Found 31 collections related to Ships

J. T. McLaughlin, a midshipman in the United States Navy, kept this diary and logbook of the U.S.S. Erie and U.S.S. Boston. Log entries for the U.S.S. Erie date from September 1-October 3, 1828, during a voyage from New York to the West Indies, and from November 12, 1828-February 28, 1829. Log entries for the U.S.S. Boston date from June 30, 1830-January 9, 1831, during a voyage from New York to Mediterranean ports. McLaughlin's diary entries date from December 31, 1831 through January 9, 1832 and were made while he was kept at Port Mahon, recovering from dueling wounds. Entries include notes on rigging the ships, as well as transcriptions of poetry less

This volume was kept by John M. Berrien, midshipman in the United States Navy. It contains a log of the U.S.S. Guerriere, commanded by John Smith and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Charles C.B. Thompson. Entries were made between February 15 and June 19, 1829, as the ship sailed from the United States to Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, and Callao. The volume also contains a log of the U.S. frigate Brandywine, with entries from June 21-October 7, 1829, while the ship sailed from Callao and Rio de Janeiro to New York. The volume also includes a watercolor and a sketch of the Guerriere, as well as a sketch of the signal flags less

These logbooks were kept by George Wilson on board the H. M. Ships Falcon and Pluto. The Falcon's log entries date from October 19, 1829 through December 5, 1831 while the ship was off the coast of Africa and in the West Indies and England. It includes a map of the West Indies. The Pluto's logbook contains entries made between December 22, 1831 and July 4, 1833 while the ship was in England and off the west coats of Africa. It includes four maps of the African coast less

This logbook of the H.M.S. Ganymede, a British ship of war captained by John Brett Purvis, was kept by Francis A. Murray, master's mate, while cruising in the Mediterranean, stopping at Trieste, Corfu, Palermo, Gibraltar, thence to Bermuda and return to Portsmouth, England. Entries were made between May 20, 1814 and July 5, 1815. On vellum less

This logbook was kept by Lieutenant Francis A. Murray on board the H.M.S. Griffon, a sloop of war, between March 7, 1816 and September 8, 1817, during the ship's travels from Spithead, England to St. Helena, cruising in the vicinity of St. Helena, and during a visit to Simons Bay, Cape Colony. On vellum less

This logbook of the H.M.S. Narcissus, a British ship of war captained by F.M. Almer, was kept from January 1, 1811 through March 11, 1812 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. During this time, the ship sailed from Falmouth to the Isle of Gomera, Madeira, Portsmouth, Newfoundland, Labrador, back to Plymouth, England, and other locations. Entries include observations, ports visited, ships boarded, and other details. Also mentioned are sheep and slave supplies bound for America. Includes drawings of Gomera, Port Manvers, the Labrador Coast, Croque Harbor, St. Johns, and other locations less

These journals (8 vols.) were kept by Commander George Harnage (alternately called George Blackman) while serving in the British Navy from 1807-1822, advancing through the ranks from midshipman to commander and covering service on board the following ships: H.M. Frigate Penelope (1807-1811) during travels along the coasts of Spain and America, and the West Indies; the H.M.S. Defiance (1811-1813) during travels to the Netherlands; H.M. Frigate Hamadryad (1814-1815) during voyages off the coasts of America and Newfoundland; H.M.S. Boyne (1815-1816) during voyages in the Mediterranean region; H.M.S. Salisbury (1818-1820) during voyages in the West Indies; and H.M. Brig Raleigh (1820-1822) during voyages to Jamaica and the West Indies less

This logbook was kept on board three British ships of war: the H.M.S. Pluto, H.M.S. Curlew, and H.M.S. Dee. Entries for the Pluto date from July 25-December 4, 1833, while the ship was off the west coast of Africa. Entries for the Curlew date from December 5, 1833-June 17, 1834, while the ship was off the coast of Africa. Entries for the Dee date from August 7, 1834-January 29, 1836, while the ship was cruising around the West Indies. Includes one map less

Talavera Vernon Anson kept this logbook on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, a British ship of war, from November 15, 1827 through March 31, 1829. The ship was cruising off the west coast of Greece during most of this time and was captained by the Honorable C.O. Bridgeman less

J[ames?] Harris, a midshipman in the British Royal Navy, kept this logbook (6 vols.) on board the H.M.S. Téméraire from October 1, 1807 through September 11, 1810. The ship was commanded by Captain Charles Hamilton and sailed from Bembridge, Isle of Wight, to Ushant, France, thence to Lisbon, Madeira, Palma, Barbados, and Cape Hatteras. It then cruised to the Isle of Flores in Dutch East India and back to England via Portugal and France. From England the Téméraire sailed to the coasts of Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Russia, then to Cadiz, Spain, where it remained from March 5-July 31, 1810. Entries describe the conflict between the Spanish and the French and the rescue of Spaniards by the Téméraire and other ships. In August 1810 the ship sailed from Cadiz to the Island of Cabrera, Spain, where the log ends less

Sir Robert Spencer Robinson kept this volume, which contains a log of the H.M.S. Yarrow and the H.M.S. Dublin, as well as notes about the H.M.S. Hydra and the H.M.S. Arrogant. The H.M.S. Dublin log was kept from August 2, 1831-May 4, 1832, when the ship traveled from Plymouth, England to Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, and Callao. The H.M.S. Yarrow log was kept while the ship was along the coast of Peru, from February 10-November 22, 1833. The volume contains notes relative to harbors, winds, currents, supplies, fresh water, etc. to be had on the coast of Peru northwest of Callao. It also contains notes on the performances of engines and other equipment of the H.M.S. Hydra in 1840 and the H.M.S. Arrogant in 1851 Binder's title is "South American Station Log Books, 1831-1834." less

This volume was kept by Charles H. Caldwell, midshipman in the United States Navy, and served as the logbook of three ships: the U.S.S. Independence, U.S.S. Lynx, and U.S.S. Prometheus. Entries for the U.S.S. Independence were made from July 2-November 10, 1815, while the ship was commanded by Captain William N. Crane and bore the broad pennant of Commodore William Bainbridge and traveled from Boston to Tangiers, Gibraltar, Tripoli, Tunis, and Malaga before returning to Gibraltar. On October 7, 1815, Captain Crane was replaced by Captain Chas. H. Ridgeley when Crane transferred to the Erie (Ship). The Independence then sailed toward the United States with a squadron The log of the U.S.S. Lynx contains entries made from November 1, 1817 through January 10, 1818, when the ship was commanded by Lieutenant Commander John R. Madison. During this time, it sailed from Boston to New York, continuing (in company with the ships John Adams, Enterprise, and Prometheus) on to Charleston. The log records the sighting of several ships carrying slaves. At the port of Charleston the log ends and Lieutenant Caldwell transferred to the Prometheus Log entries from Caldwell's time on the Prometheus date from August 14-September 9, 1818, while the ship was commanded by Lieutenant William Bolton Finch and traveled from Charleston through the Bahamas into the Gulf of Mexico via the Windward Passage. The log ends at a latitude and longitude point at or near New Orleans less

Mariner James Copland kept this logbook aboard the Boxer (on which he was employed by John Jacob Astor) from March 1-May 9, 1818; the America from January 28-June 17, 1819; the Cadmus, captained by Reuben Brumly, from September 1, 1819-January 25, 1820; and the Seneca from June 1, 1820-February 6, 1821. Entries record the ships' voyages from New York to Hamburg and St. Petersburg; Madeira to Calcutta; Calcutta to New York; New York to Cape Verde, Montevideo, Cuba, and back to New York. Includes observations, happenings on board, entertainment at ports, sightseeing at Elsinore, quarantine and customs regulations, information about the cost of goods, weekly Bible classes on the Seneca, the death of [?] Hyslop, supercargo on the Seneca, and other matters. Also included is a "Public Instrument of Declaration and Protest," dated July 1824, found in the logbook, in which Copland recorded events leading to the confiscation of the ship General Brown and its cargo in the port of Callao, Peru during Peru's war for independence. This document appears to be missing pages, as Copland's account ends mid-sentence less

Alfred C. Adams, 2nd officer, kept this logbook on the merchant ship Providence, owned by Edward Carrington & Co. and commanded by Captain C. B. Peirce from December 10, 1838 through April 26, 1840. During this time, the ship sailed from Providence, Rhode Island to Batavia and Manila, thence to Macao where it discharged rum and "boxes said to contain treasure;" to Hong Kong, leaving sugar and pepper and loading cotton, lead, and ivory; and to Whampoa (near Canton) for more cotton. Entries mention minor hostilities between the Chinese and the British, resulting from Chinese objection to trade invasion. From China, the Providence sailed toward New York, via Batavia and St. Helena. The log ends en route less

This collection is comprised of 6 volumes: midshipman's logs of the U. S. frigate Constitution, March 13 1839 through September 16, 1840, and of the U. S. brigantine Boxer, April 21, 1842 through October 6, 1843; letter books while in command respectively of the U.S.S. Pensacola, the naval station at Port Royal, South Carolina, and the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia, July 31, 1874 through August 5, 1879; letter book as Rear Admiral in command of the Pacific station, January 1, 1883 through March 31, 1884; and journal of the commander in chief of the Pacific squadron, as kept by Lieutenant John A. K. Nickels less

This logbook was kept on board the Argus, a United States Navy ship commanded by Brigadeer William H. Allen. Entries date from April 7-August 1, 1813 and describe cruising in Long Island Sound and past Sandy Hook, New Jersey and the Battery (southern tip of Manhattan Island); sailing for L'Orient, France on June 19th with William H. Crawford, America's Minister to France, on board; burning the British schooner Salamanca; traveling from L'Orient to Groix and Scilly islands; cruising in the English Channel; and capturing the schooner Matilda and the brig Richard. Log entries end while Argus was in the Irish Sea, two weeks before she was taken by the British ship HMS Pelican less

This logbook was kept on board the U.S.S. Boxer by Timothy Gay, midshipman in the United States Navy, from March 13-July 18, 1816. The ship was commanded by Lieutenant John Porter. Entries describe cruises between Havana and New Orleans. Around April 7, the Argus crew boarded and detained the Carthagenian Privateer "Comet," finding a cargo of gold and silver bars, and fourteen slaves taken from Saint Andrew Island. An entry describes two men found guilty of murder of the Governor of Saint Andrew Island. On June 3, Argus crew boarded the Brig "Hunter," from Cadiz, and learned that and officer and three men on the U.S.S. "Constellation" had been killed by the Spanish at Port Mahon and the American squadron there had been ordered to leave. Mentions ships carrying rum and sugar to foreign ports. Log is incomplete less

This logbook (3 vols.) of the frigate U.S.S. Congress contains entries made from September 16, 1845 through January 29, 1849. It appears to be a contemporary manuscript copy. The Congress was the flagship of Commodore Robert Field Stockton and covers his operations from the time of his departure from Norfolk, Virginia on September 16, 1845; the voyage around Cape Horn to the Sandwich Islands; the conquest of California; controversy with General Stephen W. Kearny; the occupation of Monterey; the organization of a military force and civil government in California; appointment of Colonel John C. Fremont as governor; departure from the ship at San Francisco on June 30, 1847; leaving Lieutenant John W. Livingston in command until July 20, 1847, when Captain Elie A. F. Lavallette assumed command and continued operations along the Mexican coast until the return to Norfolk, Virginia on January 29, 1849. There is a hiatus in the record from July 21, 1846 until January 8, 1847 less

This logbook of the U.S.S. Lexington was kept between July 13, 1837 and April 25, 1838 by Pierre Cortlandt Van Wyck, a midshipman in the United States Navy. The ship was commanded by John H. Clark and cruised from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Boston to Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Callao, Islay, and other locations less

These papers of William Chandler, Lieutenant in the United States Navy, include a logbook, a journal, text books and notes about seamanship and navigation, and other related materials. Included is a logbook of the U.S. prize schooner Patuxent which Chandler, the ship's commander, kept from October 7-November 25, 1845 while en route from Monrovia to New York. The first part of the logbook is missing, and entries end while the ship was in Bermuda undergoing repairs. There are remarks about chronometer no. 114 at the back of the volume Chandler's journal of a cruise aboard the U.S.S. Constellation from Norfolk, Virginia to the West Indies, Key West, and Pensacola, Florida, contains entries made between July 28, 1835 and February 15, 1836. He mentions reinforcements and protection given to residents of Tampa, Florida. Other materials in the collection include text books on seamanship in the U.S. Navy (1832); watch, quarter, and station bills of the U.S.S. Grampus (1837); notes on seamanship (1839); stations and missives of the U.S.S. St. Mary's (1848); watch and quarter bills, stations, and missives of a frigate (1854); and a list of the leading lights of St. George's (Irish) Channel (1864) less

These logbooks (3 vols.) of the frigate Brandywine were kept from June 6, 1848-December 11, 1850. The Brandywine was the flagship of Commodore George W. Storer, and Charles Boarman was Captain. The logs are contemporary copies kept while the ship was stationed in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro and off Montevideo. Logs list officers on board and record weather conditions; routine occupations of the crew; gun practice; crew desertions; court martials; activities of other ships in the region, noting home ports and destinations Logs contain occasion entries of William Talbot Truxtun until he left the ship on December 16, 1848 to report for duty on board the "Perry." Entry for January 25, 1850 notes receipt on board of a box containing the remains of Commodore George W. Rogers brought from Buenos Aires on board the "St. Louis," by order of the Secretary of the Navy, for relay to the United States. March 10, 1850 entry records transfer of the remains and tombstone to the "Lexington" for conveyance to the United States. The log ends with the return of the ship to Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn, New York less

This logbook of the British ship of war H.M.S. Dryad contains entries made between February 22, 1831 and August 16, 1832. Commodore John Hays was its commanded and the tender, "Black Joke," was kept by C.W. Otway while the Dryad cruised off the west coast of Africa, touching at Sierra Leone, the Princes' Islands, and Ascension Island. From there, the ship traveled to Spithead, England. There is occasional mention of slaver traders captured by other British ships. Logbook contains two sketches of islands visited less