Avon (ship)

Avon (ship)

The Avon , formerly known as "Dunolly", was a 1,572 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 255.6 feet, breadth of 37.6 feet and depth of 22.6 feet. She was built by Charles Connell of Glasgow in 1884 for John Brown of Glasgow. The Nourse Line bought the ship in 1890 and renamed it the Avon after the River Avon in the south west of England. She was primarily used by the Nourse Line for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Avon was a fast ship, sailing from Calcutta to St Helena in 62 days.

See also

*Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji

External links

* [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/brodie/0/0/2/doc/bs002172.shtml AVON picture]
* [http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/guiana.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild British Guiana]
* [http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/trinadad.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Trinidad]
* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com]

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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