Cloudy with lightening |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | South | W SW. |   |   |
| 12 | 2 | 6 |   |   |   |   |

His Majesty's Ship Bou 
[[7 Columned Table]]
| H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Tuesday. 16th April |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | South | WSW. |   | AM/. Mod'te & Cloudy |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | S.S.E |   |   |   |
| 3 | " | 4 | E.S.E. |   |   | 2:30 Wore. |
|   | " | 4 | W.S.W. |   |   |   |
| 4 | 2 | " |   |   |   | 4 Light airs. Convoy in Co. |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | W.b.N. |   |   |   |
| 6 | 2 | " | West. |   |   |   |
| 7 | 2 | 2 |   | Vble. |   |   |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | W b.S. |   |   | 8 Mod'te & hazy. Land SE½E. |
| 9 | 2 | 4 |   |   |   |   |
| 10 | 2 | 6 |   |   |   | 10 Mustered Ship's Company |
| 11 | 2 | 4 |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | West. | S SW. |   | Noon Mod'te & hazy |

[[5 Columned Table]]
| Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S23°W | 35 Miles | 2°3'27" N. DR |   | St Thomas S56°West 150 Miles |
|   |   | 2°14'00" N. obs'd |   |   |

[[7 Columned Table]]
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | W b S. | S b W. |   | PM/. Mod'te & Cloudy. |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | West |   |   | Communicated with the Dos Amigs [[Amigos]] |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | W SW. | SW. |   |   |
| 4 | 2 |   |   |   |   | 4 Mod'te & Cloudy. |
| 5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | South. |   |   | 6 Mod'te & Cloudy. |
| 7 | 2 |   | S b W. |   |   |   |
| 8 | 2 |   |   |   |   | 8 Mod'te & Cloudy. Convoy in Company. |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | S.S.W. | West. |   |   |
| 10 | 2 | 4 |   |   |   |   |
| 11 | 2 | 2 |   |   |   | Mid't. Moderate with Rain. |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | S b W | W b S. |   | Convoy in Company. |

[[7 Columned Table]]
| H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c.. Monday 17th April |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | S SW. | West. |   | AM/. Mod'te & fine |
| 2 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | 3 |   |   |   |   | 4 Mod'te & fine. Convoy in Company |
| 4 | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |
| 5 | 3 |   |   |   |   | 6:40 Short'd Sail. a round hill E b S ¾ S. |
| 6 | 3 |   |   |   |   | offshore 3 or 4 leagues. |
| 7 | 2 |   | SW b S. |   |   |   |
|   | 1 | 2 | N NW. |   |   | 8 Light airs. Extremes of land from |
| 8 | 1 | 4 |   |   |   | NE to South. Made Sail. |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | NW. |   |   |   |
| 10 | 2 |   | NW b N. |   |   | Noon Mod'te & Cloudy. Convoy in |
| 11 | 3 |   | NW b W. |   |   | Company. |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | N.N.W. | West |   |   |

[[5 Columned Table]]
| Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S51°W | 25 Miles | DR. 2°2' N | 9°33 E't | Man of War's Bay (Island of St. Thomas) S57°W 173 miles. |

[[7 Columned Table]]
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | N NW. | West. |   | PM/. Mod'te & Cloudy. |
| 2 | " | } | up N NW. |   |   | at 1 hove too. sent the Surgeon on |
| 3 | " | } |   |   |   | board the Ships of the Convoy to |
| 4 | " | } | off North. |   |   | examine the Sick. 4:30 up boat. Wore |
| 5 | " | } |   |   |   | & made Sail. |
|   | " | 6 | SW. |   |   |   |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | SW b S. |   |   |   |
| 7 | 3 |   |   |   |   | 9:30 heavy rain. got foul of the |
| 8 | 2 | 6 |   |   |   | Bon Sorte. cast off the tow. Cleared  |
| 9 | 2 | 6 |   |   |   | the Bon Sorte. Wore |
| 10 | 1 | " |   |   |   |   |
|   | " | 4 | S b W. |   |   | Mid't. Wore. 3 sail in Company |
| 11 | 1 | " |   |   |   |   |
| 12 | 1 | " | SW. | W NW. |   |   |

Transcription Notes:
D.R. - Dead Reckoning. to "hove", not "have". Vble: variable Mod'te: moderate D'o W'r: Ditto weather Sig'l: signal Starb'd: starboard St. Thomas : English name for Sao Tome.