Completed thanks to all who looked - Decipher a name please?

[PrueM]

Here's an adjusted version - you can see now that it is (I think) a "k" rather than an "h", and the following letter is "e" not "a".

[Ecneps]

Prue, I think I can see the stroke across the middle of the 'k',  I don't think the name would extend outside the box, so now I have a few more names to choose from....maybe I will go down to the tanning shop tomorrow!

Thanks 

[yn9man]

Barbara -

How about Ricker, Rickes, Ricken or Ricket ..

yn9man

[Ecneps]

This is getting harder the more I look at it, have been reading through more of the handwritten pages to see how he wrote other 'h's and 'k's, and his writing varies quite a lot but 'k' usually seems more definite, so still think it's an 'h'...

Here is a bit from his Navigation notes at the front of the book:

[yn9man]

Barbara -

Agree it is getting harder ...

Looking at the handwritting (navigational notes) I would agree with you that it is probably an "h" versus "k". The "k" is indeed much more elaborate.

What about "richer" or "richen"?

yn9man

[Ecneps]

Have been trying to find him in Hull census - no luck so far, he must have been there at some point for my grandmother to have his book..

[sanricken]

My family is Ricken. My grandfather was born in Ireland but we had difficutly tracking down his parents records as he was orphaned as a wee lad. His father was Frederick Richan, from the Richan family of Orkney who can trace their ancestral line to the Rognvald, the Norse Earl of Orkney. Their were many seafaring men in my family all living in Orkeny. William Richan was the captain on the HM Norfolk.George Stewart of the infamous Bounty was a son of a Richan woman in Kirckwall. John Richan lost his life on his boat when a wave washed over his boat and mixed with lime he was transporting which blew the ship to bits. I will look at my family tree but I do not remember a P.Richan or Ricken in it. More details please?!

[Ecneps]

My family is Ricken. I will look at my family tree but I do not remember a P.Richan or Ricken in it. More details please?!

Hello sanricken
Apologies for delay in replying, haven't been on the site for a long time.  Sorry I don't have any more details apart from those I gave in the posts on this thread. Still not sure what the actual name of the sailor was
thanks for asking
Barbara 

[alpinecottage]

The ship, Scottish Lochs arrived in Liverpool on 19 March 1898, which presumably explains why the log stopped the day before.  The ship set off again, bound for Calcutta on 6th April 1898, where it arrived in the August.  The following year it was ferrying Jute from Calcutta to Dundee.