Chapter XLVI: Appendix: No. 9

_Log of the Passages of the Sailing Ship ‘Thermopylæ’ from
London to Melbourne, thence to Newcastle (N.S.W.), thence to
Foo-chow-foo, and thence to London, 1868-69._

LONDON TO MELBOURNE.
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Date. | Lat. | Long. |Distance.| REMARKS.
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| N. | W. | |
Nov. 5 | -- | -- | -- | 5.30 P.M. at Gravesend.
” 6 | -- | -- | -- |
” 7 | -- | -- | -- | 5 A.M. left Gravesend.
” 8 | -- | -- | -- | 6 P.M. Lizard, N. 20 miles.
” 9 | 48·30 | 7·2 | 168 | Var., moderate.
” 10 | 45·38 | 13·16 | 274 | S.E., N.W., fresh.
” 11 | 43·13 | 15·38 | 213 | Var., moderate.
| | | |{ S.S.E. Lost Peter Johnson
” 12 | 41·11 | 19·24 | 194 |{ overboard, ship hove-to for
| | | |{ an hour, without success.
” 13 | 39·44 | 22·10 | 138 | S.S.E. strong gales.
” 14 | 38·40 | 22·58 | 69 | Var., moderate.
” 15 | 35·12 | 21·54 | 213 | North-westerly, strong.
” 16 | 30·39 | 22·55 | 279 | North-westerly, fresh.
” 17 | 29·9 | 23·43 | 99 | N., S.E., moderate.
” 18 | 27·38 | 26·5 | 200 | South-westerly, moderate.
” 19 | 26·45 | 24·12 | 112 | South-westerly, light.
” 20 | 26·32 | 24·39 | -- | South-westerly, light.
” 21 | 25·14 | 24·32 | 68 | Easterly, light.
” 22 | 21·39 | 26·5 | 228 | E., fresh.
” 23 | 17·18 | 26·25 | 268 | North-easterly, fresh.
” 24 | 13·18 | 25·32 | 250 | E., fresh.
” 25 | 10·6 | 24·33 | 210 | Easterly, moderate.
” 26 | 6·53 | 23·32 | 202 | South-easterly, moderate.
” 27 | 4·27 | 24·3 | 140 | South-easterly, heavy squalls.
” 28 | 1·23 | 25·50 | 228 | South-easterly, moderate.
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| S. | E. | |
” 29 | 2·13 | 29·0 | 271 | South-easterly, fresh.
” 30 | 6·30 | 21·8 | 288 | South-easterly, strong.
Dec. 1 | 11·22 | 31·28 | 293 | Easterly, variable.
” 2 | 16·14 | 31·25 | 294 | Easterly, strong.
” 3 | 20·24 | 30·26 | 256 | Easterly, moderate.
” 4 | 23·0 | 29·0 | 176 | Easterly, light.
” 5 | 24·32 | 27·39 | 118 | Easterly, light.
” 6 | 25·53 | 27·8 | 81 | Northerly, light.
” 7 | 27·22 | 26·28 | 96 | Northerly, light.
” 8 | 29·4 | 25·10 | 123 | Northerly, light.
” 9 | 32·24 | 22·35 | 240 | North-westerly, fresh gale.
” 10 | 26·26 | 18·51 | 224 | South-westerly, blowing a gale.
” 11 | 38·34 | 13·2 | 303 | South-westerly, strong.
” 12 | 39·38 | 6·34 | 314 | W.S.W., strong.
” 13 | 40·34 | 0·25 | 324 | S.W., strong.
” 14 | 40·51 | 6·33 | 280 | Var., moderate.
” 15 | 41·51 | 11·19 | 230 | Northerly, fresh.
” 16 | 42·29 | 17·30 | 282 | North-westerly, moderate.
” 17 | 43·6 | 23·41 | 278 | North-westerly, strong.
” 18 | 43·9 | 28·29 | 211 | North-easterly, fresh.
” 19 | 43·44 | 34·56 | 284 | North-easterly, strong.
” 20 | 43·57 | 40·30 | 240 | Northerly gale.
” 21 | 43·35 | 47·34 | 305 | Northerly gale.
” 22 | 43·45 | 54·18 | 290 | Northerly gale.
” 23 | 42·57 | 61·17 | 310 | Northerly gale.
” 24 | 43·6 | 67·21 | 266 | Northerly, strong.
” 25 | 42·57 | 74·26 | 312 | Northerly, strong.
” 26 | 43·22 | 80·28 | 265 | Northerly, fresh.
” 27 | 43·15 | 85·41 | 229 | Northerly, fresh.
” 28 | 43·22 | 90·40 | 222 | Easterly, fresh.
” 29 | 43·40 | 94·55 | 185 | N.E., light.
” 30 | 43·11 | 102·11 | 320 | S.W., gale.
” 31 | 43·4 | 106·43 | 200 | N.N.W., moderate.
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1870 | | | |
Jan. 1 | 43·10 | 111·54 | 228 | N.N.W., moderate.
” 2 | 43·7 | 117·14 | 248 | N.N.W., fresh.
” 3 | 42·7 | 124·36 | 330 | Northerly, strong.
” 4 | 40·39 | 131·18 | 326 | Northerly, strong.
” 5 | 39·48 | 136·14 | 225 | South-westerly, moderate.
” 6 | 38·41 | 140·18 | 202 | S.E., Percy Island.
” 7 | -- | -- | -- | Cape Otway, N. ½ W., 12 miles.
” 8 | -- | -- | -- | Calm and light.
” 9 | -- | -- | -- |{ 7 P.M., came to anchor in Port
| | | |{ Phillip Harbour.
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NEWCASTLE TO SHANGHAI.
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Date. | Lat. | Long. |Distance.| REMARKS.
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| S. | E. | |
Feb. 10 | 7·30 | A.M. | -- | Left the harbour.
” 11 | -- | -- | 60 | E.N.E. to S.E., calm.
” 12 | 32·46 | 156·3 | 152 | N.E. and E., very unsteady.
” 13 | 32·13 | 158·26 | 125 |{ N.E. and N., Passed Lord
| | | |{ Howe’s Island.
” 14 | 28·30 | 160·55 | 250 | N., strong, squally.
” 15 | 23·32 | 162·16 | 300 | N., clear.
” 16 | 19·47 | 161·58 | 230 | N.W., clear.
” 17 | 15·36 | 162·11 | 251 | N. ½ E., heavy, squally.
” 18 | 13·31 | 163·24 | 145 | N.N.E., thunder and lightning.
” 19 | 12·16 | 163·17 | 75 | N., heavy rain.
” 20 | 8·35 | 164·0 | 224 | N., heavy rain and thunder.
” 21 | 4·16 | 165·24 | 262 | N. and E., lightning.
” 22 | 1·35 | 166·48 | 180 | N.N.E., heavy squalls.
” 23 | 0·19 | 166·50 | 75 | { N.W. by W. Off Pleasant Head,
| | | | { got quantity of jugs and
| | | | { cocoa-nuts.
| N. | | |
” 24 | 1·14 | 165·5 | 130 | N.W.
” 25 | 3·24 | 162·25 | 200 | N.W. ½ W., squally.
” 26 | 6·47 | 159·58 | 250 | N.W. by N., clear.
” 27 | 10·28 | 156·35 | 297 | N.W. by W., fresh.
” 28 | 13·28 | 152·4 | 298 | N.W. by W., fresh.
Mar. 1 | 15·54 | 148·25 | 256 | N.W. by W., squally.
” 2 | 17·14 | 146·2 | 160 |{ N.W. by W., passed between
| | | |{ Faraltan and Guguants.
” 3 | 19·56 | 142·35 | 255 | N.W. by W. ½ W., squally.
” 4 | 21·46 | 139·48 | 200 | N.W. by W. ½ W., light.
” 5 | 22·23 | 138·19 | 82 | N.W. by W., light.
” 6 | 23·32 | 136·43 | 110 | N.W. by W., light and variable.
” 7 | 25·23 | 133·34 | 202 |{ N.N.W., passed _Golden_,
| | | |{ Sydney to Shanghai 59 days.
” 8 | 26·57 | 129·26 | 239 | W.N.W., passed Fok Island.
” 9 | 29·30 | 126·11 | 230 | { W. by N., heavy squalls,
| | | | { thunder and lightning.
” 10 | 31·20 | 124·0 | 200 |{ W.N.W. Off Vido. Got pilot.
| | | |{ Passage pilot to pilot 28
| | | |{ days, quickest on record.
” 13 | -- | -- | -- | Shanghai. Thick and calm.
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FOO-CHOW TO LONDON.
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Date. | Lat. | Long. |Distance.| REMARKS.
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| N. | E. | |
July 3 | -- | -- | -- | 5 A.M., proceeded down in tow.
” 4 | -- | -- | -- | Pinnacle Island, W. by N.
” 5 | -- | -- | -- | 3 P.M., passed Adams Point.
” 6 | 23·6 | 126·32 | 174 | South-westerly, fresh.
” 7 | 23·2 | 126·1 | 48 | Var., moderate.
” 8 | 21·13 | 123·59 | 157 | South-easterly, squally.
” 9 | 19·13 | 120·28 | 233 | South-easterly, fresh.
” 10 | 18·36 | 118·37 | 115 | South-westerly, light.
” 11 | 18·16 | 116·2 | 148 | South-easterly, fresh.
” 12 | 17·37 | 112·38 | 200 | Southerly, fresh.
” 13 | 16·43 | 109·49 | 176 | Southerly, fresh.
” 14 | 15·43 | 109·5 | 63 | South-easterly, light.
” 15 | 14·6 | 110·7 | 114 | South-westerly, light.
” 16 | 12·37 | 109·29 | 96 |{ South-westerly, light, Cape
| | | |{ Varella, 6 miles.
” 17 | 11·47 | 109·30 | 50 | South-westerly, light.
” 18 | 8·16 | 109·49 | 212 | Westerly, strong and squally.
” 19 | 5·9 | 109·21 | 191 | South-westerly, strong and squally.
” 20 | 4·16 | 109·17 | 53 | South-westerly, moderate.
” 21 | 3·28 | 109·22 | 48 | South-westerly, light.
” 22 | 2·40 | 109·54 | 58 | South-westerly, light.
” 23 | 2·6 | | | Var., light.
” 24 | 0·51 | 108·40 | | Boorang Island, E. by S., 10 m.
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| S. | E. | |
” 25 | 0·45 | 108·34 | 96 | South-easterly, light.
” 26 | 1·28 | 107·48 | 63 | Var., light.
” 27 | 3·15 | | |{ Spoke _Achilles_, 10 days out
| | | |{ from Foo-chow.
” 28 | | | | 6 A.M. Anger Light, S.S.W., 8 miles.
” 29 | 7·54 | 101·56 | 223 | South-easterly, fresh.
” 30 | 9·22 | 97·21 | 284 | South-easterly, squally.
” 31 | 10·59 | 93·10 | 267 | South-easterly, fresh.
Aug. 1 | 12·42 | 88·43 | 290 | S.S.E., strong.
” 2 | 14·31 | 83·28 | 318 | E.S.E., strong.
” 3 | 16·5 | 79·44 | 236 |{ South-easterly, moderate.
| | | |{ Spoke _Leander_.
” 4 | 17·30 | 76·33 | 203 | S.E. moderate, _Leander_, 10 miles.
” 5 | 18·45 | 72·58 | 217 | S.E., fresh, _Leander_, 14 miles.
” 6 | 19·16 | 71·26 | 97 | S.E., light.
” 7 | 19·4 | 68·28 | 170 |{ S.W. to S.E., heavy gale, and sea
| | | |{ washed away head rail.
” 8 | 21·11 | 63·53 | 249 | S. by E., under topsails and courses.
” 9 | 23·4 | 59·0 | 295 | S. by E., strong.
” 10 | 24·30 | 54·55 | 246 | S. by E., all plain sail.
” 11 | 26·9 | 51·23 | 216 |{ S. by E., var., plain sail and port
| | | |{ studding-sails.
” 12 | 27·25 | 48·30 | 185 | E.N.E., moderate.
” 13 | 29·7 | 45·24 | 192 | E., light.
” 14 | | | 170 | W.S.W., var.
” 15 | 30·23 | 38·29 | 200 | S., strong gale with squalls.
” 16 | 31·20 | 35·0 | 198 | E., light.
” 17 | 34·20 | 33·35 | 110 |{ S.E., steamer astern like _Achilles_;
| | | |{ sunset, breeze increasing, leaving
| | | |{ her out of sight.
” 18 | 34·2 | 29·39 | 270 | N.N.E., fresh.
” 19 | 35·6 | 24·0 | 240 |{ S.W. by S., fresh, strong current to
| | | |{ S.W.
” 20 | 35·8 | 20·4 | 196 | N.E., fog and calm at noon.
” 21 | 34·45 | 18·10 | 100 |{ W.S.W. increasing, rounded Cape of
| | | |{ Good Hope, heavy sea.
” 22 | 31·53 | 13·26 | 302 | S., all plain sail set.
” 23 | 29·9 | 9·29 | 262 |{ S.S.E., all plain sail set and studding
| | | |{ sails.
” 24 | 26·14 | 5·19 | 284 | S.E., all possible sail.
” 25 | 23·13 | 1·50 | 264 | S.E. by S., all possible sail.
” 26 | 20·44 | 0·53 | 212 | N.E., and backing to S.E.
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| W. | | |
” 27 | 19·9 | 2·49 | 146 | S.E., light.
” 28 | 17·29 | 4·58 | 158 | S.E., light.
” 29 | 15·36 | 7·33 | 187 | S.E., light.
” 30 | 13·19 | 10·5 | 201 | S.E., light.
” 31 | 11·16 | 12·16 | 190 | S.E., light.
Sept. 1 | 9·6 | 14·8 | 164 | S.E. by S., light.
” 2 | 7·11 | 16·0 | 158 | S.E. by S., light.
” 3 | 5·9 | 18·2 | 172 | S.E. by S., light.
” 4 | 3·19 | 19·51 | 156 | S.E. by S., light.
” 5 | 1·10 | 21·46 | 172 | S.E. by S., light, strong current to W.
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| N. | | |
” 6 | 0·55 | 23·4 | 146 | S.E., light.
” 7 | 2·57 | 25·4 | 174 | S.E. by S., light.
” 8 | 5·51 | 26·7 | 184 | S.S.W., fresh.
” 9 | 10·0 | 27·6 | 257 | S.W., very squally.
” 10 | 12·16 | 27·16 | 140 | S., light var.
” 11 | 13·10 | 27·0 | 60 | N.N.E., var., squally.
” 12 | 16·33 | 30·9 | 273 | N.E., trade winds.
” 13 | 20·5 | 32·58 | 270 | N.E., trade winds.
” 14 | 24·0 | 35·23 | 272 | N.E. by E., trade winds.
” 15 | 26·45 | 36·15 | 172 | E. by N., light.
” 16 | 27·39 | 36·18 | 54 | E. by N., light and calm.
” 17 | 28·0 | 36·23 | 21 | E. by N., light and airy.
” 18 | 28·56 | 36·5 | 58 | S., light.
” 19 | 30·18 | 35·45 | 52 | S., light.
” 20 | 32·37 | 35·5 | 144 | S., light.
” 21 | 33·45 | 34·18 | 85 | W., light rain.
” 22 | 36·4 | 34·4 | 140 | W., light breeze.
” 23 | 39·18 | 33·30 | 200 | S.W., squally, rain.
” 24 | 42·37 | 30·17 | 245 | W., squally, heavy sea.
” 25 | 44·10 | 26·16 | 200 | W., light and variable.
” 26 | 45·14 | 22·59 | 158 | S.W. to N.W.
” 27 | 46·8 | 18·34 | 200 | W., bar falling rapidly.
” 28 | 47·15 | 14·0 | 202 | S.W., bar falling rapidly, very low.
” 29 | 48·30 | 9·13 | 200 | S.W., bar falling rapidly, very low.
” 30 | -- | -- | 200 | S. by E., noon Lizard, N., 8 miles.
Oct. 1 | | | |{ Beechy Head, E., 20 miles at noon,
| | | |{ 5 P.M., Dungeness, got pilot.
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