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Visualize hundreds of journeys of Royal Navy vessels of the World War 1-era, or Arctic voyages of United States vessels from the mid 19th century onwards. https://www.journeyplotter.nl #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #History #Maritime #CitizenScience

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the Arctic part of the 1946-1955 journey of USS Burton Island on a polar projection map, and the events recorded in her log-book for 6 August 1948.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1913-1919 journey of HMS Welland, and the events recorded in her log-book for 21 November 1915.

7.30am: Set course as requisite for Mudros
8.00am: 1 tea kettle (W. R. Mess traps) 1 hammer and 1 side cutting pliers lost overboard by accident
10.50am: As requisite for entering Mudros
12.45pm: Secured alongside collier
1.00pm: Commenced coaling

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1923-1925 journey of HMS Hood, and the events recorded in her log-book for 23 July 1924.

1:00am: Exercised Sea boats crew
2:17am: Altered course 009º 11 knots
5:08am: 9 knots
6:15am: Altered course 330º
6:40am: Altered course 320º 10 knots
6:50am: 12 knots - Cleaning ship
7:20am: Stopped
7:25am: Came to with starboard anchor in 13 fathoms veered 6 shackles
8:00am: Hands provisioning ship - Fired salute 15 guns
9:30am: Weighed proceeded Course & speed as requisite for Panama Canal – pilot in charge – passed Outer Channel Buoy - Hands as requisite
10:55am: Entered Miraflores Lock
12:06pm: Left Miraflores Lock – proceeded as requisite
12:50pm: Entered Pedro Miguel Lock
1:30pm: Left lock & secured to centre wall
2:40pm: REPULSE secured in Pedro Miguel lock - Hands as requisite
3:00pm: Ship open to visitors
4:00pm: Leave to Starboard & 2nd part Port Watch to 6:30pm

Clip of the log-book of USS Yorktown, 9 May 1914, handwritten:

C.I. Dell, Seaman, was put in confinement for two days, on bread and water, for smiling in ranks at Commanding Officer's inspection, repeated offense.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1910 journey of USS Yorktown, and part of the events recorded in her log-book for 14 June 1910.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1900-1902 journey of USC&GSS Carlile P. Patterson, and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 May 1901.

Midnight to 4am:
Light breeze from SSE. Fine weather, cloudy. Started to heave up anchor at 2.50. Underway at 3.00. Courses set by pilot. Steering to E’d and S’d in Peril Strait. Launch Cosmos in tow astern.

4am to 8am:
Clear weather with moderate NW’ly breeze. Rounded Morris Reef buoy into Chatham Strait at 6.13. White Rock on starboard beam, about 1 mile, at 7.00.

8am to meridian:
Moderate WNW breeze. Clear weather. At 10.40 passed steamer COTTAGE CITY steaming through Chatham Strait. Courses set by pilot; crossing Icy Strait.

Meridian to 4pm:
Gentle breeze from W. Fine and clear. At 1.17 stopped in Swanson Harbor and Cosmos made fast alongside. At 1.40 Cosmos left ship and went to an anchor in Swanson Harbor. At 1.45 went ahead full speed.

4pm to 6pm
At 4.05 anchored off Hoonah [Hooniah in log-book]. Got underway again at 4.20. Went ahead full speed at 4.33. Steaming through Icy Strait.

6pm to 8pm:
Light breeze from W. Fair weather. Steering W ⅜ N in Icy Strait. At 6.28 passed steamer BERTHA, bound E. [SS BERTHA was a US steamer launched in 1888.] 7.45: rounded Point Gustavus. 7.47: entered Glacier Bay.

8pm to midnight:
Calm. Fine and clear weather. Entered Bartlett Cove at 8.10 and anchored at 8.30 opposite fishery. Set anchor lights.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1879-1880 journey of U.S.S. Jeannette.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1905-1906 journey of USRC Thetis, and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 March 1905.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1946-1947 journey of USCGC Unalga (II), and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 March 1947.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1916-1918 journey of HMS Achilles and the events recorded in her log-book for 16 March 1917.

4.00am: Zig zag.
12.20pm: Ceased zig zagging.
3.48pm: Engaged Raider.
3.58pm: Full speed. Course as req’d.
4.33pm: Sank Raider. [This is the German ship Leopard see Leopard action, 1917 (https://www.naval-history.net/WW1Battle1703Leopard.htm) for details, including the Captain’s report]
5.00pm: Zig zag.
8.00pm: Ceased zig.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1916-1923 journey of HMS Renown, and the events recorded in her log-book for 12 April 1922.

0.05am: Sighted Kuzoshima Point [Kozu-shima island?] bearing 110°.
0.50am: Niijima bearing 095°.
1.00am: Clocks on 15 minutes.
1.45am: Mikomoto Light abeam to Port 3¾ miles.
3.53am: Oshima [Light] abeam to Starboard 3 miles.
4.30am: Suno Saki Light 81½°.
7.45am: HMS Durban saluted Japanese Flag. 21 guns.
7.52am: Japanese Fleet saluted HRH. 21 guns.
8.00am: Passed breakwater.
8.15am: Secured to buoy No. 10.
8.35am: Japanese Commander in Chief visited ship.
8.45am: Japanese Ambassador visited ship.
9.10am: HRH Prince Higoshi Fushimi visited ship. [Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito?]
9.30am: HRH left ship.
9.30am: All ships saluted HRH. 21 guns.
9.35am: Renown saluted Japanese Admiral. 17 guns.
9.51am: All ships saluted HRH. 21 guns.
11.05am: Slipped.
11.10am: Proceeded as req. to anchor in bay.
11.46am: Stopped. Came to. Anchor bearings: South Breakwater Light 279°; Treaty Point [Southern point of Yokohama Bay] 179°; Time Ball 235°.
pm: Gave leave to watch 1300 to 0700.
6.30pm: One Ordinary Seaman sent to Japanese Hospital (street accident).

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1894-1895 journey of USRC Bear, and the events recorded in her log-book for 28 February 1894.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1910-1911 journey of USS Yorktown, and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 January 1910.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1919-1923 journey of HMS Constance, and the events recorded in her log-book for 15 December 1921.

1.30am: Exercised sea boats crew
3.20am: Heald Bank lightvessel 270°
4.15am: Put clock back 10 minutes
4.40am: Heald lightvessel 45° 0.4 miles
4.45am: Sighted Galveston South Jetty light 302°
6.30am: Course and speed as requisite for approaching Galveston entrance
6.40am: Stopped. Embarked pilot
7.00am: Proceed as requisite into harbour, pilot in charge
7.55am: Stopped. Let go starboard anchor in 7 fathoms, [veered to] 2 shackles. Anchor bearings: South Jetty light 105°, Bolivar light 347°, Fort Point 235°
8.30am: Obtained pratique. Weighted. Proceeded, course and speed as requisite, up harbour
9.10am: Stopped. Secured alongside Pier 21, bows south-west
11.00am: Steam for auxiliary purposes only
11.30am: Fired salute 7 guns for His British Majesties Consul
Noon: Signal books correct
1.00pm: Training classes at instruction. Remainder hands employed surveying port cable, cleaning out cable lockers and as requisite
4.00pm: Quarters
4.30pm: Leave to watch till 7.00am
5.00pm: Exercised fire stations

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1891-1892 journey of USS Yorktown, and the events recorded in her log-book for 1 January 1892.

Midnight to 4am:
Clear, calm and pleasant.
From midnight until 12.30am the New Year was celebrated by the ringing of bells, the firing of guns and rockets and the burning of lights from the town, the forts and Chilean war vessels in harbor.

4am to 8am:
Fine weather, warm.
Calm.

8am to meridian:
Clear, NE and Southerly airs.
Absent without leave: Thomas Brady, Private Marine.
Received visit of Captain of "Duchaffault".

Meridian to 4pm:
Clear, warm and pleasant.
Gentle to moderate breeze from SSW.

4pm to 8pm:
Clear, with light breeze to light airs from South.

8pm to midnight:
Clear, cool and pleasant.
Light airs from South first hour, afterwards calm.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1923-1925 journey of HMS Hood, and the events recorded in her log-book for 23 July 1924.

1:00am: Exercised Sea boats crew
2:17am: Altered course 009º 11 knots
5:08am: 9 knots
6:15am: Altered course 330º
6:40am: Altered course 320º 10 knots
6:50am: 12 knots - Cleaning ship
7:20am: Stopped
7:25am: Came to with starboard anchor in 13 fathoms veered 6 shackles
8:00am: Hands provisioning ship - Fired salute 15 guns
9:30am: Weighed proceeded Course & speed as requisite for Panama Canal – pilot in charge – passed Outer Channel Buoy - Hands as requisite
10:55am: Entered Miraflores Lock
12:06pm: Left Miraflores Lock – proceeded as requisite
12:50pm: Entered Pedro Miguel Lock
1:30pm: Left lock & secured to centre wall
2:40pm: REPULSE secured in Pedro Miguel lock - Hands as requisite
3:00pm: Ship open to visitors
4:00pm: Leave to Starboard & 2nd part Port Watch to 6:30pm

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1879-1881 journey of USS Jeannette, and the events recorded in her log-book for Christmas Day 1880.

The pumping forward is done by hand at the spar deck bilge pump, and such water as filters aft, through and under the bulkhead, into the fire room, is pumped out by hand at the bilge pump attached to the main engine.
The steam cutter's boiler is used for distilling.
Sounded in 29 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A rapid drift to N.W. being indicated by the lead line.
Light breezes from N'd veering to S.S.E. by noon, and thereafter variable and very light until midnight. Falling barometer and pleasant temperature.
Low red dawn at 9am & bright starlight. At 9pm auroral streaks in N.W. radiating like a fan; at midnight an auroral arch extended from N.W. through zenith to S.E.

Captain’s Journal (vol. 2 p. 496):
The day was made as acceptable as possible fore and aft, by the providing of a good dinner from our resources. And I think we may refer to our bills of fare with pardonable pride. Our mince pies were a work of art; though they were made from pemmican and flavored by a bottle of brandy, they were as delicate to the taste as if compounded from beef fresh from market. Hot whiskey punch in the evening fore and aft brought an agreeable close to our second Christmas in the pack.

CHRISTMAS DINNER, 1880

CABIN:
The usual Saturday Soup
Roast Seal, Apple Jelly
Tongue
Macaroni
Tomatoes
Mince Pies
Plum Pudding
Figs
Raisins
Dates
Nuts
Candy
Chocolate and Coffee

BERTH DECK:
Soup
Roast Seal, Apple Jelly
Bacon (broiled)
Macaroni
Tomatoes
Mince Pies
Figs
Raisins
Dates
Nuts
Candy
Chocolate or Coffee

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1891-1892 journey of USS Yorktown, and the events recorded in her log-book for 5 February 1891.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1913-1919 journey of HMS Bristol and the events recorded in the log-book for 8 December 1914.

2.18am: Collier Breynton came alongside.
2.45am: Commenced coaling.
6.00am: Party left ship for provisions.
8.00am: Stopped coaling. German cruisers reported by shore station.
8.55am: Collier left ship.
8.30am: Enemy approaching from S.E. Gneisenau and Nuremberg. Smoke of Leipzig, Dresden and Scharnhorst on horizon.
9.05am: Kent, Cornwall, Carnarvon under weigh in Port William.
9.17am: Canopus fired at enemy from Stanley Harbour.
9.25am: Glasgow under weigh. Gneisenau and Nuremberg steaming away to rejoin German squadron.
10.00am: Invicible and Inflexible under weigh in Port William.
10.35am: Weighed and proceeded.
Shore Station reported enemy's transport off Point Phasant.
11.00am: Cape Pembroke: S 1 1/2 mile. Course E 22 knots.
11.30am: Full speed 24 1/2 knots.
11.45am: Ordered by Flag to join Macedonia and destroy enemy's transport. British squadron then E by S rear ship 5-6 miles steaming E by S.
11.45am: Altered course S67W. German squadron 18 miles E.S.E.
12.30pm: Altered course South Macedonia joined company.
12.40pm: Point Phasant: abeam 11 miles.
2.08pm: Sighted smoke of 2 steamers on Port Bow.
3.30pm: Stopped. Fired 2 rounds fore 6" and ordered steamer to stop.
Santa Isabel and Baden German colliers, crew ordered to abandon ships. German crews transfered to Macedonia.
Macedonia sunk Baden.
Bristol sunk Santa Isabel Lat -52.50, Long -57.0.
6.0.pm: Visibility 2 miles.
7.00pm: Proceeded course East. 165 revolutions. Macedonia ordered to remain till colliers sunk and proceed to Port Stanley with crews.
7.30pm: 200 Revolutions. Invincible reported Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sunk. Glasgow reported Leipzig sinking.
8.00pm: Altered course S E. Man and arm ship.
9.30pm: Sighted cruiser. Carnarvon answered challenge and reported Flag Invincible S.W. 12 miles steering SW by S.
Altered course to close Carnarvon.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1914-1919 journey of HMS Changuinola and the events recorded in the log-book for 6 December 1917.

7.00am: Hands fall in to clean holds for receiving cargo
8.00am: No 1 Hopper made fast alongside
8.15am: Coaling party arrived alongside
8.30am: Commenced coaling
8.50am: Explosion in Docks followed by fires
9.05am: Hands fall in
9.15am: Cutters away with officers & men to help ashore
9.50am: Stretcher Party to shore
11.45am: Hands to Dinner
1.00pm: Landed 18 Marines. Gig called away
1.45pm: Gig returned
2.30pm: Shore party returned for dinner
2.40pm: Cutter left for shore. Trawler CD15 came alongside
3.40pm: Trawler left
3 Boats axes lost ashore by rescue party & one hammer
5.40pm: Gig sent to OLD COLONY with stores for survivors
7.40pm: Landed Officers in Gig
9.00pm: Boat left for shore
9.45pm: Boat returned
11.00pm: Boat left for shore
11.35pm: Boat returned
Sick list 2

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1913-1915 journey of HMS Canopus, and the events recorded in her log-book for 8 December 1914.

04.30am: Patrol boat returned.
06.20am: Naval yard party left.
07.30am: Unknown warships sighted to Southward.
08.30am: Action. Cruisers verified as German squadron.
09.19am: Opened fire fore & aft 12" turrets on "Gneisenau" & "Nürnberg".
09.30am: Ceased fire. Enemy retreated.
10.00am: Fleet put to sea.
10.00am: Ammunition expended 12" Pointed common & full charges 5 in number.
Noon: Water distilled 19 tons, water expended 15 tons, water remaining 102 tons, fuel expended for all purposes 31 tons, fuel remaining 1179.8 tons.
01.10pm: Dockyard party returned.
02.30pm: Hands at Action stations.
05.30pm: 2 seamen, 1 stoker & 1 Marine joined from hospital.
06.30pm: W/T. signal "Scharnhorst & Gneisenau" sunk.
08.30pm: Patrol boat left.
09.30pm: Night defence stations.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1919-1922 journey of HMS Caroline, and the events recorded in her log-book for 29 September 1919.

8.15am: Hands arrived on board, employed scraping, painting & refitting
11.0am: Training classes at instruction, paid monthly money
12.45pm: Hands left ship
5.30pm: Part of ship's company proceeded to Deolali camp [Deolali was an army transit camp in India, used as a sailors' home. It is the source of the phrase "gone doolally" meaning to lose one's mind]
Number on sick list = 11

Screenshot of Journey Plotter, showing part of the journey of HMS Highflyer and the events recorded in the log-book for 6 December 1917

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1915-1916 journey of HMS Albemarle, and the events recorded in her log-book for 7 November 1915.

2.27am: Ship struck by two heavy seas in quick succession wrecking fore bridge & chart house & shifting roof of conning tower; large quantities of water entered fore turret, mess decks & flats. Commander George Russell Nixon, Royal Navy, Able Seaman George Edward Bracey Stroud Off No. 221919 were lost overboard; Chief Petty Officer William James Aiken, Off No. 161866, was killed & three officers and sixteen men seriously injured by wreckage.
2.45am: Eased engines to dead slow. Shifted to after conning tower steering position.
4.15am: Stopped.
5.35am: Working engines as requisite to keep head to sea.
6.30am: HMS Hibernia closed.
6.45am: Took station astern of HMS Hibernia. Shifted to fore conning tower steering position. Courses as requisite for Hoxa Sound, speed 10 knots.
7.45am: 7 knots. Courses as requisite for anchorage.
8.10am: Stopped.
8.12am: Came to in C6 berth.
10.00am: Hands employed clearing up wreckage from fore bridge.
10.30am: Hospital boat came alongside. Discharged injured 21 cot cases and Lieut. Commander McLeod RN, Lieut Fletcher RNR, Midshipman Eliott RN to hospital ship Plassey.
10.20am: Hospital boat left.
1.35pm: DD Chief Petty Officer Aiken to Plassey.
2.35pm: Red watch employed clearing wreckage and getting water from flats.
4.00pm: HMS Hibernia and HMS Zealandia proceeded out of harbour.
8.00pm: Mustered both anchor watches.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1914-1918 journey of HMS Glasgow, and the events recorded in her log-book for 1 November 1914.

10.20am: Weighed & proceeded, 240 revs
1.00pm: Sighted squadron on starboard bow.
1.05pm: As requisite closing flagship
2.00pm: Stopped. Sent telegrams to “Good Hope” by towing cask across her bow
2.55pm: N17E, 300 revs spreading from flag
4.30pm: Sighted smoke on starboard bow
4.40pm: Sighted enemy: 2 Armoured Cruisers & 1 Light Cruiser
5.00pm: Lit fires in A3&4 to B3&4 boilers
5.47pm: Formed single line ahead, “Otranto” standing away to westward
Proceeded as requisite into action, closing enemy
7.02pm: Enemy opened fire
7.06pm: Opened fire at 3rd ship in enemy’s line
7.40pm: “Good Hope” drew out of line
7.50pm: “Good Hope”, who was badly on fire, blew up
8.10pm: Ceased firing. Proceeded full speed out of action with “Monmouth” to westward
8.50pm: Lost sight of “Monmouth” to NE
9.25pm: Observed enemy using searchlight & firing, presumably at “Monmouth”

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1914-1917 journey of HMS Orama, and the events recorded in her log-book for 19 October 1917.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1913-1914 journey of HMAS Sydney, and the events recorded in her log-book for 4 October 1913.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1919-1920 journey of HMS New Zealand, and the events recorded in her log-book for 7 September 1919.

Landed 200 men and officers.
The Admiral of the Fleet presented flag to Christchurch Cathedral.
Landed usual church parties, granted usual leave.
23,952 visitors.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the journey of HMS New Zealand, in particular her time visiting New Zealand, and the events recorded in her log-book for 1 September 1919.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1914-1915 journey of HMS Invincible, and the events recorded in her log-book for 28 August 1914.

3.59am: Sighted first Battle Cruiser Squadron.
4.45am: Took station on starboard beam of HMS Lion, 17 knots.
8.15am: a/c S1/4 E Course and speed as requisite for bringing enemies vessel to action
Noon: Firing heard to eastward.
12.50pm: Lion opened fire, passed cruisers out of action, nationality not known.
1.00pm: New Zealand observed to open fire at German cruiser visible on port Bow.
1.10pm: Opened fire engaged German light cruiser Lat. 54-7N, 7-10E.
1.25pm: Ceased fire.
1.30pm: German observed to be sinking. [This was probably the Ariadne, or possibly the Köln.]
2.20pm: Closed Lion.
4.35pm: a/c S45W parted company from Lion.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the New Zealand part of the 1919-1920 journey of HMS New Zealand, and the events recorded in her log-book for 20 August 1919.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1884 journey of USS Thetis, and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 July 1884.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1913-1920 journey of HMS Cadmus and the events noted in her log-book for 24 May 1914, when she fired 21 minute guns on occasion of the funeral of the Dowager Empress of Japan.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1915 journey of HMS Hyacinth, and the events recorded in her log-book for 6 July 1915.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1915 journey of HMS Mersey, and the events recorded in her log-book for 6 July 1915.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1916-1917 journey of HMS Fearless, and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 May 1916.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1919 journey of HMS M.33, and the events recorded in her log-book for 25 May 1919.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1908-1909 journey of USS Yorktown, and the events recorded in her log-book for 30 April 1908.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1917-1918 journey of HMS Attentive, and the events recorded in her log-book for 23 April 1918.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1917-1918 journey of HMS Attentive, and the events recorded in her log-book for 22 April 1918.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing part of the 1913-1921 journey of HMS Highflyer, and the events recorded in her log-book for 6 December 1917.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1884 journey of USS Bear, and the events recorded in her log-book for 31 March 1884.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1914-1915 journey of hired yacht HMS Thistle (2), noon positions only, and the events recorded in her log-book for 18 November 1914.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1916-1918 journey of HMS Achilles and the events noted in her log-book for 16 March 1917.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1948 journey of USS Burton Island.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter, showing the journey of HMS New Zealand and the events recorded in the log-book for 21 February 1919, when she set sail from Portsmouth.

Video showing Journey Plotter animating the first fortnight of HM Trawler Persian Empire's logs.

Journey Plotter showing the 1918 journey of HM Trawler Persian Empire, noon positions only.

Journey Plotter showing the 1884-1889 journey of USC&GSS Carlile P. Patterson, sailing from the US east coast to the West coast, by way of the bottom of South America, and working along the west coast of the US and Alaska.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter, showing part of the journey of HMS Trent and the events recorded in the log-book for 4 January 1919

Journey Plotter showing the 1901-1902 journey of USRC Thetis

Screenshot of Journey Plotter, showing part of the journey of HMS Inflexible and the events recorded in the log-book for 8 December 1914 - part 1/3

Screenshot of Journey Plotter, showing part of the journey of HMS Highflyer and the events recorded in the log-book for 6 December 1917

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing the 1892-93 journey in Alaskan waters of USRC Bear

Screenshot of Journey Plotter, showing part of the journey of HMS Centaur and the events recorded in the log-book for 24 November 1918

Screen capture of Journey Plotter, showing part of the 1914-1916 journey of HMS Ark Royal, including her time at the Dardanelles.

Screenshot of Journey Plotter showing 11 November 1918 of the 1914-1919 journey of HMS Berwick, with an inset showing part of the actual log-book for this date

Journey Plotter showing the 1924-1925 journey of USC&GSS Pioneer

Journey Plotter showing the 1906-1907 journey of USS Yorktown