'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎3] (16/622)

CONTENTS
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THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I. (1831—1838.)
The Chinese Difficulty of 1831—Ship-building in Bombay Dockyard--Death of
Commodore Sir John Hayes ; his Character and Career—Services ot Captains
Crawford and Cogan—Deaths of Commodores Wyndham and Elwon—Com
mittee on the State of Bombay Harbour —Proposed Abolition of the Service by
Lord William Bentinck—Action between the ' Elphinstone' and a Piratical
Beni-Yas Squadron—Affairs in the Persian G-ulf—Cruise of the £ Tigris m
Torres Straits—The 'Benares' and 'Nautilus 5 at Mocha—Wreck of the
4 Nautilus'—The Euphrates Expedition—Colonel Chesney—The Preliminary
Survey by Lieutenant Ormsby—Lieutenant Lynch's Mission to the Arab
T r i^ es —Xiie Descent of the Euphrates—Loss of the 4 Tigris' steamer Ascent
of the Euphrates by Lieutenant Campbell—Surveys in Mesopotamia by
Lieutenants Lynch, Campbell, Eelix Jones, Grounds, and Selby—New
Steamers for the Service—Orders of the Court regarding the Proposed Trans
formation of the Indian Navy into a Steam Service—Retirement of Omcers
and other Changes in the personnel of the Service—Retirement of Sir Charles
Malcolm and appointment of Captain Oliver, R.N., as Superintendent of the
Indian Navy
CHAPTER II. (1828—1838.)
Review of the Surveys made by the Indian Navy during the Administration of
Sir Charles Malcolm—Surveys of the Red Sea by Captain Elwon and Com
mander Moresby; of the Maldive Islands, by Commander Moresby; of the
South-east Coast of Arabia, by Commander Haines and Lieutenant Sanders ;
of the Soomalie Coast and the Mouths of the Indus, by Lieutenant Carless—
The Survey and Occupation of Socotra—Surveys of Commanders Lloyd and
Eell on the Coromandel Coast—Travels of Lieutenants Whitelock, Wellsted,
Barker, Wood, and Wyburd . . . . . .68