- Hereford (ship)
The Hereford was a 1510
ton iron sailing ship with two decks and one cemented bulkhead which was built in 1869 by J. Elder & Company atGlasgow for the Merchant Shipping Company of London. She was chartered by theNew Zealand Shipping Company in the 1870s and made three voyages to Lyttelton, New Zealand with approximately three hundred emigrants each time. The first voyage in 1874 and took 87 days, the second took 80 days arriving in Lyttleton on 19 January 1878.In 1882 the Hereford was purchased by the
Nourse Line . In 1883 she made a voyage toTownsville ,Australia fromEngland in 101 days. She left Townsville forCalcutta from where she picked upIndia nindenture d labourers forGuyana and broughtsugar back to England. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/hereford.htm]The Hereford made made three voyages to
Trinidad carrying Indian indentured labourers. On the first voyage she arrived in on31 October 1888 carrying 601 passengers. There were 13 deaths during the voyage. She then arrived on5 February 1890 with 598 passengers (6 deaths) and later on27 December 1894 with 565 passengers (37 deaths). [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm]The Hereford was used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to
Suriname as well, making four voyages on17 May 1891 ,19 April 1893 ,11 November 1895 and17 December 1896 . She was also involved in the repatriation of labourers fromSt Lucia back to India in 1890. [http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html]She made three voyages to
Fiji , the first on24 April 1888 carrying 539 Indian indentured labourers, the second on15 June 1892 carrying 479 labourers and the third on28 June 1894 carrying 511 labourers.The Hereford was sold to Norwegian owners in 1898 [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm] and in April 1907 was wrecked at Hatteras on route from Pensacola to
Buenos Aires .See also
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Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
*Indian indenture system External links
* [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/a/2/4/doc/a24300.shtml HEREFORD picture ]
* [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/miscpics/0/0/4/doc/mp004541.shtml STRANDING OF THE HEREFORD - TOWING THE SHIP OFF THE INGLESBY REEF. picture]
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