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Brice and Labey<ref name=Brice> Labey, Capt G.T. and Brice, Capt R.K.H. (1970), ''The Bengal Pilot Service''. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9. [http://remistry.wordpress.com Some chapters Chapters 1-5] are available online, see Historical books online, above. </ref> give a date of 1651 for the foundation of the service, but according to James Prinsep's Chronological Tables,<ref>Prinsep, James (1836). [http://books.google.com/books?id=BTYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA160 ''Useful Tables, Forming an Appendix to The Journal Of The Asiatic Society. Part the Second. Chronological and Genealogical Tables''], page 160. Google Books</ref> the service dates back to 1669:

This is a unique unpublished history of the Bengal Pilot Service in the Historical Manuscripts Collection of the [[National Maritime Museum]]. It covers a wide range of aspects to do with the service and its employee's e.g. Appendix G ‘Obituaries’ comprises information from various sources for men of the Pilot service and their families. Chapters1-5 Some chapters of text, but no Appendices are available online.<ref name=Brice/>

Records marked (#) should appear on [[LDSFamilySearch]] /LDS microfilms: 2028922 - 25; 2029155. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Search the FamilySearch Catalog] and see [[FamilySearch Centres]] for viewing access.

* [http://wwwfibis.search.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=86&s_id=189 Appendices From M.H. Beattie] on FIBIS Search (see details below)

Beattie ''On The Hooghly'' (1935)<ref>Beattie, by Malcolm H. Beattie (1935). ''On The Hooghly''. Philip Allan & Co. Ltd.</ref>: This is a personal account of the Hooghly Pilot Service, in which the author served 1878-1913. Of particular interest to family Historians are the appendices:

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*[http://map-india.org/artwork/shipping-in-the-hooghly-calcutta-kolkata/ Photograph: Shipping in the Hooghly, Calcutta] by Samuel Bourne c 1860. Numbered 1726. MAP Museum of Art and Photography, Bangalore.*Photographs from the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Learning Lab website.**[https://learninglab.si.edu/resources/view/90091 Sailing ships and other boats docked along river in Calcutta], undated, by Bourne & Shepherd. Photograph titled ”Shipping in the Hooghly. 2582”. Same image [http://www.telelibbl.comuk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho0000015s1u00085000.html British Library] dated 1890s.**[https://learninglab.si.edu/wordsresources/authorsview/K90145 Sailing ships and other boats docked along river in Calcutta], undated, by Bourne & Shepherd. Photograph titled ”Shipping on the Hooghly. 2583”. Same image [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/KiplingRudyardapac/prosephotocoll/LandandSeas/unqualifiedpilot019pho0000015s1u00087000.html British Library] dated 1890s.**[https://learninglab.si.edu/resources/view/90093 Strand Road with Indians with bullock carts and horse-drawn carriages and sailing ships and other boats on river in Calcutta], undated, by Bourne & Shepherd. Photograph titled ”Strand Rd & The Hooghly. Calcutta. 2599”.*[http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/48726/francis-frith-the-strand-calcutta-english-about-1865-1875/ Photograph: The Strand: Calcutta] c 1865–1875 by Francis Frith. The J Paul Getty Museum.*[http://www.hmsconway.org/Sea%20Career%20Calcutta.pdf "An Unqualified Old Conways & India – Part II: Calcutta & The Hooghly v11"] by Alfie Windsor 2017. hmsconway.org. The Bengal Pilot"Service and accounts by Old Conways, old boys from the British training school ship HMS Conway. ===Individuals===*[https://www.quivis.uk/dum/index_dum.html Arthur David Linklater, Master Mariner] - Duncan Linklater's excellent site contains information on shipping and navigation in the early twentieth century, including details of Linklater's employment by Rudyard Kiplingthe Calcutta Port Commission. An interesting Originally with scans and informative short story transcripts of many original documents, exploring the site is recommended, but pages of particular general interest include::*[https://www.quivis.uk/dum/images/portrait/675x900/pilot.jpg Scan of pilot's certificate] for younger readers depicting pilotage of the work Hooghly.:*[https://www.quivis.uk/dum/hooghly/index_hooghly.html Introduction To Hooghly River Pilotage]:*[https://www.quivis.uk/dum/hooghly/hooghly-pilotage1.html Hooghly Pilotage ca. 1910-16]:*[https://www.quivis.uk/dum/dana/index_dana.html Dictionary of a pilot Sea Terms 1841/51] Adapted from ''The Seaman's Friend...'' by R. H. Dana 1st ed. 1841, 6th edition 1851.*[http://sayeedsjournal.wordpress.com/chapter-23-on -the-river-hooghly/ On the River Hooghly] by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin (born 1923). The story He was first published a Leadsmen Apprentice with the Bengal Pilot Service for one year in 1895 and set in a time 1946-1947, until he needed to wear glasses, which was not allowed. ===Historical books online===* ''History of the Bengal Pilot Service'a good many years ago'complied by Captain G. T. Labey and compiled and edited by Captain R. K. H. Brice 1963. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9, which includes Appendices. [http://remistry.wordpress.com Chapters] (scroll down) are available online (remistry.wordpress.com) as follows, but there are no Appendices online:**Notes from [https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/preface/ "Preface"]**[https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/introduction-geographical-historical/ "Introduction : Historical"]**[https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/1-the-early-merchant-adventurers-and-the -hooghly-1534-–-1696/ "Chapter 1. The Early Merchant Adventurers And The Hooghly (1534 – 1696)"] **[httphttps://wwwremistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/2-years-of-expansion-1700-–-1800/ "Chapter 2. Years Of Expansion 1700 – 1800"]. At the end of this chapter is some further text under "Chapter 5. Years Of Consolidation 1800 – 1900".*''On The Hooghly'' by M H Beattie 1935.kipling [https://archive.org/details/in.uk/rg_unqualified1ernet.dli.2015.77306 Archive.htm Kipling Societyorg mirror version], from Digital Library of India.

*Photographs from the Smithsonian Institution , possibly c 1863. Click to enlarge**[httphttps://siris-archivesarchive.org/details/in.ernet.sidli.edu2015.225565/page/n61/ipac20mode/ipac2up ''An Unqualified Pilot''] page 57 ''Land And Sea Tales For Scouts And Guides'' by Rudyard Kipling 1923.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1Archive.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58957~!53&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Calcutta&index=org.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus Shipping in the Hooghly, Calcutta], [http://siris-archiveswww.sitelelib.educom/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/ipac20LandandSea/ipacunqualifiedpilot.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1html Transcribed version].90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58958~!59&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Calcutta&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus Shipping :An interesting and informative short story for younger readers depicting the work of a pilot on the Hooghly, Calcutta] . The story was first published in 1895 and set in a time 'a good many years ago'. Notes from the [http://siris-archiveswww.kipling.siorg.edu/ipac20uk/ipacrg_unqualified1.jsp?session=1288T662C4Q05.31019&profile=all&uri=full=3100001~!58960~!6&ri=3&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&source=~!siarchives&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Hooghly&index=htm Kipling Society].GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=3#focus Strand by the Hooghly, Calcutta]

==References =Individuals===*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/index.html Arthur David Linklater, Master Mariner] - Duncan Linklater's excellent site contains information on shipping and navigation in the early twentieth century, including details of Linklater's employment by the Calcutta Port Commission. With scans and transcripts of many original documents, exploring the site is recommended, but pages of particular general interest include::*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/images/portrait/675x900/pilot.jpg Scan of pilot's certificate] for pilotage of the Hooghly:*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/hooghly.html Some notes about the Hooghly]:*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/hooghly-pilotage1.html Hooghly Pilotage ca. 1910]:*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/dana/index.html Dana's ''Dictionary of Sea Terms'' 1841/51]*[http://sayeedsjournal.wordpress.com/chapter-23-on-the-river-hooghly<references / On the River Hooghly] by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin (born 1923). He was a Leadsmen Apprentice with the Bengal Pilot Service for one year in 1946-1947, until he need to wear glasses, which was not allowed.>