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H.M.S. SAMARANG
Manuscript logbook written by Midshipman (later Vice-Admiral) Elphinstone Aplin, recording the voyage of the Samarang under the captaincy of Admiral Sir Edward Belcher and of the Agincourt, under the captaincy of Henry William Bruce. Hong Kong, Chusan, Montevideo, 16 September 1843 - 15 October 1844, approximately 184 pages, 4°, signed ('E.D.D.Aplin') on last page, including 2 sketches in pen and ink and watercolour, altogether approximately 350 pages, 4° (23x190cm.). Contemporary half-calf binding (neatly rebacked).
The log comprises a record of sail manoeuvres, rigging, and general care of the ship with details of disciplinary actions and of incidents, including in July 1843 the grounding of the Samarang in the River Sarawak. Off Ascension Island 'Performed the farce of ''Neptune hailing the ship previous to his coming on board'' (19 March 1843); at Simons Bay 'Henry Windsor fell overboard and was drowned' (29 April 1843); 'Punishing Geo. McIntosh (AB) and James Main (AB) for desertion. N. Paule (marine) for neglect of duty and Samuel Edge (M) for drunkness 36 lashes each (11 May 1843). 'AM 2.20 ship heeled over 18°... Noon ship heeling 25°... Finding the ship would not rise commenced removing Chronometers surveying Instruments and other stores to the shore' (17 July 1843); the long process of righting and refloating the ship and drying out the contents and hold is described in detail. The Samarang anchors in Hong Kong on 15 September. The log of the Agincourt includes similar details and also lists signals to and from the ship before she left Victoria Bay for Chusan in August 1844. The two sketches depict a grounded vessel assisted by a large raft, and a three-masted schooner.
Sir Edward Belcher (1799 - 1877), the veteran of surveys of the coasts of Africa, the Irish Sea, the West Coast of America and the South Pacific, who had also seen active service in the Canton River with H.M.S. Sulphur, was appointed to the Samarang in November 1842, in order to conduct a survey of the coast of China, newly opened to foreign trade. But the Samarang's field of work was changed to Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Formosa. Belcher published his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Samarang in 1848. His last naval employment was as leader of the search for Franklin in the Arctic.
Manuscript logbook written by Midshipman (later Vice-Admiral) Elphinstone Aplin, recording the voyage of the Samarang under the captaincy of Admiral Sir Edward Belcher and of the Agincourt, under the captaincy of Henry William Bruce. Hong Kong, Chusan, Montevideo, 16 September 1843 - 15 October 1844, approximately 184 pages, 4°, signed ('E.D.D.Aplin') on last page, including 2 sketches in pen and ink and watercolour, altogether approximately 350 pages, 4° (23x190cm.). Contemporary half-calf binding (neatly rebacked).
The log comprises a record of sail manoeuvres, rigging, and general care of the ship with details of disciplinary actions and of incidents, including in July 1843 the grounding of the Samarang in the River Sarawak. Off Ascension Island 'Performed the farce of ''Neptune hailing the ship previous to his coming on board'' (19 March 1843); at Simons Bay 'Henry Windsor fell overboard and was drowned' (29 April 1843); 'Punishing Geo. McIntosh (AB) and James Main (AB) for desertion. N. Paule (marine) for neglect of duty and Samuel Edge (M) for drunkness 36 lashes each (11 May 1843). 'AM 2.20 ship heeled over 18°... Noon ship heeling 25°... Finding the ship would not rise commenced removing Chronometers surveying Instruments and other stores to the shore' (17 July 1843); the long process of righting and refloating the ship and drying out the contents and hold is described in detail. The Samarang anchors in Hong Kong on 15 September. The log of the Agincourt includes similar details and also lists signals to and from the ship before she left Victoria Bay for Chusan in August 1844. The two sketches depict a grounded vessel assisted by a large raft, and a three-masted schooner.
Sir Edward Belcher (1799 - 1877), the veteran of surveys of the coasts of Africa, the Irish Sea, the West Coast of America and the South Pacific, who had also seen active service in the Canton River with H.M.S. Sulphur, was appointed to the Samarang in November 1842, in order to conduct a survey of the coast of China, newly opened to foreign trade. But the Samarang's field of work was changed to Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Formosa. Belcher published his Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Samarang in 1848. His last naval employment was as leader of the search for Franklin in the Arctic.