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Bombay Steam Navigation Company was the first Indian-owned shipping company. It was founded by Ismail Hasham, a
List of ships owned by the Bombay Steamship Company
{{Walchand Group Defunct shipping companies of India
Bombay Steam Navigation Company was the first Indian-owned shipping company. It was founded by Ismail Hasham, a Kutchi Memon
Kutchi Memons are an Indian Muslim Community and an ethnic group from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who are Kutchi people speaking the Kutchi language. They are related to the Memons associated with the historic state of Kathiawar, a Muslim commun ...
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The company operated passenger ferry and cargo services along the Konkan coast
The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the east ...
of India. In 1952, it was amalgamated with The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Limited.
Ships
At various times, Bombay Steam Navigation Company owned and operated the following ships- * 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) * SS Bhima (A Cargo steamship of , Built by Earles Ship building UK in 1864. The ''Bhima'' was lost in 1866 on a voyage from Bombay to Suez) * 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) * SS Godavari (A 182 GRT 1884 built cargo ship, the Godavari ran aground in 1910) * 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) * MV Dipavati (A diesel propelled passenger ship of 840 GRT, built in 1936 in Scotland, she capsized while at anchor off Bombay in 1948)List of proprietors
In chronological order: * Ismail Hasham (founder) * Ismail Yusuf (son of Ismail Hasham) * (Sir) Mohamed Yusuf (son of Ismail Yusuf) * Abdul Rahaman Yusuf (eldest son of Mohamed Yusuf)References
External links
List of ships owned by the Bombay Steamship Company
{{Walchand Group Defunct shipping companies of India