The Chart

The ports he knew best

1. 01Ras TanuraSaudi Arabia · 1963–197146 calls
2. 02WillemstadCuraçao · 1957–196138 calls
3. 03Port TalbotWales · 1954–196829 calls
4. 04RotterdamNetherlands · 1956–197029 calls
5. 05EuropoortNetherlands · 1964–196622 calls
6. 06Ras LanufLibya · 1964–196720 calls
7. 07SrirachaThailand · 1968–197120 calls
8. 08GibraltarGibraltar · 1956–196717 calls
9. 09Kharg IslandIran · 1962–197117 calls
10. 10SuezEgypt · 1956–196616 calls
11. 11SingaporeSingapore · 1959–197015 calls
12. 12NarvikNorway · 1962–196814 calls

Everywhere he went

Countries as they were named at the time — several no longer exist under those names. The figure is how many times he logged being there; a dash means the place is named only as somewhere he was bound for.

Not ports, but places in the log

Seas, canals, landmarks passed in the night, and the standing orders that told a ship where to go next.

• Kiel Canal 4
• Galápagos 1
• Timor 1
• The Persian Gulf 0
• Land's End 0
• The Cape of Good Hope 0
• The Great Barrier Reef 0
• The North Sea 0
• The East Indies 0
• Lake Maracaibo 0
• Chesapeake & Delaware Canal 0
• Strait of Magellan 0