Allanshaw

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English

Template:Italic title
Allanshaw
Script error: No such module "InfoboxImage".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".

Allanshaw was a 1,589 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of Script error: No such module "convert"., beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. She was built by William Simons & Company of Renfrew for the J.G. Potter & Company of Liverpool and launched on 29 August 1874. She was bought by the Nourse Line on 26 November 1880. She was a fast ship, making the run from London to Sydney in 65 days. On 2 October 1882 she arrived in Australia with new immigrants.

She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Transport of Indian indentured labourers
Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage
Guyana 23 August 1888 unknown unknown
Fiji 17 June 1890 573 n/a
Trinidad 13 December 1890 658 4
Trinidad 12 October 1892 636 5

On 23 March 1893 she was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha, while en route from Liverpool to Calcutta, carrying salt, with the loss of 3 lives.

See also

References

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

External links

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Template:1893 shipwrecks

Template:Coord missing


Template:TristandaCunha-stub Template:India-transport-stub