History
United Kingdom
Owner
  • British Shipowners Company (1866-1880)
  • Nourse Line (from 1880)
BuilderAitken Mansell, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched1866
Acquired1880, Nourse Line
General characteristics
Class and typeFull-rigged ship, Barque
Tons burthen1,200 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.

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

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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