Tuscarora (1875): links, questions, comments, coordination, ...

[pommystuart]

The main mast was condemned whilst we were (I think in Apia) we now have been in Hololulu for a week and a half with no further mention of the mast.
Looks like it's going to be a Mare Id job.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

They are starting to come down heavy on the crew for being naughty.

Francis Daniels (CFC) having been brought aft the following sentance of a summary Court Martial, he having been found guilty of swimming ashore and leaving ship without permission was read to him-vig: Solitary confinement, in double irons, on bread and water for thirty days, a full ration every fifth day and lose one months pay as Capt of Forecastle amounting to Twenty-Six dollars and Fifty cents.

Just set sail back to the US and they have found a stow away. How unusual they are usually trying to get off the ship.
Still heading northwards the next day so I guess he is not going back from whence he came.

[Michael]

I can't remember the ship, but I had one guy trying to desert and who swam away from the ship twice. I can't remember how he escaped the third time, but he eventually did succeed.

[pommystuart]

That was another one of my ships.
I don't know why the crews don't like me.

[pommystuart]

3rd Aug
Placed Thos Francis (Sea) in double irons in charge of sentry (for safe keeping) for stabbing with a knife Edwrd McGinty (Sea) taken on board at Hololulu for passage to San Francisco.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

13th Aug arrived back San Francisco.

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

No more NNE3/4E etc for a while.

Today "A hospital cot was lost overboard whilst being washed off". Well what did they expect?

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

New word.
Received on board eight (8) breakers of fresh water amounting to ninety (90) gallons.

Water breaker cask: A cask used to hold water, especially drinking water on ships

[ggordon]

I was trying to figure out how the word "breaker" could be used to describe a cask of water when all other uses of the word refer to destroying or interfering with something. I found a possible connection in Wictionary where one of the definitions says,

"A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck."

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breaker# ... %20Brecher.

So it looks like it was water kept in storage in case the ship broke. However, there is a difference in that the other meanings were derived from the Middle English "breker", whereas they are guessing that this meaning was derived from the Spanish word "barrica" or barrel. So maybe even if being kept in case of a shipwreck, its use here may have nothing to do with anything breaking.

[Randi]

The Sailor's Word-Book, by Admiral W. H. Smyth, 1867
BAREKA. A small barrel: spelled also barika (Sp. baréca). Hence the nautical name breaker for a small cask or keg.
BREAKERS. Small barrels for containing water or other liquids; they are also used in watering the ship as gang-casks. (See Bareka.)
GANG-CASKS. Small barrels used for bringing water on board in boats; somewhat larger than breakers, and usually containing 32 gallons.


A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases ..., 1881
Breaker. A small water-cask


OWpedia
The biscuit breaker has fallen out of the boat. This is a small sealed barrel full of ship's biscuit, permanently stowed in the sea boat in case of emergency. There will also be at least one water breaker [dorbel]
[AND]
BREAKER - A small wooden barrel, primarily used for holding water supplies in boats. The day's rum ration for mixing into grog is kept in a special breaker, under a sentry's charge, until mixed into grog. Some years ago the synonym "Barricoe" was invariably pronounced "breaker." - http://www.hmsrichmond.org/dict_b.htm


http://www.hmsrichmond.org/dict_b.htm
BARRICOE A small water barrel carried in boats. The word comes from the Spanish "Barrica" - a cask.