Records of Appointment for Officers to be in
the Bengal Pilot Service
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/C/689 - Catalogued as Appointments of volunteers for the Bombay
Marine and Pilot Service - 1794-1830
This single volume
is alphabetically indexed at the rear. There are two listings, the former
relate to lists of volunteers beginning with the Bombay Marine 1794 to 1817;
continuing with the Bengal Pilot Service from 1818 to 1830; then for the Bombay
Pilot Service 1828. The latter listing listings generally are related to
volunteers ‘attending the Committee’, beginning with the Bombay Marine jumbled
chronologically from 1795 to 1829. From there are appointments of the Bengal
Pilot Service August 1834 to October 1837
In a poor state,
formatted but not necessarily clear to modern readers, as well as being
exceedingly scruffy most of the time, no examples have been noted by me at this
time.
Also, there are
additional pages at the front, covering various subjects including a proposal
of abolishing the Bengal Pilot Service in 1828.
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/8/1 - Entry Papers for the Bengal Pilot Service 31st
March 1818 to 5th August 1844
This is one of
three volumes covering 1818 to 1861. In spite of the catalogued title, these
are actually ‘Original nominations, baptismal and other certificates’ as in the
Bombay Marine and these particular documents are presently in their original
form. There is an alphabetical index at the front. While there are some printed
forms, most of these are hand-written and typical for the mid nineteenth
century - scruffy and often not at all easy to read. No example has been copied
at this time.
Source: BL:
IOR: L/MAR/8/5 - Lists of Rank of Volunteers appointed to the Bengal Pilot
Service 1838-1861
Alphabetically
indexed at the front, this gives the order of seniority, who
they were sworn in by and details of sailing from the United Kingdom, often
with the vessels named.
.
Example:-
.
p.103
.
List No. 3 of 1854
(in continuation of the List Dated the 12th April 1854)
.
‘To rank from
the date of sailing from Gravesend &c. and in the following order
…
.
|
Sir ???? Campbell ?7th?
June /54 |
John Barnett |
Per
"Windsor" Sailed
28th June 1854’ |
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