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JOURNAL,
MIDSHIPMAN FRANCIS H. BAKER (1849-51) Anchors Weight starboard
bower anchor 7094 lbs. " Port " "
7134 " " Starboard Sheet " 6914 " " Port " " 6914 " " Anchor in Port Main chains 731 " " " stbd miz
" 625 " " " Port
" " 754
" " " Main Hold 7185 " " " Fore Hold 1928 " " "
Port fore chains
410 " Sails 3
flying jibs, 2 standing jibs, 2 foretopmast stg
sails, 1 Fore trysail, 1 fore storm staysail, 1 Main topsail, 1 Main Storm
staysail, 2 Mizzen topsails , 2 Miz topgalt sails, 2 do. royals, 1 do. Storm staysail, 2 Main topmast stdg sails, 2 Main topgalt do., 8
sets of boat sails, 2 Fore sails, 3 Fore topsails, 2 do. Topgalt
sails, 3 do. Royals, 2 Main Sails, 3 Main topsails, 2 do. Topgalt. Sails, 2 do. Royals, 2 Spankers, 3 Lower
storm staysails, 2 Fore topmast studding sails, 2 Fore
topgallant studg. Sails. Boats [Name] Length Beam Depth Oars Launch 30 ft. 9 ft. 6 i 4 ft. 2 in 20 Barge 28 " 6 " 2 "
4 " 12 new Gig 29
" 5 " 1 " 11
" 6 1st
Cutter 32 " 8 " 3
" 3 " 16 2nd
Cutter 28
" 7 " 5 " 2 " 10 " 14 3rd
Cutter 27
" 6 " 8 " 2 " 9 " 12 4th Cutter 28 " 6 " 8 " 2 " 9 " 12 5th Cutter 27 " 6 in. 6 " 8 " 2 " 9 " 12 Filled
cylinders on hand 15 Nov 1849 8
inch 1st charge
22 Mn Deck 32s 1st
Charge 120 8 "
2nd charge
192
" " 2nd " 1344 8 "
3rd charge 96 " " 3rd " 648
S. " " 578 Charges for the 8 in. Guns full
charge White 8 lbs. 1st
Reduce Blue 7 " 2nd
Reduce Red 6 " Charges
for M. D. 32s full charge White 7 lbs. 1st
Reduce Blue 6 " 2nd " Red 4 " Charges
for spar deck 32s only 1 charge White 4 lbs. Shells 8 in. 32 filled & fuzed 8
" 96 empty & fuzed 32s 46 filled & fuzed 32s 138 empty & fuzed [Main
deck battery numbered 1 through 15 with 8 and 9 being the 8" guns. Spar deck battery numbered 1 through 10 with
the #1's larger 32s like the gun deck.]
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