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*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EastIndiaResearch.html East India Company Mariners] including info on the Society of East India Commanders and a list of Commanders from 1828 from 'Mariners - Researching the mariners and ships of the merchant marine and the world's navies'. This website also contains the [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/MarinersList.html Mariners Mailing List]. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search Search the Mariners Mailing List Archives]
*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EICintro.htm Merchant Vessels in the Service of the East India Company, 1601-1832] on the Mariners website. Lists ship details.
*[http://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=38 html Arthur David Linklater, Master Mariner] - 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 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 [http://www.quivis.co.uk/indexdum/biog-contents.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=198&Itemid=64 html biographical section contents page]).
*[http://www.biship.com/history.htm A Short History of British India Steam Navigation 1856-1956] from B I Ship. Contains details of the establishment of The Calcutta & Burmah Steam Navigation Co Ltd which became the British India Steam Navigation Co. [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bisn.html British India Steam Navigation Company] from the Ships’ List
*[http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/asiatic.htm Asiatic Steam Navigation Company] from the Ships’ List.
