Variation on a theme -for Gustavflyer.

[rebelatsea]

Thanks georgew. The subject has come up here before ,but sort of died. you are right in that some of the vessels became the forerunner of the Indian Navy, I got that much from good old google. Interestingly I found a list of ships of the EIC, but that showed nothing after 1834, which is why I went to the suggested help site.
Beauregard bitterly critisized Jeff Davis for not following this up according to Surdam.

 

[rebelatsea]

Hi Rebel, suggest you check the papers of Gen. Beauregard, I seem to remember that he recommended buying the former EIC vessels. Some of them were very large with deep drafts and more suitable for carrying cargoes to Bermuda, Bahama or Havana. It is not clear whether some of the vessels in question were former "Bombay Buccaneer" warships used by the EIC. I believe that a number of these smaller craft were transferred to what became the RN squadron based in the Indian ocean. Also, I believe that these vessels were all side-wheelers.

George, They were vessels of the Bombay Marine, which was the fighting arm of the EIC. I have a list with some details, but need to so some more work on them. They were all warships, bulit as such, not cargo steamers.

 

[vikingbear]

Hi John,
Sorry took so long to get back to you but have been trying to finish up the down stars, The Officer that I was talking about was James Bullock. It was in his book about the operations of the Confederate secret service in europe . Some one had complained to Mallory that Bullock had not inspected this or these vessles, which turned out to be 1 or 2 sw.s.
GRIZZ

 

[rebelatsea]

Hi John,
Sorry took so long to get back to you but have been trying to finish up the down stars, The Officer that I was talking about was James Bullock. It was in his book about the operations of the Confederate secret service in europe . Some one had complained to Mallory that Bullock had not inspected this or these vessles, which turned out to be 1 or 2 sw.s.
GRIZZ

Thanks George, I found out it was Bulloch, Of the ten vessels available, four were in England, the largest four. I have some details of them and am putting a paper together. The someone appears to be Beauregard, but Mallory didn't want them because of their deep draught.