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Chapter 49: APPENDIX No. 9.
By W. S. Lindsay
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This volume surveys the development and regulation of merchant shipping from historical Navigation Acts through nineteenth-century commercial change, assessing the causes and consequences of tariff and legal reforms. It traces the rise of American maritime power and port growth, analyzes national laws governing masters, seamen, and pilots, and compares foreign practices in seafarer education and welfare using consular reports and Board of Trade inquiries. It also condenses parliamentary debates on navigation legislation and evaluates institutional responses to shipping hazards, shipping companies, and emerging mercantile technologies, aiming to provide documentary evidence and tables for reference.

APPENDIX No. 9.

Log of the Passages of the Sailing Ship ‘Thermopylæ’ from London to Melbourne, thence to Newcastle (N.S.W.), thence to Foo-chow-foo, and thence to London, 1868-69.

London to Melbourne.
Date. Lat. Long. Distance. Remarks.
N. W.
Nov. 5 .. .. .. 5.30 P.M. at Gravesend.
”   6 .. .. ..
”   7 .. .. .. 5 A.M. left Gravesend.
”   8 .. .. .. 6 P.M. Lizard, N. 20 miles.
”   9 48·30 7·2 168 Var., moderate.
” 10 45·38 13·16 274 S.E., N.W., fresh.
” 11 43·13 15·38 213 Var., moderate.
” 12 41·11 19·24 194 S.S.E. Lost Peter Johnson overboard, ship hove-to for an hour, without success.
” 13 39·44 22·10 138 S.S.E. strong gales.
” 14 38·40 22·58 69 Var., moderate.
” 15 35·12 21·54 213 North-westerly, strong.
” 16 30·39 22·55 279 North-westerly, fresh.
” 17 29·9 23·43 99 N., S.E., moderate.
” 18 27·38 26·5 200 South-westerly, moderate.
” 19 26·45 24·12 112 South-westerly, light.
” 20 26·32 24·39 .. South-westerly, light.
” 21 25·14 24·32 68 Easterly, light.
” 22 21·39 26·5 228 E., fresh.
” 23 17·18 26·25 268 North-easterly, fresh.
” 24 13·18 25·32 250 E., fresh.
” 25 10·6 24·33 210 Easterly, moderate.
” 26 6·53 23·32 202 South-easterly, moderate.
” 27 4·27 24·3 140 South-easterly, heavy squalls.
” 28 1·23 25·50 228 South-easterly, moderate.
S.
” 29 2·13 29·0 271 South-easterly, fresh.
” 30 6·30 21·8 288 South-easterly, strong.
Dec. 1 11·22 31·28 293 Easterly, variable.
”   2 16·14 31·25 294 Easterly, strong.
”   3 20·24 30·26 256 Easterly, moderate.
”   4 23·0 29·0 176 Easterly, light.
”   5 24·32 27·39 118 Easterly, light.
”   6 25·53 27·8 81 Northerly, light.
”   7 27·22 26·28 96 Northerly, light.
”   8 29·4 25·10 123 Northerly, light.
”   9 32·24 22·35 240 North-westerly, fresh gale.
” 10 26·26 18·51 224 South-westerly, blowing a gale.
” 11 38·34 13·2 303 South-westerly, strong.
” 12 39·38 6·34 314 W.S.W., strong.
S. E.
” 13 40·34 0·25 324 S.W., strong.
” 14 40·51 6·33 280 Var., moderate.
” 15 41·51 11·19 230 Northerly, fresh.
” 16 42·29 17·30 282 North-westerly, moderate.
” 17 43·6 23·41 278 North-westerly, strong.
” 18 43·9 28·29 211 North-easterly, fresh.
” 19 43·44 34·56 284 North-easterly, strong.
” 20 43·57 40·30 240 Northerly gale.
” 21 43·35 47·34 305 Northerly gale.
” 22 43·45 54·18 290 Northerly gale.
” 23 42·57 61·17 310 Northerly gale.
” 24 43·6 67·21 266 Northerly, strong.
” 25 42·57 74·26 312 Northerly, strong.
” 26 43·22 80·28 265 Northerly, fresh.
” 27 43·15 85·41 229 Northerly, fresh.
” 28 43·22 90·40 222 Easterly, fresh.
” 29 43·40 94·55 185 N.E., light.
” 30 43·11 102·11 320 S.W., gale.
” 31 43·4 106·43 200 N.N.W., moderate.
1870
Jan. 1 43·10 111·54 228 N.N.W., moderate.
”   2 43·7 117·14 248 N.N.W., fresh.
”   3 42·7 124·36 330 Northerly, strong.
”   4 40·39 131·18 326 Northerly, strong.
”   5 39·48 136·14 225 South-westerly, moderate.
”   6 38·41 140·18 202 S.E., Percy Island.
”   7 .. .. .. Cape Otway, N. ½ W., 12 miles.
”   8 .. .. .. Calm and light.
”   9 .. .. .. 7 P.M., came to anchor in Port Phillip Harbour.
Newcastle to Shanghai.
Date. Lat. Long. Distance. Remarks.
S. E.
Feb. 10 7·30 A.M. .. Left the harbour.
” 11 .. .. 60 E.N.E. to S.E., calm.
” 12 32·46 156·3 152 N.E. and E., very unsteady.
” 13 32·13 158·26 125 N.E. and N., Passed Lord Howe’s Island.
” 14 28·30 160·55 250 N., strong, squally.
” 15 23·32 162·16 300 N., clear.
” 16 19·47 161·58 230 N.W., clear.
” 17 15·36 162·11 251 N. ½ E., heavy, squally.
” 18 13·31 163·24 145 N.N.E., thunder and lightning.
S.
” 19 12·16 163·17 75 N., heavy rain.
” 20 8·35 164·0 224 N., heavy rain and thunder.
” 21 4·16 165·24 262 N. and E., lightning.
” 22 1·35 166·48 180 N.N.E., heavy squalls.
” 23 0·19 166·50 75 N.W. by W. Off Pleasant Head, got quantity of jugs and cocoa-nuts.
N.
” 24 1·14 165·5 130 N.W.
” 25 3·24 162·25 200 N.W. ½ W., squally.
” 26 6·47 159·58 250 N.W. by N., clear.
” 27 10·28 156·35 297 N.W. by W., fresh.
” 28 13·28 152·4 298 N.W. by W., fresh.
Mar. 1 15·54 148·25 256 N.W. by W., squally.
”   2 17·14 146·2 160 N.W. by W., passed between Faraltan and Guguants.
”   3 19·56 142·35 255 N.W. by W. ½ W., squally.
”   4 21·46 139·48 200 N.W. by W. ½ W., light.
”   5 22·23 138·19 82 N.W. by W., light.
”   6 23·32 136·43 110 N.W. by W., light and variable.
”   7 25·23 133·34 202 N.N.W., passed Golden, Sydney to Shanghai 59 days.
”   8 26·57 129·26 239 W.N.W., passed Fok Island.
”   9 29·30 126·11 230 W. by N., heavy squalls, thunder, and lightning.
” 10 31·20 124·0 200 W.N.W. Off Vido. Got pilot. Passage pilot to pilot 28 days, quickest on record .
” 13 .. .. .. Shanghai. Thick and calm.
Foo-chow to London.
Date. Lat. Long. Distance. Remarks.
N. E.
July 3 .. .. .. 5 A.M., proceeded down in tow.
”   4 .. .. .. Pinnacle Island, W. by N.
”   5 .. .. .. 3 P.M., passed Adams Point.
”   6 23·6 126·32 174 South-westerly, fresh.
”   7 23·2 126·1 48 Var., moderate.
”   8 21·13 123·59 157 South-easterly, squally.
”   9 19·13 120·28 233 South-easterly, fresh.
” 10 18·36 118·37 115 South-westerly, light.
” 11 18·16 116·2 148 South-easterly, fresh.
” 12 17·37 112·38 200 Southerly, fresh.
” 13 16·43 109·49 176 Southerly, fresh.
” 14 15·43 109·5 63 South-easterly, light.
” 15 14·6 110·7 114 South-westerly, light.
” 16 12·37 109·29 96 South-westerly, light, Cape Varella, 6 miles.
” 17 11·47 109·30 50 South-westerly, light.
” 18 8·16 109·49 212 Westerly, strong and squally.
” 19 5·9 109·21 191 South-westerly, strong and squally.
” 20 4·16 109·17 53 South-westerly, moderate.
” 21 3·28 109·22 48 South-westerly, light.
” 22 2·40 109·54 58 South-westerly, light.
” 23 2·6 .. .. Var., light.
” 24 0·51 108·40 .. Boorang Island, E. by S., 10 m.
S.
” 25 0·45 108·34 96 South-easterly, light.
” 26 1·28 107·48 63 Var., light.
” 27 3·15 .. .. Spoke Achilles, 10 days out from Foo-chow.
” 28 .. .. .. 6 A.M. Anger Light, S.S.W., 8 miles.
” 29 7·54 101·56 223 South-easterly, fresh.
” 30 9·22 97·21 284 South-easterly, squally.
” 31 10·59 93·10 267 South-easterly, fresh.
Aug. 1 12·42 88·43 290 S.S.E., strong.
”   2 14·31 83·28 318 E.S.E., strong.
”   3 16·5 79·44 236 South-easterly, moderate. Spoke Leander.
”   4 17·30 76·33 203 S.E. moderate, Leander, 10 miles.
”   5 18·45 72·58 217 S.E., fresh, Leander, 14 miles.
”   6 19·16 71·26 97 S.E., light.
”   7 19·4 68·28 170 S.W. to S.E., heavy gale, and sea washed away head rail.
”   8 21·11 63·53 249 S. by E., under topsails and courses.
”   9 23·4 59·0 295 S. by E., strong.
” 10 24·30 54·55 246 S. by E., all plain sail.
” 11 26·9 51·23 216 S. by E., var., plain sail and port studding-sails.
” 12 27·25 48·30 185 E.N.E., moderate.
” 13 29·7 45·24 192 E., light.
” 14 .. .. 170 W.S.W., var.
” 15 30·23 38·29 200 S., strong gale with squalls.
” 16 31·20 35·0 198 E., light.
” 17 34·20 33·35 110 S.E., steamer astern like Achilles; sunset, breeze increasing, leaving her out of sight.
” 18 34·2 29·39 270 N.N.E., fresh.
” 19 35·6 24·0 240 S.W. by S., fresh, strong current to S.W.
” 20 35·8 20·4 196 N.E., fog and calm at noon.
” 21 34·45 18·10 100 W.S.W. increasing, rounded Cape of Good Hope, heavy sea.
” 22 31·53 13·26 302 S., all plain sail set.
” 23 29·9 9·29 262 S.S.E., all plain sail set and studding sails.
S. E.
” 24 26·14 5·19 284 S.E., all possible sail.
” 25 23·13 1·50 264 S.E. by S., all possible sail.
” 26 20·44 0·53 212 N.E., and backing to S.E.
W.
” 27 19·9 2·49 146 S.E., light.
” 28 17·29 4·58 158 S.E., light.
” 29 15·36 7·33 187 S.E., light.
” 30 13·19 10·5 201 S.E., light.
” 31 11·16 12·16 190 S.E., light.
Sept. 1 9·6 14·8 164 S.E. by S., light.
”   2 7·11 16·0 158 S.E. by S., light.
”   3 5·9 18·2 172 S.E. by S., light.
”   4 3·19 19·51 156 S.E. by S., light.
”   5 1·10 21·46 172 S.E. by S., light, strong current to W.
N.
”   6 0·55 23·4 146 S.E., light.
”   7 2·57 25·4 174 S.E. by S., light.
”   8 5·51 26·7 184 S.S.W., fresh.
”   9 10·0 27·6 257 S.W., very squally.
” 10 12·16 27·16 140 S., light var.
” 11 13·10 27·0 60 N.N.E., var., squally.
” 12 16·33 30·9 273 N.E., trade winds.
” 13 20·5 32·58 270 N.E., trade winds.
” 14 24·0 35·23 272 N.E. by E., trade winds.
” 15 26·45 36·15 172 E. by N., light.
” 16 27·39 36·18 54 E. by N., light and calm.
” 17 28·0 36·23 21 E. by N., light and airy.
” 18 28·56 36·5 58 S., light.
” 19 30·18 35·45 52 S., light.
” 20 32·37 35·5 144 S., light.
” 21 33·45 34·18 85 W., light rain.
” 22 36·4 34·4 140 W., light breeze.
” 23 39·18 33·30 200 S.W., squally, rain.
” 24 42·37 30·17 245 W., squally, heavy sea.
” 25 44·10 26·16 200 W., light and variable.
” 26 45·14 22·59 158 S.W. to N.W.
” 27 46·8 18·34 200 W., bar falling rapidly.
” 28 47·15 14·0 202 S.W., bar falling rapidly, very low.
” 29 48·30 9·13 200 S.W., bar falling rapidly, very low.
” 30 .. .. 200 S. by E., noon Lizard, N., 8 miles.
Oct. 1 .. .. .. Beechy Head, E., 20 miles at noon, 5 P.M., Dungeness, got pilot.