SS Indus (1904)

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SS Indus
History
Owner Nourse Line
Builder Charles Connell & Company Limited
Launched28 April 1904
CompletedMay 1904
FateSunk 10 September 1914
General characteristics
Type steamship
Tonnage3,393 tons
Installed powerTriple expansion steam 425 hp (317 kW)
PropulsionSingle screw,

SS Indus was a 3,393-ton steamship launched on 28 April 1904. Delivered to the Nourse Line in May 1904, she was the shipping company's first steamship. She was built by Charles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow and had single screw, triple expansion, 425 nhp engines.

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Voyages

Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

DestinationDate of ArrivalNumber of PassengersDeaths During Voyage
Trinidad 13 November 19046342
Trinidad15 January 19066944
Trinidad13 December 190674017
Suriname 3 July 1907n/an/a
Suriname4 November 1907n/an/a
Trinidad12 August 19088158
Suriname5 December 1908n/an/a
Trinidad27 July 19098125
Trinidad12 August 19088158
British Guiana 1910n/an/a
Trinidad8 October 19114021
British Guiana1912n/an/a
Trinidad13 February 19123522
Fiji 8 June 1912804n/a
Trinidad12 September 19124042
Trinidad8 January 19133262
Suriname4 June 1914n/an/a

Sinking

Indus was captured by SMS Emden on 10 September 1914, bound from Calcutta to Bombay for use as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. Emden sank her by scuttling and gunfire at position 11°00′N83°45′E / 11.000°N 83.750°E / 11.000; 83.750 after having taken aboard all her complement. Her crew were later transferred to the German collier Markomania.

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