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His Majestys Ship Comus at Sea 1815 [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Friday 22'd April | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | | SSW. | Vble. | | AM/. Light airs inclining to Calm. | | 2 | 1 | | S b W. | | | 3 Calm | | 3 | ·· | 6 | S b E. | | | Variable winds with heavy rain | | 4 | ·· | | Calm. H'd round | | | trimmed sails occasionally. South Point | | 5 | ·· | | the Compass. | | | of Great Corisco S b E. Made all sail with | | 6 | 1 | | SW. | | | Convoy Sig'l Sternmost ships to make Sail | | 7 | " | 6 | SW b S. | | | | | 8 | " | 4 | WSW. | | | Washed the lower Decks. | | 9 | 1 | 4 | SW. | | | | | 10 | 2 | ·· | WSW. | S.b.E. | | | | 11 | 1 | 6 | | | | Noon Inclining to Calm. Convoy in Co. | | 12 | 1 | 4 | | | | | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | S 21° W't | 25 Miles | 00° 38' N. DR 00°53' Obs. | | | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | 4 | WSW. | South. | | PM/. Light airs & Cloudy. | | 2 | 1 | 6 | | | | 2:30 Wore. | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | · | NW. | | | | | 4 | 1 | 4 | South. | | | 4 Light airs & Cloudy. Convoy in Company. | | 5 | 2 | 2 | | | | 5:30 Land from the Mast Head SE b E.| | 6 | 3 | 2 | S b W. | | | | | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | 3 | | South. | W SW. | | 8 Mod'te & Cloudy with lightening | | 9 | 3 | | | | | Convoy in Co. | | 10 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | 12 | 3 | 4 | | | | Mid't. Mod'te & Cloudy with lightening. | [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Saturday 23'd April | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 3 | 4 | South | W SW. | | am/. Mod'te & Cloudy with Rain. | | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | 3 Squally. shortened sail & Wore. | | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | 1 | 4 | W NW. | | | 4 Squally. | | 5 | 2 | 4 | NW b W. | | | at day light land SE. made sail | | 6 | 1 | 6 | W NW. | | | | | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | 1 | | NW b W. | | | 8 Inclining to Calm. | | 9 | 1 | | NW. | Vble. | | | | 10 | " | 4 | West. | | | Mustered Ships Company. | | | ·· | 4 | NW ½ N | | | | | 11 | ·· | 6 | NW. | | | | | 12 | 1 | 4 | NW b N. | | | Noon Mod'te & Cloudy. | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | S 85° W | 31 Miles | D.R. 00° 42' N Obs. 00 45 N. | 7° 59' E't | | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | 6 | NW b N. | W b S. | | PM/. Mod'te & Cloudy. 1 Cast off the | | 2 | 4 | | NE ½ N. | | | tow & went in chace of a Strange Sail | | 3 | 4 | 4 | NE b N. | | | 2:30 Boarded a small Portuguese Sch'r | | 4 | 5 | | S SW | | | from Princes Island bound to Gabon | | 5 | 6 | | S ½ W | Vble. | | detained Sch'r & took her in tow. Wore & | | 6 | 1 | 4 | South. | | | Made Sail to join the Convoy.| | | 2 | 6 | S b W ½ W | | | shortened Sail & took the Bon Sorte | | 7 | 2 | | | | | in tow. land near the Entrance of Gabon | | | 1 | 4 | South. | | | River SE. in 2'd reefs. Wore. | | 8 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | " | SE. | S S W | | | | 9 | 1 | 2 | W NW. | | | Convoy in Company | | 10 | 1 | | N b W. | | | | | 11 | 1 | | W ¾ N. | | | Mid't. Mod'te with heavy Rain. | | 12 | 1 | 4 | W NW. | SW. | | Thunder & lightening | His Majestys Ship Comus at Sea 1815 [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Sunday 24th April | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | 4 | W NW. | SW. | | am/. Fresh breeses with heavy rain | | 2 | " | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | " | W SW. | | | Fired 5 Guns at intervals | | 3 | 3 | | SW. | S SE. | | day light saw the Land SE b S. | | 4 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 6 | " | 4 | | | | | | 7 | 1 | " | SW b W. | | | | | 8 | 2 | 4 | W b S. | S b W. | | 8 Mod'te Cloudy W'r. | | 9 | 3 | " | W ½ S. | | | | | 10 | 4 | | W b S. | | | | | 11 | 3 | 4 | | | | Noon Mod'te Cloudy W'r. Convoy in Company. | | 12 | 4 | " | W ¼ S. | | | | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | S 33 W. | 31 Miles. | DR.°18'00" N Obs. 00°30'39" N | 7°42' E't | | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | | West | S SW. | | PM/. Light breeses & fine | | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | 4 Light breeses & fine. Convoy in Company. saw the | | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | | appearance of land NW b W. | | 5 | 2 | 4 | W b S. | | | | | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | Departed this life John Hayden /S/ | | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | Committed the body of John Hayden to the Deep | | 8 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 10 | 2 | 6 | | | | Mid't. light breezes & hazy. | | 11 | 2 | " | | | | | | 12 | 1 | 6 | W ½ S. | | | | [[7 Columned Table]] | H | K | F | Courses | Winds | No Sig'l | Remarks &c Monday 25th April | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | 6 | W b S. | | | am/. Light airs & hazy. | | 2 | 1 | 4 | W NW. | | | | | 3 | 1 | 4 | SW b W. | | | 3:30 Wore ship | | 4 | | 6 | | | | | | | | 4 | NE. | | | 4 Light airs & hazy. | | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | at day light the Island of St Thomas | | 6 | | 4 | | | | W ¾ N. land from the Mast Head | | 7 | " | } | H'd from SE. | | | North. | | 8 | " | } | | | | Calm | | 9 | " | } | to N.N.E. | | | | | 10 | " | } | | Calm | | Noon light airs Vble. | | 11 | " | } | | | | | | 12 | " | } | H'd from SE. to N.N.E. | | | Convoy in Company. | [[5 Columned Table]] | Course | Dist'ce | Lat in | Long in | Bearings and distance at Noon | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | 00°39'39" N. | | Island of St Thomas W b N. Princes Island N ¼ E. | [[7 Columned Table]] | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | " | 6 | NW b W. | Southerly | | PM/. Light airs & fine | | 2 | " | 4 | | | | Fumigated the lower deck. | | | " | 4 | W NW. | | | | | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | Wore ship. Island of St. Thomas W ½ S | | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | Princes Island North. | | 5 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 6 | 2 | 6 | S b E. | | | Mod'te hazy W'r. Convoy in Company | | 7 | 2 | 2 | S S E ½ E. | Vble. | | | | 8 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 9 | 2 | 2 | S.S.E. | | | | | 10 | 2 | 4 | | | | Mid't. Mod'te hazy Weather. | | 11 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 12 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
Transcription Notes:
·· and " are used on the page. Don't mix them up. They must mean something in particular.
W't - West
"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".
chace - chase or pursuit
Sch'r - Schooner
H'd - ship's head (the direction the ship is pointed)
Two values for latitude were recorded at noon on the 22nd. DR (Dead Reckoning) and Obs (Observed - likely by measuring the height of the sun at noon).
Corisco - island in Corisco Bay off coast of Gabon.
