Europa : Journal [‎6v] (18/392)

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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Europa from England to Bombay, and back (Captain William Applegath), 28 February 1782-6 August 1785 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Motherbank [off Portsmouth], 11 September 1782; 26 November 1782, Bay of All Saints; 16 April 1783, Madrass [Madras]; 21 October 1783, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 12 November 1783, Bombay; 11 March 1784, Muscat; 5 April 1784, Bushier [Bushire]; 29 May 1784, Bussora [Basra]; 17 July 1784, Bushire; 30 August 1784, Muscat; 12 September 1784, Bombay; 7 April 1785, St Helena; 2 May 1785, Ascention [Ascension Island]; 7 July 1785, the Downs.

The journal was compiled by Charles Gardyne [ Chief Mate The sailor subordinate to the Captain. ].

Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 2), and 'This is the continuation of my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 189).

Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 13 July 1785 (folio 2, referring to folios 3-187, entries for 28 February 1782-10 July 1785), and 'Recd. 8th. Augt. 1785' (folio 188, referring to folios 188-189, entries for 11 July-6 August 1785).

The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and periodic navigational readings at the foot of the columns. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.

The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; details of other British ships with which the Europa sailed in convoy; contact with other Company, and His Majesty's ships; the transport of Hanoverian troops; references to private trade; deaths of crew members; deaths, and the outbreak of scurvy amongst the soldiers (folio 61); and commodities carried (e.g. saltpetre and pepper from Bombay).

Report of the death of Captain Applegath, and the appointment of Gardyne as his successor: folio 169.

The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Europa : Journal, William Applegath, Captain, 1776-78 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425D); Europa : Journal, 1782-85 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425E); and Europa : Journal, Augustus Joseph Applegath, Captain, 1785-87 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425F).

Extent and format

1 file (193 folios)

Arrangement

The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 193; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English in Latin script

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