Folios 566-567: George Duff, HMS Glenmore, Leith. He had received orders to take...

Folios 566-567: George Duff, HMS Glenmore, Leith. He had received orders to take command of HMS Tysiphone and proceed to Elsinore with the Baltic convoy, wait there for returning ships and accompany them to the coast of Great Britain. He was delayed by Vice Admiral Buckner as he was one of the Captains onboard HMS Reunion enquiring into complaints of the ship's company. On 23 November he sailed in company with HMS Tysiphone but no merchant ships joined them. They were delayed at anchor by an east wind. On 30 November they passed Admiral Duncan in Hoseley Bay, then off Lowestoft lost sight of HMS Tysiphone in a gale. On 3 December he spoke to HMS Leopard and HMS Termagant. He anchored in Elsinore Roads on 5 December, made a signal for the convoy and gave the castle a 13 gun salute which was returned. The ship was moored until 20 December due to gales and adverse winds, after which he set sail with 61 ships in convoy. When they anchored at the entrance to Gothenburg harbour in the Flemish Roads, he saw a Swedish East Indiaman and several other ships frozen-in a few miles away. With the wind from the east, snow and ice were experienced and over the following days sight was lost of many of the convoy in gales. On 31 Decmber he saw land at Tinmouth Castle [Tynemouth?], and believes the convoy ships had put in to ports along the coast or bore north for the Firth of Forth.Due to damage to the ship he headed for the Firth of Forth and anchored at Leith Roads. He believes that the convoy will have escaped the privateers on the coast of Norway due to the high winds. He will sail for the Nore when repairs to the sails are completed.