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HMS Launceton, 18 Jan 1721-12 Nov 1722 log entries |
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HMS Launceton Master's log ADM 52/436
18 Jan 1721 - dry Dock at Deptford 07 Mar 1721 - anchored in Longreach with Greyhound & Blanford 29 Mar 1721 - in Margate Road 30 Mar 1721 - off No. Foreland Lighthouse 31 Mar 1721 - in the Downs 03 Apr 1721 - at Dusjeness lighthouse 04 Apr 1721 - at Spithead with HMS Feversham 24 Apr 1721 - in St. Helen's road 25 Apr 1721 - at Rockland - making sail with Audrey & Jolly Batchellour 26 Apr 1721 - passed Edyston & Deadman 27 Apr 1721 - passed Scilly lighthouse 09 May 1721 - 378 leag out, heading for Madiera 15 May 1721 - in Fonsyall Road of Madiera - took on wine 21 May 1721 - weighed from Madiera 28 May 1721 - 352 leag out of Madeira 29 May 1721 - in English Road of Isle of May 01 Jun 1721 - N by W to Portuguese Bay of Isle of May 17 Jun 1721 - James Sullivan departed this life death Jun-Jul - taking on wine while brig Jolly Batchelor fishes a nearby wreck 27 Jul 1721 - Thomas Hobbs departed this life death 29 Jul 1721 - Midshipman Robert Innes departed this life death 30 Jul 1721 - Mast. servant Jonathan Ellis departed this life death 01 Aug 1721 - made NNE for Island of St. Jago 02 Aug 1721 - anchored at St. Jago in Porto Prie Bay 05 Aug 1721 - Froul Treul or Trevil Sanderson departed this life death 11 Aug 1721 - at St Jago Town road 13 Aug 1721 - back to No. end of Isle of May 15 Aug 1721 - left Isle of May heading for St. Vincent 23 Aug 1721 - made St. Antonio, then st. Lucia 24 Aug 1721 - at Monk Rock of St. Vincent - watering 29 Aug 1721 - at noon made the SW End of St. Antonio heading for Barbados 18 Sep 1721 - 648 leag from St. Antonio 19 Sep 1721 - anchored in Carlisle Bay, Barbados - Needham's Fort & Bridgetown Church 26 Sep 1721 - unmoored for northward 29 Sep 1721 - passed St. Dominico by Marigalante Island - 154 leag from Barbados 30 Sep 1721 - passed Montserat, Guadaloupe. St. Christophers, Nevis 03 Oct 1721 - 192 leag from St. Dominico sight of Puerto Rico 05 Oct 1721 - 225 leag in sight of Hispaniola heading west 06 Oct 1721 - at Cape Altovalla, Hispaniola & Island Beata 07 Oct 1721 - 284 leag by Island of Ash 08 Oct 1721 - 320 leag by Island of Navassa and Cape Tiburon of W. Hispaniola 09 Oct 1721 - at noon, anchored in Port Royal, Jamaica 10 Oct 1721 - ment. Moskito Pt and Fort Charles 17 Oct 1721 - HMS Adventure from Kingston anchors in Port Royal 20 Oct 1721 - celebrate Coronation Day 26 Oct 1721 - moved to Chocolatta Hole 30 Oct 1721 - celebrated birthday of Prince of Wales 09 Nov 1721 - HMS Mermaid anchored - Launceton boat arrested Mary sloop 10 Nov 1721 - HM Snow Happy arrived 19 Nov 1721 - James Harvey departed this life death 21 Nov 1721 - Qtr mastr James Habgathy departed this life death 22 Nov 1721 - Thomas Lucas departed this life death 28 Nov 1721 - Dolphin taken by Thom. Anstis in Windward Passage arrives ——————— 05 Dec 1721 - remoored at Moskito Pt. 06 Dec 1721 - Mermaid to Gallows Point 07 Dec 1721 - Happy signaled to unmoor 08 Dec 1721 - Nathaniel Brooks & James Codner died 2 deaths 10 Dec 1721 - ship from New England anchored - was taken by a pirate sloop 11 Dec 1721 - Carpenter Jonathan Hill departed this life death 14 Dec 1721 - HM Snow Happy departed with 5 vessels 23 Dec 1721 - HMS Mermaid sprung main mast in hoaving down 25 Dec 1721 - Jonathan Gill departed this life death 26 Dec 1721 - reanchored at Port Royal Keys 27 Dec 1721 - moored at Port Royal Keys 28 Dec 1721 - weighed in co. of 3 sloops & a ship 30 Dec 1721 - Thomas Bradford fell overboard & drowned death (accident) 31 Dec 1721 - Francis Reynolds departed this life death 02 Jan 1722 - saw Porto Bello and w. End of Monkey Key - sent boats into Grout 03 Jan 1722 - HMS Adventure, Dutch, 2 Fre.Ships - in Grout 05 Jan 1722 - Charles Campbell departed this life death 06 Jan 1722 - Jonathan Leathorn died death 10 Jan 1722 - 2 Dutch ships in - George Greenwood died death 15 Jan 1722 - Dutch & French ships in 19 Jan 1722 - made sail for Savanella Keys with Susanna sloop 20 Jan 1722 - Steward Jonathan Collins departed this life death 21 Jan 1722 - back in Grout - 5 Dutch & 1 French 24 Jan 1722 - Capt. Robert Flart died death 29 Jan 1722 - 3 Dutch ships sailed to east 30 Jan 1722 - Dolphin sloop sailed to east 01 Feb 1722 - Qtr mast Jonathan Hudson died death 02 Feb 1722 - HMS Adventure sailed to Bastamiento Key 07 Feb 1722 - eastward to Bastamiento Keys - Adventure & French ship 13 Feb 1722 - at Savanella Keys SSE & No. most of Manjaneel Keys 15 Feb 1722 - NW of Monkey key 54 miles , past Portobello to Samblas 16 Feb 1722 - Isle of Pines (Sambalas) 19 Feb 1722 - Island Forta and Friends Islands east of Sambalas 20 Feb 1722 - the Little Brue 22 Feb 1722 - Approaching Cartegena 26 Feb 1722 - at noon Samba Key 05 Mar 1722 - sight of Negril Pt. Jamaica 10 Mar 1722 - anchored in Alligator Bay 14 Mar 1722 - sight of Portland 17 Mar 1722 - anchored in Port Royal - HMS Faukland at Kingston - 41 sail 21 Mar 1722 - Comm. Harris signaled a court martial 25 Mar 1722 - Survey of sprung main mast 27 Mar 1722 - Daniel Holland departed this life death 01 Apr 1722 - Owen Carty died death 07 Apr 1722 - Port Royal Keys 08 Apr 1722 - at Portland 10 Apr 1722 - 74 miles from Port Royal 12 Apr 1722 - E. end Jamaica at Morant Pt. 17 Apr 1722 - sailed for Hispaniola 21 Apr 1722 - past Cape Tiberon, at Isle of Ash - chased a sloop 25 Apr 1722 - Cape Tiberon - captured boat from Puerto Rico with hiding crew ————- 26 Apr 1722 - E. end Jamaica at Island of Navassa 27 Apr 1722 - Port Royal Harbor 28 Apr 1722 - Mermaid anchored 06 May 1722 - Happy convoying sloop from Portobello 08 May 1722 - came in - Portland of London taken Samana Bay, Hisp., kept 10 days, pirate Anstis —— 09 May 1722 - 24 prisoners delivered on shore 10 May 1722 - 27 prisoners delivered on shore 13 May 1722 - Comm. Harris returns from Black Rock 15 May 1722 - Portugal Galey from Guinea - word of Barth. Roberts 3 pirates on Africa ——- 16 May 1722 - Faukland sailed to the keys 18 May 1722 - Faukland sailed from keys with 30 sail under escort 23 May 1722 - unmoored to Chocolatta Hole 15 Jun 1722 - sails and rigging redone 18 Jun 1722 - false keel worm eaten & rotten 19 Jun 1722 - Jonathan Payton went to river for water and drowned death 21 Jun 1722 - Adventure sailed to keys, Cornwall came in with prov. for HMS 11 Jul 1722 - Mid. William Barton died death 12 Jul 1722 - HMS Mermaid & 47 sail left keys - 25 Jul 1722 - "bent sails" and still refitting ship 01 Aug 1722 - celebrating Proclamation Day 05 Aug 1722 - at noon Portland 08 Aug 1722 - at Morant Keys, E. end of Jamaica 10 Aug 1722 - at Island of Navassa 11 Aug 1722 - at Cape Donna Maria & Cape Rosa (Hispaniola) 13 Aug 1722 - at Cape Maize and Cape Nichola (passage) 16 Aug 1722 - at Long Key to Ackling Key 17 Aug 1722 - Ackling to Crooked Key (lower Bahamas) escorting ships 18 Aug 1722 - return thru Cape Maize-Nichola (passage) remained several days 24 Aug 1722 - at Tortuga 28 Aug 1722 - (from 06 Oct 1722 entry - violent hurricane at Jamaica - alm. destroyed Port Royal) 05 Sep 1722 - at Cape Francis to Monto Christo 06 Sep 1722 - at Port Francis & town - 20 sail of French 07 Sep 1722 - conducted repairs - Charles Pettitt, Surg. departed this life death 14 Sep 1722 - W. end of Tortuga 15 Sep 1722 - In the "Mould" - picked up William Glass (in distress) 20 Sep 1722 - Cape Tiberon 21 Sep 1722 - Irish Bay, Cape Tiberon, Cape Donna Maria 22 Sep 1722 - anchored in Irish Bay 01 Oct 1722 - off Cape Tiberon & Donna Maria - French Brig - maybe pirate? No. 02 Oct 1722 - back at Morant and E. end of Jamaica - Navassa Island 05 Oct 1722 - anchored in Port Royal Harbor - sev. ships at Kingston mastless 06 Oct 1722 - Faulkland, Swallow and Weymouth - 70 sail mastless and driven on shore 13 Oct 1722 - HMS Mermaid came in & watered 14 Oct 1722 - Perkin galley taken 26 Sep 80 leag SW of Bluefields by Fenn, formerly Anstis (now a private man with them)—- 17 Oct 1722 - Mermaid shifted to Kingston 20 Oct 1722 - celebrated Coronation Day 24 Oct 1722 - HM Snow Happy anchored 27 Oct 1722 - Capt. Candler died death 28 Oct 1722 - Candler succeeded by Capt. Dent 04 Nov 1722 - Adam Fomfrett, Christian Hunt, Jonathan Dun departed this life 3 deaths 10 Nov 1722 - sick - Samuel Kirkman Armorer departed this life death 11 Nov 1722 - Wreck in W. end Grand Camanis sent boats on shore 12 Nov 1722 - 51 men brought on board from wreck |
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25 April 1722—At 4 PM standing well in Shoar, discover's a Sloop under the Land which stood off to us, with a Spanish Jack & Pendant abroad, fired a Gun at her then she brought too, hail'd her, they reply'd they belongd to Porta Rico Sent our Boat on board her & found she had most of her Men hid in the Hold the whole consisting of 58 which were all brought aboard then bore away for Port Royall in Company with the aforesaid Sloop |
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Came in here the Dolphin having been taken by Thos. Anstice the Pyrate in the Windward passage homeward bound from hence, PM began to take in our Guns |
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At 4 PM anchor'd here the Portland of London from Madera having been taken (off of the Wt. End of Hispaniola) on a Ship of 32 Guns Dutch built & a Brigantine Rhode Island built of 22 Guna which carried them into Samana on the NE part of Hispaniola having been detained 10 Days & plunder'd of their provisions, Stores & Guns and 5 of their Men The Commander of the pyrates being Thos. Anstice, AM Carried on Shoar 3 of our Prisoners (viz) the Master, Lieut. & one of the Men to take their tryals |
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Cast by Survey 600 Parchment Cartridges being rotten, At Noon anchor'd here the Portugall Galley from Guinea who brought Advice that the Maties. Shipe Swallow had taken 3 Pyrates on the Coast of Guinea one whereof was Commanded by Barto. Roberts |
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At 1/2 past 11 AM Came in here the Perkin Galley from Cartazena having been taken on the 26 7ber last 80 Lea[gues] SW of Bluefields by a Pyrate Ship of 32 Guns Dutch built late commanded by Thos. Anstice who is now a private Man with them, but now commanded by one Fenn, also a Brig:n Road Island built of 24 Gun having 200 Men between them & having plunder'd her of Ammunition Provisions & Stores & forced 4 of their Ships Company then dismiss'd her about 35 Le[agues] to Leward of Jamaica. |