Under Sail

27 Aug 1888 – 4 Jul 1889
Ship: Charles Cotesworth
Rank: Apprentice
Master: James Kitchen
Voyage: Liverpool – San Francisco – Dublin

4 Sep 1889 – 3 Aug 1890
Ship: Charles Cotesworth
Rank: Apprentice
Master: James Kitchen
Voyage: Liverpool – Astoria (Oregon) – Portland (Oregon) – Astoria (Oregon) – London

18 Oct 1890 – 3 Nov 1891
Ship: Charles Cotesworth
Rank: Apprentice
Master: James Kitchen
Voyage: Liverpool – Valparaiso – Saint Nazaire – Cardiff

18 Nov 1891 – 26 Aug 1892
Ship: Charles Cotesworth
Rank: Apprentice
Master: James Kitchen
Voyage: Cardiff – Iquique – Terneuzen – Ghent

15 Sep 1892 – 19 Sep 1892
Ship: Charles Cotesworth
Rank: Apprentice
Master: James Kitchen
Voyage: Ghent – South Shields

3 Oct 1892
Passing Examination for Certificate of Competency as 2nd Mate in Sail

9 Aug 1893 – 27 Feb 1895
Ship: Iquique
Rank: 2nd Mate
Master: Samuel Murdoch
Voyage: Rotterdam – Frederikstad – Cape Town – Newcastle (New South Wales) – Antofagasta – Iquique – London

23 Mar 1895
Passing Examination for Certificate of Competency as 1st Mate in Sail

17 May 1895 – 29 Jul 1896
Ship: St. Cuthbert
Rank: 1st Mate
Master: William Drummond
Voyage: Ipswich – Mauritius – Newcastle (New South Wales) – Callao – Hamburg – Newport

28 Sep 1896
Passing Examination for Certificate of Competency as Extra Master

3 Apr 1897 – 2 May 1899
Ship: Lydgate
Rank: 1st Mate
Master: John Kennison
Voyage: New York – Shanghai – Astoria (Oregon) – Portland (Oregon) – Astoria (Oregon) – Tientsin – Astoria (Oregon) – Portland (Oregon) – Astoria (Oregon) – Antwerp