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A companion volume to the "Catalogue", see below, the biographical index provides summaries of the sea careers of some 12,000 individuals who made the voyage to Asia as commanders, mates, surgeons, or pursers in the service of the EIC. The information has been compiled from the surviving ships' journals, logs, paying-off books and associated sources in the Company's archives at the British Library. Available at the [[British Library]].
== Links External links ==
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/maritimeservice/maritime.html The British Library IOR Maritime Service page].
:*There is a set of records called Ships' Journals IOR/L/MAR/A-B 1605-1856. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_1&cid=1-1#1-1 Read] about these records . 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>Browse the ships names [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_1&cid=1-1#1-1 A-Dav], [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_2&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Daw-Han], [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_3&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Hap-Mas], [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_4&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Mat-Sat], [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_5&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Sc-Z plus extra ships names from 1834].
* [http://www.eicships.info/index.html Andrea Cordani's EIC Ships website] which includes a [http://www.eicships.info/help/glossary.html glossary] defining terms such as 'Regular Ship' and 'Extra Ship'
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=aaoBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=collett+bombay&as_brr=1 ''A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Honorable the United East India Company 1716-1810''] By by Charles Hardy, Horatio Charles Hardy
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~kidners/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]
*Len Barnett’s [http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/index.htm British Maritime History - Realistic genealogical guides to surviving records and more] , Len Barnett’s site, has sections on ::*[http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainheic.htm EIC]- A realistic guide to what is available to those looking into the careers of seagoing servants (1600-1834) :*[http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainheicmainbombay.htmBombay Marine]:*Bombay Marine [http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainbombaymainbengal.htmBengal Marine ]*[http:*Bengal Marine //www.quivis.co.uk/dum/index.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. 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.barnettmaritimequivis.co.uk/mainbengaldum/contents.htmhtml biographical section contents page]).
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