García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during SWIFT cruise from Spithead to Havana started at 1763-05-17 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752410, In: Jones, Philip D; Wheeler, Dennis A; Können, Gunther P; Koek, Frits B; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; García-Herrera, Ricardo (2007): Climatological observations from ship logbooks between 1750 and 1854 (release 2.1) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611088
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Related to:
García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2005): CLIWOC: A Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750–1854 (and 10 more publications about CLIWOC results in the same volume). Climatic Change, 73(1-2), 1-12ff, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 29.312162 * Median Longitude: -27.145676 * South-bound Latitude: 13.070000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.520000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.270000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.580000
Date/Time Start: 1763-05-17T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-06-24T00:00:00
Event(s):
Swift_17630517_NMM_ADM/L/S594 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 23.596000 * Longitude End: -82.434000 * Date/Time Start: 1763-05-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-06-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Swift (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Havana, 1st Observer: William Cornwallis (Captain), 2nd Observer: Bravil Friend (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 263BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind direction (from which the wind is blowing) in whole degrees from: 1-360; 361 = calm, 362 = variable. It is not clear from many logbook entries whether the wind direction has been corrected for the magnetic variation (or declination). To avoid any misunderstanding, all winds from reports that included a valid position in the period 1750-1854 were corrected. All other wind directions are given without being corrected. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | - | - | 1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances) | |||
| 10 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 11 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 12 | Declination | Decl | deg | It is generally accepted by the CLIWOC team that the wind directions, reported by the ships officers, were relative to the magnetic North direction. Navigators were well aware of the difference between the true and magnetic north direction, but the compasses (we assumed that the bearing-compasses were mostly used for determining the wind direction) were not always adjusted. Therefore the wind direction has to be corrected. The magnetic declination (or variation, as it is known on board ships) is given for the whole CLIWOC period (1750-1850) for every 5x5 degree square. The number was added to the wind direction to get the true wind direction. | ||
| 13 | Wind direction description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 14 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 15 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 16 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 17 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 18 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 19 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 20 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 21 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 22 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 23 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 24 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 25 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 26 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
740 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 - (1 If position is considered t...) | 10 Course (Course of the ship during the...) | 11 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance travelled during the...) | 12 Decl [deg] (It is generally accepted by t...) | 13 Wind dir descr (All reported wind directions ...) | 14 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...) | 15 ww (Weather description) | 16 Precip descr | 17 State sea descr | 18 Clearness | 19 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 20 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 21 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 22 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 23 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 24 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 25 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 26 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1763-05-17T12:00 | 49.27 | -5.58 | 262 | 6.7 | LIZARD | NEBN | 14 | SWBS | 43.00 | -19 | N, WBN | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248386 | ||||
| 1763-05-18T12:00 | 48.28 | -6.57 | 229 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N34:31E | 38 | SW | 84.00 | -19 | WSW | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248387 | ||||
| 1763-05-19T13:00 | 47.47 | -7.92 | 229 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N37E | 60 | SW1/4W | 72.00 | -19 | WSW | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248388 | ||||
| 1763-05-20T13:00 | 46.52 | -8.88 | 217 | 0.0 | LIZARD | N36:27E | 83 | SWBS | 73.00 | -19 | SWBW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THESE 24 HOURS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FOR THE MOST PART CALM | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THESE 24 HOURS CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248389 | ||||
| 1763-05-21T13:00 | 44.35 | -11.33 | 206 | 9.3 | LIZARD | N37:19E | 139 | SW1/2S | 163.00 | -19 | SW | FIRST PART OF THE DAY MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248390 | ||||
| 1763-05-22T13:00 | 43.92 | -12.45 | 172 | 9.3 | LIZARD | N39:37E | 154 | SWBW1/2W | 55.00 | -19 | SSW, SBW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY LIGHT AIRS, LATTER PART FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248391 | ||||
| 1763-05-23T13:00 | 43.08 | -14.23 | 139 | 9.3 | LIZARD | N42:37E | 183 | SWBW | 95.00 | -19 | SBW, SSE | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZE | ATTENDED WITH RAIN | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248392 | |||
| 1763-05-24T13:00 | 41.98 | -15.20 | 141 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N40:49E | 208 | SWBS | 78.00 | -17 | SE, SSE | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248393 | ||||
| 1763-05-25T13:00 | 41.37 | -16.55 | 174 | 19.0 | LIZARD | N43E | 228 | S59W | 72.00 | -17 | S, SBE, SBW | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248394 | ||||
| 1763-05-26T13:00 | 41.72 | -18.05 | 175 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N47E | 241 | N73W | 72.00 | -16 | SW, SBW | FIRST PART OF THE DAY FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER PART MODERATE | FIRST PART OF THE DAY HAZY WEATHER, MIDDLE AND LAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248395 | ||||
| 1763-05-27T13:00 | 41.42 | -19.55 | 187 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N49:56E | 262 | S76W | 76.00 | -16 | SWBW, SSW | FIRST PART OF THE DAY MODERATE, MIDDLE HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MORE MODERATE | FIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248396 | ||||
| 1763-05-28T13:00 | 40.58 | -19.55 | 232 | 22.6 | LIZARD | N47:26E | 274 | S | 47.00 | -16 | SSW, SW, WSW | THESE 24 HOURS STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | ATTENDED WITH RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248397 | ||||
| 1763-05-29T13:00 | 38.78 | -18.58 | 254 | 6.7 | MADEIRA | S8E | 130 | S20E | 118.00 | -16 | WNW, WBS, W | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATE | MIDDLE PART ATTENDED WITH HEAVY SHOWERS OF RAIN | FIRST PART OF THESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248398 | |||
| 1763-05-30T13:00 | 36.93 | -18.25 | 244 | 19.0 | MADEIRA | S9E | 94 | S9E | 113.00 | -15 | W, WBS | FIRST AND LATTER PART OF THE DAY FRESH GALES, MIDDLE MORE MODERATE | FIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248399 | ||||
| 1763-05-31T13:00 | 34.08 | -19.12 | 323 | 6.7 | MADEIRA | S31:35E | 53 | SBW1/2W | 151.00 | -15 | WBN, WNW, NNW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY STRONG GALES, LATTER PART MODERATE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY HAZY WEATHER, LAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248400 | ||||
| 1763-06-01T13:00 | 32.87 | -19.32 | 289 | 6.7 | MADEIRA | ESE | 35 | S1/2W | 106.00 | -15 | NWBW | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248401 | ||||
| 1763-06-02T13:00 | 31.67 | -18.17 | 325 | 9.3 | MADEIRA | N41E | 31 | S41W | 93.00 | -13 | NW, NNW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY MODERATE, LATTER PART FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART CLEAR WEATHER, CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248402 | ||||
| 1763-06-03T13:00 | 30.28 | -19.14 | 302 | 9.3 | BARBADOES | S65W | 795 | S30W | 100.00 | -13 | NW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART LIGHT AIRS, LATTER PART FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248403 | ||||
| 1763-06-04T13:00 | 28.65 | -20.20 | 302 | 6.7 | BARBADOES | S66W | 758 | SSW1/2W | 110.00 | -13 | NW | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248404 | ||||
| 1763-06-05T13:00 | 26.80 | -21.65 | 78 | 9.3 | BARBADOES | S68:27W | 724 | SWBS | 140.00 | -12 | ENE, E | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248405 | ||||
| 1763-06-06T14:00 | 25.12 | -23.39 | 103 | 6.7 | BARBADOES | S70W | 686 | S42W | 140.00 | -10 | ENE, ESE | THESE 24 HOURS THE FIRST AND LATTER PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND LATTER CLEAR, MIDDLE CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248406 | ||||
| 1763-06-07T14:00 | 23.53 | -25.05 | 58 | BARBADOES | S72W | 649 | SW | 130.00 | -10 | ENE | FIRST AND MIDDLE MODERATE | FIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR, LATTER PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248407 | |||||
| 1763-06-08T14:00 | 22.28 | -27.15 | 36 | 9.3 | BARBADOES | S73W | 605 | SWBW | 140.00 | -9 | NE | FIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248408 | ||||
| 1763-06-09T14:00 | 21.23 | -29.15 | 38 | BARBADOES | S74W | 565 | SWBW | 130.00 | -7 | NE | FIRST PART OF THE DAY MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLY | MIDDLE AND LATTER ATTENDED WITH RAIN | FIRST PART FAIR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248409 | ||||
| 1763-06-10T14:00 | 20.33 | -30.95 | 61 | 6.7 | BARBADOES | S74W | 528 | SWBW1/2W | 116.00 | -7 | ENE | MODERATE | MIDDLE AND LATTER ATTENDED WITH RAIN | FIRST PART OF THESE 24 HOURS CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LAT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248410 | |||
| 1763-06-11T14:00 | 19.38 | -32.75 | 63 | BARBADOES | S76:1W | 491 | SWBW1/2W | 116.00 | -5 | ENE | FIRST AND MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLY | LATTER ATTENDED WITH RAIN | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248411 | ||||
| 1763-06-12T14:00 | 18.55 | -34.84 | 63 | BARBADOES | S77W | 451 | SWBW3/4W | 131.00 | -5 | ENE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY MODERATE | FIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER PART CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248412 | |||||
| 1763-06-13T14:00 | 17.53 | -37.04 | 63 | BARBADOES | S78:26W | 406 | SWBW1/4W | 140.00 | -5 | ENE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY MODERATE | FIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER PART CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248413 | |||||
| 1763-06-14T15:00 | 16.70 | -39.14 | 112 | 6.7 | BARBADOES | S78:41W | 377 | SWBW3/4W | 134.00 | -1 | ESE | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248414 | ||||
| 1763-06-15T15:00 | 15.70 | -41.64 | 67 | 6.7 | BARBADOES | S80:31W | 328 | WSW | 156.00 | -1 | ENE | THESE 24 HOURS MODERATE | THESE 24 HOURS CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248415 | ||||
| 1763-06-16T15:00 | 14.70 | -44.55 | 68 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S82:41W | 267 | WSW1/4W | 179.00 | 0 | ENE | FRESH GALES | LARGE SWELL FROM THE ESE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248416 | ||||
| 1763-06-17T15:00 | 13.58 | -47.42 | 68 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S86:45W | 211 | S68W | 180.00 | 0 | ENE | FRESH GALES | ATTENDED WITH RAIN | SWELL ABATED | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248417 | |||
| 1763-06-18T15:00 | 13.07 | -50.87 | 47 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S86:45W | 152 | S81W | 204.00 | 2 | NE | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248418 | ||||
| 1763-06-19T16:00 | 13.30 | -54.30 | 82 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S85W | 80 | N85W | 205.00 | 3 | EBN | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES | SHOWERS OF RAIN | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248419 | |||
| 1763-06-20T16:00 | 13.13 | -56.77 | 48 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S86W | 27 | S86W | 145.00 | 3 | NE | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES | SHOWERS OF RAIN | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248420 | |||
| 1763-06-21T16:00 | 13.28 | -58.57 | 72 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S43:36E | 8 | N85W | 106.00 | 4 | ENE | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248421 | ||||
| 1763-06-22T16:00 | 13.12 | -60.52 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | S85E | 41 | S85W | 115.00 | 4 | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES, ATTENDED WITH HEAVY SQUALLS | ATTENDED WITH HEAVY RAIN | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248422 | |||||
| 1763-06-23T00:00 | 79 | 19.0 | BARBADOES | NE | 2 | 1 | EBN | THESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALES, ATTENDED WITH HEAVY SQUALLS | ATTENDED WITH HEAVY RAIN | THESE 24 HOURS HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248423 | |||||||
| 1763-06-24T00:00 | 14.58 | 68 | 9.3 | SE POINT OF MARTINICO | WSW | 3 | 1 | ENE | FRESH BREEZE THESE 24 HOURS | FAIR THESE 24 HOURS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248424 |