Thankyou for that Adi, that Captains list could prove helpful Three fit within the right age. I will send on to JUne Thanks Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: Mme_N_Carmichael To: Edie McArthur Cc: mariners-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:08 AM Subject: Re: Ship "Colombo" sank in Calcutta Cyclone 5th October 1864, on way to Hull, Captain Robert Evans Hello again, Edie, Further to my last, 1) there is a Robert William Evans, Master's Certificate #2772, born Portsmouth, 1814. In 1859 he was master of the P. and O. steamer ALMA, but chances are the word "steamer" would have appeared in the newspaper accounts of the cyclone, if he were the 'right' Robert Evans. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-ukNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA364&dq=%22Evans,+Robert%22+Alma&hl=en&ei=qLglTuu7HKifsQLer9GODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Evans%2C%20Robert%22%20Alma&f=false 2) However, there are plenty more Robert Evans' for you to eliminate in the online indices to Lloyd's Captains Registers: http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm Scroll to the bottom of that page and click on the letter "E". Regards, Adi