The Bengal Pilot Service (BPS) was an arm of the British East India Company (EIC). Its pilot boats were responsible for guiding East Indiamen, and other vessels, up and down the Hooghly River between Calcutta and the sea. The BPS vessels and their role were transferred to the Indian Navy in 1834.
The information in the tables below comes primarily from Phipps (designated with a "â "), or Hackman (designated with a "â¡"). The vessels listed are those one source or the other identified as serving the Bengal Pilot Service. Where the two sources disagree with respect to some datum such as year of launch, or burthen, the first datum mentioned is from Phipps and the second is from Hackman.
A & B
C
D â G
H & I
J â M
N â R
S â W
Notes
Citations
References
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- East India Company (1959) Fort William: India House Correspondence and Other Contemporary Papers Relating Thereto (foreign, Political, and Secret). (National Archives of India).
- Falconer, Hugh (1852) Report on the Teak Forests of the Tenasserim Provinces: With Other Papers on the Teak Forests of India
- Fort William-India House Correspondence and Other Contemporary Papers Relating Thereto (1981) (Manager of Publications).
- New Oriental Register and East-India directory for 1802 (1802). (Black's & Parry).
- Selections from the Calcutta Gazettes of the Years 1874 'to 1932, Inclusive' Showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India Eighty Years Ago. (1865).