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Please mention any names of ships seen, or met, or gamed with. It is possible that a nearby ship may have a latitude and longitude for that small area of sea, but that is missing from this ship's log. Equally this ship might provide the position of those other ships.

Not all logs provide a crew list. You might find names in the log to post here.

Quite often you will see the name of another Captain in a log book and usually the other ship will be named, but not always so.
Here is a fascinating volume of the Whaling Masters, Voyages 1731-1925. The 'replacement' masters listing at the far end of the volume is interesting too.

Ships by Name (as written in the logbook):

Tugboat "Nellie"
Bark Bankhall
Ship Fort George
Schooner Robert Tearel
Ship Andrew Hicks
Bark Bounding Billow
Bark Mars
Bark Waunder
Bark Stambold
Bark Josephine
Schooner Henry Denis
Brig Blakely
Brig Perry Edwards
Man A War Ringer/Ranger
Bark Calafornia
Bark Mermaid
Cutter Coran
Bark Alice Knowles
Bark Alaska
Brig W.H Miers
Bark Hunter
Bark Triton
Bark William Baylies
Steamer Bevedear
Brig F.A. Barrtow
Steamer Orka
Steamer Jessey Freman
Brig Hidalgo
Bark Horatio
Bark Northern Light
Bark John Winthrop
Bark Abram Barker
Bark Reindeer
Bark Cape Horn Pigeon
Tug Boat Sea King
Bark Platina
Schooner Gillian Woodruff
Schooner Baltic
Schooner Carrie Knowles
Schooner Charles Hodgen
Schooner E B Carvell
Schooner Hattie Smith
Schooner Adele Hall
Bark Wm Hale

Crew Members Named (as written in logbook):

3rd Officer Paul Gomes
Antone Barrows (4th to 3rd Officer)
Julis Perry (Boat Steerer to 4th Officer)
Henry Gonsolves (Stand to Boat Steerer)
Peter Lawson, Carpenter
Clarence Brown
Mr. A.S. Cleveland, 1st Officer
J.S. Layton, 1st Officer
Mr. M.S. Francis, 2nd Officer
Jos. King, 2nd Officer
James hardy
Daniel Covice
George Thomas
Herman Barrvier
Emil Davitman
Jose Rodrigues
Peter Larsen
Joaquin Peira
Fread Laffam
Capt Hines
Mason, Seaman
William Maples, stowaway
Edward Schelley, Seaman
James George (Seaman to Boat Steerer)
Bert Winthrop, Cook
Mrs Reynolds
Capt Reynolds
S.L. Waldron, 1st Mate
E. Hayward (2nd to 1st Mate)

Amazing lists April - really nice!

"[...] Put Bert Winthrop in the galley as cook" - July 9, 1893
https://archive.org/details/logbookofja ... 8/mode/1up


(Thanks, Joan! )

Thanks Sandy! Winthrop eh? Perhaps part of THE Winthrops? One of our commonly mentioned ships is the 'John and Winthrop'. So I looked 'John Winthrop' up to find:
'John Winthrop Sn. obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles I for the Massachusetts Bay Company and led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630. He was elected the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony the year before.'

I have lived and learnt today.