Ems (ship)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = The EMS as Fortuna under sail (PRG1373 4 103).jpg | Ship caption = The Ems as Fortuna under sail }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = no | Ship country = United Kingdom | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = Ems | Ship namesake = Ems (river) | Ship owner = Nourse Line | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 6 April 1893 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = no | Ship country = Norway | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Norway|civil}} | Ship name = | Ship owner = Tønsberg Whaling Company, 1910; resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner, refitted as whaling and guano ship | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = Argentina | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Argentina|civil}} | Ship name = | Ship owner = Argentine Whaling Company | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = 1916 | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = Fortuna | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate =Fire and abandoned 28 October 1927 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Iron-hulled sailing ship | Ship tons burthen = 1,829 tons | Ship length = {{convert|270.7|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|39|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|22.5|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
The Ems was a 1,829 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of {{convert|270.7|ft|m}}, breadth of {{convert|39|ft|m}} and depth of {{convert|22.5|ft|m}}.
History
She was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow for the Nourse Line, and named after the Ems River in north west Germany, and launched on 6 April 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of 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 |
|---|
| Fiji
| 20 April 1894 | 570 | n/a |
| Suriname
| 22 November 1894 | n/a | n/a |
| Fiji
| 30 July 1904 | 526 | n/a |
In 1898, she made a voyage from Bristol to Calcutta in 87 days and in 1902 arrived in Calcutta from New York in 102 days.
In 1910, the Ems was sold to Tønsberg Whaling Company of Norway. She was resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner and refitted as a whaling and guano ship.
In 1916 she was sold to the Argentine Whaling Company, was renamed the Fortuna but kept her Norwegian crew. On 28 October 1927, she caught fire, {{convert|20|mi|km}} off the Irish coast while on a voyage from Liverpool to South Georgia with coal and empty oil drums. She was abandoned at sea with the loss of five lives.
See also
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
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| year = 1981
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8
}}
External links
- [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]
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Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji
Category:Shipwrecks of Ireland
Category:Maritime incidents in 1927
Category:Individual sailing vessels
Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships built on the River Clyde
Category:Merchant ships of Norway