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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/472B
Title:: Shrewsbury: Journal
Scope & Content:: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Shrewsbury from England to Bombay and Mokha [Mocha] (Captain Benjamin Jones), 1 May 1771-18 June 1773. The Shrewsbury departed from Portsmouth on 1 May 1771, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Jan 1771-22 Jul 1773
Extent:: 1 file (131 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/474A
Title:: Talbot: Journal
Scope & Content:: The journal of the East India Company ship Talbot is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships' Journals. Inscribed: 'This is my original journal Thos [Thomas]: Dethick. Witness R. Cole'. The logbook contains 'a list of the officers and seamen belonging to the Talbot' (ff 1a- 2 verso). The l...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Feb 1763-23 Aug 1766
Extent:: 1 file (196 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/478A
Title:: Salisbury: Journal
Scope & Content:: This volume consists of a journal of the first voyage of the East India Company ship the Salisbury, the Commander of which was Christopher Burrows, recorded by the First Mate William Foreman. The journal is inscribed: ‘This my Originall Journall W[illia]m Foreman’, ‘Witness Rob[er]t James’, an...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Jan 1742-9 Nov 1744
Extent:: 1 volume (188 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/478E
Title:: Salisbury: Journal
Scope & Content:: Journal of the East India Company ship the Salisbury by Captain John Foot. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and back, from 22 December 1752 to 3 August 1754. The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Dec 1752-3 Aug 1754
Extent:: 1 file (109 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/481B
Title:: Bute: Journal
Scope & Content:: The journal of the East India Company ship Bute by Captain Maitland Commander. The journal contains: ‘A List of Officers Seamen & c. on Board the Ship’ (ff 2-4) and ‘A List of the Hon:ble Companies Soldiers for Madrass’ (ff 5-6) The journal also includes daily entries for the voyage (dates ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Dec 1766-7 Jul 1769
Extent:: 1 file (152 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/486A
Title:: Hector: Journal
Scope & Content:: Journal of the East India Company ship, Hector, kept by Captain Stephen Kirwan. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 12 February 1751, Gravesend; 14 March 1751, Downs; 7 July 1751, St Augustine Bay, Madagascar; 2...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Feb 1750-15 May 1754
Extent:: 1 volume (145 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/488A
Title:: Greenwich: Journal
Scope & Content:: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Greenwich from England to Bombay, and back (Captain Richard Kyrby [Kirby], later John Barnes, formerly Chief Mate), 1719-22 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Spithead, 1 April 1720; 29 April 1720, St. Jago [Santiag...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Oct 1719-13 Jul 1722
Extent:: 1 volume (133 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/488C
Title:: Greenwich: Journal
Scope & Content:: Journal of the voyage of the Greenwich from England to Mocha (Captain Richard Lasinby), 1723-26 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 19 November 1723 leaves the Downs; 27 February 1723 [New Style date 1724] at anchor in Table Bay; 19 March 1723 [New Style date 1724], Cape Bo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Aug 1723-30 Jun 1726
Extent:: 1 volume (92 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/544-I
Title:: Nassau: Journal
Scope & Content:: The journal of the East India Company ship Nassau is part of the Marine Department Records, Ships’ Journals. Inscribed: ‘This is my original Journal in my own hand writing Arthur Gore Witness J. Holland’. The logbook records the observations during the Nassau’s voyage from England towards India/...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Jan 1781-30 Sep 1785
Extent:: 1 file (263 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MAR/B/544K-L
Title:: Nassau: Journal
Scope & Content:: Journal of the East India Company ship Nassau by John Pascal Larkins, chief mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from India towards China, arriving at Whampoa [Pazhou] Island, before returning to England via St Helena, between 24 October 1784 and 17 July 1785 (Captain Arthur Gore). The j...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Oct 1784-17 Jun 1785
Extent:: 1 volume (51 folios)

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