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The '''Bombay Marine''' was the fighting navy of the East India Company in Asian waters, as opposed to its mercantile marine.  
The '''Bombay Marine''' was the fighting navy of the East India Company in Asian waters, as opposed to its mercantile marine.  


In 1830 the Bombay Marine was renamed the [[Indian Navy]]. The Navy was abolished in 1863, being replaced by a revived, non-combatant, Bombay Marine. In 1877 the revived Bombay Marine and the Bengal Marine were combined to form HM Indian Marine, which became the Royal Indian Marine in 1892 and the Royal Indian Navy in 1935.<ref>British Library Help for Researchers [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/maritimeservice/maritime.html Maritime Service]</ref>
In 1830 the Bombay Marine was renamed the '''[[Indian Navy]]. ''' The Navy was abolished in 1863, being replaced by a revived, non-combatant, Bombay Marine. In 1877 the revived Bombay Marine and the Bengal Marine were combined to form '''HM Indian Marine ''', which became the '''Royal Indian Marine''' in 1892 and the ''' Royal Indian Navy ''' in 1935.<ref>British Library Help for Researchers [https://web.archive.org/web/20170602025700/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/maritimeservice/maritime.html Maritime Service], now an archived webpage.</ref>


==FIBIS resources==
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=479&s_id=728 Officers of the Bombay Marine - 1802]
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=479&s_id=728 Officers of the Bombay Marine - 1802]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=480&s_id=728 Officers of the Bombay Marine - 1830]
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=480&s_id=728 Officers of the Bombay Marine - 1830]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=515&s_id=728 Officers of the Indian Navy 1858-1863]
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=515&s_id=728 Officers of the Indian Navy 1858-1863]


== Related articles ==
== Related articles ==
*[[Indian Navy]] which includes details relating to WW1 and WW2
*[[Ships of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy]]
*[[Ships of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy]]
*[[Ship types]]
*[[Ship types]]
==First World War==
During  the  [[First  World  War]] ships  of  the  Royal  Indian  Marine  carried troops  and  other  war  stores  from  India  to  Egypt,  Mesopotamia  and  East  Africa. When  mines  were  detected  off  the  coasts  of  Bombay  and  Aden  during  the  First World  War,  the  Royal  Indian  Marine  went  into  action  with  a  fleet  of minesweepers,  patrol  vessels  and  troop  carriers.  The  Royal  Indian  Marine  also played a leading role in landing troops in Mesopotamia and their small river craft did  very  useful  work  on  the  Euphrates  and  Tigris  rivers.<ref>Abstract of a paper "Royal Indian Marine in the First World War" by Kalesh Mohanan presented at the [http://www.indiaww1.in/Conference.pdf  ''India And The Great War'' Conference] at The United Service Institution of India, New Delhi: 5-7 March 2014</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
===Historical Books Online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann01lowc#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Indian navy (1613-1863) Volume 1''] by Charles Rathbone Low 1877. Covers the period 1613-1830 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann02lowc#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume 2'']. Covers the period 1831-1863
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann01lowc#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Indian navy (1613-1863) Volume 1''] by Charles Rathbone Low 1877. Covers the period 1613-1830 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindiann02lowc#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume 2'']. Covers the period 1831-1863. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/48/mode/2up ''And that reminds me 
being incidents of a life spent at sea, and in the Andaman Islands, Burma, Australia, and India''],  page 48 
by Stanley W. Coxon 1915 Archive.org. The author, probably born c late 1850s was temporarily appointed to the Royal Indian Marine  early/mid 1880s and proceeded to the [[Andaman Islands]]
*[https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/48/mode/2up ''And that reminds me 
being incidents of a life spent at sea, and in the Andaman Islands, Burma, Australia, and India''],  page 48 
by Stanley W. Coxon 1915 Archive.org. The author, probably born c late 1850s was temporarily appointed to the Royal Indian Marine  early/mid 1880s and proceeded to the [[Andaman Islands]]
*For at least some periods, ''The Navy List'', mostly about the Royal Navy, also included details about officers in the Royal Indian Marines etc. For editions available online, see [[Military periodicals online#Navy List|Military periodicals online - Navy List]].


===Other===
===Other===
*[http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainbombay.htm The East India Company’s Marine (Indian Marine) and its Successors through to the Royal Indian Navy (1613-1947)] website of maritime researcher Len Barnett
*[http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainbombay.htm The East India Company’s Marine (Indian Marine) and its Successors through to the Royal Indian Navy (1613-1947)] website of maritime researcher Len Barnett
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=8364 Photographs of a Royal Indian Marine sword] Victorian Wars Forum post.
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/03/somewhere-between-freedom-and-slavery.html  "Somewhere between freedom and slavery: runaway slaves in Britain’s Indian Navy"] 28 March 2014 British Library: Untold lives blog. The Persian Gulf in the 1850s
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/03/somewhere-between-freedom-and-slavery.html  "Somewhere between freedom and slavery: runaway slaves in Britain’s Indian Navy"] 28 March 2014 British Library: Untold lives blog.
*[https://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60507928 "The British Army and Navy": includes a List of “The Indian Navy in Commission”] ''Empire'' [Newspaper] (Sydney, NSW) Tuesday 25 February 1862 trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 3 August 2014


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Latest revision as of 03:58, 23 February 2022

The Bombay Marine was the fighting navy of the East India Company in Asian waters, as opposed to its mercantile marine.

In 1830 the Bombay Marine was renamed the Indian Navy. The Navy was abolished in 1863, being replaced by a revived, non-combatant, Bombay Marine. In 1877 the revived Bombay Marine and the Bengal Marine were combined to form HM Indian Marine , which became the Royal Indian Marine in 1892 and the Royal Indian Navy in 1935.[1]

FIBIS resources

Related articles

External links

Historical books online

Other

References

  1. British Library Help for Researchers Maritime Service, now an archived webpage.