Allanshaw (ship)

The "Allanshaw" was a 1,589 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 80.1 m (262.8 ft), breadth of 12.3 m (40.2 ft) and depth of 7.0 m (23.0 ft). 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 Oct 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:

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

See also

*Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
*Indian indenture system

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzsgwig/ausship.html Welsh born immigrants to New South Wales, Australia]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm Indian Immigrant Ship List]
* [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm The Ships List]

References

*cite book
last = Perry
first = F. W.
title = Nourse Line
publisher =World Ship Society
date = 1991
id = ISBN 0-905617-62-2
*cite book
last = Lubbock
first = Basil
title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
date = 1981
id = ISBN 0-85174-111-8