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:Appendix C comprises a list of men joining the Service (1893-1916)
This book is available as a pdf downloadonline, refer below.
==External Linkslinks==
*[http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/index.htm British Maritime History - Realistic genealogical guides to surviving records and more], Len Barnett’s site, has a section on [http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainbengal.htm Bengal Marine].
*[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 , possibly c 1863 Learning Lab website. Click to enlarge**[httphttps://siris-archiveslearninglab.si.edu/ipac20resources/ipac.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58957~!53&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=/90091 Sailing ships and other boats docked along river in Calcutta], undated, by Bourne &index=Shepherd.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus Shipping Photograph titled ”Shipping in the Hooghly, Calcutta. 2582”. Same image [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho0000015s1u00085000.html British Library], dated 1890s.**[httphttps://siris-archiveslearninglab.si.edu/ipac20resources/ipac.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58958~!59&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=/90145 Sailing ships and other boats docked along river in Calcutta], undated, by Bourne &index=Shepherd.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus Shipping Photograph titled ”Shipping on the Hooghly, Calcutta. 2583”. Same image [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho0000015s1u00087000.html British Library] dated 1890s.**[httphttps://siris-archiveslearninglab.si.edu/ipac20resources/view/ipac90093 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.jsp?session=1288T662C4Q05.31019&profile=all Photograph titled ”Strand Rd &uri=full=3100001~!58960~!6&ri=3&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&source=~!siarchives&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=The Hooghly&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=3#focus Calcutta. 2599”.*[http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/48726/francis-frith-the-strand-calcutta-english-about-1865-1875/ Photograph: The Strand by the Hooghly, : Calcutta]c 1865–1875 by Francis Frith. The J Paul Getty Museum.
===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 the Calcutta Port Commission. Originally with scans and transcripts of many original documents, exploring the site is recommended, but pages of particular general interest include:
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