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IOR/L/MAR/B/632B
- Record Id:
- 040-001113662
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113662
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000146
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082488134.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/632B
- Title:
- Fort St George: Journal
- Scope & Content:
-
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Fort St George from England to Bombay and back (Captain John Acton), 20 December 1743-25 August 1746 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Gravesend, 18 February 1744; left the Downs, 8 March 1744; left Spithead, 28 May 1744; 25 September 1744, Cape of Good Hope; 16 January 1745, Anjengo; 23 January 1745, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 March 1745, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 11 May 1745, Bombay; 23 October 1745, Goa; 6 November 1745, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 30 November 1745, Cochin; 4 December 1745, Anjengo; 23 February 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 10 June 1746, Gallway [Galway]; 26 July 1746, the Downs.
Inscribed: 'This is My Original Journall, 25. Aug. 1746. John Acton' (folio 3).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Augt. [August] 1746' (folio 3).
The following note has also been added at a later date on folio 1: 'The Fort St. George I believe'.
The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, the entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; details of the other ships with which the Fort St George sailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths of crew members; commodities carried (especially wool from Bandar Abbas, and pepper); and general remarks.
The record is part of a volume containing five separate log books and other records: Fort St George: Journal, John Acton, Captain, 1740-42 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632A); Fort St George: Journal, 1743-46 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632B); Fort St George: Journal, Robert Brown, Chief Mate, 1747-48 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632C); Fort St George: Imprest Book, c. 1702 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632D); and Fort St George: Receipt Book, c. 1722 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632E).
- 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
040-001113662 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/632B : Fort St George: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9136]/040-001113662
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (165 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000146
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1743
- End Date:
- 1746
- Date Range:
- 20 Dec 1743-26 Aug 1746
- 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 165; 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)