Personal Logbook of H.M.S. Odin, 1903-04

The personal logbook of H.M.S. Odin during her inaugural commissioning in 1903-04 from the Able Seaman John Stuart Munro was gifted to the Project by his granddaughter, Beverley in April 2024.

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.

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.

Tabular Record of Movement

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.

colspan=4	List of Placed Visited, Dates & Distances
Arrival	Place	Departure	Distance
Commissioned	Jan 2nd 06[?] Chatham	Jan 8 - 06
Jan 8th	06[?]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

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