FOR ALL THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION (BI) SITE MAP NEW! Shop here for BI memorabilia and gifts This continually expanding site now has more than 40 pages covering the topics below. If you have any suggestions for the site please contact: webeditor@biship.com Search this site, standard or advanced BI-bliography: Books on British India SN and its fleet (ISBN numbers where known) Notices of forthcoming BI books BI Events: Details of all upcoming and recent reunions UK reunions Details 150th Anniversary reunion Glasgow Sep 2006 Review and photos of the Glasgow reunion Photos of the Portsmouth 2004 Reunion Report of the York Oct 2000 reunion Photos from the York 2000 reunion London Oct 2008 reunion details London review and photos Newcastle - details of 2010 UK reunion Newcastle 2010 review and guest list Southampton - plan for 2012 UK reunion Liverpool - details of the October 2014 event UK Local Events Australasia reunions Auckland 2003 Auckland list of those attending Brisbane Oct 2001 Fremantle Oct 2008 details Fremantle 2008 photos 1 Fremantle 2008 photos 2 Fremantle, March 2012 - full details International Details 150th Anniversary Reunion Colombo 2006 Colombo 2006 reunion report and photos Photos and report Penang 2000 reunion Engineers' reunion, Oct 2004 Photo gallery of the Glasgow 2001 reunion Photos of Glasgow 2006 reunion (inc in main reunion photos) Ships: A full fleet list of all BI's ships from the mid-C19 to 1972 Fleet list - ships entering service 1856-1869 Fleet list - ships entering service 1870-1879 Fleet list - ships entering service 1880-1889 Fleet list - ships entering service 1890-1899 Fleet list - ships entering service 1900-1909 Fleet list - ships entering service 1910-1919 Fleet list - ships entering service 1920-1929 Fleet list - ships entering service 1930-1939 Fleet list - ships entering service 1940-1949 Fleet list - ships entering service 1950-1959 Fleet list - ships entering service 1960-1972 Fleet list - managed vessels 1 Fleet list - managed vessels 2 Fleet list - managed vessels 3 BI staff? Former BI people are eligible to join the online BI group. Apply here BI People & staff: An expanding section with names of BI staff afloat and ashore Ships and Commanders - 1877 & 1880 Ships and Commanders - 1904-1924 Ships and Commanders 1930 Commanders by seniority 1949-1955 Chief engineers by seniority 1949-1957 Commodores - Fleet and Engineer from 1927 BI War Memorial with transcribed names Shore staff - London Shore staff - Calcutta Shore staff - Bombay Shore staff - Karachi Shore staff - Colombo Shore staff - Rangoon Shore staff - Akyab Shore staff - Singapore Shore staff - Sydney BI history: A short history of the company (published in 1956) Timeline - key dates in BI's history BI/P&O merger document - fascinating insights to the 1914 deal BI's associated companies - their funnels and houseflags BI News - BI's house magazine contained a mass of information about staff and ships Mercantile Empire - an address to the International Association of Cape Horners on the development of BI and the legacy of its founders, by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Gairsoppa and Montola - Plans to salvage silver cargo from Gairsoppa and Mantola wrecks. Details of the ships' loss in WW2 and WW1 Special Dara page - pictures and 40th anniversary of disaster Rohilla disaster - a review of a new book on the WWI sinking Rohilla disaster centenary - comemmoration event at Whitby Abhona - an account of sea trials just before the ship disappeared without trace Calabria 1940 sinking - major loss of BI seamen and staff Routes and services - BI's services, cargo and passenger, as existing in 1968 East Africa casualties - book review including several BI ships Song, Verse & Worse: BI lore in songs and words, includes the Doxford song! Pugli Munshi Wallah's collection of Hindustani rhymes Paintings of BI ships in a marine artists' mini gallery Bill Highams Don Braben Gordon Frickers Robert Lloyd Richard Crow Competition: The short story competition has had to be abandoned Ships' livery and company insignia Logbook: comments, suggestions, ship or family history questions? Sign the logbook Or view logbook entries: current 2014 logbook archive of 2013 logbook archive of 2012 logbook archive of 2011 logbook archive of 2010 logbook archive of 2009 logbook archive of 2008 logbook archive of 2007 logbook archive of 2006 logbook archive of 2005 logbook archive of 2004 logbook archive of May-Dec 2003 logbook archive of 2002/03 logbook archive of 2001/02 logbook archive of 2000/01 logbook Links: Links to other interesting sites with BI content, including many with pictures. Calling BI - download the latest newsletter and archived earlier issues BI Gifts & Memorabilia Online shop