Bruce (ship)

This article is about the 19th-century sailing ship. For the U.S. Navy destroyer, see USS Bruce (DD-329).

History
United Kingdom
Owner	British Shipowners Company (1866-1880) Nourse Line (from 1880)
Builder	Aitken Mansell, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched	1866
Acquired	1880, Nourse Line
General characteristics
Class & type	Full-rigged ship, Barque
Tons burthen	1,200 tons

Bruce was a 1,200-ton sailing ship built in 1866 by Aitken Mansell of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1880 the Nourse Line purchased her from the British Shipowners Company.^{[ citation needed ]}

Indian indenture ship

On 21 May 1886, Bruce carried 458 Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. In 1889 she was re-rigged as a barque. On 3 January 1889, she carried Indian indentured labourers to Surinam in the West Indies. ^[1] On 17 November 1890 she arrived in Trinidad with 507 Indian indentured labourers. There were two deaths during the voyage. Bruce also took Indian indentured labourers to Guyana. ^[2]

Coal hulk in New York Harbor

On 11 February 1891, Bruce capsized in Bayonne, New Jersey, ^[3] was salvaged and used for coal storage. ^[4]

See also

• List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji
• Indian indenture system

Citations

1. genforum.genealogy.com
2. guyanachronicle.com Archived 30 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Capsized at Her Docks". Buffalo Weekly Express. 12 February 1891. Retrieved 30 May 2023– via newspapers.com.
4. theshipslist.com

References

Lubbock, Basil (1981). Coolie ships and oil sailors. Brown, Son & Ferguson. ISBN   0-85174-111-8.

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