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IOR/L/MAR/B/425E
- Record Id:
- 040-001111158
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001111158
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000108.0x0002ae
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082418308.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/425E
- Title:
- Europa: Journal
- Scope & Content:
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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].
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).
- 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
040-001111158 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/425E : Europa: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[6632]/040-001111158
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (193 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000108.0x0002ae
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1782
- End Date:
- 1785
- Date Range:
- 28 Feb 1782-8 Aug 1785
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- 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 side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- 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)