List of vessels of the Bombay Marine, and the Bombay and Bengal Pilot Services named Phoenix

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The British East India Company (EIC) maintained its own navy, the Bombay Marine, and a number of pilot services. The following Bombay Marine or Pilot Service vessels bore the name Phoenix for the constellation or the mythical bird

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