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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/4
Title:
'MARINE RECORDS. MISCELLANEOUS. 4.'
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain various documents relating to different voyages, mostly East India Company voyages. There is a list of contents of the volumes on folios 4-5 of the first volume, signed by W Foster, presumably William Foster, Registrar and Superintendent of Records at the India Office, da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Mar 1606-20 Mar 1896
Extent:

2 volumes (209 folios)

2. IOR/L/MAR/C/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/20
Title:
‘Loyall Cooks. Acco:ts 1708’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains: Accounts of goods received on board the East India Company ship Loyall Cook [usually written as Loyal Cooke], including East India Company goods, goods for the Captain and members of the crew, goods for the Supercargoes, stores of food and drink for the crew, Carpenter’s st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1708-4 Mar 1709
Extent:

1 volume (19 folios)

3. IOR/L/MAR/C/73A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/73A
Title:
Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The Minutes of the Council of India on miscellaneous marine matters. Correspondence discusses the following topics: Cost of maintenance of light vessel at Little Basses Rocks and light dues collected Stern wheel steamers Subscription to funds of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics Stores and fittin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
1 volume (395 folios)

4. IOR/L/MAR/C/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/529
Title:
List of ships in alphabetical order with full physical description, names of builders, places built, and date of launching
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a list of names of ships arranged in alphabetical order, issued by the Master Attendant's Office. Beside the names of ships, the following details have been provided for nearly every ship: decks; thickness of bottom; extreme length; length of keel for tonnage; extreme breadth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1757-1827
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

5. IOR/L/MAR/C/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570
Title:
Steam Navigation to Internal and External Communications of India, Volume 8
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence relating to the journals and diaries of explorations in the area of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters in the context of improving navigation and communications between England and India. A list of contents is given on folio 10: 'Captain Mark Wood's Narrativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1832
Extent:
1 volume (587 folios)

6. IOR/L/MAR/C/573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/573
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers preparations for the expedition, the sea journey fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1834-18 Jan 1836
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

7. IOR/L/MAR/C/574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/574
Title:
Euphrates expedition
Scope & Content:
Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1834-23 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 volume (570 folios)

8. IOR/L/MAR/C/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/586
Title:
Survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company's Cruiser Ternate
Scope & Content:
A survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company cruisers the Ternate and the Sylph (1810-1811). Folios 23-142 contain a report of proceedings on board the Ternate, 1 January-25 September 1811. The report contains: The daily entri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

9. IOR/L/MAR/C/587

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/587
Title:
'Papers relating to Seas, Rivers and Countries connected with Steam Navigation in Asia'
Scope & Content:
Volume containing journals and other descriptions of journeys in and around the Arabian Peninsula and India, particularly sea and river journeys. The volume contains: ‘Captain Wainwright's Remarks on the Navigation of the Persian Gulph 1809-1810’ (folios 3-28), containing a description of the n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1811-13 Mar 1834
Extent:
1 volume (539 folios)

10. IOR/L/MAR/C/887

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/887
Title:
List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India
Scope & Content:
The file consists of letters regarding lists of passengers, mails and packets on board individual East India Company steam ships and vessels on different voyages from India, Suez or Aden, between 1838 and 1845. The main route is that taken from Bombay to Suez via the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1838-11 Sep 1845
Extent:
1 volume (126 folios)