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| Ship country = United Kingdom
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| Ship name = ''Elbe''
| Ship owner = [[Nourse Line]]
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| Ship class = Iron-hulled [[sailing ship]]
| Ship tons burthen = 1,693 tons
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|}'''''Elbe''''', was a 1,693 ton, three-masted, [[iron]] [[sailing ship]] with a [[length]] of 257 feet, breadth of 38.2 feet and depth of 23.1 feet. She was built by Russel & Company in [[Glasgow]] for the [[Nourse Line]], named after the [[Elbe|River Elbe]] the longest river in [[Germany]] and launched in July 1887. 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:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center;"
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! Destination
! Date of arrival
! Number of passengers
! Deaths during voyage
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| [[Suriname]]
| 23 November 1889
| n/a
| n/a
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| [[Fiji]]
| 13 June 1896
| 615
| n/a
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| [[Trinidad]]
| 12 November 1897
| 545
| 5
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| Fiji
| 26 July 1900
| 604
| n/a
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| Trinidad
| 17 December 1901
| 613
| 3
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| Fiji
| 5 August 1903
| 590
| n/a
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| Trinidad
| 19 October 1906
| 597
| 0
|}

''Elbe''{{'}}s third trip to Fiji was historic because it brought the first labourers from [[Madras]] to Fiji for the first time. Most [[South Indians in Fiji|South Indians]] were [[Tamil language|Tamil]] speakers but other languages such as [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] were also represented. Conditions on board were good for the time, with regular nutritious food, plenty of exercise and an on-board hospital, and as a result there was a mortality of less than one percent.

''Elbe'' was also used for the transportation of cargo, arriving in London from Sydney, in March 1896 with a cargo of wool. The journey took 75 days.

''Elbe'' was sold in December 1907.

== See also ==
*[[Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]

== References ==
* {{cite book
| last = Lubbock
| first = Basil
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| date = 1981
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8
}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.stampsfiji.com/stamps/ships/index.html Tall Ships In Fiji's Past]
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com]
*[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]

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[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]
[[Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]
[[Category:1887 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Glasgow]]
[[Category:1887 establishments in Scotland]]

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