Moored in Simons Bay South Africa. Wind force 1.

0915 Coal lighter came alongside. Coaled ship. Issued fishing gear to ship’s company.

PM Carried on coaling followed by scrubbing and washing decks.

Wind force 1 increasing to 7. Cleaned ship throughout and  watered ship from tank.

1140 loosed sails PM Received 32 tons of water.

1330 Down Top gallant yards. Unbent sails and cleaned booms. Carpenters and Blacksmiths on shore.

1715 Mustered at quarters.

Broken cloud with wind varying from 1 to 7. 100 Mustered by Divisions and performed ?Divine Service.

PM Gave special and privilege leave to both watches.

1700 Quarters.

1720 down Top gallant masts and up boats.

Employed setting up Topmast rigging. Caulkers from shore caulking upper deck.

PM Setting up Topmast rigging. Up boats.

Wind southerly force 2/3. Broken cloud . Temperature 66 F. Rattling down rigging and refitting. Upper deck still being caulked.

PM Refitting ship.

1700 Crossed Topsail Yards.

No wind with broken cloud cover. Upper deck still being caulked. Commodore inspected “Racoon” (Sailing boat) .  Ship’s company carried out rattling and blacking. Down rigging and painting the outside of the ship.

PM Gave general leave to Port watch. Received powder and shell. Upper deck still being caulked.

Wind from SSE Force 0 increasing to 7. Barometer dropping from 30.24 to 30.10 inches. Cleared holds.  Upper deck still being caulked.

1130 Sailed “Racoon”.

Pm Re-stowed ballast.

Wind SSE Force 4 / 5. Caulking of Upper deck still being carried out. Cleaning and stowing holds.

PM Stowing of provisions

Wind Northerly Force 1 to 3. Barometer rising to 30.14 inches. Temperature 67 F.  Cleaned ship throughout.

PM rove screw reeving line.

Calm with broken cloud. Mustered by Open List and performed divine Service.

1750 Mustered at Quarters. Up boats at Sunset.

Wind Westerly Force 1.

0600 Up Top gallant masts. Cleaned holds. Gave 48 hour shore leave to Starboard Watch. Provisioned ship.

1130. Arrived H.M.G Boat “Hornet”.

PM As per the Forenoon.

1500 Dutch Frigate sailed. Finished provisioning. Stored slop and Bread Rooms.

Wind SSW switching to SSE Force 1 gradually increasing to 5. Barometer increasing to 30.36 inches.

0200 “Petrel” arrived. Rove screw purchase. Raised screw and cleaned it. Cleaned masts, yards and booms. Fitted foretails.

PM as forenoon followed by lowering of the screw.

Wind Se Force 6/7 decreasing to 3/4. Temperature 69F.

0945 English steamer “Tynmouth” arrived. Repaired sails.

PM as the forenoon plus scraping Trysail mast. 1600 Watch made up sails for bending.

Wind SE Force 2/3.Broken cloud.

0800 Bent sails on. Sent boom boats away armed firing shot and shell at dock, held Court of Inquiry.

Pm Furled sails and crossed Top gallant yards.

1715 Mustered at Quarters.

Wind calm, broken cloud with temperature of 72 F.

0900 Read prayers. Exercised at General Quarters. Set up top Gallant rigging.

1130 In boom boats. Sailmakers altering boats sails.

1715 Mustered at quarters and then rove messenger in copper punt.

1750 HMS “Octavia” arrived and anchored.

Moored in Simon s Bay with Cape of Good Hope 6 miles away. Wind SSW Force 1.

0900 HMS Hornet sailed. Preparing for sea.

1000 Weighed and proceeded under steam. 1100. In company with HMS Serpent at 7 knots. 1

200 Shaping course to the South.

1400 Set Fore and aft sails. Fitted chaffing gear.

1450 Shortened sail.

1500 Pointed yards to wind.

1600. Four sails in sight. Lost sight of HMS Hornet NW by W.

1700 extreme of land bearing E by S ¼ S Midnight. One sail in sight.

Latitude 36.50 S. Longitude 20.02E. Course South. Wind variable Force 1/2 with broken cloud. Barometer rising to 30.75 inches. Speed through water 6/7 knots.

0340 Braced round.

0415 Set Head sails, Main trysail and Spanker.

0615 In Main Trysail

0900 Exchanged Colours and numbers with Swedish ship “Octavia”.

0930 Mustered by Open List. Performed Divine Service.

1200 Steaming easy.

1650 mustered at Quarters.  Deviation by amplitude 30’W whilst heading South.

1800 Swell from South.

2000 Steaming.

Latitude 38.32 S Longitude 21.00E. On passage to Trincomalee, Ceylon (Shri Lanka). Course Southerly. Wind light airs from the west increasing to 4 by Midnight. 0400 Steaming.

0630 Braced round – set Fore topsail and fore sail.

0650 Stopped engine.

0730. Made all plain sail save the Royals. Boys at sail drill. A party at rifle drill. Sailmakers repairing Fore topsail.

1225. Course SE.

1315 Braced in. Midshipmen at rifle drill. Boys at seamanship.

1650 Mustered at Quarters. In first reef of Tops…

Latitude 38.50S. Longitude 23.35E. Course Southerly changing to Easterly to Northerly and back to Southerly. Wind SW / SE / ESE / East / East by North. Force 2 increasing to 4. Barometer dropping g through the day.

0230 Observed ship on the weather bow.

0730 Out reefs of Topsail, set Spanker and trimmed.  Midshipmen at rifle drill. 4^th and 6^th guns crews at rifle drill.

PM Refitting of Mainsail.. Ropemakers making up junk.

1700 after Quarters tacked and in first reef of Topsail, Fore and main T…

Latitude 38.17S longitude 24.53E. Course SE changing to Easterly. Wind ENE to North Force 4 gusting 5. Barometer falling.

0620 Course ESE.

0625 Set Fore and main top gallants.

0845 prayers and exercised at General Quarters.

Out second reef of Topsails.. Set Jib. Stored anchors and unbent the cables. Out reefs. Set Mizzen top gallant sail and crossed Royal yards.

1240. Course SE by E.

1315. Trimmed and set Topsails and Top gallant studsails.. Cutlass men of watch at drill.

1645 Exercised at Fire …