logbook aboard the frigate Grand Turk

A Logbook is a book for recording readings from the log (see also maritime log). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 497 KB) Grand Turk, a replica of a three-masted 6th rate frigate from Nelsons days - logbook and charts Own work - photo taken by Georges Jansoone on 26 May 2005 File links The following pages link to this file... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 497 KB) Grand Turk, a replica of a three-masted 6th rate frigate from Nelsons days - logbook and charts Own work - photo taken by Georges Jansoone on 26 May 2005 File links The following pages link to this file... Grand Turk, at anchor in Oostende, Belgium The Grand Turk is a three-masted 6th rate frigate, well known as the from the TV series Hornblower (and also as the French ship Papillon). ... A log is: a cut portion of a tree bole or large branch (see logging) a time-sequential data record (see data logging) logarithm a device to measure the speed of a ship This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same...

The log was (maybe it is still) used to determine the distance a ship traveled within a certain amount of time. The readings of the log have been recorded in equal times to give the distance traveled with respect to a given start position.

Today logbooks are still widely used for e.g. complex machines like nuclear plants or particle accelerators where one is more and more using an computer based version of a logbook called electronic logbook (see Electronic logbook). Electronic logbook A computer based software for recording (logging) states, events or simply conditions used for complex machines like nuclear plants, particle accelerators, etc. ...

In military terms, a logbook is a series of offical and legally binding documents. Each document (usually arranged by date) is marked with the time of an event or action of significance.

A Logbook is also a colloquial term for the V5 (now V5C) car registration document in the UK. V5 may refer to: Cortical area V5 The V5 interface An engine in V configuration with 5 cylinders, e. ...