SS Fultala

SS Fultala
History
Owner: British-India Steam Navigation Company
Builder: William Doxford & Sons
Launched: 1890
Fate: Scrapped 1923
General characteristics
Type: steamship
Tonnage: 4,155 tons
Sail plan: Brig

SS Fultala was a 4,155-ton steamship built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company in 1890 by William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland.

She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. She was designed to carry 12 first class and 1667 deck passengers. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage
Fiji 12 May 1901 809 n/a
Fiji 10 April 1905 827 n/a
Fiji 17 August 1905 790 n/a
Fiji 28 April 1906 801 n/a

Fultala was scrapped in Bombay in 1923.

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