Merchant ships – British India
This collection includes more than 200 original images that date back almost to the middle of the 19thC . They have been digitised, generally, at a modest resolution and may best be considered to be viewed as a catalogue of some 200 vessels.
Many of these images were provided by Max Hinchcliffe.
Copies can be digitally scanned on request, by agreement. For costs and availability of obtaining any of these photos without watermark, as an electronic file, as a print from the original negative (where available) or as some other format, contact the Maritime Records and Research Centre’s Curator on mrrc@shf.org.au or 02 9298 3850, quoting the full file name and giving details of format wanted.
Copyright for the majority of these images from the collection is vested in the Sydney Heritage Fleet. For the remaining images every attempt has been made to ensure correct attribution. If any originator of an image notes an error the Sydney Heritage Fleet would welcome any notification and will remove that image or modify its attribution.
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- AMRA SS BI. 1938-1965.
- AMRA SS. BI. 1938-1965.
- AMRA, BI. 1938-1965.postcard.
- ANGORA BI. 1911-1937.postcard.
- ARACOON EPCAR SS,BI.1912-1932.
- ARANKOLA BI. 1911-1937.postcard.
- ARONDA BI 1912-1939. Postcard.
- ARONDA BI,1941-1963.postcard.
- ARONDA SS.BI.1941-1963.
- ARONDA. BI. 1941- 1963. postcard.
- AUSTRALIA. BI.1915-1936.postcard.
- AVOCA SS.BI. Tug PS VIGILANT. 1891-1907.
- BAGHDAD SS,BI.1871-1898.
- BAMBRA, copy print.
- BARALA BI 1912-1952.postcard.
- BEZWADA SS.BI.1893-1913.
- BHADRA SS BI. 1920-1929.
- BHARATA SS. BI.1903-1923.
- BIRKSGATE.AUSN,1882-1904.
- British India(BI) ships @ Port Adelaide,c.1960s.
- BULIMBA SS BI.1899-1922.
- BULIMBA,BI. 1882-1923.
- BULIMBA,BI. 1959-1971. postcard.
- CAMORTA SS BI.1891-1902.
- CANARA MV.BI. 1942-1968.
- CARPENTARIA MV. BI. 1949-1973.
- CARPENTARIA SS,BI,1949.
- CARPENTARIA SS.BI.1904-xx.
- CATHERINE APCAR SS,BI. 1912-1922.
- CHAKDARA MV.BI.1951-1972.
- CHAKDARA, BI. 1914-1933.
- CHAKDINA MV.BI. 1951-1973.
- CHAKRATA BI, 1913-1953. postcard.
- CHANDA MV.BI.1944-1969.
- CHANDA SS.BI. 1906-1925.
- CHANDA SS.BI. 1944-xx.
- CHANDPARA MV, BI. 1949-1970.
- CHANDPARA MV. 1949-1970.
- CHANTALA BI, 1920-1941.
- CHANTALA MV. BI. 1950-1971.
- CHANTALA MV.BI. 1950-1971 at Bennelong Pt.
- CHILKA MV.BI.1950-1972.
- CHILKA SS.BI. 1910-1917.
- CHINDWARA BI,W'oo,Sydney.1950-1971.
- CHINDWARA MV.BI. 1950-1971.
- CHINDWARA SS.BI. 1913-1933.
- CHINDWARA SS.BI. 1913-1934.
- CHINKOA MV. BI.1952-1972.
- CHUPRA SS.BI. 1906-1924.
- CHYEBASSA SS.BI. 1907-1938
- COCONADA BI. 1910-1933. Postcard.
- COOEYANNA SS.BI. 1913-1923.
- COOEYANNA SS.BI.1913-1933.
- CRANFIELD BI. 1912-1942.
- CULNA SS BI,1879-1904.
- DACCA SS.BI. c.1881.
- DALGOMA BI, 1923-1946.
- DARA MV.BI. 1948-1961.
- DARA,BI. 1948-1961.postcard.
- DARESSA MV.BI. 1950-1964.
- DEVON,SS.BI. (1915) 1934-1941.
- DILWARA MV.BI. 1936-1960.
- DOMALA BI,1921-1940.
- DUMRA MV. BI. 1946-1973.
- DUNERA.BI.1937-1967
- DWARKA MV.BI. 1922-1937.
- EGRA BI. 1911-1950.postcard.
- EGRA SS BI.1911-1950.
- EKMA SS.BI. 1911-1948.
- ELEPHANTA BI. 1911-1939. postcard.
- ELLENGA BI. 1911-1947.
- ELLINGA ,BI.1911-1948.
- ELLINGA SS.BI. 1911-1948.
- ELLORA SS.BI. 1959-1969.
- ELLORA SS.BI.1879-1907.
- ELLORA SS.BI.1879-1907.
- ELLORA,BI. 1911-1938. postcard
- ERINPURA SS BI.1911-1943.
- ERINPURA SS.BI.1911-1943.
- ETHIOPIA BI 1924-1949.
- FAZILKA SS.BI. 1890-1919.
- FULTALA SS. BI.1890-1923.
- FULTALA SS.BI. 1948-1960.
- GAMARIA BI 1920-1949.postcard.
- GARBETA MV.BI. 1948-1963.
- GOLCONDA SS BI.1888-1916.
- GOLCONDA SS.BI. 1888-1916.
- HATARANA SS BI. 1919-1942.
- HMT VITA, BI. postcard.
- HYMETTUS SS.BI.1913-1926.
- IKHAUNA SS.BI. 1941-1958.
- INDIA, BI, 1881-1892.
- ITOLA SS,BI. 1940-1958.
- ITOLA SS.BI. 1900-1922.
- JUMNA SS.BI.tug MAUDE, 1886-1907.
- JUNA BI, 1927-1941.Postcard.
- KAMPALA BI, 1947-1971 postcard.
- KAMPALA SS. BI.1947-1971.
- KAMPALA, BI. 1947-1971. postcard.
- KAMPALA. BI. 1947-1971. Postcard.
- KAPURTHALA SS BI.1887-1923.
- KARANJA MV.BI.1948-1988.
- KARANJA SS.BI. 1931- 1942.
- KARAPARA BI. 1915-1950.
- KARAPARA SS.BI. 1915-1950.
- KENYA SS.BI. 1951-1969.
- KENYA, BI. 1951-1969. postcard.
- KHANDALLA SS.BI. 1875-1903.
- KOLA MV.BI. 1924-1951.
- KOLA SS BI, 1890-1914.
- LAMA BI. 1905-1923.
- LANDAURA MV. BI. 1946-1965.
- LHASA SS.BI. 1904-1925.
- LIGHTNING SS.BI.1912-1922.
- LOODIANA, BI. 1885-1910.
- LUNKA.BI. 1905-1924.
- MADRAS SS BI.1864-1885.
- MALDA SS.BI. 1913-1917.
- MALDA. BI.1874-1912.
- MANORA SS,BI.with lighters.1913-1932.
- MANORA SS.BI.1913-1932.
- MANTOLA BI, 1921-1953.
- MANTOLA,BI. 1924-1953. postcard.
- MARGHA B.I. with gun, 1917-34. albumn.LW.
- MARGHA BI. 1917-1934.
- MASHOBRA BI. 1920-1940.postcard.
- MASHOBRA S.S BI. 1914-1917.
- MASHOBRA SS BI. 1914-1917.
- MASULA SS BI.1919-1952,inbound.
- MATIANA,SS.BI.1894-1918.
- MECCA. BI,1873-1898.sunk.
- MODASSA SS BI. 1921-1954.
- MOMBASA MV. BI. 1950-1961.
- MOMBASSA SS.BI.1889-1916.
- MONGARA SS.BI. 1914-1917.
- MORVADA 1914-1933.
- MUTTRA SS BI.1893-1922.
- NARDANA SS BI. 1956-1972.
- NARDANA, BI. 1956-1972. postcard
- NERBUDDA SS BI. 1883-1911.
- NERBUDDA SS,BI.1883-1911.
- NERBUDDA SS.BI. 1883-1911.
- NEVASA SS.BI.as trooper, 1913-1948.
- NEVASA, BI. 1956-1972.postcard.
- NEVASSA SS.BI.1956-1972.
- NOWSHERA SS BI.1955-1972.
- NOWSHERA SS,BI.1955-1972.
- NOWSHERA SS.BI. 1955-1972.
- NUDDEA SS.BI. 1953- 1972.
- NUDDEA SS.BI.1954-1972.
- NYANZA SS.BI, 1956-1972.
- OBRA SS. BI. 1946-1962.
- OLINDA MV.BI.1950-1966.
- ORDIA SS. BI. 1950-1963.
- ORMARA BI. 1914-1938.postcard.
- ORMARA SS BI.1947-1962.
- ORNA MV.BI. 1938-1969.
- PACHUMBA SS.BI. 1945-1961.
- PADANA SS. BI. 1945-1961.8
- PALAMCOTTA SS.BI. 1945-1961.
- PALIKONDA SS.BI.1945-1959.
- PEMBA SS.BI.1945-1960.
- PENTAKOTA SS.BI.1946-1961.
- PENTAKOTA.BI. in Sydney,1946-1961.
- PURNEA MV.BI. 1947-1971.
- PURNEA SS BI. 1947-1951.
- QUEDA SS.BI.1959-1969.
- QUEDA, BI, 1925-1949. postcard.
- QUERIMBA BI, (& tug WHITBURN).1903-1923.
- QUERIMBA SS.BI.turret ship,1905-1923.
- RAJULA SS.BI.1926-1973.
- RAJULA.BI. 1926- 1973.postcard.
- RANGOON PS.BI.1875- 1906
- SANGOLA MV.BI. 1947-1963.
- SANGOLA MV.BI.1947-1963.
- SANGOLA.BI. 1947-1963.postcard.
- SANTHIA MV.BI. 1950-1966.
- SANTHIA MV.BI.1950-1966.
- SHIRALA SS,BI. 1901-1918.
- SIR HARVEY ADAMSON BI. 1914-1947.postcard.
- SIRDHANA MV.BI.1947-1972.
- SOFALA SS.BI.1902-1924.
- SUVA, AUSN. Dufty.
- TAKADA BI. 1914-1938. postcard.
- TAKADA SS BI. 1914-1938.
- TAKADA SS BI.1914-1938. as troopship.
- TAKLIWA BI,1924-1945.
- TALAMBA BI 1924-1943.
- TALMA BI 1923-1949.
- TANDA BI 1914-1924. postcard.
- TARA SS.BI. 1902-1927.7
- TAROBA SS,BI. 1902-1924.
- TAROBA,SS.BI. 1902-1924.
- TEESTA or THONOWNA, BI. 1903-1927.
- UJINA SS BI.1898-1922.
- UMARIA SS.BI. 1946-1964.
- UMBALLA SS BI.1886-1894.
- UMTA SS.BI. 1898-1924.
- URLANA. BI. 1946- 1962.
- VARELA SS.BI. 1914-1951.
- VARSOVA SS.BI. 1914-1949.
- VITA SS.BI.1914-1949.
- VITA, BI. 1914-1949.postcard.
- WAIPARA.BI. 1904-1923.
- WARLA MV. BI. 1949-1964.
- WAROONGA SS.BI. 1957-1968.
- WAROONGA,BI. 1957- 1968.
- WARORA MV.BI. 1948-1970.
- WARORA MV.BI.1948-1964.
- WOODARRA SS.BI.1957-1968.
- ZAIDA BI. 1910-1923.
- ZIBENGALA SS,BI.with paddle tug, 1899-1910.