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I am really amazed that a ships log from 132 years ago was retained and is still available. Is this a common thing?
I know the U.S. Navy permanently retains the deck logs of its commissioned ships. The ONRL has some logs dating back to 1776.
[0] https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/0...
>>Between 1864 until 1933, thousands of bottles were thrown overboard from German ships, each containing a form on which the captain would write the date, the ship's coordinates and details about its route. It was part of an experiment by the German Naval Observatory to better understand global ocean currents. Now I wonder: did that actually work to get a better understanding of these currents?
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>>Between 1864 until 1933, thousands of bottles were thrown overboard from German ships, each containing a form on which the captain would write the date, the ship's coordinates and details about its route. It was part of an experiment by the German Naval Observatory to better understand global ocean currents. Now I wonder: did that actually work to get a better understanding of these currents?
The Tokio Express[0] Lego spill[1] has provided some data on ocean currents. There was also a spill of yellow bath ducks that turn up on beaches around the world.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokio_Express#Accident
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28582621
Yaarr!!
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Yeah. Has anyone really ever seen this "Australia" in person?
So, connect the dots for me: everything reported against Australia is necessarily as real as Australia itself? Or where are you headed with this?
>>Between 1864 until 1933, thousands of bottles were thrown overboard from German ships, each containing a form on which the captain would write the date, the ship's coordinates and details about its route. It was part of an experiment by the German Naval Observatory to better understand global ocean currents. Now I wonder: did that actually work to get a better understanding of these currents?
Maybe; I mean, see [0] where an accidental experiment was made when a container with >28k rubber ducks and other floating toys, tipped. New evidence for some models was discovered using roughly the same idea—by tracking the floting toys to their final locations. —— [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Floatees
I am really amazed that a ships log from 132 years ago was retained and is still available. Is this a common thing?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/r...
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I know the U.S. Navy permanently retains the deck logs of its commissioned ships. The ONRL has some logs dating back to 1776.
A permanent retention policy wasn't, apparently, the reason ONRL has those logs, as those records are identified as “records acquired from private citizens”. [0] [0] https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/0...
Those requirements are currently set out in SECNAV M-5210.1. Nowadays, they're maintained by NAVHISTHERITAGECOM and then transferred to the National Archives after 30-years.