British India Steam Navigation Company

E18522

British company shipping company steamship company

The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British India Steam Navigation Company canonical	4
Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British company ⓘ shipping company ⓘ steamship company ⓘ
connected	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Britain East Africa ⓘ India ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
fleetType	cargo vessels ⓘ passenger liners ⓘ steamships ⓘ
foundedAs	British India Steam Navigation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company
headquartersLocation	Calcutta ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
historicalContext	British Empire maritime trade ⓘ colonial-era shipping in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
industry	cargo shipping ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ passenger shipping ⓘ
notableFor	extensive liner network in the Indian Ocean ⓘ linking British Empire territories by sea ⓘ
operatedDuringCentury	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
operatedInRegion	East Africa ⓘ India ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
operatedRoute	Britain–India ⓘ East African coast services ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ surface form: India–Bay of Bengal East Africa ⓘ surface form: India–East Africa Persian Gulf ⓘ surface form: India–Persian Gulf India–Southeast Asia ⓘ Persian Gulf services ⓘ coastal services around India ⓘ
operatedUnderFlag	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign
renamedTo	British India Steam Navigation Company self-link ⓘ
role	carrier of mail ⓘ carrier of migrants ⓘ carrier of troops ⓘ major carrier for British imperial trade in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
serviceType	cargo services ⓘ passenger services ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: British India Steam Navigation Company
Description of subject: The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) → usedBy → British India Steam Navigation Company ⓘ

British India Steam Navigation Company → foundedAs → British India Steam Navigation Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company

British India Steam Navigation Company → renamedTo → British India Steam Navigation Company self-link ⓘ

Britain–India → notableOperator → British India Steam Navigation Company ⓘ

HMT Dunera → operator → British India Steam Navigation Company ⓘ