Moderate and fair at 4pm made a signal and anchored in Madera [sic] road
On 18 March Anson anchored the Centurion in port having completed the first stage of her voyage. Here Anson employed Portuguese boats to restock his ship's water supply, the existing supplies being described as "very bad", and made preparations to set sail once again. In time ADM/L/C/299 will also set sail for the new store which will form part of the Sammy Ofer Wing. That, however, is perhaps to get ahead of ourselves and for now the logbook is safely on the shelf which will be its home for the next three years.
Ensuring that the manuscripts can be easily retrieved has been quite a task. The photograph above shows the van-load containing the logbook being unpacked. Each crate was assigned an individual number and plans were made of the new store to ensure that each item had an allocated home. The image on the right shows the crates waiting to be taken into the new store where they were finally unpacked.
Saluted the Commadore [sic] with 13 guns, the Falmouth saluted with ditto he returned 13 in answer to both
It seemed fitting to end this series of posts with a salute, of sorts, to the successful move of the logbook of HMS Centurion. As the final photograph demonstrates, it is now on its shelf and as of yesterday could once again be viewed in our reading room.
