Allanshaw

Allanshaw was a 1,589 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 80.1 metres (263 ft), beam of 12.3 metres (40 ft) and draught of 7.0 metres (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 October 1882 she arrived in Australia with new immigrants.

Allanshaw

History
United Kingdom
Owner:	J.G. Potter & Company, Liverpool
Builder:	William Simons & Company, Renfrew
Launched:	29 August 1874
Acquired:	Nourse Line, 26 November 1880
Fate:	Wrecked 23 March 1893
General characteristics
Class and type:	Iron-hulled sailing ship
Tons burthen:	1,589 tons
Length:	80.1 m (263 ft)
Beam:	12.3 m (40 ft)
Draught:	7.0 m (23.0 ft)

She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Transport of Indian indentured labourers

Destination	Date of Arrival	Number of Passengers	Deaths During Voyage
Guyana	23 August 1888	unknown	unknown
Fiji	17 June 1890	573	n/a
Trinidad	13 December 1890	658	4
Trinidad	12 October 1892	636	5

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

See also

• Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
• Indian indenture system

References

• Perry, F. W. (1991). Nourse Line. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-62-2.
• Lubbock, Basil (1981). Coolie ships and oil sailors. Brown, Son & Ferguson. ISBN 0-85174-111-8.

External links

• "Indian Immigrant Ship List". rootsweb.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
• "Nourse Line". The Fleets. The Ships List. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.