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'History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863).' [‎495] (514/622)

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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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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
had been convicts, whose period of service had expired. This
unmerited neglect must have been intentional, for, whereas no
honorary distinctions whatever were conferred on the officers
for their services on shore, we find that every officer of the
4 Shannon ? Brigade, and, we believe, also of the 4 Pearl ? Brigade,
received promotion, all the midshipmen An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer. being made lieutenants
on passing their examination, and the 6 Shannon ' put to sea with
no less than six commanders; her Captain and First-Lieutenant
also received, respectively, the K.CJB. and the C.B., and Captain
Sotheby, of the 6 Pearl/ the C.B., and more recently was
advanced to the Knighthood of the Order. No officers, par
ticularly the noble Peel, more worthily earned their honours,
and no particle of a spirit of unworthy jealousy animated their
brethren of the Indian Navy on this score; but why, we should
ask, was not equal honour paid to the Indian Navy ? Why was
the Brigade broken up without a word from the Governor-
General, to whom the Service naturally looked for some
expression of thanks; and why did the inhabitants of Calcutta
permit their quondam protectors, whose advent in the hour of
their greatest peril, they welcomed with such heartfelt thank
fulness, to quit their shores without some public acknowledg
ment, or even a parting cheer ?
The answer is easy, though not a pleasant one to record. It
was the fate that had ever befallen the Service, whether known
under the name of Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. or Indian Navy. Ignored
by the Supreme Government, neglected, alike, in Leadenhall
Street and Westminster, despised by the Indian public, who
prided themselves chiefly on that Native army, which, like a
broken reed, pierced the hand that leaned upon it, the Indian
Navy received no acknowledgment of any sort whatever.
Almost equally strange is it to find that the officers of the
Service made no complaints of this studied neglect, either by
petition to Government or in the columns of the Press; probably
they had learned the bitter lesson of the futility of all appeals
for justice, and, in weariness of spirit, had come to regard with
resignation that abolition of the Service which had been looming
in the distance for many years, and the shadows of which were
deepening fast.
In 1860 # it was known that the Service was doomed, and the
# The " Bombay Times "—whicli, ag its present name of " The Times of India"
implies, aspires, not unworthily, to the leading position of its world-famous pro
totype—thus writes of the position and prospects of an officer in the Service, in
a leading article in August, 1860 :—" The Indian Navy is a small collection of
ships and steamers employed between the two extreme points of the Persian Ghilf
and the Chinese waters, centreing at Bombay as their head-quarters. The
service on these ships is performed by men holding commissions as naval officers,
and whose circumstances are supposed to resemble those of officers in the Royal
Navy, their rank being similar, and their pay adjusted so as to render the
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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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