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The '''Main''' was a 1691-ton, [[iron]] [[sailing ship]] built by [[Russel & Company]] for the [[Nourse Line]] and launched in August 1884. She is recorded as having completed the journey from [[Sharpness]] to [[Calcutta]] on 20 July 1900 in 100 days but was mainly used to [[transport]] [[India]]n [[indenture]]d labourers to the British colonies. Details of some of these are shown below:<br />
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! Destination || Date of Arrival || Number of Passengers || Deaths During Voyage<br />
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| Fiji || 30 April 1885 || 735 || n/a<br />
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| Trinidad || 31 October 1891 || 631 || 24<br />
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| Trinidad || 1 November 1894 || 643 || 21<br />
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| Trinidad || 1 November 1895 || 651 || 3<br />
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| Trinidad || 4 November 1896 || 650 || 0<br />
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| Trinidad || 21 January 1900 || 627 || 4<br />
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| Trinidad || 2 December 1903 || 602 || 2<br />
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| Surinam || 15 October 1906 || n/a || n/a<br />
|}<br />
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The '''Main''' was sold to [[Norway|Norwegian]] owners in 1910-11 and renamed ''Vansa''.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]<br />
* [[Indians in Fiji]]<br />
*[[Indian indenture system]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm Indian Immigrant Ship List]<br />
*[http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/suriname.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild]<br />
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== References ==<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 />
| date = 1981<br />
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8 <br />
}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]<br />
[[Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]<br />
[[Category:1884 ships]]</div>
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