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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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610091810/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, now an archived webpage.</ref>
Many of the duties in Mesopotamia were subsequently transferred to the Inland Water Transport, which was part of the Royal Engineers, in September 1916. Following this, some of the Royal Indian Marine officers were transferred to the Royal Engineers<ref>Egypt. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=115822&p=1107407 Royal Indian Marine - Medal Index Cards] ''Great War Forum'' 28 January 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2016</ref>were transferred to the Royal Engineers, in addition to other personnel.
==Second World War==
**[http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-2.pdf 'The Royal Indian Navy"] (scroll down) by Vice- Admiral A E F Bedford, ''The Naval Review'' May 1938 Vol XXVI no. 2, pages 212-220.
**[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Books-Sources-Navy_Records-Naval%20Review.htm World War 1 at Sea - Contemporary Accounts: ''The Navy Records Society'' and ''The Naval Review''] Scroll down to Part 2, ''Naval Review'' letter R “Royal Indian Marine”, then access the articles mentioned in the ''Naval Review'' Archives. naval-history.net
*[https://archive.org/details/inlandwatertrans00hall ''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia''] by Lieut.Col L J Hall, R.E. 1921 Archive.org. The initial part of the book sets out the problems being experienced which led to the formation of the Inland Water Transport: [https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00hall#page/n21/mode/1up Page xii] states that the work of controlling and managing the fleet of river craft "was not in the usual line of Army or Royal Indian Marine experience".
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945''] by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964. Part of the series ''Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War'' by the Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan). From "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web"
*''Under Two Ensigns: The Indian Navy 1945-1950'' by Rear Admiral Satyindra Singh (Retd) c 1986. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/38062735/Navy-Mutiny-1946#scribd Scribd.com version], [http://docslide.us/documents/navy-mutiny-1946.html Docslide version]
