Name/Title
Title on Binding: Log Book Star of India, Volume 8, 8 April 1895 - 27 March 1896 Title on Official Log: Log Book of the Euterpe of Southampton, April 8, 1895Entry/Object ID
A0245.1.08Scope and Content
One volume of the Euterpe vessel log prepared by 1st Mate Thomas Richmond and Captain Alexander Banks (360 pages), includes handwritten entries on a daily basis. Entries begin on April 8, 1895 and end on March 27, 1896.
Log Entry Summary: On April 8, 1895, Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboat Brilliant Star and leaves the West Waterloo Dock, Liverpool, England bound for Wellington, New Zealand. Euterpe moves down the River Mersey to the Powder Ground and loads gun powder. On April 9, 1895, the crew discovers two stowaways and signals an inbound ship off the coast of Drogheda, Ireland, the stowaways transfer from the Euterpe to the inbound vessel and back to Liverpool, England. On April 12, 1895, Euterpe is off the coast of Ireland and the crew sights Wicklow Head lighthouse approximately 50 miles south of Dublin, Ireland.
On April 22, 1895 the crew sights Porto Santo Island, approximately 500 miles off the coast of Morocco. May 29 through June 3, 1895, Euterpe encounters heavy rain, strong squalls and high seas approximately 1500 miles off the coast of Uruguay. The vessel tumbles about violently, waves wash onto the decks, a heavy squall strikes the main sail and carries it away and two harness casks wash overboard. June 10 through 14, 1895, Euterpe encounters moderate to severe gales and high seas off the coast of South Africa. The vessel is rolling and straining against the heavy seas and the waves wash over the forecastle as the bow plunges into to sea. June 16 through 19, 1895, Euterpe continues to pass through severe gales and heavy squalls of hurricane force with hail and high seas approximately 2000 miles east of South Africa. The vessel is rolling and laboring in the mountainous sea and waves wash over the bow and flood the decks. On June 20, 1895 the crew sight two icebergs, one off the port and one off the starboard bow about 6 miles, lookouts are on duty around the clock.
On June 26 and 27, 1895, Euterpe encounters heavy gales and fierce squalls of hurricane force with tremendously high seas approximately 2000 miles southwest of Australia. The vessel is rolling and diving into the high seas, at times completely submerging the jib boom and forecastle. The high waves coming over the bow tear the sail from the jib boom and the severe waves wash water below decks and flood the cargo hold. On June 28, 1895 the crew surveys the damage to cargo (several casks broken), pumps the hold dry and secures all goods. July 6 through 14, 1895, Euterpe encounters severe gales, violent squalls, heavy rain and high seas approximately 500 miles south of Australia. The vessel rolls and strains against the force of the high seas and waves wash onto the decks. The force of the waves breaks down the engine room doors, damages the port side cabin doors and knocks a steward off his feet, hurting his shoulder.
Throughout the voyage the crew is cleaning berths, cabins and decks, oiling the donkey engine, steering gear, winches and windlass, repairing sails and rigging, overhauling braces and blocks, making boat covers for life boats, painting backstays, life boats, booms, bulwarks, deckhouse, masts and yards and performing general sailing duties.
On July 25, 1895 the crew sights the Snares Islands approximately 125 miles south of New Zealand's South Island. On July 28 and 29, 1895 the crew sights the Banks Peninsula, Cape Campbell and Kaikoura Peninsula as the Euterpe sails north up the northeast coast of the South Island of New Zealand toward Wellington. On the afternoon of July 29, 1895, Euterpe passes Pencarrow Head lighthouse near the entrance to Wellington Harbor and anchors in the Powder Grounds. On July 30, 1895 the Wellington Health Officer arrives onboard the Euterpe and certifies the captain and crew are free of contagious disease and the ship receives clearance to enter the port. The crew begins to unload the gunpowder and explosives. The captain goes ashore on business. On August 1, 1895, Euterpe is taken in tow by the steam tugboat Mana and moors at the wharf in Wellington Harbor.
August 2 through 26, 1895, the crew unloads cargo, repairs the donkey engine, removes all limbers in the forward, main and after cargo holds, bales out water and thoroughly cleans the cargo holds, loads and trims ballast, transfers dunuage and loads cargo of flax.
On August 27, 1895, Euterpe to taken in tow by the tugboat Duco and leaves Wellington, New Zealand bound for Dunedin, New Zealand on the South Island.
On August 29, 1895 the crew sights Otago Heads near the entrance to the harbor at Dunedin, New Zealand. The Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboat Plucky and anchors off Port Chalmers, New Zealand. On August 30, 1895, Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboats Plucky and Koputai and moves to the Dunedin Wharf. The crew rigs the cargo gear and prepares to unload cargo. August 31 through September 18, 1895 the crew unloads cargo, cleans all decks and berths, loads and trims ballast, removes all limbers in the after cargo hold and thoroughly cleans the cargo hold.
On September 19, 1895, Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboat Plucky and leaves Dunedin, New Zealand bound for Napier, New Zealand. On September 22, 1895 the crew sights Banks Peninsula and Akaroa lighthouse as the Euterpe sails north up the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. On September 27, 1895 the crew sights Cape Kidnappers on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island near Napier and by the afternoon the Euterpe anchors at the Ballast Grounds. September 28 through October 3, 1895 the crew unloads 190 tons of ballast (earth) overboard and removes all limbers and cleans the pump well. On October 5, 1895, Euterpe arrives in Hawke Bay, Napier, New Zealand.
October 6 through December 17, 1895 the crew scrubs, chips, scrapes and paints the vessel inside and out. The crew loads wool, overhauls braces and blocks, loads ballast (metal) from Dredger J-T-O … [illegible] and trims ballast, washes and cleans all decks and berths. The S.S. Ahuriri, S.S. Weka, S.S. Fairy, S.S. Tekapu. S.S. Result, S.S. Te Kapu, S.S. Fanny and schooners Admiral and Maid of the Mill come alongside and stevedores load wool and tallow onto Euterpe. Able-bodied seaman C. Herman commits assault while ashore and is sentenced to one month in prison and is released December 14, 1895.
On December 18, 1895, Euterpe leaves Napier, New Zealand under sail bound for London, England.
Throughout the voyage the crew is tarring the decks, oiling the steering gear, windlass, winches and donkey engine, cleaning the decks, berths and all teakwood, cleaning and painting lifeboats and gear, repairing sails and rigging, securing ratlines to shrouds, blacking the rigging and chain work, painting stays, backstays, masts, yards, bulwarks, cabin roofs and the outside of the ship, cleaning donkey engine boiler, varnishing and oiling bright work and performing general sailing duties.
On January 4 and 5, 1896, Euterpe encounters severe gales and squalls, heavy rain, at times hail and high seas in the South Pacific midway between New Zealand and Cape Horn. The vessel rolls and strains against the force of the high seas and waves wash onto the decks. On January 16 and 17, 1896 the crew sights the Ildefonso Islands and Diego Ramírez Islands, near Cape Horn as the Euterpe sails around the tip of South America. On January 18, 1896, Euterpe makes contact with the barkentines Clan Macleod of Glasgow, Theodor Fischer of Bremen and the Marion Crosbie of Glasgow.
On January 30, 1896, Euterpe signals the barkentine Glamis of Dundee 41 days out of Melbourne approximately 1000 miles off the coast of Argentina. On February 6, 1896, Euterpe signals the three-mast clipper Loch Ryan of Glasgow 45 days out of Melbourne approximately 500 miles off the coast of Brazil. February 8 through 10, 1896, Euterpe encounters heavy squalls and fierce gales near Rio de Janeiro that split the top gallant sails and force the vessel to lay over so far the crew furls many sails.
On March 3 and 4, 1896, Euterpe signals the S.S. Mark of Bremen and S.S. Burton … [illegible]. March 10 through 18, 1896 the crew sights Cape St. Antonio and Cape St. Augustine, Bahia and Pernambuco and Fernando de Noronha Islands, Pernambuco as it sails north up the coast of Brazil. On April 15, 1896, Euterpe signals the sailing ship J.B. Walker of Thomaston, Maine and the barkentine West Australian. On April 21 and 22, 1896, Euterpe encounters a moderate to strong gale with high seas in the North Atlantic approximately 600 miles west of France. The vessel dives into the swells and strains against the force of the sea and heavy amounts of water wash onto the decks. On April 23, 1896, Euterpe signals barkentine Chile of Dunedin.
April 26 through 28, 1896 the crew sights Bishop Rock, Wolf Rock, Lizard, Start Point and St. Catherine's lighthouses and Beachy Head as the Euterpe moves along the southern coast of England into the English Channel.
On April 29, 1896, Euterpe is taken in tow by the steam tugboat Dilwara off Folkestone in Kent, England and by evening Euterpe enters the Thames River and reaches Gravesend. In the early morning of April 30, 1896, Euterpe anchors at Long Reach off Gravesend to wait for the tide to rise. By midday Euterpe is taken in tow by the steam tugboat Dilwara and arrives at the East India Docks, London, England and moors at the wharf.
On May 19, 1896, Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboat Oceana and leaves the East India Docks in London bound for Glasgow, Scotland.
On May 20 and 21, 1896 the crew sights North and South Foreland Heads, Dover, Dungeness and Beachy Heads and St. Catherine's and Portland lighthouses as the Euterpe sails along the south coast of England. On May 22, 1896 the crew sights Eddystone, Lizards and Wolf Rock lighthouses. On May 23, 1896 the crew sights the Scilly Islands and speaks with the S.S. Lyonesse bound for Penzance, England as the Euterpe sails around the southwestern tip of England.
On May 25, 1896, Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboat Hercules of Glasgow and moves toward the River Clyde. On May 26, 1896 the crew sights Tuskar lighthouse off the coast of Ireland, Chicken Rock lighthouse on the Isle of Mann and Mull of Galloway lighthouse on the coast of Scotland. On March 27, 1896, Euterpe arrives in Greenock, Scotland on the River Clyde and anchors to wait for the tide to rise. By late evening Euterpe is taken in tow by the tugboat Coot … [illegible] and arrives in Glasgow, Scotland and moors at the Cessnock Dock.
The volume has several blank, unused pages at the end of the document.Collection
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1895 - 1896
