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'''''Clyde''''' was built by Russell & Company, [[Port Glasgow]], Scotland, for the [[Nourse Line]], and named after the [[River Clyde]] flowing through [[Glasgow]], and launched on 25 July 1894. The Clyde was the last sailing ship built for the Nourse Line. She was primarily used for the transportation of [[Indian indenture system|Indian indentured labourers]] to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

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! Destination
! Date of Arrival
! Number of Passengers
! Deaths During Voyage
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| [[Fiji]]
| 1 June 1897
| 670
| n/a
|-
| [[Trinidad]]
| 16 February 1902
| 574
| 4
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| [[Suriname]]
| 14 December 1904
| n/a
| n/a
|}

On 9 March 1906 she ran aground at [[Cape Hatteras]], en route from [[Barbados]] to [[New York City|New York]]. She was refloated on 9 May 1906 and taken to New York for repairs. On 31 July 1906 she was sold to M & G.R. Clover of [[London]]. She was resold a number of times to different [[Norway|Norwegian]] owners and broken up in 1924.

== See also ==
* [[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234018/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm The Ships List]
*[http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/trinadad.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Trinidad]

== References ==
*{{cite book
| last = Perry
| first = F. W.
| title = Nourse Line
| publisher = World Ship Society
| year = 1991
| isbn = 0-905617-62-2
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Lubbock
| first = Basil
| authorlink = Basil Lubbock
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| year = 1981
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8
}}

[[Category:History of Suriname]]
[[Category:Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]
[[Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of Norway]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
[[Category:1894 ships]]

Clyde 1894 ship - Revision history

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