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Records at the British Library
:: 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.
::Note however, by using the [https://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do British Library Search Archives and Manuscripts] the British Library website has what appears to be later information, with details of records up to IOR/L/MAR/C/915 including
::*IOR/L/MAR/C/883 Courts martial on officers of the Indian Navy ‎ (1835-1840)
::*IOR/L/MAR/C/887 List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India 1838-1845
::*IOR/L/MAR/C/905 Index of engineers with details about allotment of pay ‎ (1860-1873)
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