Therefore, till a remedy is found to prevent the effect of copper upon the iron work, it would not be advisable to use it on a voyage of this kind, as the principal fastenings of the ship being iron, they may be destroyed. On the 28th of November, 1771, I was appointed to the command of the Resolution; and Tobias Furneaux (who had been second lieutenant with Captain Wallis) was promoted, on this occasion, to the command of the Adventure. Our complements of officers and men were fixed, as in the following table:— +-------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+ | | RESOLUTION. | ADVENTURE. | | OFFICERS and +----+----------------------+----+------------------+ | MEN. |N^o.| Officers’ Names. |N^o.| Officers’ Names. | +-------------------+----+----------------------+----+------------------+ | Captain | 1 | James Cook. | 1 | Tobias Furneaux. | | Lieutenants | 3 | Robert P. Cooper. | 2 | Joseph Shank. | | | | Charles Clarke. | | Arthur Kempe. | | | | Richard Pickersgill. | | | | Master | 1 | Joseph Gilbert. | 1 | Peter Fannin. | | Boatswain | 1 | James Gray. | 1 | Edward Johns. | | Carpenter | 1 | James Wallis. | 1 | William Offord. | | Gunner | 1 | Robert Anderson. | 1 | Andrew Gloag. | | Surgeon | 1 | James Patten. | 1 | Thomas Andrews. | | Master’s Mates | 3 | | 2 | | | Midshipmen | 6 | | 4 | | | Surgeon’s Mates | 2 | | 2 | | | Captain’s Clerk | 1 | | 1 | | | Master at Arms | 1 | | 1 | | | Corporal | 1 | | | | | Armourer | 1 | | 1 | | | Ditto Mate | 1 | | 1 | | | Sail Maker | 1 | | 1 | | | Ditto Mate | 1 | | 1 | | | Boatswain’s Mates | 3 | | 2 | | | Carpenter’s Ditto | 3 | | 2 | | | Gunner’s Ditto | 2 | | 1 | | | Carpenter’s Crew | 4 | | 4 | | | Cook | 1 | | 1 | | | Ditto Mate | 1 | | | | | Quarter Masters | 6 | | 4 | | | Able Seamen | 45 | | 33 | | | | | Marines. | | |