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The personal logbook of {{UK-1Odin|f=p}} during her inaugural commissioning in 1903-04 from the {{AbleRN}} [[John Stuart Munro (b)|John Stuart Munro]] was gifted to the Project by his granddaughter, Beverley in April 2024.  
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The personal logbook of {{UK-1Odin|f=p}} during her inaugural commissioning in 1903-04 for service on the [[Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station]] with a tabular record of movement for her 1906-07 service on the [[China Station]] from the {{AbleRN}} [[John Stuart Munro (b)|John Stuart Munro]] was gifted to the Project by his granddaughter, Beverley in April 2024.
  
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Munro maintained his log in pencil in a book of ruled pages and on a double-folio sheet listing ports of call and coaling information in tabular form which he placed in an envelope tucked in the pages.
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Munro maintained his log for the first deployment in pencil in a book of ruled pages and compressed his T.R.O.M. for the second tour onto a double-folio sheet listing ports of call and coaling information in tabular form which he placed in an envelope tucked in the pages.
  
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The inside cover records that Munro, 22 years of age when ''Odin'' was commissioned, was part of Mess No. 12.  His log runs from January 1903 until October 1904.
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==Logbook 1903-04==
  
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==Tabular Record of Movement==
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The inside cover records that Munro, 22 years of age when ''Odin'' was commissioned, was part of Mess No. 12.
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{{TBC}}
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==Tabular Record of Movement 1906-07==
 
The following is a transcription of the double-folio sheet that came with the book, written in Munro's hand.  The distances appear to be in nautical miles.
 
The following is a transcription of the double-folio sheet that came with the book, written in Munro's hand.  The distances appear to be in nautical miles.
  
 
{|
 
{|
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|colspan=4||List of Placed Visited, Dates & Distances
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|colspan=4 align=center|'''List of Placed Visited, Dates & Distances'''
 
|-
 
|-
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|Arrival||Place||Departure||Distance
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|'''Arrival'''||'''Place'''||'''Departure'''||'''Distance'''
 
|-
 
|-
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|Commissioned||Jan 2nd 06[?] [[Chatham]]||Jan 8 - 06<ref>This first entry, if transcribed correctly, contradicts the more legible information in the logbook.</ref>||
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|Commissioned||Jan 2nd '''1906''' [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]]||Jan 8th||
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jan 8th||06[?][[Sheerness]]||Jan 11th||12
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|Jan 8th||[[Sheerness Dockyard|Sheerness]]||Jan 11th||align=right|12
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jan 11th||[[Portsmouth]]||Jan 13th||140
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|Jan 11th||[[Portsmouth]]||Jan 13th||align=right|140
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jan 16th||[[Gibraltar]]||Jan 19th||1,550
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|Jan 16th||[[Gibraltar]]||Jan 19th||align=right|1,550
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jan 22nd||[[Malta]]||Jan 25th||960
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|Jan 22nd||[[Malta Dockyard|Malta]]||Jan 25th||align=right|960
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jan 28th||[[Port Said]]||Jan 29th||928
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|Jan 28th||[[Port Said]]||Jan 29th||align=right|928
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jan 30th||[[Suez]]||Jan 31st||87
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|Jan 30th||[[Suez]]||Jan 31st||align=right|87
 
|-
 
|-
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|Feb 4th||[[Aden]]||Feb 6th||1,308
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|Feb 4th||[[Aden]]||Feb 6th||align=right|1,308
 
|-
 
|-
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|Feb 13th||[[Colombo|Columbo]][sic]||Feb 18th||2,200
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|Feb 13th||[[Colombo|Columbo]][sic]||Feb 18th||align=right|2,200
 
|-
 
|-
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|Feb 23rd||[[Singapore]]||Mar 21st||1,488
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|Feb 23rd||[[Singapore]]||Mar 21st||align=right|1,488
 
|-
 
|-
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|Mar 26th||[[Hong Kong]]||May 4th||1,438
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|Mar 26th||[[Hong Kong]]||May 4th||align=right|1,438
 
|-
 
|-
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|May 6th||[[Langhai]][?]||May 9th||700
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|May 6th||[[Shanghai]][?]||May 9th||align=right|700
 
|-
 
|-
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|May 10th||[[Woosung]]||May 23rd||200
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|May 10th||[[Woosung]][?]||May 23rd||align=right|200
 
|-
 
|-
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|May 24th||[[Langhai]][?]||Jun 7th||200
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|May 24th||[[Shanghai]][?]||Jun 7th||align=right|200
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jun 9th||[[Kagoshima]]||Jun 9th||388
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|Jun 9th||[[Kagoshima]][?]||Jun 9th||align=right|388
 
|-
 
|-
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|Jun 11th||[[Yokohama]]||Jun 12th||534
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|Jun 11th||[[Yokohama]]||Jun 12th||align=right|534
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|-
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|Jun 14th||[[Kagoshima]]||Jun 14th||align=right|574
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|-
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|Jun 15th||[[Nagasaki]]||Jun 19th||align=right|300
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|-
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|Jun 19th||[[Sasebo]]||Jun 22nd||align=right|60
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|-
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|Jun 23rd||[[Kure]]||Jun 26th||align=right|200
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|-
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|Jun 128th||[[Kobe]]||Jul 6th||align=right|200
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|-
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|Jul 7th||[[Yokohama]]||Jul 21st||align=right|160
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|-
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|Jul 22nd||[[Isinomaki]][?]||Jul 24th||align=right|244
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|-
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|Jul 24nd||[[Yamada]]||Jul 25th||align=right|116
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|-
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|Jul 25th||[[Mizako]]||Jul 26th||align=right|40
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|-
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|Jul 28th||[[Dakodate]][?]||Aug 4th||align=right|100
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|-
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|Aug 4th||[[Funakawa Wan]][?]||Aug 5th||align=right|150
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|-
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|Aug 5th||[[Futami (Sadi Island)]][?]||Aug 6th||align=right|120
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|-
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|Aug 6th||[[Matsugashita]]||Aug 7th||align=right|110
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|-
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|Aug 8th||[[Maidzura]][?]||Aug 10th||align=right|130
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|-
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|Aug 10th||[[Mizuku]][?]||Aug 11th||align=right|169
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|-
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|Aug 11th||[[Finkawa Bay (Senzaki)]]||Aug 12th||align=right|80
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|-
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|Aug 12th||[[Fusan]]||Aug 15th||align=right|120
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|-
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|Aug 15th||[[Port Hamilton]]||Aug 17th||align=right|110
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|-
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|Aug 18th||[[Wei-hai-Wei|Wei Hai Wei]]||Sep 10th||align=right|360
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|-
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|Sep 11th||[[Champepo]]||Sep 16th||align=right|240
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|-
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|Sep 17th||[[Dalny]]||Sep 22nd||align=right|290
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|-
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|Sep 28th||[[Taku]]||Sep 28th||align=right|160
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|-
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|Sep 29th||[[Chefoo]]||Oct 1st||align=right|150
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|-
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|Oct 1st||[[Wei-hai-Wei|Wei Hai Wei]]||Oct 19th||align=right|40
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|-
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|Oct 22nd||[[Mirr Bay]]||Oct 31st||align=right|1,200
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|-
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|Nov 1st||[[Hong Kong]]||Feb 9th '''1907'''||align=right|40
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|-
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|Feb 13th||[[Singapore]]||Feb 20th||align=right|1,430
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|-
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|Feb 23rd||[[Christmas Islands]]||Feb 23rd||align=right|800
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|-
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|Feb 25th||[[Keeling Islands]]||Feb 28th||align=right|610
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|-
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|Mar 4th||[[Pulo Weh]]||Mar 5th||align=right|1,100
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|-
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|Mar 6th||[[Penang]]||Mar 11th||align=right|320
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|-
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|Mar 11th||[[Dingding]]||Mar 13th||align=right|97
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|-
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|Mar 14th||[[Malacia]]||Mar 15th||align=right|170
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|-
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|Mar 16th||[[Singapore]]||Mar 22nd||align=right|110[?]
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|-
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|Mar 24th||[[Labunam]]||Mar 28th||align=right|890
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|-
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|Mar 28th||[[Jesselton]]||Mar 30th||align=right|104
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|-
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|Mar 30th||[[Kudal]]||Apr 3rd||align=right|185
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|-
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|Apr 6th||[[Hong Kong]]||Apr 10th||align=right|1,080[?]
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|-
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|Apr 10th||[[Mirr Bay]]||Apr 15th||align=right|40
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|-
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|Apr 15th||[[Hong Kong]]||Apr 25th||align=right|40
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|-
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|Apr 25th||[[Mirr Bay]]||Apr 26th||align=right|40
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|-
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|Apr 27th||[[Hoe Hau (Haiman Islands)]]||Apr 28th||align=right|310
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|-
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|Apr 30th||[[Hong Kong]]||May 2nd||align=right|710
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|-
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|May 3rd||[[Takao (Formosa)]]||May 4th||align=right|360
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|-
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|May 4th||[[Amping]]||May 5th||align=right|40
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|-
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|May 5th||[[Nahang (Pescadores)]]||May 6th||align=right|76
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|-
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|May 9th||[[Kobe]]||May 20th||align=right|1,060
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|-
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|May 20th||[[Bingo Nada]]||May 21st||align=right|108
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|-
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|May 21st||[[Sua Nada]]||May 23rd||align=right|110
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|-
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|May 24th||[[Port Hamilton]]||May 26th||align=right|200
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|-
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|May 27th||[[Chemulpo]]||May 31st||align=right|290
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|-
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|Jun 1st||[[Wei-hai-Wei|Wei Hai Wei]]||Jul 4th||align=right|232
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|-
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|Jul 5th||[[Shang Hai Kwan]]||Jul 5th||align=right|15
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|-
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|Jul 6th||[[Wei-hai-Wei|Wei Hai Wei]]||Jul 22nd||align=right|200
 
|}
 
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{{TBC}}
 
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==Logbook==
 
  
 
{{TBC}}
 
{{TBC}}

Revision as of 20:29, 24 April 2024

The personal logbook of H.M.S. Odin during her inaugural commissioning in 1903-04 for service on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station with a tabular record of movement for her 1906-07 service on the China Station from the Able Seaman John Stuart Munro was gifted to the Project by his granddaughter, Beverley in April 2024.

Munro maintained his log for the first deployment in pencil in a book of ruled pages and compressed his T.R.O.M. for the second tour onto a double-folio sheet listing ports of call and coaling information in tabular form which he placed in an envelope tucked in the pages.

Logbook 1903-04

The inside cover records that Munro, 22 years of age when Odin was commissioned, was part of Mess No. 12.

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

Tabular Record of Movement 1906-07

The following is a transcription of the double-folio sheet that came with the book, written in Munro's hand. The distances appear to be in nautical miles.

List of Placed Visited, Dates & Distances
Arrival Place Departure Distance
Commissioned Jan 2nd 1906 Chatham Jan 8th
Jan 8th Sheerness Jan 11th 12
Jan 11th Portsmouth Jan 13th 140
Jan 16th Gibraltar Jan 19th 1,550
Jan 22nd Malta Jan 25th 960
Jan 28th Port Said Jan 29th 928
Jan 30th Suez Jan 31st 87
Feb 4th Aden Feb 6th 1,308
Feb 13th Columbo[sic] Feb 18th 2,200
Feb 23rd Singapore Mar 21st 1,488
Mar 26th Hong Kong May 4th 1,438
May 6th Shanghai[?] May 9th 700
May 10th Woosung[?] May 23rd 200
May 24th Shanghai[?] Jun 7th 200
Jun 9th Kagoshima[?] Jun 9th 388
Jun 11th Yokohama Jun 12th 534
Jun 14th Kagoshima Jun 14th 574
Jun 15th Nagasaki Jun 19th 300
Jun 19th Sasebo Jun 22nd 60
Jun 23rd Kure Jun 26th 200
Jun 128th Kobe Jul 6th 200
Jul 7th Yokohama Jul 21st 160
Jul 22nd Isinomaki[?] Jul 24th 244
Jul 24nd Yamada Jul 25th 116
Jul 25th Mizako Jul 26th 40
Jul 28th Dakodate[?] Aug 4th 100
Aug 4th Funakawa Wan[?] Aug 5th 150
Aug 5th Futami (Sadi Island)[?] Aug 6th 120
Aug 6th Matsugashita Aug 7th 110
Aug 8th Maidzura[?] Aug 10th 130
Aug 10th Mizuku[?] Aug 11th 169
Aug 11th Finkawa Bay (Senzaki) Aug 12th 80
Aug 12th Fusan Aug 15th 120
Aug 15th Port Hamilton Aug 17th 110
Aug 18th Wei Hai Wei Sep 10th 360
Sep 11th Champepo Sep 16th 240
Sep 17th Dalny Sep 22nd 290
Sep 28th Taku Sep 28th 160
Sep 29th Chefoo Oct 1st 150
Oct 1st Wei Hai Wei Oct 19th 40
Oct 22nd Mirr Bay Oct 31st 1,200
Nov 1st Hong Kong Feb 9th 1907 40
Feb 13th Singapore Feb 20th 1,430
Feb 23rd Christmas Islands Feb 23rd 800
Feb 25th Keeling Islands Feb 28th 610
Mar 4th Pulo Weh Mar 5th 1,100
Mar 6th Penang Mar 11th 320
Mar 11th Dingding Mar 13th 97
Mar 14th Malacia Mar 15th 170
Mar 16th Singapore Mar 22nd 110[?]
Mar 24th Labunam Mar 28th 890
Mar 28th Jesselton Mar 30th 104
Mar 30th Kudal Apr 3rd 185
Apr 6th Hong Kong Apr 10th 1,080[?]
Apr 10th Mirr Bay Apr 15th 40
Apr 15th Hong Kong Apr 25th 40
Apr 25th Mirr Bay Apr 26th 40
Apr 27th Hoe Hau (Haiman Islands) Apr 28th 310
Apr 30th Hong Kong May 2nd 710
May 3rd Takao (Formosa) May 4th 360
May 4th Amping May 5th 40
May 5th Nahang (Pescadores) May 6th 76
May 9th Kobe May 20th 1,060
May 20th Bingo Nada May 21st 108
May 21st Sua Nada May 23rd 110
May 24th Port Hamilton May 26th 200
May 27th Chemulpo May 31st 290
Jun 1st Wei Hai Wei Jul 4th 232
Jul 5th Shang Hai Kwan Jul 5th 15
Jul 6th Wei Hai Wei Jul 22nd 200

[TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

Footnotes

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