List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji

Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Between 1879 and 1916, a total of 42 ships made 87 voyages, carrying Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. Initially the ships brought labourers from Calcutta, but from 1903 all ships except two also brought labourers from Madras and Mumbai. A total of 60,965 passengers left India but only 60,553 (including births at sea) arrived in Fiji. A total of 45,439 boarded ships in Calcutta and 15,114 in Madras. Sailing ships took, on average, seventy-three days for the trip while steamers took 30 days. The shipping companies associated with the labour trade were Nourse Line and British-India Steam Navigation Company.

The most important man on these ships was the Surgeon-Superintendent, who supervised the medical care, ventilation, clothing, cleanliness and exercise of the passengers and his authority extended over the Captain. He inspected the stores before departure and reported on any defects during the trip. The Surgeon-Superintendent also intervened to prevent passengers from being mistreated by the crew. He was paid a bonus for each labourer landed alive.

List of ships

The table below provides details of the 87 voyages made by the 40 ships that brought Indian Indentured Labourers to Fiji. Of these ships, 27 were sailing ships and 13 were steam ships.

Name of ship	Date of arrival	Registered numbers	Number of arrivals
LeonidasLeonidas	Template:Dts	000011–463	463
BerarBerar	Template:Dts	00464464–887	424
PoonahPoonah	Template:Dts	00888888–1364	477
PoonahPoonah	Template:Dts	013651365–1860	496
BayardBayard	Template:Dts	018611861–2354	494
SyriaSyria	Template:Dts	023552355–2792	438
HowrahHowrah	Template:Dts	027932793–3287	495
PericlesPericles	Template:Dts	032883288–3748	461
Newnham	Template:Dts	037493749–4323	575
MainMain	Template:Dts	043244324–5048	725
Ganges IIGanges	Template:Dts	050495049–5571	523
Boyne	Template:Dts	055725572–6108	537
BruceBruce	Template:Dts	061096109–6566	458
HerefordHereford	Template:Dts	065676567–7105	539
MoyMoy	Template:Dts	071067106–7782	677
RhoneRhone	Template:Dts	077837783–8367	585
AllanshawAllanshaw	Template:Dts	083688368–8940	573
DanubeDanube	Template:Dts	089418941–9531	591
JumnaJumna	Template:Dts	095329532–9978	447
British PeerBritish Peer	Template:Dts	099799979–10505	527
AvonAvon	Template:Dts	1050610506–11025	520
HerefordHereford	Template:Dts	1102611026–11504	479
MoyMoy	Template:Dts	1150511505–11971	467
JumnaJumna	Template:Dts	1197211972–12281	310
EmsEms	Template:Dts	1228212282–12851	570
HerefordHereford	Template:Dts	1285212852–13362	511
Vadala	Template:Dts	1336313363–14109	747
Virawa	Template:Dts	1411014110–14786	677
ErneErne	Template:Dts	1478714787–15343	557
ElbeElbe	Template:Dts	1534415344–15958	615
RhoneRhone	Template:Dts	1595915959–16611	653
ClydeClyde	Template:Dts	1661216612–17281	670
MoyMoy	Template:Dts	1728217282–17849	568
AvonAvon	Template:Dts	1785017850–18316	467
Ganges IIGanges	Template:Dts	1831718317–18780	464
Ganges IIGanges	Template:Dts	1878118781–19334	554
ElbeElbe	Template:Dts	1933519335–19938	604
ArnoArno	Template:Dts	1993919939–20565	627
RhineRhine	Template:Dts	2056620566–21056	491
Fazilka	Template:Dts	2105721057–21860	804
Fultala	Template:Dts	2186121861–22669	809
Fazilka	Template:Dts	2267022670–23445	776
Virawa	Template:Dts	2344623446–24163	718
Fazilka	Template:Dts	2416424164–25003	840
MerseyMersey	Template:Dts	2500425004–25588	585
ElbeElbe	Template:Dts	2558925589–26178	590
ArnoArno	Template:Dts	2617926179–26812	634
ArnoArno	Template:Dts	2681326813–27443	631
EmsEms	Template:Dts	2744427444–27969	526
Fultala	Template:Dts	2797027970–28796	827
Virawa	Template:Dts	2879728797–29411	615
Wardha	Template:Dts	2941229412–30303	892
Fultala	Template:Dts	3030430304–31093	790
Fazilka	Template:Dts	3109431094–31974	881
Fultala	Template:Dts	3197531975–32775	801
Wardha	Template:Dts	3277632776–33609	834
Fazilka	Template:Dts	3361033610–34484	875
Virawa	Template:Dts	3448534485–35243	759
Fazilka	Template:Dts	3524435244–36039	796
Sangola	Template:Dts	3604036040–37171	1132
Sangola	Template:Dts	3717237172–38257	1086
Sangola	Template:Dts	3825838258–39409	1152
Sangola	Template:Dts	3941039410–40076	667
Sangola	Template:Dts	4007740077–41002	926
Santhia	Template:Dts	4100341003–42023	1021
Sangola	Template:Dts	4202442024–42892	869
Santhia	Template:Dts	4289342893–43922	1030
Mutlah	Template:Dts	4392343923–44756	834
Sutlej	Template:Dts	4475744757–45606	850
Ganges	Template:Dts	4560745607–46466	860
Mutlah	Template:Dts	4646746467–47329	863
Sutlej	Template:Dts	4733047330–48140	811
Sutlej	Template:Dts	4814148141–48997	857
Indus	Template:Dts	4899848998–49801	804
Ganges	Template:Dts	4980249802–50644	843
Ganges	Template:Dts	5064550645–51490	846
Ganges	Template:Dts	5149151491–52261	771
Sutlej	Template:Dts	5226252262–53069	808
Ganges	Template:Dts	5307053070–53917	848
Ganges	Template:Dts	5391853918–54701	784
Chenab	Template:Dts	5470254702–55556	855
Chenab	Template:Dts	5555755557–56273	717
Mutlah	Template:Dts	5627456274–57125	852
Ganges	Template:Dts	5712657126–57971	846
Mutlah	Template:Dts	5797257972–58783	812
Chenab	Template:Dts	5878458784–59665	882
Sutlej	Template:Dts	5966659666–60553	888

Notes

• The number following the name of the ship denotes the voyage number (to Fiji).
• "SS" in front of the name of the ship denotes that it was a steam ship.
• From 1905 all ships were steam ships.

See also

• Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji)
• Indian indenture system
• Repatriation of indentured Indians from Fiji
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