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IOR/L/MAR/B/106C

Record Id:

040-001106781

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001106781

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001399.0x00003d

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/MAR/B/106C

Title:

Recovery: Deck Log

Scope & Content:

The Deck Log covers the voyage to Madras and Calcutta (Captain Henry Cleaver Chapman): 7 June 1830, Downs; 17 September 1830, Madras; 12 October 1830, Calcutta; 4 January 1831, Kedgeree; 8 March 1831, St Helena; 12 May 1831, Downs.

The Deck Log includes a list of the ship's company (folio 164).

The Deck Log contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and Remarks; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consists of remarks only. The logs provide navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks.

The Deck Log includes entries concerning births at sea (folios 178 and 180); deaths; an incident of mutinous behaviour (folio 193); the passage of troops (e.g. 62nd Regiment, 1830); and conveyance of military personnel and stores.

The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Eaton: Journal, Richard Heathfield, Chief Mate, 1712-14 (folios 4-162, IOR/L/MAR/B/106B); Recovery: Deck Log, 1830-31 (folios 163-247, IOR/L/MAR/B/106C); and Recovery: Deck Log, 1832-33 (folios 248-338, IOR/L/MAR/B/106D).

Crew List

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001106781

Is part of:

IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records

IOR/L/MAR/B/106C : Recovery: Deck Log

Hierarchy:

032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[2254]/040-001106781

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file (85 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1830

End Date:

1831

Date Range:

12 May 1830-27 May 1831

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 341; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume contains two separate pagination sequences, between ff 168-247 and between ff 251-338. These numbers are printed and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side and the top left corner of the verso side of each folio.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Recovery (4), Ship