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== History of the Bengal Pilot Service ==
Brice and Labey<ref name=Brice> Labey, Capt G.T. and Brice, Capt R.K.H. (1970), ''The Bengal Pilot Service''. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9. [http://remistry.wordpress.com Some chapters Chapters 1-5] are available online, see Historical books online, above. </ref> give a date of 1651 for the foundation of the service, but according to James Prinsep's Chronological Tables,<ref>Prinsep, James (1836). [http://books.google.com/books?id=BTYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA160 ''Useful Tables, Forming an Appendix to The Journal Of The Asiatic Society. Part the Second. Chronological and Genealogical Tables''], page 160. Google Books</ref> the service dates back to 1669:
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[1669 ...] This year also were received orders from home, to institute a pilot establishment at Hoogly, to build a pinnace to be manned with intelligent seamen from the Indiamen, to take charge of the shipping up and down. Thus originated the Bengal Pilot Service.
'''THS 12 ''The History of the Bengal Pilot Service'' by Brice & Labey'''
This is a unique unpublished history of the Bengal Pilot Service in the Historical Manuscripts Collection of the [[National Maritime Museum]]. It covers a wide range of aspects to do with the service and its employee's e.g. Appendix G ‘Obituaries’ comprises information from various sources for men of the Pilot service and their families. Chapters1-5 Some chapters of text, but no Appendices are available online.<ref name=Brice/>
'''The Percy-Smith Collection (MS 88/006)'''
===Historical books online===
* ''History of the Bengal Pilot Service'' complied by Captain G. T. Labey and compiled and edited by Captain R. K. H. Brice 1963. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9, which includes Appendices. [http://remistry.wordpress.com Chapters] (scroll down) are available online (remistry.wordpress.com) as follows, but there are no Appendices online:
**[https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/preface/ "Preface"]
**[https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/introduction-geographical-historical/ "Introduction : Historical"]
**[https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/1-the-early-merchant-adventurers-and-the-hooghly-1534-–-1696/ "Chapter 1. The Early Merchant Adventurers And The Hooghly (1534 – 1696)"]
**[https://remistry.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/2-years-of-expansion-1700-–-1800/ "Chapter 2. Years Of Expansion 1700 – 1800"]. At the end of this chapter is some further text under "Chapter 5. Years Of Consolidation 1800 – 1900".
*''On The Hooghly'' by M H Beattie 1935. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77306 Archive.org mirror version], from Digital Library of India.
*Read about the Bengal Pilot Service in September 1800, Pilot Mr Parry, the perils of shifting sand in the river, with numerous sharks and alligators [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA41 Part 10], page 41 from ''Cursory Remarks, on board the ship Friendship'' by Mary Anne Reid, continues [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA249 part 11] Google Books
