Tigris logbook, 1814-1815.

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Tigris logbook, 1814-1815.

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Title page reads: "Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Tigris, Robert Henderson Esq Captain Kept by John Straihan Midshipman." Begins October 15th at Algeciras, Spain, and ends March 29th at Cork, Ireland. Entries for certain periods, presumably when the writer was on watch, are kept by the hour and include information on course, latitude and longitude, wind direction, and bearings and distance from stated points, such as Cape Finisterre; reference is also made to the convoy of which this ship was a part. Entries made while the writer was not on watch deal mainly with daily activities on shipboard and refer as well to disciplinary actions, mainly lashings for drunkenness.

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Tigris (Ship)

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Straihan, John.

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Henderson, Robert W., 1945-

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...