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# [http:<references //www.gutenberg.org/etext/12617 ''Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century''] by Montague Massey# Beattie, Malcolm H. (1935). ''On The Hooghly''. Philip Allan & Co. Ltd.# Prinsep, James (1836). ''Useful Tables, Forming an Appendix to The Journal Of The Asiatic Society. Part the Second. Chronological and Genealogical Tables'', page 160.# Labey, Capt G.T. and Brice, Capt R.K.H. (1970), ''The Bengal Pilot Service''. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9>
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== Introduction ==
According to Massey,<supref>[[#References|1]http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12617 ''Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century'']by Montague Massey</supref>
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"'''THE UNITED SERVICE CLUB'''
== History of the Bengal Pilot Service ==
Brice and Labey<supref name=Brice>[[#References|4]]Labey, Capt G.T. and Brice, Capt R.K.H. (1970), ''The Bengal Pilot Service''. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9</supref> give a date of 1651 for the foundation of the service, but according to James Prinsep's Chronological Tables,<supref>[[#References|3]]Prinsep, James (1836). ''Useful Tables, Forming an Appendix to The Journal Of The Asiatic Society. Part the Second. Chronological and Genealogical Tables'', page 160.</supref> the service dates back to 1669:
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[1669 ...] This year also were received orders from home, to institute a pilot establishment at Hoogly, to build a pinnace to be manned with intelligent seamen from the Indiamen, to take charge of the shipping up and down. Thus originated the Bengal Pilot Service.
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The Bengal Pilot Service was abolished on the 15th May, 1948.<sup>[[#References|4]]<ref name=Brice/sup>
== Composition of the Pilot Service ==
== Published works ==
Beattie ''On The Hooghly'' (1935)<ref>Beattie, Malcolm H. (1935). ''On The Hooghly''. Philip Allan & Co. Ltd.</ref>: This is a personal account of the Hooghly Pilot Service, the author served 1878-1913. Of particular interest to family Historians are the appendices:
:Appendix A comprises a list of serving Branch Pilots (1847-1888)
:Appendix B comprises a list of men joining the Service as Licensed Pilot or Covenanted Pilots (1858-1876) and men who joined the service as recruits from the training ships Worcester and Conway (1877-1893)
== References ==
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