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|+''Allanshaw''<br />
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|Ship country=United Kingdom<br />
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| Ship name=<br />
| Ship owner=J.G. Potter & Company, [[Liverpool]]<br />
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| Ship builder=William Simons & Company, [[Renfrew]] <br />
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| Ship launched=29 August 1874<br />
| Ship acquired=[[Nourse Line]], 26 November 1880<br />
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| Ship fate=Wrecked 23 March 1893<br />
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| Ship class=Iron-hulled [[sailing ship]]<br />
| Ship tons burthen=1,589 tons<br />
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'''''Allanshaw''''' was a 1,589 ton, [[iron]] [[sailing ship]] with a [[length]] of {{convert|80.1|m|ft}}, beam of {{convert|12.3|m|ft}} and draught of {{convert|7.0|m|ft}}. She was built by [[William Simons & Company]] of [[Renfrew]] for the [[J.G. Potter & Company]] of [[Liverpool]] and launched on 29 August 1874. She was bought by the [[Nourse Line]] on 26 November 1880. She was a fast ship, making the run from [[London]] to [[Sydney]] in 65 days. On 2 October 1882 she arrived in [[Australia]] with new immigrants.<br />
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She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:<br />
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|+Transport of Indian indentured labourers<br />
|- align="center"<br />
! Destination<br />
! Date of Arrival<br />
! Number of Passengers<br />
! Deaths During Voyage<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| [[Guyana]] || 23 August 1888 || unknown || unknown<br />
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| [[Fiji]] || 17 June 1890 || 573 || n/a<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| [[Trinidad]] || 13 December 1890 || 658 || 4<br />
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| Trinidad || 12 October 1892 || 636 || 5<br />
|}<br />
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On 23 March 1893 she was wrecked on [[Tristan da Cunha]], while en route from Liverpool to [[Calcutta]], carrying salt, with the loss of 3 lives.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]<br />
*[[Indian indenture system]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|last=Perry<br />
|first=F. W.<br />
|title=Nourse Line<br />
|publisher=World Ship Society<br />
|year=1991<br />
|isbn=0-905617-62-2<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|last=Lubbock<br />
|first=Basil<br />
| authorlink = Basil Lubbock<br />
|title=Coolie ships and oil sailors<br />
|publisher=Brown, Son & Ferguson<br />
|year=1981<br />
|isbn=0-85174-111-8 <br />
}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm<br />
|title=Indian Immigrant Ship List<br />
|publisher=[[Ancestry.com|rootsweb.com]]<br />
|accessdate=2011-11-01<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm <br />
|title=Nourse Line <br />
|work=The Fleets <br />
|publisher=The Ships List <br />
|accessdate=2011-11-01 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234018/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm <br />
|archivedate=2 October 2011 <br />
}}<br />
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[[Category:History of Australia (1851–1900)]]<br />
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean]]<br />
[[Category:History of Tristan da Cunha]]<br />
[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]<br />
[[Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]<br />
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1893]]<br />
[[Category:1874 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]<br />
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