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FOR ALL THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN BRITISH
INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION (BI)
BI History
Ships and Commanders
(from
British India SN Co Time Tables of these years)
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Africa |
E G Smith |
A E G Tipper |
|
|
|
| Amarapoora |
|
D G M Sim |
- |
|
|
| Amra |
J W Ross |
T C Lima |
|
|
|
| Angora |
|
|
H P Learmont |
F B Bignold |
G Simpson Jones |
| Arankola |
|
|
J R P Alexander |
A J Watkins |
E de G Diamond |
| Aronda |
|
|
E B Hirst |
J G Kilner |
J G Kilner |
| Arratoon Apcar |
|
|
W Walker |
- |
J F Ramsay
(in charge) |
| Aska |
F R Cammack |
C J Swanson |
|
|
|
| Australia |
|
|
|
M J Hunt |
C H Lane |
| Avoca |
W A Fausset |
E H Garland |
|
|
|
| Bamora |
|
|
(building) |
C J Halls |
S K Baird |
| Bancoora |
C W Goode |
C S Emmett |
|
|
|
| Bandra |
|
|
(building) |
S R Lane |
J Fisher |
| Bangala |
J Nash |
J R P
Alexander |
E G Carré |
- |
- |
| Bankura |
|
|
T B H Whytehead |
T A Robinson |
T A Robinson |
| Barala |
|
|
|
A C Miller |
A C Miller |
| Barjora |
|
|
F R Cammack |
F A Grace |
W Samuel |
| Baroda |
|
|
A C G Horscroft |
A E Oliver |
G Irwin |
| Barpeta |
|
|
(building) |
G J Harley |
V O Bannehr |
| Berbera |
|
|
W Lemarchand |
|
|
| Bezwada |
L Y Archdeacon |
H Carey |
|
|
|
| Bhadra |
A E G
Tipper |
E G Carré |
S R Lane |
M McIntyre |
W H Hemmings |
| Bharata |
J G Bowman |
A J Windebank |
D M Macdonald |
A W A
Kinipple |
|
| Bhundara |
C H Sharp |
S Boon |
|
|
|
| Bihara |
E Foster |
|
|
|
|
| Binfield |
|
|
|
C H Fea |
D M Gill |
| Booldana |
F R G
Cunningham |
J LeFeuvre |
(hulk) J
Fisher
(in charge) |
|
|
| Bulimba |
A S Houston |
H W Bamber |
(hulk) A
P Le Bas
(in charge) |
|
|
| Byculla |
J H Addenbrooke |
J F Crookston |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Canara |
A D Morton |
T Kerr |
R G Dagge |
H F H
Gibsone |
C G Cocklin |
| Carpentaria |
|
J T Hirst |
E G Davis |
S N Rowe |
S N Rowe |
| Catherine Apcar |
|
|
A F G Warrington |
|
|
| Chakdara |
|
|
(building) |
L A Beytagh |
A F G Warrington |
| Chakdina |
|
|
(building) |
J Cuthbert |
J Cuthbert |
| Chakla |
|
|
(building) |
C G Cocklin |
A E Woollatt |
| Chakrata |
|
|
W B Smith |
J W Gilchrist |
J F Armour |
| Chanda |
|
(building) |
F R Gun-Cuninghame |
C C Gwyn |
C C Gwyn |
| Chantala |
|
|
R Phillips |
A B D'Cruz |
L A Beytagh |
| Chilka |
C S Emmett |
|
H Fenton |
H W Tallent |
H W Tallent |
| Chilkana |
|
|
(building) |
|
|
| Chindwara |
H Carey |
|
R P Williams |
C Davidson |
W H Jones |
| Chinkoa |
|
|
J Kilpatrick |
F StC
Johnson |
F StC Johnson |
| Chupra |
J F Crookston |
(building) |
D Macfadyen |
- |
|
| Chyebassa |
|
|
P L Wadge |
B Gulliver |
- |
| Coconada |
|
|
A F Hitchings |
H Fenton |
H Fenton |
| Colaba |
|
(building) |
J W Ross |
T T Mardon |
S R Lane |
| Commilla |
D Macfadyen |
|
|
|
|
| Cooeyanna |
|
|
C H Hoxley |
|
|
| Cranfield |
|
|
|
J A Wright |
P L Brisley |
| Culna |
J Mc Lean |
|
J Farquharson |
S Slightam |
|
| Dalgoma |
|
|
|
(building) |
H J Baker |
| Dilwara |
A W Mann |
A W Mann |
G N Ramage |
|
|
| Domala |
|
|
|
W E Whittingham |
W E Whittingham |
| Dumana |
|
|
|
(building) |
H Stockwell |
| Dumra |
R J Rickford |
C P Seddon |
A D Burbridge |
W Wigger |
W Wigger |
| Dunera |
J Smith |
J Smith |
E G M Dickinson |
|
|
| Durenda |
|
|
|
H M Cutbush |
W W Wilson |
| Dwarka |
D L Neilson |
E B Hirst |
W Moxon |
B Smith |
A G Fishley |
| |
|
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|
|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Edavana |
|
|
J S Reddock |
G R Elton |
G R Elton |
| Egra |
|
|
D J Chivas |
C C McNair |
A W Kinipple |
| Ekma |
|
|
J G Kilner |
L J Glendenning |
R W White |
| Elephanta |
|
|
R H Coope |
H Chidley |
H Chidley |
| Ellenga |
|
|
H G Muir |
E G Carre |
H G Ellis |
| Ellora |
W Lemarchand |
R B Henderson |
H A Sharpe |
T B H
Whytehead |
J A Wright |
| Erinpura |
|
|
A B D'Cruz |
|
C C McNair |
| Ethiopia |
H J Paterson |
A D Morton |
|
J Warden |
H F Minnett |
| Euryalus |
|
|
J F Downing |
- |
|
| Fazilka |
J Wilson |
W W Allen |
J K Rose |
|
|
| Fultala |
J Kilpatrick |
F W Fry |
H F Minett |
J Rowe |
|
| Gairsoppa |
|
|
|
R A M Ayres |
C Brown |
| Gamaria |
|
|
|
S Tobitt |
S Slightam |
| Gambada |
|
|
|
L W Lowth |
G H A Denne |
| Gambhira |
|
|
|
W H Baldock |
J W Schleicher |
| Gandara |
|
|
|
W G Shillinglaw |
B Smith |
| Garada |
|
|
|
R P Fysh |
B F Gulliver |
| Garbeta |
|
|
|
F Hatchard |
F Hatchard |
| Garmula |
|
|
|
P E Lyne |
P E Lyne |
| Gazana |
|
|
|
A D Hepburn |
A D Hepburn |
| Gharinda |
|
|
|
D L Livingston |
T V Holyoake |
| Goa |
W T Stewart |
S Maclachlan |
|
|
|
| Goalpara |
A J Cole |
W Moxon |
|
A McLean |
H E S Levy |
| Gogra |
|
|
|
T M Hall |
T M Hall |
| Golconda |
A B Cave |
A B Cave |
R P Fysh |
J S Mann |
W G Shillinglaw |
| Goorkha |
T Kerr |
G J Goss |
|
|
|
| Gorala |
|
|
|
W H Jones |
A B D'Cruz |
| Gracchus |
|
|
J R Patrick |
D S Lawson |
|
| Gregory Apcar |
|
|
J E Drake |
V O Bannehr |
|
| Gurna |
|
|
|
H Owen |
G A Leech |
| Gwalior |
H L Parsons |
W T Stewart |
|
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| |
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|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Haresfield |
|
|
|
H Foskett |
A P LeBas |
| Hatarana |
|
|
|
W W Wilson |
H G Woodget |
| Hatimura |
|
|
|
F L Moth |
F L Moth |
| Hatipara |
|
|
|
R W Hocking |
R W Hocking |
| Hatkhola |
|
|
|
E Prince |
E Prince |
| Henzada |
C E Hodgson |
G R Elton |
|
|
|
| Hindu |
T Costello |
J E Drake |
T C Lima |
- |
|
| Homefield |
|
|
|
R D Cooper |
J G Lindon |
| Howra |
|
|
|
T C Weatherby |
T C Weatherby |
| Huzara |
H McCelland |
|
|
|
|
| Hymettus |
|
|
A J Evans |
|
C E Atkins |
| Ikhona |
H J Willsher |
|
|
|
|
| India |
J C Kirkham |
|
|
|
|
| Islanda |
J Anderson |
H J Brooks |
J A Davidson |
|
|
| Ismaila |
W W Tucker |
A E Stebbing |
E W Peck |
|
|
| Itaura |
C R Kendall |
C R Kendall |
H Chidley |
|
|
| Itinda |
J Stone |
J W Robertson |
M McClelland |
|
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| Itola |
J W Robertson |
S R Hartley |
R S B Butler |
|
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| Itonus |
|
|
H G Piggott |
|
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| Itria |
J C Tice |
T Johnston |
T Walsh |
|
|
| Janus |
|
|
C Macdonald |
P H Beeching |
P H Beeching |
| Japan |
|
|
C P Seddon |
A Munro |
A Munro |
| Java |
E G M
Dickinson |
|
|
|
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| Jelunga |
A J Windebank |
T J Grier |
J R O'Sullivan |
|
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| Jumna |
E W Peck |
H C Fenwick |
|
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| |
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|
Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Kangra |
A R Radcliffe |
|
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|
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| Kapurthala |
H W Bamber |
J H Addenbrooke |
A Munro |
- |
|
| Karagola |
|
|
|
W A Fitt |
F R Cammack |
| Karapara |
|
|
|
W Walker |
G J Harley |
| Karoa |
|
|
|
D M Macdonald |
D M Macdonald |
| Kasara |
J T Hirst |
H M Cutbush |
C R King |
|
|
| Katoria |
M G Williams |
E G M
Dickinson |
F M Austin |
|
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| Kerbela |
E Y Watson |
|
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|
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| Khandalla |
|
|
|
|
J F Downing |
| Kistna |
N Fletcher |
H P Learmont |
C G Cocklin |
|
|
| Kola |
H McDiarmid |
F Chappell |
G H A Denne |
|
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| Lady Blake |
|
|
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C O Kimber |
M MacIntyre |
| Lalpoora |
R B Kedslie |
A J Cole |
|
|
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| Lama |
|
M G Williams |
G W Sinclair |
- |
|
| Landaura |
J S Hutchison |
R G Dagge |
|
|
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| Lawada |
A E Stebbing |
W Lemarchand |
|
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| Lhasa |
|
H McDiarmid |
H M Cutbush |
- |
- |
| Lighting |
|
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S G Cave |
|
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| Lindula |
H B C
Plommer |
H J Paterson |
A R W Handcock |
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| Linga |
|
R J Rickford |
H Manley |
A E Woollatt |
- |
| Loodiana |
S R Hartley |
C E Dodgson |
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| Lunka |
|
R Henderson |
T Costello |
|
- |
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Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Madura |
S Maclachlan |
J McLean |
|
S G Cave |
S G Cave |
| Malda |
R F Thomson |
E G Davis |
H J Brooks |
T N Gray |
T N Gray |
| Mandala |
|
|
(building) |
T W J
Hewitt |
T W J Hewitt |
| Manela |
|
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S H Maples |
S H Maples |
| Manora |
A Sanders |
A Sanders |
A D Morton |
W Buswell |
W Buswell |
| Mantola |
|
|
(building) |
D F James |
D F James |
| Margha |
|
|
(building) |
R A Milne |
R A Milne |
| Mashobra |
|
|
(building) |
J H Galgey |
J H Galgey |
| Masula |
|
|
(building) |
R A Holman |
R A Holman |
| Matahari |
|
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A Winstanley |
A Winstanley |
| Matiana |
W B Smith |
W A Fausett |
E H Garland |
D H Langlands |
D H Langlands |
| Megna |
P McGregor |
A G Abbott |
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| Mergui |
T C Lima |
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| Merkara |
|
|
(building) |
F E Harvey |
F E Harvey |
| M Meanatchy |
H A Sharpe |
H A Sharpe |
|
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| Modasa |
|
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C R King |
C R King |
| Mombassa |
G G C Stevenson |
G G C
Stevenson |
R F Thomson |
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| Mongara |
|
|
(building) |
|
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| Morvada |
|
|
(building) |
T L Mills |
T L Mills |
| Mulbera |
|
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W R Steadman |
W R Steadman |
| Mundra |
|
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B E Tallack |
B E Tallack |
| Muttra |
J R P Alexander |
E W Peck |
H Carey |
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Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Nagina |
|
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R F Thomson |
A McLean |
| Nalgora |
|
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A D Kinnear |
A D Kinnear |
| Nardana |
|
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H Brown |
H Brown |
| Naringa |
|
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|
(building) |
A T Andreason |
| Nerbudda |
P H Stunt |
H Manley |
|
A J Evans |
B N Williams |
| Neuralia |
|
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A H Acheson |
H Manley |
H Manley |
| Nevasa |
C P Seddon |
C F Evans |
R Henderson |
C J Swanson |
C J Swanson |
| Nirpura |
|
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J H Hughes |
J H Hughes |
| Nirvana |
|
|
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J Blencowe |
C H D Cross |
| Nowshera |
F Dewing |
J Farquharson |
|
C H D
Cross |
J Blencowe |
| Nuddea |
C Scott |
F C Dewing |
|
W C Morrison |
W C Morrison |
| Obra |
T Johnston |
A H Acheson |
H C Fenwick |
J W Schleicher |
|
| Okara |
H C Fenwick |
J G Bowman |
H Maude |
A S Poole |
|
| Okhla |
E H Garland |
H McClelland |
S H Maples |
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| Onda |
R Henderson |
F Alton |
F G Pittam |
- |
- |
| Onipenta |
W H Watkeys |
W H Hill |
|
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| Oolobaria |
W H Hill |
W H Watkeys |
P W Raddock |
|
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| Orissa |
F W Fry |
F R Gun-Cuninghame |
J B Redfern |
E T Vine |
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| Ormara |
|
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W A R Hancock |
H J Cook |
| Orna |
|
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P E Lyne |
H G Ellis |
H Partridge |
| Ozarda |
|
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T L Mills |
G M Davis |
G M Davis |
| Pachumba |
G M Symmers |
A B DeCruz |
|
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| Palamcotta |
J B Pearson |
T P Babb |
G R Elton |
|
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| Palitana |
H J Brooks |
A S Houston |
J V LeGrand |
|
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| Pentakota |
R H Coope |
R F Thomson |
W T Stewart |
|
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| Pundua |
C Willis |
J C Kerkham |
- |
|
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| Purnea |
F W Packham |
R P Fysh |
M G Williams |
G Irwin |
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| Putiala |
E B Hirst |
H J Willsher |
H W Bamber |
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Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Queda |
|
R H Coope |
H J Rouse |
|
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| Querimba |
|
W B Smith |
C H Lane |
D M Gill |
|
| Quiloa |
|
J Anderson |
G J Goss |
T V Holyoake |
|
| Ramapoora |
A Haughton |
|
H F Owen |
|
|
| Rangoon |
E M Barrett |
|
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|
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| Rasmara |
J E Drake |
E M Barrett |
E M Barrett |
|
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| Rewa |
H P Jones |
|
T Kerr |
|
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| Rohilla |
|
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D L Neilson |
|
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| Sangola |
W H Jacobs |
W H Jacobs |
H J Willsher |
F C Studdart |
|
| Santhia |
R Phillips |
R Phillips |
J W Robertson |
A F G
Warrington |
|
| Satara |
G J Goss |
J M Tyrrell |
|
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| Scindia |
J E T Butler |
T A B
Hawkes |
|
|
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| Sealda |
J M Tyrrell |
J Kilpatrick |
F W Johnson |
|
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| Secundra |
R W G Lowe |
|
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|
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| Shirala |
R H Brown |
R H Brown |
W C Morrison |
|
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| Sir Harvey Adamson |
|
|
|
F V Green |
F V Green |
| Sirdhana |
E R Robinson |
H Maud |
|
|
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| Sirsa |
A G Abbott |
L B Clarke |
|
T G P
Fenn |
T G P Fenn |
| Sofala |
G A Shepherd |
D L Neilson |
F L Moth |
H Davey |
|
| Surada |
R E Honeywood |
M England |
W J Bishop |
G E Brooks |
G E Brooks |
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Ship |
1904 |
1906 |
1914 |
1923 |
1924 |
| Takada |
|
|
(building) |
P W Rowe |
P W Rowe |
| Talma |
|
|
|
|
J R O'Sullivan |
| Tanda |
|
|
(building) |
J A Davidson |
T R H Whytehead |
| Tanfield |
|
|
|
R R Pollinger |
R R Pottinger |
| Tara |
F Herrington |
F Herrington |
E W Hamlyn |
- |
E G Carré |
| Taroba |
C Browning |
T P Nailer |
J H Addenbrooke |
G Simpson-Jones |
- |
| Teesta |
A M Rait |
C Williss |
C Willis |
E de G
Diamond |
W A R Hancock |
| Thongwa |
T M Whitehead |
T M Whitehead |
O M Robins |
- |
- |
| Torilla |
|
|
C J Swanson |
J S Reddoch |
D J McGowan |
| Uganda |
J W Livingston |
P L Wadge |
L Y Archdeacon |
|
|
| Ujina |
S Boon |
R E Honywood |
H W Hill |
|
|
| Ula |
M England |
J W Livingstone |
A E Oliver |
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