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[[Image:PilotsPass.jpg|thumb|Pilot's Pass c.1890s]]
The '''Pilot service''' was established by the [[East India Company|EIC]] for piloting ocean-going ships up-river to their moorings, usually in the Hooghli off [[Calcutta]]. The corps of men devoted to this duty was highly respected by mariners.
==FIBIS resources==
[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=189&s_id=39 List of Bengal Branch Pilot's from 1847-1888]- FIBIS database website
== Related articles ==
*[[Bengal Pilot Service]]
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The '''Pilot service''' was established by the [[East India Company|EIC]] for piloting ocean-going ships up-river to their moorings, usually in the Hooghli off [[Calcutta]]. The corps of men devoted to this duty was highly respected by mariners.
==FIBIS resources==
[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=189&s_id=39 List of Bengal Branch Pilot's from 1847-1888]- FIBIS database website
== Related articles ==
*[[Bengal Pilot Service]]
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