1010 Third Memoir with reference to {No. 106. 



28th April. WindENE. to noon. 7 a.m. lost maintopsail. 9 a.m. increasing 

 gale ; lost fore and main topgallant mast and head of main topmast. 10, 

 gale increasing ; lost mizen mast, boats, &c. At 11, heavy white squall. 

 Noon, blowing a perfect hurricane; three guns lost overboard; no one 

 able to go aloft. From 7 a.m. lying to under bare poles, with wind to the 

 SE. Noon, Lat. account 14° 26' 23" N. Long. 91° 34' E. p.m. blowing a hur- 

 ricane ; all the hatches battened down. Wind ENE. At 3 p.m. it shifted 

 suddenly round to SW., laying the vessel gunnel under, with sea awfully 

 high. Midnight, the same, and frequent squalls ; vessel a perfect wreck, 

 with all the braces, &c. gone. 



29th April. From midnight lying to. 1 a.m. wind SSW. Noon, squally 

 and rain. Lat. Obs. 15° 23' N., Long. 90° 31' E. Wind SbW. p.m. fresh 

 gales and heavy weather, with dreadful heavy gusts of wind and squalls ; 

 sea breaking over the ship ; 3| feet water in the hold. At 8, weather as 

 before. Midnight, less wind and sea, but ship labouring dreadfully ; lying 

 to throughout, with wind to the westward. 



30^^ April. 1 a.m. Ship rolling dreadfully ; still lying to. At 4, very 

 squally, and fresh gales, with dark cloudy weather. Noon, Lat. 15* 31' N. 

 Long. 90° 11' E. p.m. fresh gales with a heavy cross sea ; wind SE. ; bore 

 up for Calcutta. 



Extract from the Barque " Tenasserim's" Log Book, by Capt. T. Tapley^ bound 

 from Calcutta to Rangoon. Reduced to Civil time. 



27th April, 1840. First part, light variable winds from the SSE. and sud- 

 denly shifting ENE. Midnight calm, sea smooth ; last part of part of this 

 day, strong fresh breeze eastward, smooth water. 



Long. Chron. Noon, 91° 50' E. 



Lat. Obs 17040' N. 



Noon. This day cloudy ; wind from the eastward ; about a seven and eight 

 knot breeze. 



1. p.m. Strong breezes eastward, cloudy sky, and unsettled weather. 

 Sunset, strong breezes and cloudy, with a threateaing appearance to the 

 eastward. At 8, made the ship snug. Midnight strong breezes from EbS§S., 

 with a very threatening appearance ; breeze gradually increasing, and com- 

 ing in strong gusts and squalls. 



28th April. — At 4 a.m. weather more threatening and a heavy sea getting 

 up from the eastward. Daylight, wind SE. having every appearance of a 

 gale, and blowing very hard, made all snug for bad weather. At 8, blow- 

 ing a severe gale ; sea at this time tremendous, battened a double tarpaulin 

 fore and aft. Sea making a continual breach over the ship, and blowing very 

 hard. Noon, heavy gale, ship labouring much, was obliged to keep 



