Name

BI Service

Gross tons

Notes

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

1856-1859

500
Brig

Built in 1854, 1856 purchased from General Screw Co, 1859 lost in collision in River Hooghly

BALTIC

1856-1863

535
Brig

Built in 1854, 1856 purchased from Thos Wilson, Hull, 1863 wrecked Alguada Reef, Burma.

ST HILDA

1858-1862

Hulk, warehouse and coal store, Rangoon, 1862 sold, 1866 abandoned at sea

BURMAH

1858-1863

787
Barque

Lost on Coromandel coast

PROSPERINE

1859-1859

Hulk, warehouse and coal store, Rangoon, 1859 sold

CALCUTTA

1860-1860

527
Schooner

Wrecked on Arklow Bank, Ireland on maiden voyage

GOVERNOR HIGGINSON

1860-1868

599
Schooner

Built in 1856, 1860 acquired from Bay of Bengal SS Co, Calcutta, 1868 transferred to Wm Denny (shipbuilders) in part exchange for new ship and sold in 1869 to Japan, 1870 sank after her anchor chain parted

RANGOON

1860-1871

498
Brig

1871 sold Tan Kim Tian, Singapore not renamed, 1873 ran ashore near Cape Finisterre and lost

CORINGA

1861-1868

584
Barque

1868 transferred to Wm Denny in part exchange for new ship, 1872 sold to Clyde Shipping Co. renamed ARKLOW, 1880 wrecked

MOULMEIN

1861-1876

323
Brig

Storm damage Bay of Bengal. Declared a loss

BUSSORAH

1862-1863

622
Brig

First new ship delivered to BI. Missing with all hands in Irish Sea on maiden voyage

KURRACHEE

1862-1877

510
Brig

Wrecked Forest Strait, Mergui

PENANG

1862-1878

699
Brig

1878 sold to C.H. Pile, resold in 1879 to J. Bell & Co, Glasgow renamed Elpitha, 1888 sold to J. Clark & Co. same name, 1892 foundered off Ruad.

INDIA

1862-1880

1059
Brig

Launched as Syracuse by Wm. Denny & Bros. Pas: 28 1st, 600 deck. First BI ship to transit Suez Canal. 1880 sold to L. Dufour & Co, Genoa renamed Atlantico, 1883 sold to P. Bozzano renamed Brennero, 1888 renamed MARIO owned by Capellino Fratelli, 1896 scrapped

PERSIA

1863-1864

786
Brig

Lost in cyclone near Sandheads, Bay of Bengal

AUSTRALIAN

1863-1866

1401
Orig barque

Built in 1852, 1863 acquired from East India Co. Pas: 300 cabin, 300 troops. 1866 sold to Egyptian Government, fate not clear wrecked 1868

SYDNEY

1863-1866

1401
Orig barque

Built in 1852, 1863 acquired from East India Co. Pas: 300 cabin, 300 troops. 1866 sold to Egyptian Government, fate not cear

ORISSA

1863-1868

360
Brigantine

Pas: 19 1st. 1868 sold to Wm Denny in part payment for new ships Abyssinia and Ethiopia, resold to J.S. Burdis, Hong Kong same name, 1870 sold to Japan and renamed KAIJUN MARU in 1871, 1877 renamed URATO MARU, sold in 1888 and resold after that date several times, she finally sank after collision in 1907

CHEDUBA

1863-1869

667
Brig

Lost in cyclone, Bay of Bengal

COMORIN

1863-1871

453
Brigantine

Went aground Ile de Re, Gironde and abandoned

BURMAH

1863-1887

1081
Brig

1887 scrapped

EUPHRATES

1863-1892

650
Orig ship

Pas: 31 1st, 877 deck, 1892 scrapped at Bombay

ARABIA

1863-1893

1027
Brig

Pas: 512 deck. 1893 scrapped at Bombay

CASHMERE

1864-1877

1083
Brig

Pas: 34 1st. Wrecked Cape Guardafui

MADRAS

1864-1884 & 1887-1891

680
Brig

Pas: 1049 deck. 1884 ran ashore, wreck sold refloated repaired for Chettiar not same name and returned to service, 1887 resold to BI not renamed, 1891 scrapped

PUNJAUB

1864-1884

1080
Brig

Pas: 34 1st. Went aground; 1884 demolished at Bombay

BUSHEER

1864-1891

792
Brig

Pas: 42 cabin, 1041 deck. 1891 broken up

PEGU

1865-1865

444
Schooner

Built in 1865, Temporarily under BI management, owner was P. Denny, 1865 transferred to the Nederlandsch Indische Stoomvaart Maatschappij renamed Vice President Prins, 1875 ownership transferred to NISM, 1891 sold to Straits Steamship Co., Singapore renamed PEGU, 1895 sold to H. Ross, Penang, 1900 sold not renamed, 1901 idem, 1902 idem, 1911 idem, 1914 converted into a hulk at Penang

MARTABAN

1865-1872

515
Brigantine

Pas 18 1st. 1872 sold to J.S. Neave, Singapore not renamed, 1888 sold for scrap, 1890 scrapped

MAHRATTA

1865-1887

742
Brig

1865 launched as Count van den Bosch for NISM but taken over by BI on completion, renamed MAHRATTA 1887 ran aground on James and Mary Shoal, River Hooghly. abandoned

ASIA

1865-1891

1579
Brig

Pas: 28 1st, 1170 deck. 1891 broken up at Bombay

SATARA

1866-1891

1301
Brig

Pas: 22 1st, 829 deck. 1891 broken up

EUREKA

1867-1869

hulk, warehouse and coal store, Bushire, 1869 ?

DACCA

1867-1876

1659
Brig

Pas 20 1st. Wrecked on Santipilly Shoal, Coromandel cost

SCOTIA

1867-1876

1168
Brig

Built in 1857 as SCOTIA, 1867 bought after sinking and refit. 1876 sold but shortly afterwards missing without trace on a voyage from Calcutta

HIMALAYA

1867-1891

1427
Brig

Pas: 44 1st, 1064 deck. 1891 broken up

ORIENTAL

1867-1893

1481
Brig

Pas: 44 1st, 800 deck. 1893 broken up at Bombay

ETHIOPIA

1868-1873

1132
Brig

Pas: 30 1st, 10 2nd. Lost near Cape Negrais, Burma