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*[http://www.simonkidner.co.uk/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]
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**For microfilms available in the LDS (Mormon) library catalogue, see '''[[IOR Marine records on LDS films]]'''
*[http://www.eicships.info/index.html Andrea Cordani's EIC Ships website] which includes a [http://www.eicships.info/help/shiprole.html glossary of Ship roles] defining terms such as 'Regular Ship' , 'Extra Ship' and 'Country Ship.'
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/ National Maritime Museum Research Guides]
**[http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/BackgroundAims.html Maritime Memorials] in respect of ships’ crews’ deaths, in the Location category “Rest of World” has some entries for India, and other countries such as China, Singapore etc. National Maritime Museum website.<ref> Some entries are listed in the India List post [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2014-01/1388885968 Maritime cemetery entries from National Maritime Museum website]</ref>
*[http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EastIndiaResearch.html East India Company Mariners] including information on the Society of East India Commanders and a list of Commanders from 1828 from [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/index-2.html 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/IBON-INDEX.html Index of Ships' Official Numbers below 99,999], [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/ON1.htm Official Numbers: Ships over 300 g.t. built 1876 – 1949]
*[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.
*Maritime Resources 'Articles of Agreement' by Chris Wood dated 30 August 2013<ref>India-British-Raj List post [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2013-08/1377845411 Maritime Resources 'Articles of Agreement'] by Chris Wood dated 30 August 2013</ref>*[http://www.simonkidner.co.uk/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]*[http://blog.bullfarmoast.co.uk/?page_id=67 Henry Alfred Coggan’s Diary 1865. London to Calcutta]. The author, aged 19, worked his passage to India as a crew member on board the Staffordshire
*[http://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. 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://quivis.co.uk/dum/biog-contents.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.
*Private trading by sea captains is mentioned in [http://iserp.columbia.edu/research-initiatives/working-paper-series/routes-networks-structure-english-trade-east-indies-1601-1 "Routes into Networks: The Structure of English Trade in the East Indies, 1601-1833"] by Emily Erikson and Peter Bearman 2004. Columbia University Working Papers Series
*This The occupation of Master Attendant, equivalent to Harbour Master.<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-07/1279878133 thread] is about the occupation of Master Attendant, equivalent to Harbour Master. </ref> Initially it appears these men were part of EIC Marine, and later the [[Indian Navy|Royal Indian Marine]]
*[http://www.mmd.gov.in/history.html History of Development of Maritime Regulations/Acts and Changing body of Controlling Authorities] Mercantile Marine Department, Mumbai
*[http://www.movcon.org.uk/History/Documents/DID/D-MCHS%200290.10.htm Troopships and Trooping] by R G Robertson movcon.org.uk. Includes mention of troopships to India
