Formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company. The company had been formed out of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., a trading partnership of the Scots William Mackinnon and Robert Mckenzie, to carry mail between Calcutta and Rangoon. It became British India SN Co in 1862. Under the hand of Lord Inchcape who had become chairmain in 1913, the company became part of the P&O group of companies in 1914 through a complex amalgamation, but continued with its own identity and organisation for another 60 years until 1972, when it was entirely absorbed into P&O.
British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
B.I.S.N. Company Ltd., British India Line, British India SN Co
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Nurmahal, ship
Date: Between 1959 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026728-F
Description: British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Nurmahal' photographed at the port of Napier between 1959 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Pentakota, ship
Date: Between 1947 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026734-F
Description: British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Nurmahal' photographed at the port of Napier between 1946 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Interview with Alan Aberdein
Date: 5 Sep 1994 - 05 Sep 1994
From: New Zealand fishing history oral history project
By: Aberdein, Alan (Capt), 1934-1994
Reference: OHInt-0444-01
Description: Captain Alan S Aberdein born Aberdeen, Scotland 1934. Recalls going to sea with the British India Steam Navigation Company as an apprentice deck officer in 1951. Talks about his early days at sea and arrival in New Zealand. Describes his first trip to sea on a fishing boat out of Auckland and working on the fishing vessel `Coromel' which acted as a mother ship to some of the blue cod fishing boats at the Chatham Islands in 1956. Discusses some of the cargo ships he worked on around New Zealand, in particular, vessels belonging to the Northern Steam Ship Company. Explains that on leaving the Northern Steam Ship Company he and some others set up the Kaiapoi Shipping Company and discusses the problems experienced and how the introduction of the rail ferry Aramoana decimated coastal shipping in the early 1960s. With the failure of the company recalls how he and some of his partners decided to set up a fishing venture. He talks about the problems of getting out onto the Marnoo bank, the fishing methods and the blue cod and groper caught on this virginal ground. Describes the initial attempts to develop the crayfish fishery at Chatham Islands, outlines the crayfish boom which started in 1965 and lasted until the early 1970s, and considers himself one of the pioneers. Talks about the setting up of the Mernoo Fishing Company and refers to vessel `Picton' and the formation of the Picton Fishing Company in 1964. Also discusses the processing plants and the helicopters used for taking the crayfish off the fishing boats. The fishing boat convoys between the mainland of New Zealand and the Chathams are discussed, their problems and boat losses, his part as convoy leader, and problems with the Marine Department. Talks about his fishing career after the crayfish boom which included expeditions to some of New Zealand's southernmost islands and trips into the Pacific in search of crayfish. Concludes by talking about his life as mate and later skipper aboard the Government Fishery Research vessels, `James Cook' and `Kaharoa'. Interviewer(s) - Emmanuel Makarios Venue - 20 Leinster Ave, Raumati South and Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010213-010216 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3410.
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Chakdina, ship
Date: Between 1951 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026564-F
Description: The ship Chakdina, owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company, photographed at the port of Napier between 1951 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Jelunga, ship
Date: After 1965
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026648-F
Description: British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Jelunga' photographed at the port of Napier after 1965, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Personal documents
Date: [1963-1963]
From: Perry, Thomas James, fl 1930-1960 : Diaries and papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7812-7
Description: Perry genealogical information; letter, Faverian College, re Perry's time there (1936); article on Leamington Literary Society with report on lecture by Perry with Leamington Literary Society programme (1949); menu, British Steam Navigation Co Ltd, HMT `Neuralia' (1940); letter, Perry to College of Arms (1947); copy of letter from Perry describing suitable routes for recipient's holiday in Italy (1963); and letter, with copy of photograph, from Jacqueline to Tomcic Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Chakdara, ship
Date: Between 1951 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026563-F
Description: The ship Chakdara, owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company, photographed at the port of Napier between 1951 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Tanda, ship
Date: Between 1954 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026781-F
Description: British India Line ship Tanda, photographed at the port of Napier between 1954 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Chakla, ship
Date: Between 1954 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026565-F
Description: The ship Chakla, owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company, photographed at the port of Napier between 1954 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993: Papers
Date: 1945-1972
By: Horsman, John Irvin, 1925-1993
Reference: MS-Group-2304
Description: Papers of John Horsman relating to teaching and merchant navy service. Comprises: Correspondence with family whilst serving in the merchant navy. Letters comprise of detailed descriptions of travel and hand drawn maps. Also includes letters from his brother Alan Horsman. Papers relating to career as a Radio Officer. Includes typescript drafts of stories relating to his travels; Radio Officer certificates, passbooks and notebooks relating to radio call signs and radiotelegraphy. Teacher's scheme of work for classes Primer I to Form II MA Thesis 'The Growth and Distribution of Population in the Auckland Province from the Commencement of Settlement to 1945' Application form and CV for academic position. Certifcates and correspondence relating to training and employment. Source of title - Supplied by Library Letters written by Professor Alan Horsman, brother of John Irvin Horsman, are in the Hocken Collection; see Hocken Library reference MS-2452. John Irvine Horsman was a primary school teacher (1945-1952) and a radio officer in the Merchant Navy (1954-1963). Later he was a Senior Administrative Tutor in Economics at University of Auckland (1976-1992). Quantity: 12 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, transcripts Provenance: John Horsman left his personal archive with his niece Rosalind Horsman. Elizabeth Swift is the sister of Rosalind Horsman. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Horsman, John Irvine, 1925-1993: Photographs (PA-Group-00931).
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Garbeta, ship.
Date: Between 1948 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-025947-F
Description: British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Garbeta' photographed at the port of Napier, between 1948 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Built as the `Antar' in 1941; renamed `Garbeta' in 1948. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Purnea, ship.
Date: Between 1947 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026241-F
Description: The British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Purnea' photographed at the port of Napier, between 1947 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Padana, ship.
Date: Between 1947 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026161-F
Description: The ship Padana (British India Steam Navigation Company) photographed at the port of Napier, between 1947 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Chupra, ship.
Date: Between 1947 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-025843-F
Description: British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Chupra' photographed at the port of Napier, between 1947 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Purnea, ship.
Date: Between 1947 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-026240-F
Description: The British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Purnea' photographed at the port of Napier, between 1947 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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Garbeta, ship.
Date: Between 1948 and 1964
From: West, Harold Martin, 1920?-1987 :Shipping postcards and negatives
Reference: 1/4-025948-F
Description: British India Steam Navigation Company ship `Garbeta' photographed at the port of Napier, between 1948 and 1964, by Harold Martin West. Built in 1941 as the `Antar'; renamed `Garbeta' in 1948. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 4 x 6.5 cm
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British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd and Federal Houlder Shire Lines :Australia and ...
Date: 1910
From: [Ephemera, menus, programmes of quarto size, relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly used on voyages to New Zealand. 1900-1919]
Reference: Eph-B-SHIP-1910-01-front
Description: Shows arrangement of text, with four shipping flags at the top. Other Titles - F.H.S. Lines Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 267 x 209 mm.