Latitude 5.37S. Longitude 58.29 E. Course Easterly. Wind SSE force 4 to 5 decreasing to 3.

0600 Set single reefed Topsails.

0630. Shifted and set Jib.

0700 Stopped steaming.

0800. Condensing. Set mainsail and Spanker.

0945. Mustered by the Open List and performed Divine Service.

1110. In Topsails.

1645. Mustered by Divisions. Issued clean hammocks.

1840. Set Top gallant sails.

2005. Latitude by Antares 5.11S.

Latitude 4.32S. Longitude 59.47E.  Course Easterly. Wind SSE force 3 to 4. Barometer steady.

0610. Reset sails.

0745. Out reefs.

0800. Shifted Fore topsail. Mustered at Quarters. Prayers. Employed repairing Main sail and Fore topsail. Artificers making good small defects..

1030 In Mizzen topgallant sail. Sailmakers repairing Main sail and Fore topsail.

PM. Watch employed refitting sails. Second and third parts third class at rifle drill. Sailmakers repairing Fore and Main topsails.

1515. Shifte…

before falling to force 1 at 2200.  Barometer falling from 30.05 to 29.96 inches at 1600 before rising again.

0120. In Topgallant sails and Spanker. Up courses.

0310 Set Foresail. Wore ship. Set Mainsail Clew of Jib split. Down Jib. Commenced steaming.

0730. Shortened and furled sail except Foresail. Set Forward and Main trysails.

0825. Shifted Jib.

0830 In Forward trysail. Set jib. 0850. Tacked. Watch employed as required.

1110. Down Topgallant yards. Sailmakers repairing Mizzen topsail.

PM. S…

Latitude. 4.40S. Longitude 62.32E. Course  easterly. Wind  ESE to SE force 1 to 4.

0240. Kept array. Set Foresail, Jib, Top staysail and Main trysails.

0350. Shortened sail.

0700 Punished W. Roberts Boy first Class with 24 cuts of the birch. Set  fore and aft sails save forward jib and Foresail.

0900 Prayers. Exercised at gun drill. Quarters. Set Top sails. Sailmakers repairing Main topsail.

1125 Set Mainsail.

1315 .Shortened and furled Topsails and mainsail. Employed repairing main topsail a…

Latitude 4.45S. Longitude 63.44E. Course Easterly. Wind SE to SE by S force 3 to 4.

0015. Tacked.

0630. Set Jib. Swell from SE. Mustered at Quarters. Prayers. Read return of Court Marshals. Employed as required. Sailmakers repairing Main topsail. Artificers making good small defects.

PM. Employed making and mending clothes. Sailmakers repairing Main topsail and Jib. Artificers making good small defects. Scrubbed and washed clothes.

1630 Variation by Azimuth 4 ⁰ West.

Latitude 4.55S. Longitude 65.7E. Course Easterly. Wind SSE force 2 to 3.

0900. Mustered at Quarters. Read Warrant for reducing W. Norton- Ordinary Seaman – to 2^nd class for conduct.

0940 Set Topsails, Mainsail and Jib..

1020 Stopped steaming. First gun crew at gun drill. Boys at seamanship.

1115 Crossed Fore and main top gallant yards. Set top gallant sails.

PM. Second company of small arms men at rifle drill. Threw overboard 6 lbs of bad preserved beef. Sailmakers repairing Main topsail. Mids…

Latitude 4.33S. Longitude 66.26E. Course easterly until 1400 then SSW. Wind southerly force 1 to 3. Maximum recorded speed through the water 3 knots.

0214 latitude by Mir Alt of “Fomalhaut”  4.26S. [Fomalhaut, also designated Alpha Piscis Austrini is the brightest star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the sky] Employed cleaning ship.

1530 In Trysails.

1645. Mustered at Quarters.

1655.  Tried to tack.

1705. Wore ship. In first reef or Topsails.

1845…

Latitude 5.29S. Longitude 66.15E. Course SSW. Wind SSE / SE force 3, occasionally 4.

0100. Completed water by condensing.

0600. Out reefs of Topsails.

0800. Performed divine Service.

1400 French mail steamer DANUBE passed standing to the SW. She communicated by signals war between France and Prussia but did not know the cause.

1645.  Mustered at Quarters. Lost sight of steamer.

Latitude 7.1S. Longitude 65.13E. course south westerly. Wind SE to SSE force 4.

0550. Fore top gallant split and was taken in..

0730 Sent down Fore top gallant yard. Shifted the sail.

0810. Crossed Fore top gallant yard.

1015 Down Jib.

1125. Shifted Jib and bent on Inner jib. Sailmakers repairing mainsail and Jib. Third class at rifle drill.

PM Sailmakers repairing mainsail and Main topsail. Third class at rifle drill. Artificers making good small defects.

1600 Washed clothes.

2000. Longitude by…

Latitude  8.58S. Longitude 64.28E. Course S by W. Wind south easterly force 4 to 5.

0850. Weather main top gallant sheet carried away. In Top gallant sails. Mustered at Quarters. Prayers. Cleared sail room and white washed it.. Artificers making good small defects.

PM. Made up and stowed away sails. Artificers making good small defects. Sailmakers fitting Spanker.

1445. In two reefs of Fore and Mizzen  topsails. One reef in main topsail.

1645 Mustered at Quarters. Three in number – log w…

Latitude 10.38S. Longitude 65.7E. Course south westerly. Wind south easterly force 3 to 4 rising to 7 at 2000 before decreasing to 4.

0730. Out reefs of Topsails.

0900. Prayers and exercised at General Quarters. Employed fitting spare Spanker and Mainsail.. Artificers making good small defects.

1050. Reset sails. 1125. Shifted Spanker.

1315. Out reefs in Topsails. Cutlass men of watch at drill. Sailmakers about fore and main Top gallant sails and Main sail.

1500 Set Spanker. Artificers making go…

Latitude 12.1S. Longitude 62.20E. Course south westerly. Wind SE force 2 increasing to an occasional 5.

0140 Out second reef of Top sails. Set Fore and Main Top gallant sails.

0320. In Top gallant sails.

0600 Out first reef of Fore and Main topsails. Set Fore and main top gallant sails.

0710. In Fore and Main top gallant sails. Mustered at Quarters. Prayers. Watch employed as needed. Sailmakers repairing Fore and Mizzen top gallant sails. Committed the remains of RMSM Henry Gale of the Light Inf…

Latitude 13.41S. Longitude 61.13E. Course  south westerly. Wind force 4 to 5 reaching force 6 at 2200.

0900 Mustered at Quarters. Prayers.

0940. Unbent Forward jib. Watch employed repairing main topsail and as necessary. Training party at cutlass drill. Sailmakers repairing main topsail and Spanker. Artificers making good small defects.

1110. Lost Spanker.

1145 Set Spanker. 1230. Course SSW.

1320. Sounded in 22 fathoms – coral bottom. Second class cutlassmen at cutlass drill. Sailmakers repai…

Latitude 15.36S. Longitude 59.32E. Course south westerly. Wind south easterly force 5 to 6 decreasing to 4 at noon before increasing to force 5.

0600. Altered course to SW ¾ S.

0730 Trimmed and altered course to SW. employed cleaning ship throughout.

1100. Sounded in 45 fathoms. Rounded in.

1420 Out reefs of Topsails. Set Top gallant sails.

1545. Mustered at Divisions. Issued clean hammocks. In first reef of Topsails. Braced forward.

1900. Windward Fore top gallant sheet carried away. In Fore t…

Latitude 17.36S. Longitude 58.24E.  Course SSW. Wind SE by E force 4 to 5 decreasing to 3 to 4. Barometer rising to a maximum of 30.20 inches.

0400. Lit fires under one boiler for condensing.

0940 mustered by the Open List. Performed Divine Service.

1210. Altered course to S by W.

1315. Out reefs. Set Fore and main Top gallant sails and Spanker.

1645. Mustered at Quarters. In first reef of Topsails.

1955. Starboard forward Top gallant sheet carried away. In Fore top gallant sail.

Latitude 19.98S. Longitude 57.32E.  Course south westerly. Wind SE by E becoming ESE force 4 decreasing to 1.  Flat island light house S31W 16 miles. Barometer rising to 30.26 inches. Maximum temperature 72F.

0600. Out reefs of Topsails. Set Fore Top gallant sail. Crossed mizzen top gallant yard.

0800. In spanker..

0845 In Fore and main top gallant sails.

0900 Mustered at Quarters. Prayers.

0930. Shortened  sail to Foresail and fore and aft sails. Proceeded under steam. Watch employed repairi…

At mooring of Cooper island  Mauritius. Wind SE to ESE force 2 to 3 decreasing to 1.

AM Out small boats.

0925. Mustered at Quarters. Prayers.. Employed fitting new Main topsail ties and as requisite. Artificers making good small defects. Sailmakers repairing mast covers and Spanker..

PM. As in forenoon. Second part of 3^rd class at rifle drill. Second class of cutlass at drill.

1500. Out booms boats. Scrubbed hammocks and washed clothes.

Wind SE force 1 increasing to 4 later.

0800. Loosed sails. Prayers. Exercised at General Quarters.. Watch employed fitting Topsail ties and passing filled shell on deck.. Sailmakers repairing forward jib, Spanker and Top starboard staysail.

PM. Employed discharging powder and shell. Artificers making good small defects..

1650 Unbent Fore and Main Trysails. Down Topgallant  yards and unbent the sails.

1830.  Furled unbent sails.

Wind calm rising to force 4 from SE.

0915. Mustered by Divisions. Inspected clean hammocks. Read prayers. Watch employed fitting new Topsail ties and repairing Mainsail. Sailmakers repairing mainsail. Artificers making good small defects.

PM. Gave special leave to both watches and privileged leave to starboard. Making and mending clothes. Scrubbed and washed clothes.

Wind SE force 2 to 3.

AM. Mustered at Quarters. Prayers. Read Warrant  for reducing AB. W Hawky to 2^nd class. Third class of drill at rifle drill. Artificers making good small defects. Sailmakers repairing main sail and Spanker. Employed fitting new ties.

PM. Employed scraping mats and booms. Rove new ties.

1715. Quarters. Down main gaff. Lifted Main trysail mast to secure hoops. Up gaff.