List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji explained

Between 1879 and 1916, a total of 42 ships made 87 voyages, carrying Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. Initially the ships brought labourers from Calcutta, but from 1903 all ships except two also brought labourers from Madras and Mumbai. A total of 60,965 passengers left India but only 60,553 (including births at sea) arrived in Fiji. A total of 45,439 boarded ships in Calcutta and 15,114 in Madras. Sailing ships took, on average, seventy-three days for the trip while steamers took 30 days. The shipping companies associated with the labour trade were Nourse Line and British-India Steam Navigation Company.

The most important man on these ships was the Surgeon-Superintendent, who supervised the medical care, ventilation, clothing, cleanliness and exercise of the passengers and his authority extended over the Captain. He inspected the stores before departure and reported on any defects during the trip. The Surgeon-Superintendent also intervened to prevent passengers from being mistreated by the crew. He was paid a bonus for each labourer landed alive.

List of ships

The table below provides details of the 87 voyages made by the 40 ships that brought Indian Indentured Labourers to Fiji. Of these ships, 27 were sailing ships and 13 were steam ships.

Name of Ship	Date of Arrival	Registered Numbers	Number of Arrivals
LeonidasLeonidas		000011–463	463
BerarBerar		00464464–887	424
PoonahPoonah		00888888–1364	477
PoonahPoonah		013651365–1860	496
BayardBayard		018611861–2354	494
SyriaSyria		023552355–2792	438
HowrahHowrah		027932793–3287	495
PericlesPericles		032883288–3748	461
Newnham		037493749–4323	575
MainMain		043244324–5048	725
Ganges IIGanges		050495049–5571	523
Boyne		055725572–6108	537
BruceBruce		061096109–6566	458
HerefordHereford		065676567–7105	539
MoyMoy		071067106–7782	677
RhoneRhone		077837783–8367	585
Allan ShawAllan Shaw		083688368–8940	573
DanubeDanube		089418941–9531	591
JumnaJumna		095329532–9978	447
British PeerBritish Peer		099799979–10505	527
AvonAvon		1050610506–11025	520
HerefordHereford		1102611026–11504	479
MoyMoy		1150511505–11971	467
JumnaJumna		1197211972–12281	310
EmsEms		1228212282–12851	570
HerefordHereford		1285212852–13362	511
Vadala		1336313363–14109	747
Virawa		1411014110–14786	677
ErneErne		1478714787–15343	557
ElbeElbe		1534415344–15958	615
RhoneRhone		1595915959–16611	653
ClydeClyde		1661216612–17281	670
MoyMoy		1728217282–17849	568
AvonAvon		1785017850–18316	467
Ganges IIGanges		1831718317–18780	464
Ganges IIGanges		1878118781–19334	554
ElbeElbe		1933519335–19938	604
ArnoArno		1993919939–20565	627
RhineRhine		2056620566–21056	491
Fazilka		2105721057–21860	804
Fultala		2186121861–22669	809
Fazilka		2267022670–23445	776
Virawa		2344623446–24163	718
Fazilka		2416424164–25003	840
MerseyMersey		2500425004–25588	585
ElbeElbe		2558925589–26178	590
ArnoArno		2617926179–26812	634
ArnoArno		2681326813–27443	631
EmsEms		2744427444–27969	526
Fultala		2797027970–28796	827
Virawa		2879728797–29411	615
Wardha		2941229412–30303	892
Fultala		3030430304–31093	790
Fazilka		3109431094–31974	881
Fultala		3197531975–32775	801
Wardha		3277632776–33609	834
Fazilka		3361033610–34484	875
Virawa		3448534485–35243	759
Fazilka		3524435244–36039	796
Sangola		3604036040–37171	1132
Sangola		3717237172–38257	1086
Sangola		3825838258–39409	1152
Sangola		3941039410–40076	667
Sangola		4007740077–41002	926
Santhia		4100341003–42023	1021
Sangola		4202442024–42892	869
Santhia		4289342893–43922	1030
Mutlah		4392343923–44756	834
Sutlej		4475744757–45606	850
Ganges		4560745607–46466	860
Mutlah		4646746467–47329	863
Sutlej		4733047330–48140	811
Sutlej		4814148141–48997	857
Indus		4899848998–49801	804
Ganges		4980249802–50644	843
Ganges		5064550645–51490	846
Ganges		5149151491–52261	771
Sutlej		5226252262–53069	808
Ganges		5307053070–53917	848
Ganges		5391853918–54701	784
Chenab		5470254702–55556	855
Chenab		5555755557–56273	717
Mutlah		5627456274–57125	852
Ganges		5712657126–57971	846
Mutlah		5797257972–58783	812
Chenab		5878458784–59665	882
Sutlej		5966659666–60553	888

Notes

• The number following the name of the ship denotes the voyage number (to Fiji).
• "SS" in front of the name of the ship denotes that it was a steam ship.
• From 1905 all ships were steam ships.

See also

• Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji)
  • Indian indenture system
• Repatriation of indentured Indians from Fiji