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1. 90 Days of Horror: The voyage of the Fatel Razack to Trinidad in 1845
2. Indian immigrant ships to Guyana
3 Indian immigrant ships to Trinidad
90 Days of
Horror
By Dr Kusha
Haracksingh
When the Fatel Razack,
the first ship to bring Indians immigrants to Trinidad, docked at the Port-of Spain harbour in the afternoon of May
30th, 1845, she
was greeted with great with great
enthusiasm. The only regret seemed to be that the ship had not arrived sooner, so that the crop season
which was by then almost at an end could have benefited more from the
immigrants' labour.
There was the
general feeling that the Indians had come to save the colony, and that this was
the first trickle in a steady stream of labour that would rescue the island from
depression and ruin.
As the ship
entered the harbour, it is easy to imagine Indians trying to catch a glimpse of
this strange country, which many of them had been deluded into believing was
some thing of a paradise, only a few days journey from India.
MISTREATMENT
In reality; the
voyage was to last all of 90 days, in
cramped and uncomfortable surroundings.
Five people
were to die on route and many others would experience the horror of prolonged
sea-sickness, the pangs of hunger and cold, and mistreatment at the hands of
the ship’s officers, before their final destination.
As is usually
the case with pioneering ventures many things had yet to be straightened out,
and the first immigrants would be in a sense the guinea pigs of succeeding
voyages, with all the rigours that entailed.
Appropriately
enough, the first name which appeared on the ship's register is Bharat, a
synonym for India. He is described as male, aged twenty.
No other particulars
are available but he was to be the first of over 140,000 Indians who would make
the journey that he had just completed.
Many years
later, an artist would draw a romantic picture of the Fatal Razack, sedately
floating on calm water with full sails billowing in the wind. The reality was
quite different.
The ship was
built of teak and was only of 415 tons burthen, relatively small even by the
standards of those days but especially so for a vessel which had to traverse
two oceans.
By the 1860s
larger ships would come into service and by the 1880s iron ships of about 1,500
tons burthen.
But for those
who travelled in the Fatel Razack and her sister ships, space was at a premium.
Consequently, diseases like cholera and typhoid were easily transmitted and it
is no wonder that there are records of immigrants trying to throw themselves
overboard when the pressures proved too much.
The Fatal
Razack sailed from Calcutta in the closing days of February 1845. By that time, the
immigrants were already confused and
disoriented from their stay in the depot.
There they
encountered strange practices and were thrown
together with people of different caste and religions with whom normally
they would not have mingled.
They underwent
a medical examination, but it was of a cursory nature, intended only to
establish that they could wield an
agricultural implement.
If a man
appeared ill the view was taken that a little
sea breeze would soon correct that. The immigrants were issued with
regulation clothing, and then tagged with a metal disc hung around their necks
or strapped to the arm.
ACCOMMODATION
Thenceforth,
they were merely indentured workers. The process of deculturalisation, or as
some would argue, dehumanisation, had
begun.
On board ship,
the immigrants were in the care of an officer called the Surgeon Superintendent
- in this case, a Major Fagan of the British Indian army. They were divided
into groups of about 25, each controlled by a sardar or headman appointed from
among them.
There was a
complement of cooks drawn from among the highest castes, and of sweepers drawn
from the lowest. The crew were called lascars, an Anglo-Indian word meaning
sailors.
Single women
were placed in the rear of the ship with children and married couples in the
middle.
Single men were
accommodated in the forward area. All slept in the decks below which were
gloomy places lit with coconut oil lamps.
The first stage of the journey, down the Bay of Bengal with its variable winds and into the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope lasted 41 days.
These first
immigrants were not equipped for the
icy winds and bitter southern seas around the Cape. This was the roughest part of the
voyage. Then the ship steered into the southern trade winds, and later, after St. Helena, caught the north-east trades to bring it
to Trinidad.
As voyages
went, this was not the worst. It could
not compare, for example with the
horror of the Delharee on which 46 Indians died while sailing to Port of Spain. Or with the Fusilier bound from Guyana on which over 200 died.
After docking
in Trinidad, the ship was boarded by the Harbour
Master, the Health Officer and the
newly appointed Agent General of Immigrants.
GOONOO
The human cargo
of 225 was examined and pronounced "in good order and conditions." The
majority were males from their mid-twenties to early thirties, with names like
Dookie, Choudhury, Budhoo. There was a
smattering of women in the same age bracket, with names like Gauri, Etwaria,
Somaria.
The youngest
passengers were a boy called Goonoo, aged 5, and a girl named Faizan, aged 4.
These last
immigrants were put to work on the estates the day after their arrival. One
week later the Port of Spain Gazette claimed they were “giving much
satisfaction to their employers.”
IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO GUYANA
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The following is a list of ships for which the National
Archives of Guyana has Emigration Passes for the Passengers.
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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT: INDIAN EMIGRANTS: CERTIFICATES
AA 1
These certificates were issued in India
by the Government Emigration Agent for British Guiana.
They give summary particulars of the emigrant and certify his or her physical
fitness and willingness to work in British Guiana.
They are arranged and listed in date order under the name of the ship in which
the emigrant was transported to British Guiana.
An index of ships precedes to list.
The following is a list of ships for which the National Archives of Guyana has
Emigration Passes for the Passengers.
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT: INDIAN EMIGRANTS: CERTIFICATES
AA 1
These certificates were issued in India
by the Government Emigration Agent for British Guiana.
They give summary particulars of the emigrant and certify his or her physical
fitness and willingness to work in British Guiana.
They are arranged and listed in date order under the name of the ship in which
the emigrant was transported to British Guiana.
An index of ships precedes to list.
January 1995.
Ref AA1 number Name of Ship Voyage Year Note: 1 Note: 2
PAGE ONE
1 Jason 1865
2 Apelles 1865 - 1866
3 Copenhagen 1865 - 1866
4 Clarence 1865 - 1866
5 Janet Cowan 1866
6 Atalanta 1866
7 India 1866 - 1867
8 Clarence 1866 - 1867
9 Assaye 1866 - 1867
10 Canning 1866 - 1867
11 British Trident 1866 - 1867
12 Indus 1866 - 1867
13 Belvidfra 1866 - 1867
14 Tincelles 1866 - 1867 Lincelles
15 Racehorse 1866 - 1867
16 Oasis 1867
17 Orient 1867 - 1868
18 Harkaway 1867 - 1868
19 Ganges 1867 - 1868
20 Clarence 1867 - 1868
21 Trevelyan 1867 - 1868
22 Jason 1867 - 1868
23 Winchester 1868
PAGE TWO
24 Bengal 1868 - 1869
25 Walmer Castle 1868 - 1869
26 India 1868 - 1869
27 Ganges 1868 - 1869
28 Howrah 1868 - 1869
29 Himalaya 1868 - 1869
30 Trevelyan 1868 - 1869
31 Syria 1868 - 1869
32 Salamanea 1868 - 1869
33 Adamant 1868 - 1869
34 Adamant 1869
35 Shand 1869
36 St. Kilda 1869
37 Sir Robert Sale 1869
38 Michael Angels 1869
39 Arima 1869 - 1870
40 Ganges 1869 - 1870
41 Far East 1869 - 1870
42 Howrah 1869 - 1870
43 Arcot 1869 - 1870
44 S. Joaquim 1869 - 1870
45 Devonshire 1869 - 1870
46 Clive 1869 - 1870
PAGE THREE
47 Medea 1869 - 1870
48 Colombo 1869 - 1870
49 British Monarch 1869 - 1870
50 Shand 1869 - 1870
51 India 1869 - 1870
52 Ganges 1870
53 Wellesley 1870
54 Medea 1870 - 1871
55 Philosopher 1870 - 1871
56 Clive 1870 - 1871
57 Adamant 1871
58 Trevelyan 1871- 1872
59 Neva 1871- 1872
60 Adamant 1871- 1872
61 Poonah 1871- 1872
62 Medea 1871- 1872
63 St. Kilda 1871- 1872
64 Golden Fleece 1872
65 Gainsborough 1872
66 Neva 1872
67 Enmore 1872
68 Sankar 1872 Soukar
69 Kate Kellock 1872 - 1873
PAGE FOUR
70 Syria 1872 - 1873
71 Trevelyan 1872 - 1873
72 North 1872 - 1873
73A Gainsborough 1873
73A Ganges 1873
74 Rohilla 1873
75 Poonah 1873
76 SS Enmore 1873 - 1874
77 Clyde 1873 - 1874
78 Hereford 1873 - 1874
79 Sir Henry Rawrence 1873 - 1874 Sir Henry Lawrence
80 Pandora 1873 - 1874
81 Buckinghamshire 1873 - 1874
82 Aisla 1873 - 1874
83 Surrey 1873 - 1874
84 Mofussilite 1873 - 1874
85 Hyderbad 1873 - 1874
86 Neva 1873 - 1874
87 Sussex 1873 - 1874
88 Golden Fleece 1873 - 1874
89 Dinapore 1873 - 1874
90 India 1873 - 1874
91 Rohilla 1873 - 1874
PAGE FIVE
92 Atalanta 1874 - 1875
93 Clarence 1874 - 1875
94 Ailsa 1874 - 1875
95 Forfarshire 1874 - 1875
96 Rohilla 1874 - 1875
97 Artist 1874 - 1875
98 Dacca 1874 - 1875
99 Syria 1874 - 1875
100 Berkshire 1874 - 1875
101 Atalanta 1874 - 1875
102 Syria 1874 - 1875
103 Rohilla 1875 - 1876
104 King Arthur 1875 - 1876
105 Ailsa 1875 - 1876
106 Tinguist 1875 - 1876 Linguist
107 Botanist 1875 - 1876
108 Pandora 1875 - 1876
109 Rohilla 1876 - 1877
110 Artist 1876 - 1877
111 Neva 1876 - 1877
112 King Arthur 1876 - 1877
113 Tinguist 1876 - 1877 Linguist
PAGE SIX
114 Ailsa 1876 -1877
115 Jura 1876 -1877
116 Jura 1877 - 1878
117 Hesperides 1877 - 1878
118 Pandora 1877 - 1878
119 Boyne 1877 - 1878
120 Ailsa 1877 - 1878
121 King Arthur 1877 - 1878
122 Howrah 1877 - 1878
123 Naturalist 1877 - 1878
124 Sheila 1877 - 1878
125 Neva 1877 - 1878
126 Senator 1877 - 1878
127 Artist 1877 - 1878
128 Ballochmyle 1877 - 1878
129 Sussex 1877 - 1878
130 Philosopher 1877 - 1878
131 Pandora 1877 - 1878
132 Rohilla 1878 - 1879
133 Lightning 1878 - 1879
134 Silhet 1878 - 1879
135 Suffolk 1878 - 1879
136 Tassa 1878 - 1879
PAGE SEVEN
137 Howrah 1878 - 1879
138 Malabar 1878 - 1879
139 Newcastle 1878 - 1879
140 Poonah 1878 - 1879
141 Berar 1878 - 1879
142 Ellora 1878 - 1879
143 Plassey 1878 - 1879
144 North 1878 - 1879
145 Berar 1878 - 1879
146 Newcastle 1879 - 1880
147 Tassa 1879 - 1880
148 Howrah 1879 - 1880
149 Malabar 1879 - 1880
150 North 1879 - 1880
151 Plassey 1879 - 1880
152 Poonah 1879 - 1880
153 Ellora 1879 - 1880
154 Rohilla 1880 - 1881
155 Poonah 1880 - 1881
156 Plassey 1880 - 1881
157 Ellora 1880 - 1881
158 Berar 1880 - 1881
PAGE EIGHT
159 Lightning 1880 - 1881
160 Newcastle 1880 - 1881
161 Bengollyun 1880 - 1881
162 North 1880 - 1881
163 Ellora 1881 - 1882
164 Newcastle 1881 - 1882
165 Howrah 1881 - 1882
166 Plassey 1881 - 1882
167 North 1881 - 1882
168 Bayard 1881 - 1882
169 Berar 1882 - 1883
170 Plassey 1882 - 1883
171 Rohilla 1882 - 1883
172 Silhet 1882 - 1883
173 North 1882 - 1883
174 Ellora 1882 - 1883
175 Ganges 1883 - 1884
176 Bann 1883 - 1884
177 Foyle 1883 - 1884
178 British Peer 1883 - 1884
179 Bruce 1883 - 1884
180 Foyle 1884 - 1885
PAGE NINE
181 John Davie 1884 -1885
182 Newnham 1884 -1885
183 Bruce 1884 -1885
184 Jorawur 1884 -1885
185 Bann 1884 -1885
186 Boyne 1884 -1885
187 British Peer 1884 -1885
188 Grecian 1884 -1885
189 Allanshaw 1884 -1885
190 Foyle 1885 -1886
191 Jorawur 1885 -1886
192 Allanshaw 1885 -1886
193 Hereford 1885 -1886
194 Ganges 1885 -1886
195 Shannon 1885 -1886
196 Main 1885 -1886
197 Bayard 1885 -1886
198 Bann 1885 -1886
199 Hereford 1886 - 1887
200 Allanshaw 1886 - 1887
201 British Peer 1886 - 1887
202 Main 1886 - 1887
PAGE TEN
203 Foyle 1886 - 1887
204 Bruce 1886 - 1887
205 Avoca 1886 - 1887
206 Bruce 1887 - 1888
207 Allanshaw 1887 - 1888
208 Ganges 1887 - 1888
209 Rhine 1887 - 1888
210 Foyle 1887 - 1888
211 Allanshaw 1888 - 1889
212 Foyle 1888 - 1889
213 Main 1888 - 1889
214 Sheila 1888 - 1889
215 Volga 1888 - 1889
216 Brenda 1889 - 1890
217 Sheila 1889 - 1890
218 Foyle 1889 - 1890
219 The Bruce 1889 - 1890
220 Allanshaw 1889 - 1890
221 Rhine 1889 - 1890
222 Brenda 1889 - 1890
223 Brenda 1890
224 Avoca 1890 - 1891
225 Sheila 1890 - 1891
PAGE ELEVEN
226 Bann 1890 - 1891
227 Elbe 1890 - 1891
228 Rhone 1890 - 1891
229 Main 1890 - 1891
230 Jura 1890 - 1891
231 Foyle 1890 - 1891
232 Grecian 1891 - 1892
233 Sheila 1891 - 1892
234 Jura 1891 - 1892
235 Elbe 1891 - 1892
236 Ganges 1891 - 1892
237 Bann 1891 - 1892
238 Brenda 1891 - 1892
239 Allanshaw 1891 - 1892
240 Foyle 1891 - 1892
241 Grecian 1892 - 1893
242 Main 1892 - 1893
243 Volga 1892 - 1893
244 Jura 1892 - 1893
245 Brenda 1892 - 1893
246 Elbe 1892 - 1893
247 Avon 1892 - 1893
248 Sheila 1892 - 1893
PAGE TWELVE
249 Sheila 1893 - 1894
250 Avon 1893 - 1894
251 Elbe 1893 - 1894
252 Brenda 1893 - 1894
253 Jura 1893 - 1894
254 Ganges 1893 - 1894
255 Main 1893 - 1894
256 Avoca 1893 - 1894
257 Bann 1893 - 1894
258 Lena 1893 - 1894
259 Lena 1894 - 1895
260 Brenda 1894 - 1895
261 Grecian 1894 - 1895
262 Avoca 1894 - 1895
263 Bann 1894 - 1895
264 Mercey 1894 - 1895
265 Jura 1894 - 1895
266 Rhine 1894 - 1895
267 Avon 1894 - 1895
268 Sheila 1894 - 1895
269 Elbe 1894 - 1895
270 Jura 1895 - 1896
271 Lena 1895 -1896
PAGE THIRTEEN
272 Ems 1895 -1896
273 Lena 1896 - 1897
274 Brenda 1896 - 1897
275 Ems 1896 - 1897
276 Lena 1896 -1897
277 Sheila 1896 -1897
278 Jura 1897 - 1898
279 Mercey 1898
280 Brenda 1898
281 Jura 1898 - 1899
282 Lena 1899 - 1900
283 Avon 1899 - 1900
284 Erne 1899 - 1900
285 Forth 1899 - 1900
286 Mercey 1899 - 1900
287 Moy 1899 - 1900
288 Clyde 1899 - 1900
289 Forth 1899 - 1900
290 Ems 1900
291 Main 1900
292 Lena 1900 - 1901
293 Forth 1900 - 1901
294 Mercey 1900 - 1901
PAGE FOURTEEN
295 Elbe 1900 - 1901
296 Forth 1901 - 1902
297 Ems 1901 - 1902
298 SS Fazilka 1901 - 1902
299 Rhone 1901 - 1902
300 Main 1901 - 1902
301 Warda 1901 - 1902
302A Arno 1902 - 1903
302B Moy 1902 - 1903
303 Forth 1902 - 1903
304 Moy 1903 - 1904
305 Elbe 1903 - 1904
306 Mercey 1903 - 1904
307 Erne 1903 - 1904
308 Clyde 1903 - 1904
309 Mercey 1903 - 1904
310 Moy 1904 - 1905
311 Lena 1904 - 1905
312 Clyde 1904 - 1905
313 Elbe 1905 -1906
314 Forth 1905 -1906
315 Arno 1905 -1906
316 Rhone 1905 -1906
317 Clyde 1905 -1906
PAGE FIFTEEN
318 Ganges 1906 -1907
319 Erne 1906 -1907
320 Forth 1906 -1907
321 Mercey 1906 -1907
322 Ems 1907 -1908
323 Mercey 1907 -1908
324 SS Ganges 1907 -1908
325 Mutlah 1908 - 1909
326 Ganges 1908 - 1909
327 Sutlej 1908 - 1909
328 Ems 1908 - 1909
329 Sutlej 1909
330 Ganges 1909 - 1910
331 SS Indus 1909 - 1910
332 Sutlej 1910 - 1911
333 Sutlej 1910 - 1911 2nd Voyage
334A Indus 1910 - 1911
334B SS Ganges 1911
335 SS Chenab 1911 - 1912
336 SS Chenab 1911 - 1912 2nd Voyage
337 SS Indus 1911 - 1912
338 SS Indus 1911 - 1912 2nd Voyage
339 SS Indus 1911 - 1912 3rd Voyage
340 SS Sutlej 1911 - 1912
PAGE SIXTEEN
341 SS Sutlej 1912 -1913
342 SS Sutlej 1912 -1913
343 Chenab 1912 -1913
344 Mutlah 1912 -1913
345 Indus 1913
346 Indus 1913 Second Voyage Records Missing
347 SS Mutlah 1913 - 1914
348 Dewa 1913 - 1914
349 Dewa 1915
350 Sutlej 1914 - 1915
351 SS Chenab 1914 - 1915
352 SS Chenab 1915 - 1916
353 SS Dewa 1915 - 1916
354 Ganges 1915 - 1916
355 Sutlej 1915 - 1916
356 Mutlah 1916 - 1917
357 Chenab 1916 - 1917
358 Ganges 1916 - 1917
Source: National Archives of Guyana. November 2004.
Special thanks to Archivists Mrs. Pamela Tyrrell and Mrs. June Dubissette; and
researcher Mr. John O'Connor.
Indian
Immigrant Ship List to Trinidad
The tables below are a
listing of ships known to have carried Indian immigrants to Trinidad. This list was compiled by
Richard Cheddie, who graciously consented to their reproduction here. A more
complete list that includes ships to other colonies can be accessed by joining
his Indo-West Indian Discussion Group called Batchaman.
I have divided these
lists by time period to make reviewing them simpler.
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Fatel Rozack
|
Friday, May 30, 1845
|
225?
|
3
|
|
|
Duchess of Argyle
|
Thursday, February 12, 1846
|
267
|
3
|
|
|
Bangalore
|
Tuesday, February 24, 1846
|
320
|
4
|
|
|
Duke of Bedford
|
Tuesday, March 24, 1846
|
296
|
2
|
|
|
Medusa
|
Friday, April 3, 1846
|
182
|
2
|
|
|
William Abrams
|
Saturday, April 11, 1846
|
347
|
6
|
|
|
London
|
Saturday, May 2, 1846
|
294
|
0
|
|
|
Cadet
|
Monday, June 15, 1846
|
199
|
1
|
|
|
Lord William Bentick
|
Monday, June 15, 1846
|
229
|
4
|
|
|
City of Poonah
|
Tuesday, December 1, 1846
|
278
|
8
|
|
|
Duke of Portland
|
Saturday, January 2, 1847
|
291
|
11
|
|
|
John Line
|
Tuesday, January 19, 1847
|
332
|
8
|
|
|
Lochlomond
|
Tuesday, January 26, 1847
|
227
|
2
|
|
|
Duke of Bedford
|
Saturday, May 8, 1847
|
294
|
2
|
|
|
Emma
|
Saturday, May 29, 1847
|
134
|
0
|
|
|
Cornwall
|
Wednesday, June 16, 1847
|
372
|
13
|
|
|
Bangalore
|
Thursday, June 17, 1847
|
300
|
1
|
|
|
Poictiers
|
Sunday, December 26, 1847
|
322
|
6
|
|
|
Duke of Bedford
|
Thursday, April 6, 1848
|
298
|
0
|
|
|
Agincourt
|
Monday, April 17, 1848
|
328
|
2
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Eliza Stewart
|
Wednesday, April 23, 1851
|
176
|
1
|
|
|
True Briton
|
Tuesday, February 3, 1852
|
289
|
6
|
|
|
Hyderbad
|
Thursday, February 12, 1852
|
293
|
27
|
|
|
Equestrian
|
Wednesday, March 17, 1852
|
290
|
11
|
|
|
Eliza Stewart
|
Friday, April 30, 1852
|
183
|
3
|
|
|
Mary Shepherd
|
Saturday, June 5, 1852
|
267
|
4
|
|
|
Benares
|
Tuesday, January 25, 1853
|
244
|
7
|
|
|
William Jardine
|
Saturday, February 12, 1853
|
279
|
7
|
|
|
Harkaway
|
Sunday, February 13, 1853
|
341
|
7
|
|
|
Maidstone
|
Monday, March 14, 1853
|
344
|
14
|
|
|
Medea
|
Monday, March 14, 1853
|
3
|
|
|
|
Eliza Stewart
|
Friday, May 13, 1853
|
214
|
6
|
|
|
Mallard
|
Friday, May 13, 1853
|
259
|
11
|
|
|
Bank of England
|
Saturday, May 21, 1853
|
299
|
8
|
|
|
True Briton
|
Thursday, March 23, 1854
|
318
|
13
|
|
|
Sussex
|
Thursday, April 27, 1854
|
352
|
17
|
|
|
Windsor
|
Wednesday, March 14, 1855
|
282
|
15
|
|
|
Scindian
|
Sunday, March 16, 1856
|
255
|
23
|
|
|
Agincourt
|
Saturday, April 26, 1856
|
353
|
37
|
|
|
Agincourt
|
Saturday, April 26, 1856
|
1
|
|
|
|
Adelaide
|
Wednesday, March 18, 1857
|
275
|
18
|
|
|
Eveline
|
Monday, March 23, 1857
|
302
|
61
|
|
|
Sir George Seymour
|
Wednesday, April 1, 1857
|
314
|
25
|
|
|
Granville
|
Monday, June 8, 1857
|
260
|
33
|
|
|
Scindian
|
Thursday, July 2, 1857
|
223
|
49
|
|
|
Wellesley
|
Thursday, January 28, 1858
|
374
|
18
|
|
|
Ellenborough
|
Saturday, April 10, 1858
|
368
|
19
|
|
|
Saladin
|
Wednesday, June 2, 1858
|
324
|
44
|
|
|
Salsette
|
Friday, July 2, 1858
|
197
|
106
|
Highest mortality rate
on board an indentured ship other than shipwreck
|
|
Roman Emperor
|
Friday, December 3, 1858
|
379
|
3
|
|
|
Edith Moore
|
Monday, December 6, 1858
|
375
|
26
|
|
|
Akbar
|
Monday, January 3, 1859
|
310
|
36
|
|
|
Themis
|
Wednesday, January 12, 1859
|
363
|
13
|
|
|
Hope
|
Saturday, January 22, 1859
|
383
|
3
|
|
|
Palmerton
|
Saturday, January 22, 1859
|
394
|
4
|
|
|
Marmion
|
Tuesday, January 25, 1859
|
306
|
65
|
|
|
Dudbrook
|
Thursday, March 17, 1859
|
243
|
54
|
|
|
Cleveland
|
Saturday, March 19, 1859
|
270
|
12
|
|
|
John Duncan
|
Thursday, April 7, 1859
|
347
|
40
|
|
|
Clara
|
Monday, December 5, 1859
|
376
|
11
|
|
|
Labrador
|
Saturday, December 17, 1859
|
303
|
42
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
The Bruce
|
Friday, January 6, 1860
|
405
|
3
|
|
|
Conway
|
Sunday, January 29, 1860
|
382
|
30
|
|
|
Tyburnia
|
Monday, March 5, 1860
|
302
|
24
|
|
|
Chatham
|
Sunday, April 15, 1860
|
250
|
3
|
|
|
Thomas Lowry
|
Thursday, May 10, 1860
|
266
|
9
|
|
|
Appleton
|
Tuesday, June 5, 1860
|
377
|
60
|
|
|
Hunter
|
Friday, June 15, 1860
|
185
|
|
|
|
Clarence
|
Monday, January 21, 1861
|
351
|
23
|
|
|
David Malcolm
|
Monday, January 21, 1861
|
235
|
5
|
|
|
Sydenham
|
Wednesday, March 6, 1861
|
352
|
12
|
|
|
Castle Howard
|
Friday, March 29, 1861
|
356
|
11
|
|
|
Adelaide
|
Tuesday, May 7, 1861
|
257
|
53
|
|
|
Brechin Castle
|
Monday, May 13, 1861
|
274
|
23
|
|
|
Nourmahal
|
Saturday, June 29, 1861
|
351
|
20
|
|
|
Tyburnia
|
Monday, December 9, 1861
|
365
|
37
|
|
|
Daniel Rankin
|
Wednesday, January 8, 1862
|
389
|
18
|
|
|
Alnwick Castle
|
Friday, January 10, 1862
|
476
|
5
|
|
|
Clarence
|
Friday, March 7, 1862
|
454
|
0
|
|
|
Colgrain
|
Thursday, April 17, 1862
|
276
|
5
|
|
|
Alnwick Castle
|
Thursday, January 22, 1863
|
442
|
0
|
|
|
Assaye
|
Monday, March 9, 1863
|
283
|
11
|
|
|
Athleta
|
Saturday, April 18, 1863
|
344
|
4
|
|
|
Brechin Castle
|
Friday, June 12, 1863
|
283
|
3
|
|
|
Golden City
|
Wednesday, December 16, 1863
|
441
|
18
|
|
|
Spitfire
|
Sunday, April 17, 1864
|
492
|
25
|
|
|
Alnwick Castle
|
Monday, May 2, 1864
|
455
|
3
|
|
|
Sydenham
|
Tuesday, February 7, 1865
|
418
|
9
|
|
|
Atalanta
|
Friday, March 10, 1865
|
470
|
20
|
|
|
New
Castle
|
Saturday, April 29, 1865
|
482
|
15
|
|
|
Carleton
|
Wednesday, November 22, 1865
|
444
|
54
|
|
|
Empress
|
Friday, December 22, 1865
|
490
|
24
|
|
|
Koomar
|
Monday, December 25, 1865
|
407
|
85
|
|
|
Humber
|
Wednesday, December 26, 1866
|
473
|
25
|
|
|
Roxburgh Castle
|
Wednesday, January 2, 1867
|
393
|
35
|
|
|
Salisbury
|
Saturday, February 2, 1867
|
420
|
26
|
|
|
Alnwick Castle
|
Monday, March 4, 1867
|
461
|
17
|
|
|
Sevilla
|
Tuesday, March 5, 1867
|
304
|
10
|
|
|
Hornet
|
Saturday, March 30, 1867
|
428
|
2
|
|
|
Hougomont
|
Thursday, April 25, 1867
|
392
|
7
|
|
|
Liverpool
|
Monday, December 23, 1867
|
519
|
21
|
|
|
Ellenborough
|
Thursday, December 26, 1867
|
349
|
14
|
|
|
Sevilla
|
Saturday, March 7, 1868
|
296
|
5
|
|
|
Ancilla
|
Sunday, May 3, 1868
|
328
|
2
|
|
|
Albert Victor
|
Wednesday, June 24, 1868
|
314
|
13
|
|
|
Malabar
|
Monday, December 28, 1868
|
427
|
11
|
|
|
Poonah
|
Monday, February 22, 1869
|
387
|
5
|
|
|
Arima
|
Tuesday, March 30, 1869
|
304
|
9
|
|
|
Sevilla
|
Wednesday, April 7, 1869
|
309
|
5
|
|
|
Ancilla
|
Monday, May 3, 1869
|
324
|
2
|
|
|
Flying Foam
|
Monday, July 19, 1869
|
447
|
32
|
|
|
Beaumaris Castle
|
Wednesday, November 3, 1869
|
491
|
13
|
|
|
Varuna
|
Monday, December 20, 1869
|
454
|
17
|
|
|
Wiltshire
|
Monday, December 20, 1869
|
610
|
11
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Atalanta
|
Thursday, February 24, 1870
|
396
|
6
|
|
|
Cochin
|
Thursday, April 7, 1870
|
480
|
2
|
|
|
Java
|
Wednesday, May 4, 1870
|
480
|
2
|
|
|
Wiltshire
|
Saturday, November 26, 1870
|
542
|
22
|
|
|
Brechin Castle
|
Saturday, February 11, 1871
|
428
|
6
|
|
|
Hougomont
|
Wednesday, February 15, 1871
|
332
|
8
|
|
|
Indus
|
Thursday, March 23, 1871
|
372
|
4
|
|
|
Atalanta
|
Sunday, April 23, 1871
|
376
|
5
|
|
|
Syria
|
Tuesday, January 2, 1872
|
420
|
3
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Tuesday, April 9, 1872
|
408
|
6
|
|
|
Atalanta
|
Saturday, May 18, 1872
|
400
|
5
|
|
|
Woodburn
|
Saturday, May 18, 1872
|
563
|
16
|
|
|
Wiltshire
|
Sunday, November 24, 1872
|
556
|
19
|
|
|
Dilharrie
|
Wednesday, December 18, 1872
|
478
|
44
|
|
|
Rajah of Cochin
|
Monday, December 23, 1872
|
401
|
13
|
|
|
John Allen
|
Wednesday, January 8, 1873
|
322
|
3
|
|
|
Colmonell
|
Tuesday, January 28, 1873
|
462
|
17
|
|
|
Howrah
|
Monday, March 3, 1873
|
449
|
13
|
|
|
Atalanta
|
Wednesday, June 4, 1873
|
392
|
2
|
|
|
Syria
|
Monday, November 24, 1873
|
412
|
23
|
|
|
Winchester
|
Monday, December 29, 1873
|
412
|
27
|
|
|
Brockham
|
Monday, February 2, 1874
|
406
|
16
|
|
|
Jumna
|
Tuesday, February 10, 1874
|
430
|
17
|
Jumna
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Monday, May 11, 1874
|
383
|
5
|
|
|
Golden Fleece
|
Thursday, October 29, 1874
|
494
|
25
|
|
|
British
Empire
|
Thursday, February 25, 1875
|
603
|
33
|
|
|
Essex
|
Wednesday, March 10, 1875
|
512
|
0
|
|
|
Brechin Castle
|
Friday, March 19, 1875
|
448
|
1
|
|
|
St. James
|
Sunday, April 11, 1875
|
423
|
1
|
|
|
Foyle
|
Friday, November 12, 1875
|
613
|
1
|
|
|
Jorawur
|
Saturday, December 25, 1875
|
667
|
5
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Thursday, February 10, 1876
|
379
|
3
|
|
|
Foyle
|
Friday, November 3, 1876
|
531
|
11
|
|
|
Jorawur
|
Tuesday, November 28, 1876
|
606
|
17
|
|
|
Syria
|
Sunday, January 28, 1877
|
447
|
3
|
|
|
Jorawur
|
Tuesday, November 13, 1877
|
632
|
30
|
|
|
Lightning
|
Saturday, February 2, 1878
|
517
|
7
|
|
|
Syria
|
Saturday, February 2, 1878
|
474
|
11
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Tuesday, February 5, 1878
|
477
|
14
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Sunday, November 3, 1878
|
531
|
19
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Saturday, November 16, 1878
|
543
|
4
|
|
|
Jura
|
Friday, December 20, 1878
|
523
|
6
|
|
|
Ailsa
|
Saturday, December 21, 1878
|
488
|
1
|
|
|
Artist
|
Saturday, January 25, 1879
|
515
|
9
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Friday, November 7, 1879
|
521
|
3
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Friday, November 21, 1879
|
539
|
2
|
|
|
Jura
|
Monday, December 22, 1879
|
528
|
9
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Bann
|
Wednesday, January 28, 1880
|
600
|
14
|
|
|
Jumna
|
Saturday, February 28, 1880
|
435
|
3
|
|
|
Foyle
|
Thursday, April 1, 1880
|
513
|
4
|
|
|
Jura
|
Wednesday, November 10, 1880
|
535
|
5
|
|
|
British Nation
|
Saturday, November 27, 1880
|
499
|
4
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Wednesday, December 8, 1880
|
523
|
11
|
|
|
Neva
|
Tuesday, February 8, 1881
|
471
|
8
|
|
|
Bann
|
Sunday, March 6, 1881
|
262
|
9
|
|
|
Foyle
|
Thursday, May 5, 1881
|
578
|
19
|
|
|
Jumna
|
Friday, June 3, 1881
|
391
|
34
|
|
|
Earl Granville
|
Wednesday, November 23, 1881
|
400
|
7
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Saturday, November 26, 1881
|
537
|
8
|
|
|
Lee
|
Sunday, January 8, 1882
|
566
|
21
|
|
|
Neva
|
Sunday, February 5, 1882
|
476
|
8
|
|
|
Bann
|
Wednesday, March 22, 1882
|
585
|
2
|
|
|
Scottish Admiral
|
Wednesday, November 8, 1882
|
424
|
6
|
|
|
Hesperides
|
Saturday, December 30, 1882
|
548
|
10
|
|
|
Southesk
|
Thursday, January 25, 1883
|
450
|
9
|
|
|
Boyne
|
Saturday, March 31, 1883
|
517
|
8
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Wednesday, November 7, 1883
|
526
|
5
|
|
|
Jura
|
Tuesday, December 25, 1883
|
556
|
4
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Sunday, February 10, 1884
|
521
|
6
|
|
|
Grecian
|
Friday, April 11, 1884
|
541
|
8
|
|
|
Neva
|
Monday, May 12, 1884
|
503
|
4
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Wednesday, October 22, 1884
|
557
|
14
|
|
|
British Statesman
|
Tuesday, November 25, 1884
|
476
|
22
|
|
|
Jura
|
Friday, December 12, 1884
|
538
|
3
|
|
|
Nerbudda
|
Tuesday, January 6, 1885
|
585
|
16
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Monday, October 26, 1885
|
539
|
2
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Wednesday, December 2, 1885
|
560
|
5
|
|
|
Jura
|
Wednesday, January 13, 1886
|
558
|
4
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Thursday, October 21, 1886
|
529
|
5
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Thursday, November 25, 1886
|
535
|
9
|
|
|
Jura
|
Sunday, December 12, 1886
|
542
|
9
|
|
|
Bann
|
Thursday, February 24, 1887
|
582
|
53
|
|
|
British Nation
|
Tuesday, October 25, 1887
|
496
|
4
|
|
|
Brenda
|
Wednesday, November 16, 1887
|
526
|
3
|
|
|
Sheila
|
Saturday, December 10, 1887
|
543
|
11
|
|
|
Jura
|
Sunday, January 29, 1888
|
558
|
9
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Tuesday, October 2, 1888
|
677
|
5
|
|
|
Hereford
|
Wednesday, October 31, 1888
|
601
|
13
|
|
|
Jumna
|
Thursday, January 10, 1889
|
456
|
6
|
|
|
Jura
|
Thursday, January 10, 1889
|
530
|
4
|
|
|
Grecian
|
Tuesday, October 1, 1889
|
540
|
21
|
|
|
Volga
|
Monday, October 21, 1889
|
556
|
18
|
|
|
Avoca
|
Tuesday, October 22, 1889
|
619
|
20
|
|
|
Jura
|
Tuesday, December 17, 1889
|
523
|
13
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Hereford
|
Wednesday, February 5, 1890
|
598
|
6
|
|
|
Grecian
|
Thursday, October 16, 1890
|
544
|
2
|
|
|
Bruce
|
Monday, November 17, 1890
|
507
|
2
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Tuesday, November 25, 1890
|
568
|
7
|
|
|
Allan Shaw
|
Saturday, December 13, 1890
|
658
|
4
|
|
|
British Peer
|
Tuesday, February 3, 1891
|
606
|
26
|
|
|
Avon
|
Sunday, March 1, 1891
|
558
|
2
|
|
|
Rhone
|
Friday, October 9, 1891
|
677
|
16
|
|
|
Main
|
Saturday, October 31, 1891
|
631
|
24
|
|
|
Avon
|
Saturday, November 14, 1891
|
621
|
27
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Sunday, December 13, 1891
|
657
|
18
|
|
|
Danube
|
Friday, January 1, 1892
|
609
|
29
|
|
|
Allan Shaw
|
Wednesday, October 12, 1892
|
636
|
5
|
|
|
Rhone
|
Sunday, October 23, 1892
|
666
|
4
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Sunday, November 13, 1892
|
664
|
11
|
|
|
Avoca
|
Sunday, December 4, 1892
|
659
|
0
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Monday, October 23, 1893
|
647
|
9
|
|
|
Rhone
|
Saturday, October 28, 1893
|
653
|
4
|
|
|
Moy
|
Monday, December 11, 1893
|
627
|
0
|
|
|
Rhone
|
Thursday, October 4, 1894
|
662
|
8
|
|
|
Main
|
Thursday, November 1, 1894
|
643
|
21
|
|
|
Moy
|
Monday, December 3, 1894
|
636
|
25
|
|
|
Hereford
|
Thursday, December 27, 1894
|
565
|
37
|
|
|
Foyle
|
Thursday, January 24, 1895
|
592
|
21
|
|
|
Rhone
|
Wednesday, October 16, 1895
|
690
|
109
|
|
|
Main
|
Friday, November 1, 1895
|
651
|
3
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Friday, November 1, 1895
|
680
|
10
|
|
|
Avon
|
Sunday, November 17, 1895
|
151
|
2
|
|
|
Grecian
|
Tuesday, October 13, 1896
|
540
|
8
|
|
|
Main
|
Wednesday, November 4, 1896
|
650
|
0
|
|
|
Erne
|
Thursday, November 12, 1896
|
633
|
7
|
|
|
Avon
|
Saturday, December 12, 1896
|
601
|
12
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Sunday, December 13, 1896
|
600
|
14
|
|
|
Mersey
|
Wednesday, October 20, 1897
|
668
|
11
|
|
|
Emms
|
Saturday, October 23, 1897
|
631
|
21
|
|
|
Elbe
|
Friday, November 12, 1897
|
545
|
5
|
|
|
Emms
|
Friday, November 4, 1898
|
624
|
0
|
|
|
Rhone
|
Thursday, November 10, 1898
|
652
|
3
|
|
|
Bann
|
Friday, October 27, 1899
|
553
|
2
|
|
|
Emms
|
Wednesday, November 29, 1899
|
619
|
9
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Main
|
Sunday, January 21, 1900
|
627
|
4
|
|
|
Moy
|
Wednesday, January 16, 1901
|
611
|
3
|
|
|
Avon
|
Saturday, February 16, 1901
|
598
|
6
|
|
|
Arno
|
Friday, March 15, 1901
|
656
|
9
|
|
|
Foyle
|
Wednesday, April 3, 1901
|
564
|
8
|
|
|
Virawa
|
Thursday, October 17, 1901
|
734
|
9
|
|
|
Elbe
|
Tuesday, December 17, 1901
|
613
|
3
|
|
|
Erne
|
Wednesday, January 1, 1902
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Clyde
|
Sunday, February 16, 1902
|
574
|
4
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Thursday, November 27, 1902
|
587
|
2
|
|
|
Avon
|
Monday, January 12, 1903
|
591
|
2
|
|
|
Emms
|
Saturday, January 17, 1903
|
614
|
5
|
|
|
Bann
|
Thursday, March 12, 1903
|
537
|
7
|
|
|
Forth
|
Wednesday, November 4, 1903
|
656
|
4
|
|
|
Main
|
Wednesday, December 2, 1903
|
602
|
2
|
|
|
Avon
|
Friday, December 25, 1903
|
576
|
2
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Thursday, February 18, 1904
|
621
|
2
|
|
|
Indus
|
Sunday, November 13, 1904
|
634
|
2
|
|
|
Avon
|
Thursday, February 23, 1905
|
603
|
9
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Tuesday, May 9, 1905
|
612
|
4
|
|
|
Lena
|
Sunday, January 14, 1906
|
678
|
9
|
|
|
Indus
|
Monday, January 15, 1906
|
694
|
4
|
|
|
Mersey
|
Thursday, February 8, 1906
|
666
|
5
|
|
|
Avon
|
Thursday, February 22, 1906
|
609
|
1
|
|
|
Rhine
|
Friday, March 9, 1906
|
512
|
2
|
|
|
Elbe
|
Friday, October 19, 1906
|
597
|
0
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Thursday, October 25, 1906
|
479
|
15
|
|
|
Arno
|
Saturday, November 24, 1906
|
627
|
15
|
|
|
Indus
|
Thursday, December 13, 1906
|
740
|
17
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Wednesday, September 4, 1907
|
844
|
11
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Thursday, October 10, 1907
|
344
|
6
|
|
|
Forth
|
Monday, October 14, 1907
|
673
|
14
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Monday, July 20, 1908
|
642
|
5
|
|
|
Indus
|
Wednesday, August 12, 1908
|
815
|
8
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Friday, September 4, 1908
|
415
|
7
|
|
|
Sutlej
|
Thursday, October 1, 1908
|
547
|
4
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Wednesday, June 16, 1909
|
819
|
4
|
|
|
Indus
|
Tuesday, July 27, 1909
|
812
|
5
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Sunday, August 29, 1909
|
832
|
8
|
|
|
Ship Name
|
Arrival
|
Indians
|
Died
|
Note
|
|
Mutlah
|
Friday, October 7, 1910
|
770
|
13
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Thursday, November 24, 1910
|
842
|
5
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Wednesday, January 25, 1911
|
842
|
9
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Saturday, March 25, 1911
|
776
|
3
|
|
|
Indus
|
Sunday, October 8, 1911
|
402
|
1
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Tuesday, November 7, 1911
|
451
|
3
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Saturday, December 9, 1911
|
428
|
3
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Thursday, December 28, 1911
|
705
|
2
|
|
|
Sutlej
|
Sunday, January 14, 1912
|
432
|
3
|
|
|
Indus
|
Tuesday, February 13, 1912
|
352
|
2
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Thursday, March 7, 1912
|
350
|
5
|
|
|
Indus
|
Thursday, September 12, 1912
|
404
|
2
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Monday, October 14, 1912
|
445
|
1
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Friday, November 8, 1912
|
410
|
5
|
|
|
Sutlej
|
Wednesday, December 11, 1912
|
372
|
5
|
|
|
Indus
|
Wednesday, January 8, 1913
|
326
|
2
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Wednesday, February 5, 1913
|
317
|
2
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Thursday, March 13, 1913
|
96
|
0
|
|
|
SS Dewa
|
Friday, September 12, 1913
|
508
|
1
|
|
|
Sutlej
|
Thursday, October 23, 1913
|
423
|
1
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Wednesday, November 26, 1913
|
209
|
0
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Saturday, September 12, 1914
|
179
|
0
|
|
|
Sutlej
|
Tuesday, October 13, 1914
|
244
|
1
|
|
|
SS Dewa
|
Friday, October 15, 1915
|
298
|
0
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Thursday, November 11, 1915
|
325
|
1
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Monday, February 14, 1916
|
737
|
1
|
|
|
Sutlej
|
Wednesday, March 29, 1916
|
341
|
2
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Tuesday, April 18, 1916
|
200
|
4
|
|
|
Chenab
|
Sunday, December 10, 1916
|
627
|
2
|
|
|
Mutlah
|
Saturday, January 20, 1917
|
279
|
0
|
|
|
SS Ganges
|
Sunday, April 22, 1917
|
421
|
7
|
|
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Ship Name
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Arrival
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Indians
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Died
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Note
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Shah Jehan
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The Rhine , was a 1,691 ton, iron sailing
ship with a length
of 257.2 feet, breadth of 38.3 feet and depth of 23.1 feet. She was built by
Russel & Company, Port Glasgow for the Nourse Line,
named after the River Rhine which starts in Switzerland
and flows via Germany
and the Netherlands
to the North
Sea, and launched in 10 December 1885. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured
labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
The Rhine was sold by the Nourse Line in 1907
and passed through a number of owners. It was initially sold to R.C. Williams
of New
Brunswick, Canada,
then in 1909 it was sold to W.H. Chandler, who operated the ship as Rhine
Shipping Company, Montreal, Canada.
In 1911 the Rhine Shipping Company was sold to G.I. Dewar of Montreal,
Canada, then in 1915 it
was sold to new owners in Boston, then was sold once more to W. McKissock of Boston
and finally in 1923 was sold to E.P. Reiss of Boston
for use as a barge.
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