Moy(ship)
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Moy |
Owner | Nourse Line |
Builder | Russel & Co |
Launched | May 1885 |
Fate | Missing 1905 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Iron-hulledsailing ship |
Tons burthen | 1,697 tons |
Length | 257.6 ft. |
Beam | 38.3 ft. |
Draught | 23.2 ft. |
TheMoywas a 1,697 ton,ironsailing shipwith alengthof 257.6 feet (78.5 m), breadth of 38.3 feet (11.7 m) and depth of 23.2 feet (7.1 m). She was built by Russel & Company for theNourse Line,named after theRiver Moyin northwest ofIrelandand launched in May 1885. She was primarily used for the transportation ofIndianindenturelabourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
Destination | Date of Arrival | Number of Passengers | Deaths During Voyage |
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Fiji | 3 May 1889 | 677 | n/a |
Fiji | 14 April 1893 | 467 | n/a |
Trinidad | 11 December 1893 | 627 | n/a |
Trinidad | 3 December 1894 | 636 | 25 |
Trinidad | 16 January 1901 | 611 | 3 |
Fiji | 1 June 1898 | 568 | n/a |
British Guiana | 20 August 1902 | n/a | n/a |
British Guiana | March 1904 | 523 | 46 |
In 1888, theMoyrepatriated 327 former indentured labourers fromSt Luciaback toIndia.
During her last voyage, to British Guiana, there was an incredibly high death rate with 46 deaths, and of the remainder 88 had to be sent to hospital inGeorgetown.TheSurgeon Superintendent's gratuity was withheld for this incident and the captain andthird officeralso lost part of their pay. In February 1905, on the way back toLiverpoolfrom British Guiana she was reported as missing.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Lubbock, Basil(1981).Coolie ships and oil sailors.Brown, Son & Ferguson.ISBN0-85174-111-8.