- Jumna (ship)
The Jumna, named after a tributary of the
Ganges in northernIndia , was a 1,048 ton,iron sailing ship built for theNourse Line , William Pile ofSunderland in 1867. She was convert|208.6|ft|m long, convert|34.1|ft|m wide and convert|20.1|ft|m deep. The ship was used in the transport of Indianindenture d labourers to the colonies which was a speciality of the Nourse Line. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage Trinidad 10 February 1874 430 17 Trinidad 28 February 1880 435 3 Trinidad 10 January 1889 456 6 Fiji 27 June 1891 447 n/a Fiji 23 May 1893 310 n/a The 310 labourers she carried to Fiji in 1893 was the smallest number of passengers carried by any ship transporting Indian indentured labourers to Fiji.
On
22 December 1893, the Jumna transported 487 indentured labourers from the "Volg"a (which had sunk) toJamaica . In 1883 she repatriated 95 labourers back to India from St Lucia and another 137 in August 1892.In 1898 Jumna was sold to Norwegian owners.
Famous passengers
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Totaram Sanadhya arrived in Fiji on23 May 1893See also
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Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
*Indian indenture system External links
* [http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object_enc36ui.xslt&pm_RC=PICTQLD&pm_OI=10353&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0 Picture of Jumna]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm Indian Immigrant Ship List]
* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com]
* [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm The Ships List]Bibliography
*cite book
last = Lubbock
first = Basil
title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
year = 1981
id = ISBN 0-85174-111-8
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