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FOR ALL THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN BRITISH
INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION (BI)
BI Staff
BI Commanders
Ships and their Commanders
1904 -1924
(from
British India SN Co Time Tables of these years)
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Africa |
E G Smith |
A E G Tipper |
|
|
|
Amarapoora |
|
D G M Sim |
- |
|
|
Amra |
J W Ross |
T C Lima |
|
|
|
Angora |
|
|
H P Learmont |
F B Bignold |
G Simpson Jones |
Arankola |
|
|
J R P Alexander |
A J Watkins |
E de G Diamond |
Aronda |
|
|
E B Hirst |
J G Kilner |
J G Kilner |
Arratoon Apcar |
|
|
W Walker |
- |
J F Ramsay
(in charge) |
Aska |
F R Cammack |
C J Swanson |
|
|
|
Australia |
|
|
|
M J Hunt |
C H Lane |
Avoca |
W A Fausset |
E H Garland |
|
|
|
Bamora |
|
|
(building) |
C J Halls |
S K Baird |
Bancoora |
C W Goode |
C S Emmett |
|
|
|
Bandra |
|
|
(building) |
S R Lane |
J Fisher |
Bangala |
J Nash |
J R P
Alexander |
E G Carré |
- |
- |
Bankura |
|
|
T B H Whytehead |
T A Robinson |
T A Robinson |
Barala |
|
|
|
A C Miller |
A C Miller |
Barjora |
|
|
F R Cammack |
F A Grace |
W Samuel |
Baroda |
|
|
A C G Horscroft |
A E Oliver |
G Irwin |
Barpeta |
|
|
(building) |
G J Harley |
V O Bannehr |
Berbera |
|
|
W Lemarchand |
|
|
Bezwada |
L Y Archdeacon |
H Carey |
|
|
|
Bhadra |
A E G
Tipper |
E G Carré |
S R Lane |
M McIntyre |
W H Hemmings |
Bharata |
J G Bowman |
A J Windebank |
D M Macdonald |
A W A
Kinipple |
|
Bhundara |
C H Sharp |
S Boon |
|
|
|
Bihara |
E Foster |
|
|
|
|
Binfield |
|
|
|
C H Fea |
D M Gill |
Booldana |
F R G
Cunningham |
J LeFeuvre |
(hulk) J
Fisher
(in charge) |
|
|
Bulimba |
A S Houston |
H W Bamber |
(hulk) A
P Le Bas
(in charge) |
|
|
Byculla |
J H Addenbrooke |
J F Crookston |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Canara |
A D Morton |
T Kerr |
R G Dagge |
H F H
Gibsone |
C G Cocklin |
Carpentaria |
|
J T Hirst |
E G Davis |
S N Rowe |
S N Rowe |
Catherine Apcar |
|
|
A F G Warrington |
|
|
Chakdara |
|
|
(building) |
L A Beytagh |
A F G Warrington |
Chakdina |
|
|
(building) |
J Cuthbert |
J Cuthbert |
Chakla |
|
|
(building) |
C G Cocklin |
A E Woollatt |
Chakrata |
|
|
W B Smith |
J W Gilchrist |
J F Armour |
Chanda |
|
(building) |
F R Gun-Cuninghame |
C C Gwyn |
C C Gwyn |
Chantala |
|
|
R Phillips |
A B D'Cruz |
L A Beytagh |
Chilka |
C S Emmett |
|
H Fenton |
H W Tallent |
H W Tallent |
Chilkana |
|
|
(building) |
|
|
Chindwara |
H Carey |
|
R P Williams |
C Davidson |
W H Jones |
Chinkoa |
|
|
J Kilpatrick |
F StC
Johnson |
F StC Johnson |
Chupra |
J F Crookston |
(building) |
D Macfadyen |
- |
|
Chyebassa |
|
|
P L Wadge |
B Gulliver |
- |
Coconada |
|
|
A F Hitchings |
H Fenton |
H Fenton |
Colaba |
|
(building) |
J W Ross |
T T Mardon |
S R Lane |
Commilla |
D Macfadyen |
|
|
|
|
Cooeyanna |
|
|
C H Hoxley |
|
|
Cranfield |
|
|
|
J A Wright |
P L Brisley |
Culna |
J Mc Lean |
|
J Farquharson |
S Slightam |
|
Dalgoma |
|
|
|
(building) |
H J Baker |
Dilwara |
A W Mann |
A W Mann |
G N Ramage |
|
|
Domala |
|
|
|
W E Whittingham |
W E Whittingham |
Dumana |
|
|
|
(building) |
H Stockwell |
Dumra |
R J Rickford |
C P Seddon |
A D Burbridge |
W Wigger |
W Wigger |
Dunera |
J Smith |
J Smith |
E G M Dickinson |
|
|
Durenda |
|
|
|
H M Cutbush |
W W Wilson |
Dwarka |
D L Neilson |
E B Hirst |
W Moxon |
B Smith |
A G Fishley |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Edavana |
|
|
J S Reddock |
G R Elton |
G R Elton |
Egra |
|
|
D J Chivas |
C C McNair |
A W Kinipple |
Ekma |
|
|
J G Kilner |
L J Glendenning |
R W White |
Elephanta |
|
|
R H Coope |
H Chidley |
H Chidley |
Ellenga |
|
|
H G Muir |
E G Carre |
H G Ellis |
Ellora |
W Lemarchand |
R B Henderson |
H A Sharpe |
T B H
Whytehead |
J A Wright |
Erinpura |
|
|
A B D'Cruz |
|
C C McNair |
Ethiopia |
H J Paterson |
A D Morton |
|
J Warden |
H F Minnett |
Euryalus |
|
|
J F Downing |
- |
|
Fazilka |
J Wilson |
W W Allen |
J K Rose |
|
|
Fultala |
J Kilpatrick |
F W Fry |
H F Minett |
J Rowe |
|
Gairsoppa |
|
|
|
R A M Ayres |
C Brown |
Gamaria |
|
|
|
S Tobitt |
S Slightam |
Gambada |
|
|
|
L W Lowth |
G H A Denne |
Gambhira |
|
|
|
W H Baldock |
J W Schleicher |
Gandara |
|
|
|
W G Shillinglaw |
B Smith |
Garada |
|
|
|
R P Fysh |
B F Gulliver |
Garbeta |
|
|
|
F Hatchard |
F Hatchard |
Garmula |
|
|
|
P E Lyne |
P E Lyne |
Gazana |
|
|
|
A D Hepburn |
A D Hepburn |
Gharinda |
|
|
|
D L Livingston |
T V Holyoake |
Goa |
W T Stewart |
S Maclachlan |
|
|
|
Goalpara |
A J Cole |
W Moxon |
|
A McLean |
H E S Levy |
Gogra |
|
|
|
T M Hall |
T M Hall |
Golconda |
A B Cave |
A B Cave |
R P Fysh |
J S Mann |
W G Shillinglaw |
Goorkha |
T Kerr |
G J Goss |
|
|
|
Gorala |
|
|
|
W H Jones |
A B D'Cruz |
Gracchus |
|
|
J R Patrick |
D S Lawson |
|
Gregory Apcar |
|
|
J E Drake |
V O Bannehr |
|
Gurna |
|
|
|
H Owen |
G A Leech |
Gwalior |
H L Parsons |
W T Stewart |
|
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|
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|
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|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Haresfield |
|
|
|
H Foskett |
A P LeBas |
Hatarana |
|
|
|
W W Wilson |
H G Woodget |
Hatimura |
|
|
|
F L Moth |
F L Moth |
Hatipara |
|
|
|
R W Hocking |
R W Hocking |
Hatkhola |
|
|
|
E Prince |
E Prince |
Henzada |
C E Hodgson |
G R Elton |
|
|
|
Hindu |
T Costello |
J E Drake |
T C Lima |
- |
|
Homefield |
|
|
|
R D Cooper |
J G Lindon |
Howra |
|
|
|
T C Weatherby |
T C Weatherby |
Huzara |
H McCelland |
|
|
|
|
Hymettus |
|
|
A J Evans |
|
C E Atkins |
Ikhona |
H J Willsher |
|
|
|
|
India |
J C Kirkham |
|
|
|
|
Islanda |
J Anderson |
H J Brooks |
J A Davidson |
|
|
Ismaila |
W W Tucker |
A E Stebbing |
E W Peck |
|
|
Itaura |
C R Kendall |
C R Kendall |
H Chidley |
|
|
Itinda |
J Stone |
J W Robertson |
M McClelland |
|
|
Itola |
J W Robertson |
S R Hartley |
R S B Butler |
|
|
Itonus |
|
|
H G Piggott |
|
|
Itria |
J C Tice |
T Johnston |
T Walsh |
|
|
Janus |
|
|
C Macdonald |
P H Beeching |
P H Beeching |
Japan |
|
|
C P Seddon |
A Munro |
A Munro |
Java |
E G M
Dickinson |
|
|
|
|
Jelunga |
A J Windebank |
T J Grier |
J R O'Sullivan |
|
|
Jumna |
E W Peck |
H C Fenwick |
|
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|
|
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|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Kangra |
A R Radcliffe |
|
|
|
|
Kapurthala |
H W Bamber |
J H Addenbrooke |
A Munro |
- |
|
Karagola |
|
|
|
W A Fitt |
F R Cammack |
Karapara |
|
|
|
W Walker |
G J Harley |
Karoa |
|
|
|
D M Macdonald |
D M Macdonald |
Kasara |
J T Hirst |
H M Cutbush |
C R King |
|
|
Katoria |
M G Williams |
E G M
Dickinson |
F M Austin |
|
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Kerbela |
E Y Watson |
|
|
|
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Khandalla |
|
|
|
|
J F Downing |
Kistna |
N Fletcher |
H P Learmont |
C G Cocklin |
|
|
Kola |
H McDiarmid |
F Chappell |
G H A Denne |
|
|
Lady Blake |
|
|
|
C O Kimber |
M MacIntyre |
Lalpoora |
R B Kedslie |
A J Cole |
|
|
|
Lama |
|
M G Williams |
G W Sinclair |
- |
|
Landaura |
J S Hutchison |
R G Dagge |
|
|
|
Lawada |
A E Stebbing |
W Lemarchand |
|
|
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Lhasa |
|
H McDiarmid |
H M Cutbush |
- |
- |
Lighting |
|
|
S G Cave |
|
|
Lindula |
H B C
Plommer |
H J Paterson |
A R W Handcock |
|
|
Linga |
|
R J Rickford |
H Manley |
A E Woollatt |
- |
Loodiana |
S R Hartley |
C E Dodgson |
|
|
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Lunka |
|
R Henderson |
T Costello |
|
- |
|
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Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Madura |
S Maclachlan |
J McLean |
|
S G Cave |
S G Cave |
Malda |
R F Thomson |
E G Davis |
H J Brooks |
T N Gray |
T N Gray |
Mandala |
|
|
(building) |
T W J
Hewitt |
T W J Hewitt |
Manela |
|
|
|
S H Maples |
S H Maples |
Manora |
A Sanders |
A Sanders |
A D Morton |
W Buswell |
W Buswell |
Mantola |
|
|
(building) |
D F James |
D F James |
Margha |
|
|
(building) |
R A Milne |
R A Milne |
Mashobra |
|
|
(building) |
J H Galgey |
J H Galgey |
Masula |
|
|
(building) |
R A Holman |
R A Holman |
Matahari |
|
|
|
A Winstanley |
A Winstanley |
Matiana |
W B Smith |
W A Fausett |
E H Garland |
D H Langlands |
D H Langlands |
Megna |
P McGregor |
A G Abbott |
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Mergui |
T C Lima |
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Merkara |
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|
(building) |
F E Harvey |
F E Harvey |
M Meanatchy |
H A Sharpe |
H A Sharpe |
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Modasa |
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|
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C R King |
C R King |
Mombassa |
G G C Stevenson |
G G C
Stevenson |
R F Thomson |
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Mongara |
|
|
(building) |
|
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Morvada |
|
|
(building) |
T L Mills |
T L Mills |
Mulbera |
|
|
|
W R Steadman |
W R Steadman |
Mundra |
|
|
|
B E Tallack |
B E Tallack |
Muttra |
J R P Alexander |
E W Peck |
H Carey |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Nagina |
|
|
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R F Thomson |
A McLean |
Nalgora |
|
|
|
A D Kinnear |
A D Kinnear |
Nardana |
|
|
|
H Brown |
H Brown |
Naringa |
|
|
|
(building) |
A T Andreason |
Nerbudda |
P H Stunt |
H Manley |
|
A J Evans |
B N Williams |
Neuralia |
|
|
A H Acheson |
H Manley |
H Manley |
Nevasa |
C P Seddon |
C F Evans |
R Henderson |
C J Swanson |
C J Swanson |
Nirpura |
|
|
|
J H Hughes |
J H Hughes |
Nirvana |
|
|
|
J Blencowe |
C H D Cross |
Nowshera |
F Dewing |
J Farquharson |
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C H D
Cross |
J Blencowe |
Nuddea |
C Scott |
F C Dewing |
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W C Morrison |
W C Morrison |
Obra |
T Johnston |
A H Acheson |
H C Fenwick |
J W Schleicher |
|
Okara |
H C Fenwick |
J G Bowman |
H Maude |
A S Poole |
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Okhla |
E H Garland |
H McClelland |
S H Maples |
|
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Onda |
R Henderson |
F Alton |
F G Pittam |
- |
- |
Onipenta |
W H Watkeys |
W H Hill |
|
|
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Oolobaria |
W H Hill |
W H Watkeys |
P W Raddock |
|
|
Orissa |
F W Fry |
F R Gun-Cuninghame |
J B Redfern |
E T Vine |
|
Ormara |
|
|
|
W A R Hancock |
H J Cook |
Orna |
|
|
P E Lyne |
H G Ellis |
H Partridge |
Ozarda |
|
|
T L Mills |
G M Davis |
G M Davis |
Pachumba |
G M Symmers |
A B DeCruz |
|
|
|
Palamcotta |
J B Pearson |
T P Babb |
G R Elton |
|
|
Palitana |
H J Brooks |
A S Houston |
J V LeGrand |
|
|
Pentakota |
R H Coope |
R F Thomson |
W T Stewart |
|
|
Pundua |
C Willis |
J C Kerkham |
- |
|
|
Purnea |
F W Packham |
R P Fysh |
M G Williams |
G Irwin |
|
Putiala |
E B Hirst |
H J Willsher |
H W Bamber |
|
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|
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|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Queda |
|
R H Coope |
H J Rouse |
|
|
Querimba |
|
W B Smith |
C H Lane |
D M Gill |
|
Quiloa |
|
J Anderson |
G J Goss |
T V Holyoake |
|
Ramapoora |
A Haughton |
|
H F Owen |
|
|
Rangoon |
E M Barrett |
|
|
|
|
Rasmara |
J E Drake |
E M Barrett |
E M Barrett |
|
|
Rewa |
H P Jones |
|
T Kerr |
|
|
Rohilla |
|
|
D L Neilson |
|
|
Sangola |
W H Jacobs |
W H Jacobs |
H J Willsher |
F C Studdart |
|
Santhia |
R Phillips |
R Phillips |
J W Robertson |
A F G
Warrington |
|
Satara |
G J Goss |
J M Tyrrell |
|
|
|
Scindia |
J E T Butler |
T A B
Hawkes |
|
|
|
Sealda |
J M Tyrrell |
J Kilpatrick |
F W Johnson |
|
|
Secundra |
R W G Lowe |
|
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|
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Shirala |
R H Brown |
R H Brown |
W C Morrison |
|
|
Sir Harvey Adamson |
|
|
|
F V Green |
F V Green |
Sirdhana |
E R Robinson |
H Maud |
|
|
|
Sirsa |
A G Abbott |
L B Clarke |
|
T G P
Fenn |
T G P Fenn |
Sofala |
G A Shepherd |
D L Neilson |
F L Moth |
H Davey |
|
Surada |
R E Honeywood |
M England |
W J Bishop |
G E Brooks |
G E Brooks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Takada |
|
|
(building) |
P W Rowe |
P W Rowe |
Talma |
|
|
|
|
J R O'Sullivan |
Tanda |
|
|
(building) |
J A Davidson |
T R H Whytehead |
Tanfield |
|
|
|
R R Pollinger |
R R Pottinger |
Tara |
F Herrington |
F Herrington |
E W Hamlyn |
- |
E G Carré |
Taroba |
C Browning |
T P Nailer |
J H Addenbrooke |
G Simpson-Jones |
- |
Teesta |
A M Rait |
C Williss |
C Willis |
E de G
Diamond |
W A R Hancock |
Thongwa |
T M Whitehead |
T M Whitehead |
O M Robins |
- |
- |
Torilla |
|
|
C J Swanson |
J S Reddoch |
D J McGowan |
Uganda |
J W Livingston |
P L Wadge |
L Y Archdeacon |
|
|
Ujina |
S Boon |
R E Honywood |
H W Hill |
|
|
Ula |
M England |
J W Livingstone |
A E Oliver |
E G Brooks |
|
Umaria |
|
|
(building) |
|
|
Umeta |
|
|
(building) |
|
|
Umballa |
C A Hugill |
C A Hugill |
W R Sparrow |
|
|
Umta |
D F Lee |
R W G
Lowe |
T P Babb |
H Partridge |
|
Upada |
F Sheldrick |
F Sheldrick |
J G LeBrocq |
C Brown |
|
Urlana |
W W Allen |
J E T
Butler |
E D Pratt |
E Coleborn |
|
|
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|
|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
Vadala |
J Skinner |
J Skinner |
|
|
|
Varela |
|
|
(building) |
H W Wells |
C J Halls |
Varsova |
|
|
(building) |
A G Kitson |
A E Oliver |
Vasna |
R G Dagge |
|
(building) |
A F W
Hitchings |
A F W Hitchings |
Virawa |
J A Robertson |
P H Stunt |
J F Crookston |
|
|
Vita |
F Alton |
|
(building) |
W E Grant |
W E Grant |
Waipara |
|
J K Rose |
|
H P Learmont |
|
Wangaratta |
|
|
|
E W O'Connor |
E W O'Connor |
Wardha |
W L Stewart |
J Wilson |
|
|
|
Warfield |
|
|
|
R Steele |
R Steele |
Waroonga |
E G Davis |
C S Forbes |
|
|
|
Warora |
C S Forbes |
J V Le
Grand |
|
|
|
Winkfield |
|
|
|
J T Brooks |
J T Brooks |
Woodarra |
|
|
|
J V Reilly |
J V Reilly |
Yamuna |
J Henderson |
|
|
|
|
Zaida |
T J Grier |
A M Rait |
|
G E Lash |
|
Zamania |
A H Acheson |
T P Tilling |
|
|
|
Zibenghla |
T P Nailer |
F W Packham |
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