Name

BI Service

Gross tons
Aux rig

Notes

SHIRAZ

1870-1871

1147
Brig

BIAS & GD. 1871 transferred to Nederlandsch Indische Stoomvaart Maatschappij (BI associate) and renamed William Mackinnon. Hit a reef off Bencoolen and believed written off as a total loss soon after reaching Singapore

AVA

1870-1872

278
Brig

Built in 1862, 1870 purchased from Irrawaddy Flotilla & Burmese Steam Nav.Co, 1872 sold to Government of India, 1882 sold to B. Fischer, Rangoon, 1890 scrapped

COROMANDEL

1870-1872

Bought in 1870, hulk, warehouse and coal store, Bandar Abbas, 1872 sold

AVAGYEE

1870-1891

427
Brig

Built in 1869, 1870 purchased from Irrawaddy Flotilla, 1891 sold to Cheak Tex Soon, Penang, 1902 sold to Kwah Joo Tok, Penang, 1915 scrapped

ISPAHAN

1871-1872

1225
Brig

BIAS & GD. 1872 sailed Malta bound Dunkirk, missing with all hands

ARCOT

1871-1887

1782
Barquentine

Pas: 23 1st, 12 2nd. First BI ship to transit the Suez Canal southbound maiden voyage. 1887 steering failure came in collision with wreck of Mahratta; ran aground and lost on James and Mary Shoal, River Hooghly

PATNA

1871-1901

1780
Barquentine

Pas: 25 1st, 12 2nd, 1013 deck. 1903 scrapped at Bombay

CHALDEA

1872-1874

1434
Schooner

Ran aground near Vingorla, Malabar coast

CALCUTTA

1872-1885

863
Schooner

Pas: 35 1st, 14 2nd 969 deck. 1885 lost after collision with Mahratta in Chittagong River

AGRA

1872-1887

1907
Brig

Pas: 31 1st, 18 2nd. Ran aground near Santipilly, Madras coast; most cargo salvaged but hull a total loss. Rock thereafter named Agra Rock

BAGHDAD

1872-1898

1271
Brig

Pas: 46 1st, 13 2nd, 708 deck. 1898 broken up at Bombay

COCONADA

1872-1899

862
Schooner

Pas: 35 1st, 14 2nd, 969 deck. 1899 broken up at Bombay

ASSYRIA

1872-1902

1495
Schooner

Pas: 23 1st, 16 2nd, 808 deck. 1902 broken up

JAVA

1872-1904

1477
Schooner

Pas: 33 1st, 20 2nd. 1904 broken up at Bombay

MALACCA

1873-1876

592
Brigantine

Wrecked off Gopalpore, Coromandel coast

AVA

1873-1879

2600
Barquentine

Pas 41 1st, 18 2nd. Collision south of Sandheads with Brenhilda; vessel cut almost in two and sank

ALMORA

1873-1881 & 1881-1893

2608
Barquentine

Pas: 41 1st, 18 2nd. 1881 transferred to BISN Co.,1893 broken up at Bombay

SOCOTRA

1873-1882

1947
Brig

Pas: 35 1st, 10 2nd. 1872 delivered as Vibilia, 1873 purchased from A. Pring, London renamed Socotra, 1882 wrecked on Burma coast

MECCA

1873-1898

1450
Topsail
Schooner

Pas: 26 1st, 24 2nd, 999 deck. In collision with towed vessel Lindula in Bay of Bengal and sank

MEDINA

1874-1888

811
Schooner

Built in 1865 as SIR BATTLE FRERE built for Bombay Coast & River SN Co, 1874 purchased from Johnstone, Beyts & Cowasjee Dinshaw renamed MEDINA Pas: 12 1st, 500 deck. 1888 scrapped

CHYEBASSA

1874-1900

2644
Barquentine

Pas: 41 1st, 18 2nd. BIAS & GD. 1900 broken up at Bombay

RAJPOOTANA

1874-1902

2030
Brigantine

Pas: 40 1st, 20 2nd, 1253 deck. 1902 broken up at Bombay

CANARA

1874-1904

1902
Brigantine

Pas: 27 1st, 24 2nd, 1078 deck. 1904 broken up at Bombay

GOA

1874-1906

1902
Brigantine

Pas: 27 1st, 24 2nd, 1153 deck. Lost in a cyclone off the Sunderbunds

AFRICA

1874-1910

2030
Barquentine

Pas: 35 1st, 18 2nd, 1184 deck. 1910 scrapped at Bombay

ETHIOPIA

1874-1911

2035
Barquentine

Pas: 35 1st, 18 2nd, 1233 deck. 1911 broken up at Bombay

MADURA

1874-1912

1942
3-mast t'sail schooner

Pas: 32 1st, 26 2nd. First BI ship with triple expansion engines. Carried H M Stanley expedition to Africa to search for Dr Livingstone. 1912 broken up at Bombay

MALDA

1874-1912

1950
3-mast t'sail schooner

Pas: 32 1st, 26 2nd. 1912 broken up at Bombay

AKOLA

1875-1880

578
Topsail schooner

Pas: 20 1st, 8 2nd. 1880 sold to the Sultan of Zanzibar, 1889 scrapped

UMBALLA

1875-1880

840
Topsail schooner

Pas: 23 1st, 10 2nd. 1880 transferred to the Nederlandsch Indische Stoomvaart Maatschappij renamed SUMBAWA, 1890 destroyed by fire

VINGORLA

1875-1880

578
Topsail schooner

Pas: 20 1st, 8 2nd. Developed leak and sank

PUTTIALA

1875-1881

839
Topsail schooner

Pas: 23 1st, 10 2nd. 1881 transferred to the Nederlandsch Indische Stoomvaart Maatschappij renamed GOUVERNEUR GENERAAL VAN LANSBERGE, 1891 transferred to Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij., 1904 sold to Japan renamed Jindai Maru, , 1938 renamed ZINDAI MARU, 1945 mined and sunk

DORUNDA

1875-1894

2977
Barquentine

Pas. 73 1st, 25 2nd. BIAS & GD. Ran aground on the Burlings reef, Portugal and later beached but had to be abandoned as a total loss

MERKARA

1875-1901

2971
Barquentine

Pas: 73 1st, 25 2nd. BIAS & GD. 1901 demolished at Bombay

KHANDALLA

1875-1903

2040
Brigantine

Pas: 40 1st, 20 2nd, 1201 deck. 1903 scrapped at Bombay

COMMILLA

1875-1905

872
Schooner

Pas: 32 1st, 32 2nd, 1194 deck. 1905 sold to Japan renamed CHUGOKU MARU, 1912 foundered after striking a reef

RANGOON

1875-1906

547
Schooner

Pas: 8 1st, 231 deck. 1906 broken up at Calcutta

PACHUMBA

1875-1910

867
Schooner

Pas: 32 1st, 32 2nd, 1120 deck. 1910 broken up at Bombay

CHINSURA

1877-1883

2033
Schooner

Pas: 35 1st, 18 2nd. Ran aground near False Point; total loss

BEEMAH

1877-1888

1200

Ex BEEMAH built in 1855, 1877 purchased and used as storage hulk, 1888 broken up

ELDORADO

1877-1885

3332
Brig

BIAS & GD. Built in 1873, 1877 purchased from Thos Wilson, Hull, not renamed, 1885 ran aground Portugal and became total loss

NAVARINO

1877-1895

3357
Brig

BIAS & GD. Built in 1873, 1877 purchased from Thos Wilson, Hull not renamed, 1895 scrapped

CHANDA

1877-1902

2022
Schooner

Pas: 35 1st, 18 2nd, 1142 deck. 1902 sold for scrap, 1903 scrapped at Bombay

PEMBA

1877-1902

1536
Schooner

Pas: 27 1st, 16 2nd, 1028 deck. 1902 sold for scrap, 1903 scrapped at Bombay

MANORA

1878-1883

3242
Barquentine

Pas: 68 1st, 24 2nd. BIAS & GD. 1883 sold to Larrinaga & Co, renamed Isla De Cebu, 1888 sold to the Phillippines same name, 1889 wrecked

SIMLA

1878-1902

1615
Schooner

Pas: 27 1st, 12 2nd, 793 deck. 1902 broken up at Bombay

COLABA

1878-1903

1460
Barquentine

Pas: 6 cabin, 713 deck. 1903 broken up at Bombay

KILWA

1878-1903

1552
Schooner

Pas: 37 1st, 18 2nd, 943 deck. 1903 scrapped at Bombay

PURULIA

1878-1903

1554
Schooner

Pas: 37 1st, 18 2nd, 911 deck. 1903 scrapped at Bombay

CHILKA

1878-1904

1944
Brigantine

Pas: 19 1st, 1047 deck. First BI ship with full length double bottom. 1904 sold to Jaspan renamed TATSU MARU No. 3, later sold in 1910 and 1914 again, 1914 went ashore and lost

BYCULLA

1878-1911

1463
Barquentine

Pas: 6 cabin, 631 deck. 1911 sold to K.Yenomoto, Kobe, renamed Chichibu Maru, 1917 sold not renamed, later in 1920 and 1924 and 1926 sold again, 1926 wrecked

CHINDWARA

1879-1904

1983
Brigantine

Pas: 19 1st, 1104 deck. 1904 scrapped at Bombay

CULNA

1879-1904

1984
Brigantine

Pas: 19 1st, 1212 deck. 1904 scrapped at Bombay

CHUPRA

1879-1905

1944
Brigantine

Pas: 19 1st, 1044 deck. 1905 sold to Japan renamed TATSUTA MARU No. 5, 1911 renamed KIHO MARU, 1919 scrapped

ELLORA

1879-1907

1970
Schooner

Pas: 11 1st, 1242 deck. 1907 scrapped at Bombay

SCINDIA

1879-1909

2661
Barquentine

Pas: 20 1st, 13 2nd, 1571 deck. 1909 sold for demolition, 1910 scrapped at Karachi

SIRDHANA

1879-1911

2661
Barquentine

Pas: 20 1st, 13 2nd, 2054 deck. 1911 scrapped at Bombay