- Poonah (ship)
The Poonah, named after the city of
Poonah in western India, was a, three masted sailing ship of 1199 tons, owned by Tyser & Haviside and was built in1867 by William Pile atSunderland . [ cite news| url = http://www.red-duster.co.uk/tyser.htm | title = G. D. TYSER & CO ]Trips to West Indies
She was used as an indenture ship in the
West Indies , carrying 306 passengers toSt. Lucia in1885 [ cite news | url = http://immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/stlucia.html| title = THE COMPASS: Colony - St. Lucia ] and 387 passengers to Trinidad on 22 February 1869, of whom 5 died. [ cite news| url = http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm | title = Indian Immigrant Ship List ]Trips to Fiji
The Poonah made two trips from
India toFiji . Its first arrival atSuva was on17 September 1882 with 476 passengers onboard, and the second was on18 June 1883 , with 515 passengers. During the first trip, theLascar crew refused to go on deck during a severe storm and the ship was almost lost, and during the second trip there was an outbreak ofcholera .Change of ownership
She was later sold and renamed "Lief. Drammen" [ [http://sinpic.slv.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=bs001192&Search_Code=FT*&CNT=15 State Library of Victoria] ]
See also
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Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
*Indian indenture system References
External links
* [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/brodie/0/0/1/doc/bs001192.shtml Picture of Poonah (Lief. Drammen)]
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