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Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:56 am
by tobesmb
Thanks for welcoming me to the Old Weather Forum. I am a Climate Science student from Brisbane, Australia.
I am undertaking a project digitising old ship weather logs with ACRE. (Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth.) The biggest learning curve for me after starting this project was the interpretation of old handwriting. I have tried my hardest to learn the structure of this old handwriting style; however, I am still having trouble on some occasions.
Can anyone assist me in interpreting the ship's name on the linked log image from my Google Drive?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16BgMk3 ... share_link
Thanks for your assistance.
Toby
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:13 am
by Randi
If you mean the name at the top of the page, it looks like SS GUTHRIE to me.
https://collections.sea.museum/objects/ ... -2338-tons (under History)
SS GUTHRIE was a passenger ship of 2,338 tons, 314 ft in length (92.7 m) built at Sunderland in 1884. It was originally owned by the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Ltd operating from Melbourne via Australian and eastern ports to Japan. In 1904 Burns Philp bought the ship and operated it on the Australia to Singapore service, until they sold it to a British buyer in 1912.
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:21 am
by Randi
I notice that in general remarks the log keeper uses a
long s
"May 28 - Calm & passing light rain"
That can take a bit of getting used to.
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:35 am
by tobesmb
Thanks for your invaluable help, Randi. This is much appreciated.
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:38 am
by Randi
My pleasure!
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 2:50 pm
by Michael
Hi Toby,
What sort of interface are you using to transcribe the weather data? Just curious...
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:19 am
by tobesmb
Hi Michael.
My apologies for the oversight in your reply. I am not using a particular interface. A combination of photos of the logs, Excel, and Google Earth seems to be fit for purpose.
Toby
Re: Handwriting - Help with interpreting ship name
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:57 am
by Michael
Thanks for your reply. I was looking at your log page image, and I was thinking that our spreadsheet method for data input might have been very useful. It handles Weather and Event pages for one day on separate images, Weather and Event pages on one day on one image and weather and events for two days on one image. You can do a bulk download of images that runs in the background, and it does a fairly basic verification of data before the data are saved.
Anyway, it sounds like you have something that works.
Cheers,
Michael