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*[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"].
::Note, some of these Ships' Journals have been digitised, and the digital versions may be accessed from links from the British Library's Catalogue for Archives and Manuscripts.
:: Also see [[Ships' Journals]].
:*A description of [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/41314113-2463-4b40-90d4-d99316d3f475 Marine Miscellaneous Records '''IOR/L/MAR/C'''] 1600-1879.(Discovery) "The collection is in process of re-arrangement and listing in separate series L/MAR/1-9 according to type and provenance". Included in these records are "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" but no further details are given.
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 FamilySearch Library Catalogue] using keywords India Office Marine Department. (See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for viewing information.)
:'''Note''': Microfilm ordering services has ceased however most all microfilms have been digitised and most/all? are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre, and most of the records originating from the British Library also appear to be viewable at FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format.
==Books==
*National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
**[https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research-guides National Maritime Museum Research Guides]
**[https://memorials.rmg.co.uk Maritime Memorials] in respect of ships’ crews’ deaths. Search for entries for India, Burma, Burmah and Myanmar, Ceylon and Sri Lanka, and other countries such as China, Singapore etc. (Entries for Karachi were classified as India). Some entries are listed below.<ref> Some entries are listed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20200813063344/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/312109/ Maritime cemetery entries from National Maritime Museum website] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 January 2014, now archived. The correct [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year ''Notes and Queries''] reference for the Karachi burials mentioned appears to be Vol 170 1936. Note it is now possible to Search in [https://archive.org/details/pub_notes-and-queries?&sort=date ''Notes and Queries'' 1849-2014] collection Archive.org. This collection is a series of digitised microfilmed weekly editions. If you have a reference, select the required year from the filters on the left hand side of the webpage. In addition, there may be other editions which can be found by a general search for this title. It is possible to Search text contents for the whole collection.</ref>, or search by name. An associated National Maritime Museum website.
*: '''Update''' noted 2023/01. This database now appears only to be available to researchers onsite at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, see the page [https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/library-archive/maritime-memorials-searching-lives-lost-sea Searching for lives lost at sea] rmg.co.uk
*:However, noted 2023/01/24 the website "Maritime Memorials" seems to be freely available again.
*: Also see Historical books online, below, for some deaths in the Middle East, including maritime related deaths.
**[http://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy-1915] National Maritime Museum. The crews originated from all over the world and on some vessels the British nationals were in a minority.
*[http://www.crewlist.org.uk/#top CLIP - the Crew List Index Project]. A not-for-profit volunteer project, with databases of British seafarers and ships records, set up to assist research into the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century.
*[https://maps.nls.uk/world/rec/5842 1923 Map: The World - Sailing Ship Routes] Great Britain. Hydrographic Office. London : HMSO, 1923. maps.nls.uk
====Historical books online====
*[https://archive.org/details/cemet-middle-east-africa-images/mode/2up ''Monumental Inscriptions of Europeans in cemeteries in the Middle East and Africa''] Archive.org includes some Maritime deaths, including deaths in Iran (Persian Gulf) for Indian Navy etc*''Lloyd's List'', a newspaper of shipping intelligence published in London, is available on the pay websites [[Findmypast]] and British Newspaper Archive. The planned date range is 1801-1914, see currently (2021/10/31) missing some years. See [[Newspapers and journals online#Lloyd’s List|Newspapers and journals online - Lloyd's List]] for more details. The planned date range is 1801-1914, currently (2021/10/31) missing including some yearsonline books for the period 1741-1826.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Lloyd%27s+Register+Foundation%2C+Heritage+%26+Education+Centre%22&sort=date&page=1 ''Lloyd's Register of Shipping''] broken range 1764-1960. Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015003557488?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''The History of Piracy''] by Philip Gosse 1934, first published 1932. HathiTrust Digital Library. Contains "Book IV: The Pirates of the East". [https://archive.org/details/historyofpiracy0000goss/mode/2up 2007 reprint edition] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. An earlier book was [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19564 ''The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers''] by Philip Gosse, first published 1924 Gutenberg.org, or [https://archive.org/details/pirateswhoswhogi0000goss/page/n3/mode/2up 1968 reprint edition] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
