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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Bombay Steam Navigation Company''' was the first [[India|Indian]] owned shipping company.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hocking|first=Charles|title=Dictionary of disasters at sea during the age of steam|year=1969|publisher=Lloyds register of shipping|location=UK|isbn=0900528036|url=https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Disasters-Sea-During-Steam/dp/1843423812}}</ref> It was founded by [[Ismail Hasham]], a [[Kutchi Memon]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Nhava_and_Sheva.html?id=2m3PMgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Nhava & Sheva|last=Chainani|first=Shyam|publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=8171889654|location=India}}</ref> <br />
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[[File:House Flag of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company.svg|thumbnail|The [[House flag]] of Bombay Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.]]<br />
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The company operated passenger ferry and cargo services along the [[Konkan coast]] of India.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ramachandran|first=P.P.|title=Nhava & Sheva - A case study|url=http://freepressjournal.in/nhava-sheva/|access-date=27 September 2013|newspaper=The Free Press Journal|date=14 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927182130/http://freepressjournal.in/nhava-sheva/|archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> In 1952, it was amalgamated with [[Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.|The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Limited]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bombay Steam Navigation Co. ... vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax|url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1247439/|access-date=26 September 2013}}</ref> <br />
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== Ships ==<br />
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At various times, Bombay Steam Navigation Company owned and operated the following ships- <br />
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* '''SS Mandovi''' (An 1886 built 218 Gross registered tons cargo ship, she was lost in the English channel in the same year as her built)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ships of Bombay Steam Navigation Company|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/ownerbuilderview.aspx?10373#&&aj=z2mMeoBr4zPVq%2bX5ByI6vjaxxqo%2fuLMoLBhntZ97zsI%3d|publisher=The European Wreck Site|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> <br />
* '''SS Bhima''' (A Cargo steamship of {{GRT|1194}}, Built by Earles Ship building UK in 1864. The ''Bhima'' was lost in 1866 on a voyage from Bombay to Suez)<ref>{{cite web|title=SS Bhima|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135607|publisher=SS Bhima page - The European Wreck Site|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> <br />
* '''SS Brahmani''' (Built by Aisa shipbuilding Scotland in 1891, the ''Brahmani'' was a steam cargo ship of 1015 GRT. In 1900, she sank following a collision near Karwar, en route from Mangalore to Bombay)<ref>{{cite web|last=Tony|first=Allen|title=SS Brahmani|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133676|work=Ships of Bombay Steam Navigation Co.|publisher=The European Wreck Site|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> <br />
* '''SS Godavari'''<ref>{{cite news|title=A twin screw steamer ‘Godavari’ for Thorn & Cameron, Glasgow|url=http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/|access-date=27 September 2013|newspaper=Greenock Telegraph|date=25 October 1884}}</ref> (A 182 GRT 1884 built cargo ship, the Godavari ran aground in 1910)<ref>{{cite book|title=Lloyds shipping register|year=1910|publisher=LR - Lloyds register|location=UK|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140256}}</ref> <br />
* '''SS Mozaffari''' (The ''Mozaffari'' was among the first Indian registered ships of Bombay steam navigation. Built in 1882 by Schlesinger Davis & Co. - Wallsend, the ''Mozaffari'' was acquired by the company in 1896. She ran aground and was wrecked in 1910 when entering Mozambique on a voyage from ports in East Africa to Bombay)<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Tony|title=SS Mozaffari|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?199847|publisher=The Wreck Site|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> <br />
* '''MV Dipavati''' (A diesel propelled passenger ship of 840 GRT, built in 1936 in Scotland, she capsized while at anchor off Bombay in 1948)<ref>{{cite web|last=Chipchase|first=Nick|title=MV Dipavati|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164170|publisher=The European Wreck Site|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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== List of Proprietors ==<br />
In chronological order - <br />
* [[Ismail Hasham]] (founder)<br />
* [[Haji_Ismail_Yusuf|Ismail Yusuf]] (son of Ismail Hasham)<br />
* [[Mohamed_Yusuf|(Sir) Mohamed Yusuf]] (son of Ismail Yusuf)<br />
* Abdul Rahaman Yusuf (eldest son of Mohamed Yusuf)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.wrecksite.eu/ownerbuilderview.aspx?10373#&&aj=z2mMeoBr4zPVq%2bX5ByI6vjaxxqo%2fuLMoLBhntZ97zsI%3d List of ships owned by the Bombay Steamship Company]<br />
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==References==<br />
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