Jumna (ship)

History
United Kingdom
Owner: Nourse Line
Builder: William Pile, Sunderland
Launched: 1867
Norway
Acquired: 1898
General characteristics
Class and type: Full-rigged iron-hulled ship
Tons burthen: 1,048 tons
Length: 208.6 ft (63.6 m)
Beam: 34.1 ft (10.4 m)
Draught: 20.1 ft (6.1 m)

The Jumna, named after a tributary of the Ganges in northern India, was a 1,048 ton iron sailing ship built for the Nourse Line, by William Pile of Sunderland in 1867. She was 208.6 feet (63.6 m) long, 34.1 feet (10.4 m) wide and 20.1 feet (6.1 m) deep. The ship was used in the transport of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies, which was a speciality of the Nourse Line.

Voyages

Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage
Trinidad 10 February 1874 430 17
Trinidad 28 February 1880 435 3
Trinidad 10 January 1889 456 6
Fiji 27 June 1891 447 n/a
Fiji 23 May 1893 310 n/a

The 310 labourers she carried to Fiji in 1893 was the smallest number of passengers carried by any ship transporting Indian indentured labourers to Fiji.

On 22 December 1893, the Jumna transported 487 indentured labourers from the Volga (which had sunk) to Jamaica. In 1883 she repatriated 95 labourers back to India from St Lucia and another 137 in August 1892.

In 1898 Jumna was sold to Norwegian owners.

Famous passengers

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