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IOR/L/MAR/B/663D
- Record Id:
- 040-001113960
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001113960
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000320
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100095803662.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/663D
- Title:
- A Journall Of a Voyage From England To Mocha, In the East Indies. In the Ship Prince Frederick 1727
- Scope & Content:
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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Frederick from England to Mocha, and back (Captain William Haynes), 21 October 1727-25 March 1730 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 November 1727; 18 March 1727 [Old Style]/18 March 1729 [New Style], Cape Bona Espranca [Cape of Good Hope]; 23 June 1728, Moha [Mocha]; 16 October 1728, Bombay; 2 January 1728 [Old Style]/2 January 1729 [New Style], Mocha; 22 May 1729, Bombay; 20 November 1729, St Helena; 23 March 1729 [Old Style]/23 March 1730 [New Style], the Downs.
The ship was at Mocha from 23 June to 25 August 1728, and from 2 January 1728/9 to 5 May 1729, and at Bombay from 16 October to 13 December 1728, and from 22 May to 27 July 1729.
Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall, Samel. [Samuel] Rodham [Chief Mate]' (folio 5).
Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 29 April 1730 (folio 5).
The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Course; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in habour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.
The journal records: navigational information; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; weather; winds; sea conditions; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; an incident in which the ship lost all six of her anchors, and was assisted by a Dutch ship (folio 25); commodities carried (especially coffee from Mocha, and rattans from Bombay); and deaths of crew members, including the death of Captain Haynes at Bombay, folios 53-54.
The journal also includes a list of the Prince Frederick's officers and seamen, giving names; qualities [rank or occupation]; and details of those members of the crew who had died, or 'runn' [deserted from the ship], with dates (folios 4-5).
The journal is double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates.
The journal also includes a crew list.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001113960 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/663D : A Journall Of a Voyage From England To Mocha, In the East Indies. In the Ship Prince Frederick 1727 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[9434]/040-001113960
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (121 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000229.0x000320
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1727
- End Date:
- 1730
- Date Range:
- 21 Oct 1727-29 Apr 1730
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- 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 123; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 112-122, which have not been digitised.
- Arrangement:
- The entries in the journal are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)