Britannia (Ship) logbook, 1792-1795.

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Britannia (Ship) logbook, 1792-1795.

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The logbook of the ship Britannia details a shipping and sealing voyage from England to Sydney, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Jakarta, the Philippines, and South Africa, Feb. 1792-June 1795. The logbook is incomplete; it continues aboard the vessels Endeavor and Providence. The master was William Raven; the logbook keeper was R. (Robert?) Murray. The logbook includes notes on animals, earthquakes, icebergs, and pirates seen or experienced during the voyage; inventories of the ship's cargo; incidents of death, naval desertion, stealing, and diseases among the merchant mariners on board; illustrations, including harbors and ships; descriptions of nautical instruments, shipbuilding operations, shipboard occupations, and indigenous peoples encountered; examples of navigation, poetry, and sea songs; and an encounter with a privateering vessel. Descriptions of ports in New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa are included. During its voyage, the Britannia spoke the ship Favorite, out of Nantucket, and the vessels (of unknown rigging) Hunter, out of New York, and Sally, out of Philadelphia.

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Raven, William.

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Sally (Vessel)

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Favorite (Ship)

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Murray, R.

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Britannia (Ship)

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Extra ship, measured 1786, 2 decks, 3in bottom, length 97ft 10in, keel 77ft 3in, breadth 27ft 3in, hold 12ft, wing transom 17ft, between decks 5ft 11in, 305 tons. Voyages: (1) From Bengal 1786. Capt Thomas Dennett. Calcutta 28 Nov 1785 - Diamond Harbour 4 Jan 1786 - 2 Mar Cape - 23 Mar St Helena - 15 May Plymouth - 8 Jun Deptford. (2) From China 1798. Capt Thomas Dennett. Macao 16 Oct 1797 - 2 Dec Whampoa - Macao 28 Mar 1798 - 25 Jul False Bay - 8 Sep Cape - 17 Nov St Helena - 4 Feb 1799 Downs. ...

Hunter (Vessel)

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