Log of Logs
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Transcript of Log of Logs
Ludovic Kennedy, A Book of Sea Journeys
And so to sea literature, almost as vast as the sea itself. It would be impossible for one man in a lifetime to discover all it contains, let alone find the time to read it.
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Front cover: The ship La Hogue, 1878, well known on the England-Australia run. From a paiuting by J. G. McCredie. courtesy of Dr. and Mrs. Lionel Wilson. (See also photograph of La
Hogue at page 238).__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __iiiIIilIIIIIIlI!IlIlIIIIIII.-rr__... 1IIIIIIi
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LOG OF LOGS
The author would be grateful for any additions and amendments to this list. If there is a reasonable response, and an indication of sufficient interest in microfiche, consideration will be given to the production of such a copy, possibly with more
extensive indexing.
1788 TO 1988,
AND SURROUNDING OCEANS.
jointly with
CJheAustrolianAssociation for~ritimeJiistory Inc.
Publisher ofThe Great Circle'.
ROEBUCK SOCIETY PUBLICATION No. 41
r ROEBUCK SERIES
The title of this series dealing with Australasian historical subjects comes from the name of HMS Roebuck, the ship in which Captain William Dampier, the first Englishman to describe part of Australia, made his second visit to Australia in 1699.
Issued in this series Kangaroo Island 18()()'1836. By J. S. Cumpston. Captain Cook's Australian Landfnlls. By W. D. Forsyth. The Furneaux Group. First Visitors 1797~lBI0. By J. S. Cumpston. Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks. By G. D. Chapman. First Visitors to Bass Strait. By J. S. Cumpston. To Botany Bay. By R. A. Swan. Augustus Gregory and the Inland Sen. By J. H. L. Cumpston. Gundaroo. By E. J. Lea-Scarlett, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Vol. 9, 1811, Facsimile. The Long Arm. By H. V_ Clarke. Wheels in the Storm. By Wellesley Aron. Eber Bunker. By R. Hodgkinson. Bunbury. By Theodora Sanders. The Diary of a Rat. By F. A. (Smoky) Reeder. Horse and Buggy Days. By H. E. MacGregor. The Health of the People. By J_ H. L. Cumpston. The Commonwealth Shipping Line. By Frank Brennan. Whaling and Sealing at the Chatham Islands. By R. Richards. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Vol. I, 1788-1825. By J. S. Cumpston. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Vol. 2, 1826-1840. By I. H. Nicholson. Gazetteer of Sydney Shipping, 1788-1840. By I. H. Nicholson. Looking Backward. By J_ E. Fowler. The Furneaux Group. Volume 1. By R. M. Fowler. Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk. Autobiography. Sbipping Arrivnls and Departures, Tasmania, Vol. I, 1803-1833. By I. H. Nicholson. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Vol. I, 1798-1845. M. A. Syme. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Vol. 2, 1834-1842 and Gazetteer, 1803-1842. By L H. Nicholson. . Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Vol. 3, 1841-1844. By I. H. Nicholson and Graeme Broxam. Samuel Matt of Port Fairy. By W. Matt. Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade, 1775-1861. By A. G. E. Jones. William Stewart. B. J_ O'C_ Ross. Richard Siddins of Port Jackson. By L. Rose. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Vol. 2, 1846-1855. By M. A_ Syme. Brought to this Distress. The Life of Captain Arnold Fisk Limited Edition. By M. D. Cobcroft. Apply to the author, PO Box 470, Ipswich, Qld. 4305.
This is No. 41 in the series, all of which nrc available from booksellers, from I. H. Nicholson, 18 Wunnunga Crescent, Ynroomba, Q. 4573; from the Roebuck Society, 42 Araba Street, Aranda, A.C.T. 2614, Australla; or from Graeme Broxam, P.O. Box 1275, Woden, A.C.T., 2606.
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Introduction
Let me begin with a little about the origin of the word "log" as in logbook (as opposed to the other log which is com mon afloat - the device to measure the ship's speed, and distance run, which information is of course regularly entered in the log - book). Log is said to have been derived from the ancient wooden almanacks of the bards whereby memoranda was cut or carved on a Staffordshire "clegg" or "log". Coincidentally the word "book" is supposed to have come from the Anglo Saxon" boc", meaning beech tree.
In the earliest days of •navigation it soon became apparent to landsman or sailor that he needed to keep tab of time. wind. tidal currents, etc,& the vessel's progress.or lack of it. if he was to get anywhere or indeed survive. The need for keeping an accurate log was generally recognised by responsible mariners. & if others remained to be convinced, the Admiralty, commercial ship owners and their insurers also insisted upon it!
There are many various titles for logs, depending on who kept them - Captain's, Master's', Mate's or Chief Off'icers, Lieutenant's, or Ship's, (written up by a succession of watch- keepers); where they were kept Bridge, Deck, Engineroom, or Harbour; and finally, the categories of rough, fair, abstract, & official (Iauer only in merchant ships - see entry for same).
In the list they are usually all called logs, except for the official logs, or where more than one type is recorded for the same voyage, such as in warships. Of course the catalogue includes all forms of voyage narratives be they log, letter, journal, or shipboard diary, etc, irrespective of whether they are original documents, copies, extracts, precis, or published versions. Some simple definitions therefore may be desirable, although the entries generally reflect the description of material given by its author, or by the librarian who catalogued it:-
Diary - a personal daily record of events onboard, etc. Journal - a volume containing an individual's description of
events rather than a continuous personal record such as in a diary or private log. - (not a printed paper).
Log a detailed navigational record of courses & speeds, wind, weather, crew employment, main events, etc.
Account - a general narrative. - (not a financial statement). The study of old logs is not always easy due to the poor quality
of ink and paper, particularly considering the effect of salt water and damp over the years. Dates and names are often difficult to decypher. Some are full of interest, - others are decidedly dull. The same variation applies to journals and passenger diaries, though they are usually more legible, but they all contribute to our knowledge and history. Many of the narratives have not been sighted by the author, let alone read by him. Entries have been made from information provided by custodians, or gleaned from any reasonable source, with a question mark if some details are in doubt. May I apologise in advance for entries which turn out to be for the wrong ship, or voyage, or which do not reflect the true nature of the narrative. In a few cases where I have not been able to complete research on some lead, e.g, the likelihood of finding a diary of a particular passenger,whose papers are now held in some collection, the bare clues have been retained in the entry for any interested person to pursue.
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When I commenced compiling log reference" many year" ago, 1 was concerned that so few logs of merchant ship voyages appeared to have survived, when there was such a full coverage for warships, & a reasonable selection for whalers, particularly in American collections, & many of each category were being microfilmed, As time went by more logs were found, as well as other types of narratives - surgeons' journals aboard convict and emigrant ships, passenger dlaries.etc, including published accounts: & then , due to the advent of Official logs, which had to be retained, the imbalance was at least partly rectified, Nevertheless, countless trading & whaling logs have been destroyed, and ship owners are still doing this, after holding the logs for a set period of up to six years in case of legal action, Many private logs from merchantmen have also disappeared but, hopefully, more will continue to turn up . George Bayly, Third Officer in the" Calder" under the flamboyant Irish Captain Peter Dillon,tells us in his journal that his Captain taught him how to make musket charges using old logs and narratives of a dead mariner for the cartridge paper I Dillon was shrewd enough to retain his own journals for a future puhlication re the search for LaPerouse relics. Thus he became quite famous ,though much of the glory was self generated,
In the 19th century published journals and accounts of explorers and travellers to the less well known parts of the world, notably the Pacific were popular reading, & the narratives have thus been preserved,With the advent of cables and radio, etc, newspapers began to ignore the mariner. Ships ' logs and journals became less noteworthy; and also the practice of keeping personal diaries went out of fashion.
While official naval records are plentifuI,they are much enhanc ed by the many private journals kept in warships. Today Midshipmen are still required to keep a journal at sea in peacetime(wartime diaries,etc, are prohibited on security grounds, but a few have been found). In Nelson's day a Midshipman 's pay could be withheld if his journal was considered to be unsatisfactory,& stoppage of the young gentlemen's leave is still applied
Ships ' newspapers, hand-written onboard, were produced by volunteers in migrant ships and troopships particularly, & often published ashore later as souvenirs of the trip . Those located have been included in the list (see collective entry for same), & may provide further details of the voyage. Similarly, newspaper reports of a ship 's arrival frequently give a brief account of the passage, often quoting the Master or the log, especially if there was some newsworthy ite m. Reports of navigational dangers, dis coveries, wrecks, etc.were sometimes published in the form of a log extract. Such references have also been listed, but an exhaustive search of the main Aust & NZ papers has not been done & there would be many more relevant entries. For those who are disappointed that there is no reference for their ' ship or voyage in Log of Logs, it is suggested that they follow up shipping reports in the press of the day. Other ships arriving at much the same time may well have sighted, or sailed in company with the vessel in question, or she may feature in the" Unidentified Ships" list (see entries in date order).
, Finally, to the List itself, which covers the period,1788 to1988, or rather, the voyage of the First Fleet to NSW, up to the latest batches of Official logs lodged with Archives in Aust & NZ in the 1960's, & 1980's. (It is felt that the era of discovery prior to 1788 is already well documented), Entries are largely confined to Australasian waters and the Pacific & Indian Oceans, with a few others of significance if material is in local collections.
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Thc List, and Bxamptes. Ship entries are in alphabetical sequence, with voyages in date
order, unless the same log reference applies to a series of passages & there is another ship of the same name and date, in which case the entry for the latter \S listed following the succession of the first vessel's voyages, against the symbol #. Lettered and numbered ships, e.g, A!. & T1, are at the end of respective alphabetical sections. Collective entries for types of voyages such as Boat, Convict, Immigration, & Whaling, are included in the ship list, together With Items for Companies,some specific Navies, maritime incidents like Actions, Wrecks, Overboard, Customs at sea, etc. The list is thus a form of Nautical index. A separate index of Authors of personal logs & narratives follows the main list. Explanation of the most common types of entry: -
ARAB, ship/CT,403t, RR BROWN: Lon - Deal. 25 .6 - HTn, 6.11. w.152 m. pris. 1822 + jnl by Surgeon C. Carter ' AjCP PRO reel 3188.
Meaning: The ship ARAB of403 tons , employed as a convict transport under Capt RR Brown, sailed from London, & took departure from Deal, 25 .6: 1822, arflvl~g at Hobart Town on 6.11.1822, with 152 male prisoners. Surgeon C
Carter s Journal of voyage IS on AJCP microfim reel 3188, ex orig in PRO Lon.
YOROO?,1958, ship? + Official log, 22.7.58 - 29 .11.58 • AA, Sydney, SP 989. Meaning: The unknown type ship YOROO (name in doubt) was on a voyage from. 22 july to 29 Nov 1958, probably terminating at Sydney, where an Olf'icial log IS held in the Australian Archives, under Accession No. SP 989.
Note that the Captain/Master's name, where known, is in CAPITALS; and If in command for further voyages, his name is not repeated but the fact is indicated by the term "etc" in entries following, e.g, same, etc; or ditto, etc.
Fur.ther Sources. Apart from the many sources I have probably missed, thei e are so.me where circumstances and time have precluded a Iisting i
The Australian War Memorial. Canberra; Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane: and new acquisitions in many libraries, but particularly the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ (- for new material since 1980).
Acknowledgements. . . So many persons and organisations have provided assistance &
advice, or contributed to this catalogue, over the 20 years of compilation, that a full & detailed list of acknowledgements would fill a further volume To all those archivists, curators, librarians, fellow authors and researchers: Iriends, strangers, & correspondents in Australia, New Zealand the United
.Kingdom.United States, Fiji & elsewhere, I express my sincere appreciation. Your help.& encouragement has sustained me in this marathon task. On a few occasIOns.! have been abou~ to close off the list prematurely topublish & be damned '. when more significant material has appeared. A year ago I decided to await the results of the Australian Bicentennial Historic Records Search. This was well worthwhile as 178 new entries have now been added. I am grateful to the staff of that project for their efforts.
. . There is ?ne other organisation I must name, - the Australian ASSOCiatIOn for Maritime History, whose members have been most helpful and whose Council has now voted to sh are the costs of publication with me' May I thank all of them; and all of you. .... Ian Nicholson.
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DEMS.. Defen sively equipped merchant sh ip s (in Wad.
disc ... discovered ..lery..lies . DL... Dixson Libr ary. Sydney. DOC... Documentts) . E& A... Eastern & Aust .(Co). EI.. East In dies/ Eas t India Co.
Ca1... ... Calcu tta . India. CGH .. Cape of Good Hope . S Af. CJ.. Class . Co .. Compan y. &
co.. company (sh ips in co). c/o .. care of I or cour tesy of . CRO.. City l or Coun ty Record s
Office ( in the U. K.). CS)l.. Col.Sugar Refining Co . CT.. Convic t Transport (ship) .
b.... built. Bat... .. Batavia. bgn ....... brigantine . BHP... Broken Hill Prop . Ltd. BISN..Brit.IndiaSteamNav.Co. bk.. bark I barque (sam e). BL.. Battye Library. W. A. BM British Museum. Lon . Bof Is... Bay of Isalands, NZ. Brl Br-it..... British I Britain . Br-Is... Brisbane. Queensland.
Guide to Ke y e, Abbreviation3 & Initial3, etc. Symbol + precedes each log , or record entry; as we ll as meaning " plus " or" and ". • precedes the repository, reference . or call number, etc . • • indicates a wreck. • indicates that th e entry is out of date sequence & is inserted at the next following ' I atth. end of a lin. indicates that the entry continues on part of line above or below ~ of all published works are underlined . Dash .. separates ports of call on voyage . NB. All dates are in th e order of: day - mogth - and year (jf th e laUer is not obvious) . AA ...Aust ralian Archives. f.... female (pris, etc). Merch .... Merchant (ship). AAMH. .Aust Assoc'n for FHS .. Family Hist. Soc'y. or merchandise (cargo) .
Mar itime History. FI... Falkland Islands. mfm/ micr o..... microfilm. Acct Accoun t/narrative . FMCES .. Female Middl. ML.. Mitchell Library. Syd. Ad Adelaide. S Aust. Class Emigration Soc'y, MLSA. Morllock -" - . ' SA. ADFA..Australian Defence Fr .. French/or France. Mus. Museum. MV.. Motorl
Force Academy, ACT. f. r.. full rigged (~hip). N. North . or New. I V essel. Adm(ty) ... Admiraltty) , g .. guns. gen .. general . n .d.. no date. NI.. Norfolk I. AIF........ Aust.Imp. Force. GHS. Gen & Heraldry Soc. NL.Nation al Library of Aust AjCP....... Australian jo int Gib...... Gibraltar. NMM. Nat. Maritime Mus.UK
Copyin g Project. GS (Q)... Genealogical nr. near. NT.. N.Terrilory. Am......... Amer ican . Society (of O'Iaad ), etc . Off. Official (log) . or Officer AMC. Armed merch .cruiser hbr.; harbour. OL. Oxley Library. Brisbane. AMHS... Aust's'n Maritime HDML. Harbour defence p . prisoner/convict . Pac.!
Historical Society. motor launch (Navy) pass. pass.ng.ds)./Pacific ANL... Aust . National Line . HEICS... Hon E I Co ship. PMB... Pacific Manuscripts ANMM.... Aust . National HIRM.. .. His Imperial Bureau. ANU. Canberra.
Maritime Museum. Syd. Russian Majesty (ship) . PNG .... Papua New Guinea. ANU.. Aust .Nat.University. HL.Hocken Library.Uni PPH..... Port Phillio Herald. AONSW. Ar ch ive s Office o f! of Otago. Dunedin, NZ. PPP ...... Port Phillio Patriol. Ar ch ... Archives. I NSW . HM... His/Her Majestys Pps . Papers. pub . published a/s .......... anti-submarine . Ship/Stationary Office . PRO.... Public Record Office . ATL.. . Alexander Tur n bull HMT... HMTransport. PS...... Paddle - steamer .
Library. Wellington . NZ. HRA ... Hist, Records of QSA.... QTd State Archives. Auck ...... Auckland. N. Z. Aust! .. NSW1...Vic, e tc . RAHS . Royal Aust Hist. Soc'y AWM .. Aust . War Memorial. HRR... Historic Records RANC. RAN College.jh, ACT.
Register. Nl.Canberra RFA.. Royal Fleet Auxiliary. HIG. HobartTownGazette . RHSV Royal Hist. Soc, Vic. HIn .. Hobart Town . Tas, RRS Royal Research Ship
Hydro ... Hydr ogr aph er l rtn .return . r /v . rendezvous I Hydr ogr aph i c Dept. RYS . Royal Yacht Squ adron . IRN. & RAN. etc. SAG.SocAust.Genealogists.Syd
ice .. iceber g r eport. etc . SAWA... Stat e Archives. WA . idc.... in due course . sch , schooner. SY.. Steaml IMMA.. International SG.Syd. Gazelle. I Yach t.
Maritime Manuscripts sh ip ? u /k . Sing. Singapore . Arch iv es. Nantucket. S(MlH .Syd(MorninglHerald.
ilm... intermediate. SMM. Syd .Maritime Museum. ind ll ... including . SPRI.. . Scott Polar Research I of F... Isle of France . Research In stitute. Eng . lB.... jervis Bay. Aust . SS... steamsh ip I South Seas . j nL/ or jnl.; journal. sund....... sundry (car go). KGS. King George Sound. sweeper..... minesweeper.
KI. Kan garo o Island. SA. Ten.Teneriffe . TI.ThursdayI. KWM.. Kendall Whaling UH.Uni of Hawa ii. u/k.. un l
Museum. Mass . USA. USS . US Ship . I kn own sh ip. L Adv.. Launceston Adv. USS Co ... Union SS Co of NZ. Ld.. Lord . LHI.. Lord var various . w... with .
Howe Island. NSW . WA Wes ter n Australia. LMS .Lon Missionary Soc. WAGS ..WA Genealogist Soc. LIL.La Trobe Library.Vic . wh ....... wh aler / whalin g. Mar ........ Maritime . WHPC... Western Pacific m... male I or metres. High Commission. Mad.. Madeira. Maur.! WWI.WW2..Worid War 1.&1 Med. Medica J./Maurilius. yr... year. I Worid War 2.
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Mander - Jones, Ph y ll is. - Manuscripts in t h e Br itish Isle s relating to Australia, New Zealand. and the P acific, (Canbe rra, 1972 l,
The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, R De Braganza.C Oakes.San Diego,I974
Guide…
And so to sea literature, almost as vast as the sea itself. It would be impossible for one man in a lifetime to discover all it contains, let alone find the time to read it.
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Front cover: The ship La Hogue, 1878, well known on the England-Australia run. From a paiuting by J. G. McCredie. courtesy of Dr. and Mrs. Lionel Wilson. (See also photograph of La
Hogue at page 238).__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __iiiIIilIIIIIIlI!IlIlIIIIIII.-rr__... 1IIIIIIi
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LOG OF LOGS
The author would be grateful for any additions and amendments to this list. If there is a reasonable response, and an indication of sufficient interest in microfiche, consideration will be given to the production of such a copy, possibly with more
extensive indexing.
1788 TO 1988,
AND SURROUNDING OCEANS.
jointly with
CJheAustrolianAssociation for~ritimeJiistory Inc.
Publisher ofThe Great Circle'.
ROEBUCK SOCIETY PUBLICATION No. 41
r ROEBUCK SERIES
The title of this series dealing with Australasian historical subjects comes from the name of HMS Roebuck, the ship in which Captain William Dampier, the first Englishman to describe part of Australia, made his second visit to Australia in 1699.
Issued in this series Kangaroo Island 18()()'1836. By J. S. Cumpston. Captain Cook's Australian Landfnlls. By W. D. Forsyth. The Furneaux Group. First Visitors 1797~lBI0. By J. S. Cumpston. Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks. By G. D. Chapman. First Visitors to Bass Strait. By J. S. Cumpston. To Botany Bay. By R. A. Swan. Augustus Gregory and the Inland Sen. By J. H. L. Cumpston. Gundaroo. By E. J. Lea-Scarlett, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Vol. 9, 1811, Facsimile. The Long Arm. By H. V_ Clarke. Wheels in the Storm. By Wellesley Aron. Eber Bunker. By R. Hodgkinson. Bunbury. By Theodora Sanders. The Diary of a Rat. By F. A. (Smoky) Reeder. Horse and Buggy Days. By H. E. MacGregor. The Health of the People. By J_ H. L. Cumpston. The Commonwealth Shipping Line. By Frank Brennan. Whaling and Sealing at the Chatham Islands. By R. Richards. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Vol. I, 1788-1825. By J. S. Cumpston. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Vol. 2, 1826-1840. By I. H. Nicholson. Gazetteer of Sydney Shipping, 1788-1840. By I. H. Nicholson. Looking Backward. By J_ E. Fowler. The Furneaux Group. Volume 1. By R. M. Fowler. Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk. Autobiography. Sbipping Arrivnls and Departures, Tasmania, Vol. I, 1803-1833. By I. H. Nicholson. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Vol. I, 1798-1845. M. A. Syme. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Vol. 2, 1834-1842 and Gazetteer, 1803-1842. By L H. Nicholson. . Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Vol. 3, 1841-1844. By I. H. Nicholson and Graeme Broxam. Samuel Matt of Port Fairy. By W. Matt. Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade, 1775-1861. By A. G. E. Jones. William Stewart. B. J_ O'C_ Ross. Richard Siddins of Port Jackson. By L. Rose. Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Vol. 2, 1846-1855. By M. A_ Syme. Brought to this Distress. The Life of Captain Arnold Fisk Limited Edition. By M. D. Cobcroft. Apply to the author, PO Box 470, Ipswich, Qld. 4305.
This is No. 41 in the series, all of which nrc available from booksellers, from I. H. Nicholson, 18 Wunnunga Crescent, Ynroomba, Q. 4573; from the Roebuck Society, 42 Araba Street, Aranda, A.C.T. 2614, Australla; or from Graeme Broxam, P.O. Box 1275, Woden, A.C.T., 2606.
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Introduction
Let me begin with a little about the origin of the word "log" as in logbook (as opposed to the other log which is com mon afloat - the device to measure the ship's speed, and distance run, which information is of course regularly entered in the log - book). Log is said to have been derived from the ancient wooden almanacks of the bards whereby memoranda was cut or carved on a Staffordshire "clegg" or "log". Coincidentally the word "book" is supposed to have come from the Anglo Saxon" boc", meaning beech tree.
In the earliest days of •navigation it soon became apparent to landsman or sailor that he needed to keep tab of time. wind. tidal currents, etc,& the vessel's progress.or lack of it. if he was to get anywhere or indeed survive. The need for keeping an accurate log was generally recognised by responsible mariners. & if others remained to be convinced, the Admiralty, commercial ship owners and their insurers also insisted upon it!
There are many various titles for logs, depending on who kept them - Captain's, Master's', Mate's or Chief Off'icers, Lieutenant's, or Ship's, (written up by a succession of watch- keepers); where they were kept Bridge, Deck, Engineroom, or Harbour; and finally, the categories of rough, fair, abstract, & official (Iauer only in merchant ships - see entry for same).
In the list they are usually all called logs, except for the official logs, or where more than one type is recorded for the same voyage, such as in warships. Of course the catalogue includes all forms of voyage narratives be they log, letter, journal, or shipboard diary, etc, irrespective of whether they are original documents, copies, extracts, precis, or published versions. Some simple definitions therefore may be desirable, although the entries generally reflect the description of material given by its author, or by the librarian who catalogued it:-
Diary - a personal daily record of events onboard, etc. Journal - a volume containing an individual's description of
events rather than a continuous personal record such as in a diary or private log. - (not a printed paper).
Log a detailed navigational record of courses & speeds, wind, weather, crew employment, main events, etc.
Account - a general narrative. - (not a financial statement). The study of old logs is not always easy due to the poor quality
of ink and paper, particularly considering the effect of salt water and damp over the years. Dates and names are often difficult to decypher. Some are full of interest, - others are decidedly dull. The same variation applies to journals and passenger diaries, though they are usually more legible, but they all contribute to our knowledge and history. Many of the narratives have not been sighted by the author, let alone read by him. Entries have been made from information provided by custodians, or gleaned from any reasonable source, with a question mark if some details are in doubt. May I apologise in advance for entries which turn out to be for the wrong ship, or voyage, or which do not reflect the true nature of the narrative. In a few cases where I have not been able to complete research on some lead, e.g, the likelihood of finding a diary of a particular passenger,whose papers are now held in some collection, the bare clues have been retained in the entry for any interested person to pursue.
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When I commenced compiling log reference" many year" ago, 1 was concerned that so few logs of merchant ship voyages appeared to have survived, when there was such a full coverage for warships, & a reasonable selection for whalers, particularly in American collections, & many of each category were being microfilmed, As time went by more logs were found, as well as other types of narratives - surgeons' journals aboard convict and emigrant ships, passenger dlaries.etc, including published accounts: & then , due to the advent of Official logs, which had to be retained, the imbalance was at least partly rectified, Nevertheless, countless trading & whaling logs have been destroyed, and ship owners are still doing this, after holding the logs for a set period of up to six years in case of legal action, Many private logs from merchantmen have also disappeared but, hopefully, more will continue to turn up . George Bayly, Third Officer in the" Calder" under the flamboyant Irish Captain Peter Dillon,tells us in his journal that his Captain taught him how to make musket charges using old logs and narratives of a dead mariner for the cartridge paper I Dillon was shrewd enough to retain his own journals for a future puhlication re the search for LaPerouse relics. Thus he became quite famous ,though much of the glory was self generated,
In the 19th century published journals and accounts of explorers and travellers to the less well known parts of the world, notably the Pacific were popular reading, & the narratives have thus been preserved,With the advent of cables and radio, etc, newspapers began to ignore the mariner. Ships ' logs and journals became less noteworthy; and also the practice of keeping personal diaries went out of fashion.
While official naval records are plentifuI,they are much enhanc ed by the many private journals kept in warships. Today Midshipmen are still required to keep a journal at sea in peacetime(wartime diaries,etc, are prohibited on security grounds, but a few have been found). In Nelson's day a Midshipman 's pay could be withheld if his journal was considered to be unsatisfactory,& stoppage of the young gentlemen's leave is still applied
Ships ' newspapers, hand-written onboard, were produced by volunteers in migrant ships and troopships particularly, & often published ashore later as souvenirs of the trip . Those located have been included in the list (see collective entry for same), & may provide further details of the voyage. Similarly, newspaper reports of a ship 's arrival frequently give a brief account of the passage, often quoting the Master or the log, especially if there was some newsworthy ite m. Reports of navigational dangers, dis coveries, wrecks, etc.were sometimes published in the form of a log extract. Such references have also been listed, but an exhaustive search of the main Aust & NZ papers has not been done & there would be many more relevant entries. For those who are disappointed that there is no reference for their ' ship or voyage in Log of Logs, it is suggested that they follow up shipping reports in the press of the day. Other ships arriving at much the same time may well have sighted, or sailed in company with the vessel in question, or she may feature in the" Unidentified Ships" list (see entries in date order).
, Finally, to the List itself, which covers the period,1788 to1988, or rather, the voyage of the First Fleet to NSW, up to the latest batches of Official logs lodged with Archives in Aust & NZ in the 1960's, & 1980's. (It is felt that the era of discovery prior to 1788 is already well documented), Entries are largely confined to Australasian waters and the Pacific & Indian Oceans, with a few others of significance if material is in local collections.
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Thc List, and Bxamptes. Ship entries are in alphabetical sequence, with voyages in date
order, unless the same log reference applies to a series of passages & there is another ship of the same name and date, in which case the entry for the latter \S listed following the succession of the first vessel's voyages, against the symbol #. Lettered and numbered ships, e.g, A!. & T1, are at the end of respective alphabetical sections. Collective entries for types of voyages such as Boat, Convict, Immigration, & Whaling, are included in the ship list, together With Items for Companies,some specific Navies, maritime incidents like Actions, Wrecks, Overboard, Customs at sea, etc. The list is thus a form of Nautical index. A separate index of Authors of personal logs & narratives follows the main list. Explanation of the most common types of entry: -
ARAB, ship/CT,403t, RR BROWN: Lon - Deal. 25 .6 - HTn, 6.11. w.152 m. pris. 1822 + jnl by Surgeon C. Carter ' AjCP PRO reel 3188.
Meaning: The ship ARAB of403 tons , employed as a convict transport under Capt RR Brown, sailed from London, & took departure from Deal, 25 .6: 1822, arflvl~g at Hobart Town on 6.11.1822, with 152 male prisoners. Surgeon C
Carter s Journal of voyage IS on AJCP microfim reel 3188, ex orig in PRO Lon.
YOROO?,1958, ship? + Official log, 22.7.58 - 29 .11.58 • AA, Sydney, SP 989. Meaning: The unknown type ship YOROO (name in doubt) was on a voyage from. 22 july to 29 Nov 1958, probably terminating at Sydney, where an Olf'icial log IS held in the Australian Archives, under Accession No. SP 989.
Note that the Captain/Master's name, where known, is in CAPITALS; and If in command for further voyages, his name is not repeated but the fact is indicated by the term "etc" in entries following, e.g, same, etc; or ditto, etc.
Fur.ther Sources. Apart from the many sources I have probably missed, thei e are so.me where circumstances and time have precluded a Iisting i
The Australian War Memorial. Canberra; Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane: and new acquisitions in many libraries, but particularly the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ (- for new material since 1980).
Acknowledgements. . . So many persons and organisations have provided assistance &
advice, or contributed to this catalogue, over the 20 years of compilation, that a full & detailed list of acknowledgements would fill a further volume To all those archivists, curators, librarians, fellow authors and researchers: Iriends, strangers, & correspondents in Australia, New Zealand the United
.Kingdom.United States, Fiji & elsewhere, I express my sincere appreciation. Your help.& encouragement has sustained me in this marathon task. On a few occasIOns.! have been abou~ to close off the list prematurely topublish & be damned '. when more significant material has appeared. A year ago I decided to await the results of the Australian Bicentennial Historic Records Search. This was well worthwhile as 178 new entries have now been added. I am grateful to the staff of that project for their efforts.
. . There is ?ne other organisation I must name, - the Australian ASSOCiatIOn for Maritime History, whose members have been most helpful and whose Council has now voted to sh are the costs of publication with me' May I thank all of them; and all of you. .... Ian Nicholson.
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DEMS.. Defen sively equipped merchant sh ip s (in Wad.
disc ... discovered ..lery..lies . DL... Dixson Libr ary. Sydney. DOC... Documentts) . E& A... Eastern & Aust .(Co). EI.. East In dies/ Eas t India Co.
Ca1... ... Calcu tta . India. CGH .. Cape of Good Hope . S Af. CJ.. Class . Co .. Compan y. &
co.. company (sh ips in co). c/o .. care of I or cour tesy of . CRO.. City l or Coun ty Record s
Office ( in the U. K.). CS)l.. Col.Sugar Refining Co . CT.. Convic t Transport (ship) .
b.... built. Bat... .. Batavia. bgn ....... brigantine . BHP... Broken Hill Prop . Ltd. BISN..Brit.IndiaSteamNav.Co. bk.. bark I barque (sam e). BL.. Battye Library. W. A. BM British Museum. Lon . Bof Is... Bay of Isalands, NZ. Brl Br-it..... British I Britain . Br-Is... Brisbane. Queensland.
Guide to Ke y e, Abbreviation3 & Initial3, etc. Symbol + precedes each log , or record entry; as we ll as meaning " plus " or" and ". • precedes the repository, reference . or call number, etc . • • indicates a wreck. • indicates that th e entry is out of date sequence & is inserted at the next following ' I atth. end of a lin. indicates that the entry continues on part of line above or below ~ of all published works are underlined . Dash .. separates ports of call on voyage . NB. All dates are in th e order of: day - mogth - and year (jf th e laUer is not obvious) . AA ...Aust ralian Archives. f.... female (pris, etc). Merch .... Merchant (ship). AAMH. .Aust Assoc'n for FHS .. Family Hist. Soc'y. or merchandise (cargo) .
Mar itime History. FI... Falkland Islands. mfm/ micr o..... microfilm. Acct Accoun t/narrative . FMCES .. Female Middl. ML.. Mitchell Library. Syd. Ad Adelaide. S Aust. Class Emigration Soc'y, MLSA. Morllock -" - . ' SA. ADFA..Australian Defence Fr .. French/or France. Mus. Museum. MV.. Motorl
Force Academy, ACT. f. r.. full rigged (~hip). N. North . or New. I V essel. Adm(ty) ... Admiraltty) , g .. guns. gen .. general . n .d.. no date. NI.. Norfolk I. AIF........ Aust.Imp. Force. GHS. Gen & Heraldry Soc. NL.Nation al Library of Aust AjCP....... Australian jo int Gib...... Gibraltar. NMM. Nat. Maritime Mus.UK
Copyin g Project. GS (Q)... Genealogical nr. near. NT.. N.Terrilory. Am......... Amer ican . Society (of O'Iaad ), etc . Off. Official (log) . or Officer AMC. Armed merch .cruiser hbr.; harbour. OL. Oxley Library. Brisbane. AMHS... Aust's'n Maritime HDML. Harbour defence p . prisoner/convict . Pac.!
Historical Society. motor launch (Navy) pass. pass.ng.ds)./Pacific ANL... Aust . National Line . HEICS... Hon E I Co ship. PMB... Pacific Manuscripts ANMM.... Aust . National HIRM.. .. His Imperial Bureau. ANU. Canberra.
Maritime Museum. Syd. Russian Majesty (ship) . PNG .... Papua New Guinea. ANU.. Aust .Nat.University. HL.Hocken Library.Uni PPH..... Port Phillio Herald. AONSW. Ar ch ive s Office o f! of Otago. Dunedin, NZ. PPP ...... Port Phillio Patriol. Ar ch ... Archives. I NSW . HM... His/Her Majestys Pps . Papers. pub . published a/s .......... anti-submarine . Ship/Stationary Office . PRO.... Public Record Office . ATL.. . Alexander Tur n bull HMT... HMTransport. PS...... Paddle - steamer .
Library. Wellington . NZ. HRA ... Hist, Records of QSA.... QTd State Archives. Auck ...... Auckland. N. Z. Aust! .. NSW1...Vic, e tc . RAHS . Royal Aust Hist. Soc'y AWM .. Aust . War Memorial. HRR... Historic Records RANC. RAN College.jh, ACT.
Register. Nl.Canberra RFA.. Royal Fleet Auxiliary. HIG. HobartTownGazette . RHSV Royal Hist. Soc, Vic. HIn .. Hobart Town . Tas, RRS Royal Research Ship
Hydro ... Hydr ogr aph er l rtn .return . r /v . rendezvous I Hydr ogr aph i c Dept. RYS . Royal Yacht Squ adron . IRN. & RAN. etc. SAG.SocAust.Genealogists.Syd
ice .. iceber g r eport. etc . SAWA... Stat e Archives. WA . idc.... in due course . sch , schooner. SY.. Steaml IMMA.. International SG.Syd. Gazelle. I Yach t.
Maritime Manuscripts sh ip ? u /k . Sing. Singapore . Arch iv es. Nantucket. S(MlH .Syd(MorninglHerald.
ilm... intermediate. SMM. Syd .Maritime Museum. ind ll ... including . SPRI.. . Scott Polar Research I of F... Isle of France . Research In stitute. Eng . lB.... jervis Bay. Aust . SS... steamsh ip I South Seas . j nL/ or jnl.; journal. sund....... sundry (car go). KGS. King George Sound. sweeper..... minesweeper.
KI. Kan garo o Island. SA. Ten.Teneriffe . TI.ThursdayI. KWM.. Kendall Whaling UH.Uni of Hawa ii. u/k.. un l
Museum. Mass . USA. USS . US Ship . I kn own sh ip. L Adv.. Launceston Adv. USS Co ... Union SS Co of NZ. Ld.. Lord . LHI.. Lord var various . w... with .
Howe Island. NSW . WA Wes ter n Australia. LMS .Lon Missionary Soc. WAGS ..WA Genealogist Soc. LIL.La Trobe Library.Vic . wh ....... wh aler / whalin g. Mar ........ Maritime . WHPC... Western Pacific m... male I or metres. High Commission. Mad.. Madeira. Maur.! WWI.WW2..Worid War 1.&1 Med. Medica J./Maurilius. yr... year. I Worid War 2.
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Mander - Jones, Ph y ll is. - Manuscripts in t h e Br itish Isle s relating to Australia, New Zealand. and the P acific, (Canbe rra, 1972 l,
The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, R De Braganza.C Oakes.San Diego,I974
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