- SS Vadala
The S.S. Vadala was a 3,334-ton steamship with a
length of 340 feet, breadth of 43.1 feet, and draught of 26 feet. She was built by William Denny and Company,Dumbarton , for theBritish-India Steam Navigation Company (B.I.S.N.) in 1890. She had quadruple expansion, 315 nhp, steam engines. She was one of the early B.I.S.N. ships to use telemotorsteering gear .She was a passenger cargo vessel, also used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. On
26 March 1895 she arrived inFiji with 747indenture d Indian labourers on-board. During the trip, the ship rolled violently and theSurgeon-Superintendent complained about his patients being thrown about below deck.In 1913 she was sold to Inui Gomei Kaisha of
Japan and renamed, "KENKON MARU No. 12 ". On30 May 1928 , she sank after collision with the Chinese ship "S.S. HWACHAN" about 140 miles East South East ofTsingtao .See also
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Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
*Indian indenture system External links
* [http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bisn.html The Ships List]
* [http://www.biship.com/fleetlists/fleet1890-1899.htm BIShip]References
*cite book
last = Blake
first = George
title = B.I. Centenary
publisher =Collins
date = 1956
id =
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