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:There are three main series: L/MAR/A Ships' Journals 1605-1705; L/MAR/B Ships' Journals 1702-1856; L/MAR/C Marine Miscellaneous Records 1600-1879.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170602025700/http://www.bl.uk:80/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/maritimeservice/maritime.html The British Library IOR Maritime Service page], now archived.
** Read about [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/937f93cc-ccf5-4c31-951c-af92be35ea66 Ships' Journals '''IOR/L/MAR/A-B'''] 1605-1856. The various ships are listed alphabetically, following the order in ''Catalogue of East India Company Ships' Journals and Logs 1600-1834'' by Anthony J.Farrington (London, 1999).<br>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/937f93cc-ccf5-4c31-951c-af92be35ea66 Browse the ships’ names] (Discovery catalogue). Alternatively, use the ship's name in [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"].
:: Also see [[Ships' Journals]].
===British Library records on FamilySearch (LDS) microfilms===
For digitised microfilms available in the LDS (Mormon) library catalogue, see '''[[IOR Marine records on LDS films]]''' or search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Library Catalogue] using keywords India Office Marine Department. (See [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]for viewing information.)
:'''Note''': Microfilm ordering services has ceased however selected most microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format.
==Books==
*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/06/the-loss-of-the-east-indiaman-ganges.html "The loss of the East Indiaman ‘Ganges’" [in 1807<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 15 June 2017. British Library untold lives blog.
*[http://www.simonkidner.co.uk/sesostris/sesostris.html A Journal of a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay in the Ship Sesostris by James Smith, 1829-1831]
*[httphttps://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/indexindex_dum.html Captain Arthur David Linklater, ] Master Mariner] (known as Dum) - Duncan Linklater's excellent site contains information on shipping and navigation in the early twentieth century, including details of Linklater's employment by the British India Steam Navigation Company, the Royal Naval Reserve and the Calcutta Port Commission. It is located in the a section of the [http://quivis.co.uk/ Quivis] site called Dum. With scans and transcripts of original documents and many pages containing facts useful to those with an ancestor in sailing and shipping, exploring the site is recommended (note also the [httphttps://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/biog/biog-contents.html biographical section contents page]).:Also includes [https://www.quivis.uk/dum/dana/index_dana.html Dictionary of 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-24-working-along-mighty-rivers-of-the-east/ Chapter 24: "Working Along Mighty Rivers of the East"] from his autobiography ''Lest I Forget'' by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin (born 1923). Mentions the "India General Navigation Company Limited (an English company) and River Steamers Navigation Company Limited (a Scottish company). Originally competitors, they later merged to become known as the Joint Steamer Companies and together played a vital role in the development of inland water transport in Bengal and Assam.” The author joined I.G.N. Company, the British Inland Water Transport Company, in 1947. [http://sayeedsjournal.wordpress.com/chapter-26-working-with-the-joint-steamer-companies/ Chapter 26: "Working with the Joint Steamer Companies"]
*[http://www.bandcstaffregister.com The British and Commonwealth Register] The Companies, the Ships & The People. The category "Group Register" lists the companies covered.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c3oBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA235 ''A Journal of the Proceedings of the Doddington East-Indiaman, till she was unfortunately wrecked on the East Coast of Africa''] [in 1755]. page 235 ''A journal from Calcutta in Bengal, by sea, to Busserah'' by Bartholomew Plaisted 1758 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.24163 Archive.org version] includes a [https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.24163/24163#page/n247/mode/1up Map]. [http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004798747.0001.000 Transcribed edition umdl.umich.edu]
*[https://archive.org/details/b28763920 ''The India officer's and trader's pocket-guide. In purchasing the drugs and spices of Asia and the East-Indies: With practical directions for the choice of diamonds, and an accurate account of the Chinese touch-needles [by W. Lewis<nowiki>]</nowiki> ... To which are prefixed, a complete account of the officers privilege ... and the duties of, and drawbacks on, East India goods'']. Compiled from Authority by H D S. 2nd edition 1789 Archive.org. Includes information relating to Ships' crews, East India [Company] Service.
*[httphttps://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/b22017173/page/n5/mode/books?id=mPURAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 2up ''Journal of a Voyage Performed in the Lion Extra Indiaman, from Madras to Columbo and Da Lagoa Bay , on the eastern coast of Africa ... in the Year 1798''] by William White, Captain, [[73rd Regiment of Foot|73rd Highland Regiment of Foot]]. 1800 Google Books. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/mastermarinerbei00eastiala ''A Master Mariner. Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Robert William Eastwick''] edited by Herbert Compton. 1891 Archive.org. Captain Eastwick was born 1772. He arrived in Bombay in June 1792 and shortly afterwards joined a ship engaged in the 'country trade', and later owned his own ships. He last sailed c 1825 and wrote his autobiography c 1836.
**[https://archive.org/stream/mastermarinerbei00eastiala#page/40/mode/2up HEIC practices c 1791], page 41
*[https://archive.org/details/valiantvoyagings0000saun/page/n9 ''Valiant voyaging : a short history of the British India Steam Navigation Company in the Second World War, 1939-1945''] by Hilary St. George Saunders 1948. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes a Roll of Honour of Officers and Men who lost their lives at sea due to enemy action.
*[https://archive.org/details/investmentinempi0000thor/page/n5 ''Investment in Empire; British railway and steam shipping enterprise in India, 1825-1849''] by Daniel Thorner 1950. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianshippinghi00saha/page/n3/mode/2up ''Indian Shipping : a Historical Survey''] by Baldeo Sahai 1996. Archive.org. A Government of India publication.
*''Mercantile Navy List'' . See [[Royal Navy#Mercantile (Merchant) Navy List|Royal Navy - Mercantile (Merchant) Navy List]]
*Directories etc
