D Statement of Knots Run and Cable Payed-Out per Day
Sunday, July 23.—Left Berehaven at 1·45 a.m. Passed Skelligs at 8·0 a.m.; bore away N.W., and came up with Caroline at 8·30 a.m., about 25 miles N.W. of Valencia. 10·30 a.m., End got out of afterhold. 11·0 a.m., Terrible and Sphinx came alongside. 12·35 p.m., Caroline got up end of shore-end Cable. 12·45 p.m., passed end of deep-sea Cable to Caroline over stern-sheave of Great Eastern. 5·20 p.m., splice finished on board Caroline, and bight of Cable slipped. 6·50 p.m., took hands on board from Caroline. 8·0 p.m., paddle and screw engines started.
| Date. 12 Noon. | Made Good. | Lat. N. Obs. | Long. W. Obs. | Distance from Valencia | Miles payed-out. | Slack per Cent. | Heart’s Content. | ||
| Course. | Dist. | Bearing. | Distance. | ||||||
| July | ° ´ ´´ | ° ´ ´´ | ° | ||||||
| 23 | Splice to Shore end. | 51 50 0 | 11 2 20 | 24½ | 27·00 | -- | N. 80., W. | 1638·5 | |
| 24 | Picking up Cable | 52 2 30 | 12 17 30 | 73·1 | 84·791 | 15·99 | -- | -- | |
| 25 | 51 58 0 | 12 11 0 | 68·5 | 74·591 | 8·89 | -- | 1596·5 | ||
| 26 | N. 79., 20. W. | 111·5 | 52 18 42 | 15 10 0 | 180 | 191·96 | 6·64 | N. 24., 21 W. | 1485 |
| 27 | N. 81., 30. W. | 142·5 | 52 34 30 | 19 0 30 | 320·8 | 357·55 | 11·45 | N. 87., 39 W. | 1344·2 |
| 28 | N. 86., 30. W. | 155·5 | 52 45 0 | 23 15 45 | 476·4 | 531·57 | 11·16 | S. 88., 35 W. | 1188·6 |
| 29 | S. 87., 40. W. | 160·0 | 52 38 30 | 27 40 0 | 636·4 | 707·36 | 11·15 | S. 84., 54 W. | 1028·6 |
| 30 | S. 70., 0. W. | 24 | 52 30 30 | 28 17 0 | 659·6 | 745·0 | 12·94 | S. 84., 48 W. | 1005·4 |
| 31 | S. 81., 0. W. | 134 | 52 9 20 | 31 53 0 | 793 | 903·0 | 15·13 | S. 82., 20 W. | 871·9 |
| Aug. | |||||||||
| 1 | S. 83., 45. W. | 155 | 51 52 30 | 36 3 30 | 948 | 1081·55 | 14·09 | S. 78., 22 W. | 717·1 |
| S. 76., 25. W. | 115·4 | ||||||||
| 2 | Returned 2 miles | 51 25 0 | 39 1 0 | 1063·4 | 1186·0 | 11·56 | S. 76., 17 W. | 603·6 | |
| before Cable broke | |||||||||
| DR. | |||||||||
| 3 | -- | -- | 51 36 0 | 38 27 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| OBS. | |||||||||
| 4 | -- | -- | 51 34 30 | 37 54 0 | -- | -- | -- | End of Cable. | S. 76., W., 44 M. |
| 5 | -- | -- | 51 25 0 | 38 36 0 | -- | -- | -- | “ “ | W. (true) 15 M. |
| -- | -- | OBS. | |||||||
| 6 | -- | -- | 51 25 0 | 38 20 0 | -- | -- | -- | “ “ | W. “ 26 M. |
| 7 | -- | -- | 51 29 30 | 39 4 30 | -- | -- | -- | “ “ | S. 23., E., 5 M. |
| 8 | -- | -- | 51 28 0 | 38 56 0 | -- | -- | -- | No. 2 Buoy | W.S.W., 3 M. |
| 9 | -- | -- | 51 29 30 | 39 6 0 | -- | -- | -- | “ “ | S. 38, 6 or 7 M. |
| 10 | -- | -- | 51 26 0 | 38 59 0 | -- | -- | -- | End of Cable | S. 56, W., 2 M. |
| 11 | -- | -- | 51 24 0 | 38 59 0 | D.R. | -- | -- | “ “ | N. 50, W. 1¾ M. |
TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA-WATER.
| Date. | Time. | Degrees. | |
| 1865. | |||
| July | 26th | Noon. | 59 |
| “ | 27th | “ | 65 |
| “ | 28th | “ | 56 |
| “ | 29th | “ | 55 |
| “ | 30th | “ | 53 |
| “ | 31st | “ | 56 |
| August | 1st | “ | 59 |
| “ | 2nd | “ | 59 |
| “ | 3rd | “ | 54 |
| “ | 4th | “ | 55 |
| “ | 5th | “ | 55 |
| “ | 6th | “ | 55 |
| “ | 7th | “ | 54 |
| “ | 8th | “ | 59 |
| “ | 9th | “ | 55 |
| “ | 10th | “ | 57 |
| “ | 11th | “ | 57 |
| “ | 12th | “ | 54 |
S. CANNNG.