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*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-07/1279878133 thread] is about the occupation of Master Attendant, equivalent to Harbour Master. Initially it appears these men were part of [[Maritime Service|EIC Marine]], and later the Royal Indian Marine.
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*[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://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://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=451&s_id=137 India Navy Pension Fund & Family Details], from the British Library records :Indian Navy Fund: Family Register, compiled c 1855 with additions [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_3-3&cid=1-1-8-2#1-1-8-2 IOR/L/AG/23/18/2] and Indian Navy Fund: Family Register, compiled Jun 1864 with additions [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_3-3&cid=1-1-8-3#1-1-8-3 IOR/L/AG/23/18/3]. '''These records are also available, with images, on the [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] website.'''
==India Office records at the British Library==
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-6&cid=1-1-88#1-1-88 Royal Indian Marine and Royal Indian Navy: appointment of officers] '''IOR/L/MIL/7/15381-15502''' 1878-1942
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_4&cid=1-1-4#1-1-4 Military Department Library] '''IOR/L/MIL/17/9''' 1870-1948. Includes publications on the Bombay/Indian Marine/Navy such as Navy Lists; Orders; Circulars; Notifications; Instructions; Regulations; Troop and Transport Service and Administrative miscellanea.
Indian Navy 1838-1859 are available, with images, on the [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] website.
=== Marine Department Records ===
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_5&cid=1-2#1-2 Marine Miscellaneous Records] '''IOR/L/MAR/C''' 1600-1879. These records include “personnel records of the Company's maritime service (at all levels of employment, but including particularly the appointment and services of commanders and mates of East Indiamen), the [[Bombay Marine]], the [[Indian Navy]], and the [[Bengal Pilot Service]]”. <ref>Martin Moir, A General Guide to the India office Records 1996</ref>
Bombay Marine and Pilot Service Appointments 1822-1832 are available, with images, on the [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] website.
==Second World War==
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/ Indian Navy] Bharat Rakshak including
**[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History.html Indian Naval History]
*Details of the 3 volume [http://www.britishmedals.us/files/chinarolls.htm ''China Medal Roll 1856-60''] by K.J. Asplin Savannah Publications London 2004 from The Asplin Military History Resources. Includes ''Volume 1: Royal Navy '' including '''Indian Marine''', which is described in this [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=696 link]<ref>
[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=696 Thread] from Victorian Wars Forum dated August/September 2008</ref>. Available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1902366328 FIBIS Shop]. It appears that this volume should be available at the [[British Library]] (legal deposit requirement) but it does not appear in the British Library catalogue. Also see [[2nd China War]]
*[http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/military-meals-and-mutinies "Military meals and mutinies"] Blog by Vikram Doctor, December 12, 2012 ''The Economic Times''. Mentions the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny in 1946.
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/a-peek-into-indias-enduring-maritime-history/article4736411.ece?ref=slideshow#im-image-0 Slideshow: A peek into India's enduring maritime history] Photographs by K.K. Mustafah. The Southern Naval Command’s Maritime Museum, located at Fort Kochi, hosts a variety of exhibits tracing the origin and evolution of the Indian Navy. ''The Hindu'' May 21, 2013
*Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=189573&p=1986782 threadGreat War Forum ] about Gerald Edward Holland , born in Dublin about 1861, who joined the Royal Indian Marine in 1880 and his subsequent career.
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