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- each section of the log must be transcribed by three different transcribers (Captain/Stream A, First Mate/Stream B, and Boatsteerer/Stream C)
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Journey section / Users | Date from | Date to | General Position | Comments |
A Captain: Marmaduke First Mate: Boatsteerer: arboggs | 18921215 | 18930223 | Heading down to the South Pacific. Cross the line on January 23rd 1893 | Pages https://archive.org/details/logbookofwi ... 7/mode/1up and https://archive.org/details/logbookofwi ... 8/mode/1up are blank in the logbook. A member of the ship decides to stab the 4th Mate. After yet more trouble they head straight for Honolulu to see the Consul |
B Captain: Marmaduke First Mate: Bella Boatsteerer: arboggs | 18930224 | 18930524 | Weds 5th April - cross into the Bering Sea at Three Mountain Pass. By the 10th April they have found the ice. | Circulating around the Bering Sea with some unhappy crew |
C Captain: Marmaduke First Mate: Boatsteerer: arboggs | 18930525 | 18930831 | Bering Sea then the Straits then up to Point Barrow | More fog, thick fog, not much whaling |
D Captain: Marmaduke First Mate: Boatsteerer: arboggs | 189300901 | 18931110 | Right up to Herald Island before turning south around the 11th October. | Plenty of ice and lots of thick fog. Tragedy on the 27th October when Frank Grayham is lost overboard and, despite efforts, is lost at sea. |
Notes
The ship works on civil time (midnight to midnight) as shown on the 30th July 1893
'Begins [...] at 5 OC AM [...] at 8 OC AM [...] at 6 OC PM [...] at 8 OC PM [...]'
Extreme weather/conditions comments
If you find any comments covering extreme weather or extreme conditions, or extreme thoughts about the ship's situation please post them in the topic
Extreme comments from logs. Weather, ice, seas
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