General shipyard page. Voyage completed! Thank you all!

Post by **AvastMH** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:11 pm

The voyage of the Grampus from the 16th of April 1891 to the 23rd of May 1891 has been completed. Thank you all!

You can find more ships in this listing: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW Your help will be very much appreciated. If you need help in choosing a journey please do leave message here or contact AvastMH.

Welcome on board the Grampus, on voyage from the 16th of April 1891 to the 23rd of May 1891.(Steam barkentine), of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by H.H. Norwood

Here you will find an example transcription of details
This is also a place to ask questions and request help with oddities in the log
You can bring the ship to life by sharing interesting finds from the log pages and other information about the ship

General help with marking and transcribing whaling logs
Weather and ice records from the whaling ships of the USA which contains the following 'must read' topics...

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To find the shipyard pages for other whalers
Link: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW

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You can walk through Alexander's log pages in chronological order. All you have to do is increment the number at the end of the link: page/2, page/3, page/4 etc.

Here is a log page that has been transcribed to help you to be familiar with the writing. Click to view logbook.
April 16th to April 23rd 1891

Here is a transcription of the above log page.

Simple transcription	Phrases of text bracketed
April 16th Thursday 1891 A Strong breeze from N.E. Thermom eter 10.0+ above zero	April 16th Thursday 1891 [A Strong breeze from N.E.] [Thermom eter 10.0+ above zero]
April 17th Friday A Strong breeze from N.E. Thermometer 32.0+ above zero giting ready for flow ~~wheiling~~ whaleing	April 17th Friday [A Strong breeze from N.E.] [Thermometer 32.0+ above zero] [giting ready for flow ~~wheiling~~ whaleing]
April 18th Saturday A Strong breeze from N.E. Thermom eter 12.0- below zero	April 18th Saturday [A Strong breeze from N.E.] [Thermom eter 12.0- below zero]
April 19th Sunday A Light breeze from N.E. Thermomet 10.0+ above zero spitting snow dur ing the day	April 19th Sunday [A Light breeze from N.E.] [Thermomet 10.0+ above zero] [spitting snow] [dur ing the day]
April 20th Monday A Light Air from W. Thermometer 25.0+ above zero spitting snow during the day	April 20th Monday [A Light Air from W.] [Thermometer 25.0+ above zero] [spitting snow] [during the day]
April 21st Tuesday A Light breeze from W. Thermometer 28.0+ above zero spitting during the day	April 21st Tuesday [A Light breeze from W.] [Thermometer 28.0+ above zero] [spitting during the day]
April 22nd Wednesday A Light breeze from E. Thermometer 14.0+ above zero Carting Wood from the main land	April 22nd Wednesday [A Light breeze from E.] [Thermometer 14.0+ above zero] [ Carting Wood from the main land]
April 23rd Thursday A Light breeze from E 3/4 N Thermometer 18.0+ above zero	April 23rd Thursday [A Light breeze from E 3/4 ] [Thermometer 18.0+ above zero]