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IOR/L/MAR/B/17L
- Record Id:
- 040-001105104
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001105104
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001320.0x000340
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079291157.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/17L
- Title:
- Royal George: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the Royal George from England to Madras, Bombay, and China (Captain Charles Besley [Besly] Gribble), 1807-09. The Royal George was at Muscat from 19 to 25 February 1808, and at Gamberoon [Bandar Abbas] from 29 February to 8 March 1808.
Inscribed: 'This is my Original Journal. Charles B. Gribble. Commander' (folio 1).
The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The Journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships, commodities carried, and general remarks.
The Journal includes a list of the ship's officers and seamen, giving the capacity in which they served, and the circumstances of their death/manner of leaving the ship's service (folios 2-3); a list of troops belonging to HM 14th Regiment of Foot, who were embarked on board the Royal George at Portsmouth on 19 June 1807, including names of the women and children who accompanied them (folios 4-8); and a list of passengers (folio 8).
The Journal also includes the following lists on folios 129-133: a list of a detachment of HM 30th Regiment of Foot, received on board the Royal George at Madras, 10 November 1807; a list of a detachment of HM 36th Regiment of Foot and artillery received on board the Royal George at Bombay, 2 February 1809; a list of seamen received from HM ship Psyche at Bombay, 2 February 1808; and further lists of seamen and lascars, circa 1808-09.
Account of a fatal shooting aboard the ship, involving an officer of the 14th Regiment of Foot: folio 40.
The record is part of a volume containing four separate log books: Royal George: Journal, 1804-06 (IOR/L/MAR/B/17K); Royal George: Journal, 1807-09 (folios 1-133, IOR/L/MAR/B/17L); Royal George: Journal, 1810-11 (IOR/L/MAR/B/17M); and Royal George: Journal, 1811-13 (IOR/L/MAR/B/17N).
Crew List; Passenger List; Soldier List
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001105104", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/MAR/B/17L: Royal George: Journal" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001105104 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/17L : Royal George: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[0577]/040-001105104
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (133 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001320.0x000340
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 13 Apr 1807-28 Jun 1809
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 133; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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 side of each folio.
- Administrative Context:
- The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)