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'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎434] (453/622)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (575 pages). It was created in 1877. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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434
HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
people were present. Mr. Edmonstone told him to get ready
to go on board the steamer. His wives were very noisy, and
he was in great distress, and seemed very unwilling to go on
board, upon which I told Mr. Edmonstone that I supposed we
should have to hoist him in, and as there seemed to be some
difficulty, Mr. Edmonstone sent one of the Body-Guard up to
Government House, and a carriage was sent down for him.
1 took Ali Nuckee Khan ^and two or three others on board of
the 4 Semiramis' to Calcutta, and landed them at the Fort."
The proposal of the gallant captain of the 'Punjaub/ an officer,
like many of his profession, accustomed to " stand no non
sense," to hoist the august sovereign of Oude on board his ship,
by " a whip on the mainyard," with no more ceremony than
would be observed in the case of a barrel of pork or a drunken
sailor, must have amused, if it did not excite the horror of, the
Foreign Secretary, accustomed to carry out the strict etiquette
of Eastern Courts at all interviews with the dethroned
monarchs of Delhi and Lucknow.
In consequence of these events, Calcutta was in a state of
panic for the next few days; the most alarming rumours were
rife of a simultaneous rising of all the natives, and a mutiny
at Barrackpore; a repetition of the deeds of Meerut and Delhi
was uppermost in every one's mind, and gentlemen in the
hotels, and officers on duty, slept with swords and revolvers
under their pillows. Crowds of people took refuge on board
the ships, and one night the gallant Commander of the ' Pun-
jaub,' who generally slept on shore, on coming on board
his ship, found that a lady was occupying his bed.
The first Detachments of officers and seamen of the Indian
Navy, # landed at Calcutta in June and July, were from the
'Auckland,' 'Punjaub,' 'Semiramis/ 'Zenobia,' and 4 Coroman-
del,' and further bodieswere drafted up-country on the requisi
tion of Sir Frederick Halliday, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
In May, 1858, an important change took place in the control
of the Indian Naval Brigade employed in assisting in the sup
pression of the Mutiny, or holding military posts in order to
free the British troops for service in the field. During the
interval between June, 1857, and the 22nd of May, 1858, a
period of twelve months, large numbers of officers and seamen,
had been landed from the ships of the Indian Navy, and bodies
of men, recruited from the merchant ships and trained and
* The first portion of the ' Shannon' Naval Brigade, under command of the
gallant Captain W. Peel, consisting of twenty-five officers, and four hundred ana
fifty seamen and marines, proceeded up-country from the ' Shannon' on the Wth
of August, 1857; four days later a second detachment of five officers and one
hundred and forty men, recruited in Calcutta, quitted the frigate. The '
Naval Brigade, under command of Captain Sotheby, numbering one hundre
and fifty-five officers and men, afterwards increased to two hundred and nl y,
proceeded np-country on the 12th of September, 1857.

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History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).

Author: Charles Rathbone Low.

Publication Details: London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-vi); octavo.

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1 volume (575 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.

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Dimensions: 229mm x 140mm

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