The Voyage of James Courtis Loveluck on the SS Ingoldsby
Chronology of Events on the Outward Journey
| Saturday 7 Mar 1885 | 10:30 | Left Cardiff |
| 14:30 | Passed Ilfracombe | |
| 16:00 | Passed Lundy Island | |
| 16:30 | Passed Hartland Point | |
| Tuesday 10 Mar 1885 | 8:00 | Passed SS Bowensfield |
| 9:30 | Doing 8½ knots along the Spanish coast | |
| pm | Passed a mail steamer of the Anchor line | |
| Wednesday 11 Mar 1885 | 11:00 | Between the mainland and Berlenga Island, having just passed Farilhoe Island |
| 11:30 | Signaled to shore | |
| 12:00 | Set the log while passing Carvoeiro | |
| 12:17 | Passed the steamship Tredejan of Cardiff. Mate is Mr Fraser's father | |
| 16:30 | Passing Cape Roca (Rock of Lisbon) westernmost point of Portugal | |
| 16:40 | Passed Cape Rarzo | |
| Thursday 12 Mar 1885 | 6:15 | Passed Cape Vincent |
| am | Land in sight all morning | |
| 13-30 | Land disappeared from sight | |
| pm | Large mail boat passed by | |
| Friday 13 Mar 1885 | 4-40 | Could just see the rock of Gibraltar in the distance, also a light on the other (African) side of the strait |
| 17:00 | Passed Cape Sacratif at about 20 miles distance | |
| Sunday 15 Mar 1885 | Sailing in sight of the African coast | |
| Monday 16 Mar 1885 | 15:00 | Came in sight of the African land |
| Tuesday 17 Mar 1885 | 8:00 | Passed the Canis Island or Dog Rocks |
| 12:00 | Passed Zembra Island | |
| 14:00 | Passed Cape Bon | |
| Wednesday 18 Mar 1885 | Steaming along the coast of Sicily | |
| 19:30 | Passed Cape Passero, Sicily | |
| Saturday 21 Mar 1885 | Sailing through the Grecian Archipelago | |
| 11:30 | Passing through the channel between the islands of St Georgio and Thermia | |
| 13:30 | Passing through the Zea channel between Kea Island & Makronissos | |
| 18:00 | Passing through the straits of Doro (Kafirevs Str) | |
| Sunday 22 Mar 1885 | am | Gulf of Smyrna |
| 12:00 | Passed the Rabbit Islands | |
| Got to the fort at the mouth of the Dardanelles | ||
| 16:30 | Arrived at Chanak | |
| Monday 23 Mar 1885 | 5:30 | Dense fog (sea of Marmara) |
| am | Arrived at Constantinople (Istanbul) | |
| Friday 27 Mar 1885 | Abt 18:00 | Left Constantinople |
| Sunday 29 Mar 1885 | 13:15 | Passed Odessa |
| 17:00 | Arrived at Ochakov | |
| 18:30 | Left Ochakov | |
| Monday 30 Mar 1885 | 1:00 | Arrived at Nikolayev (Nicholieff) |
| Friday 3 Apr | 5:00 | Left Nikolayev |