List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji

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.

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name of ship

! Date of arrival

! Registered numbers

! Number of arrivals

Leonidas

| {{dts|1879|May|14|format=dmy}}

| 000011–463

| 463

Berar

| {{dts|1882|June|29|format=dmy}}

| 00464464–887

| 424

Poonah

| {{dts|1882|September|17|format=dmy}}

| 00888888–1364

| 477

Poonah

| {{dts|1883|June|19|format=dmy}}

| 013651365–1860

| 496

Bayard

| {{dts|1883|August|20|format=dmy}}

| 018611861–2354

| 494

Syria

| {{dts|1884|May|14|format=dmy}}

| 023552355–2792

| 438

Howrah

| {{dts|1884|June|26|format=dmy}}

| 027932793–3287

| 495

Pericles

| {{dts|1884|July|3|format=dmy}}

| 032883288–3748

| 461

| {{dts|1884|July|23|format=dmy}}

| 037493749–4323

| 575

Main

| {{dts|1885|April|30|format=dmy}}

| 043244324–5048

| 725

Ganges

| {{dts|1885|June|27|format=dmy}}

| 050495049–5571

| 523

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| {{dts|1886|April|26|format=dmy}}

| 055725572–6108

| 537

Bruce

| {{dts|1886|May|21|format=dmy}}

| 061096109–6566

| 458

Hereford

| {{dts|1888|April|24|format=dmy}}

| 065676567–7105

| 539

Moy

| {{dts|1889|May|3|format=dmy}}

| 071067106–7782

| 677

Rhone

| {{dts|1890|May|15|format=dmy}}

| 077837783–8367

| 585

Allanshaw

| {{dts|1890|June|17|format=dmy}}

| 083688368–8940

| 573

Danube

| {{dts|1891|June|15|format=dmy}}

| 089418941–9531

| 591

Jumna

| {{dts|1891|June|27|format=dmy}}

| 095329532–9978

| 447

British Peer

| {{dts|1892|April|23|format=dmy}}

| 099799979–10505

| 527

Avon

| {{dts|1892|May|5|format=dmy}}

| 1050610506–11025

| 520

Hereford

| {{dts|1892|June|15|format=dmy}}

| 1102611026–11504

| 479

Moy

| {{dts|1893|April|14|format=dmy}}

| 1150511505–11971

| 467

Jumna

| {{dts|1893|May|23|format=dmy}}

| 1197211972–12281

| 310

Ems

| {{dts|1894|April|20|format=dmy}}

| 1228212282–12851

| 570

Hereford

| {{dts|1894|June|28|format=dmy}}

| 1285212852–13362

| 511

| {{dts|1895|March|26|format=dmy}}

| 1336313363–14109

| 747

| {{dts|1895|April|26|format=dmy}}

| 1411014110–14786

| 677

Erne

| {{dts|1896|April|24|format=dmy}}

| 1478714787–15343

| 557

Elbe

| {{dts|1896|June|13|format=dmy}}

| 1534415344–15958

| 615

Rhone

| {{dts|1897|May|11|format=dmy}}

| 1595915959–16611

| 653

Clyde

| {{dts|1897|June|1|format=dmy}}

| 1661216612–17281

| 670

Moy

| {{dts|1898|June|1|format=dmy}}

| 1728217282–17849

| 568

Avon

| {{dts|1899|July|25|format=dmy}}

| 1785017850–18316

| 467

Ganges

| {{dts|1899|September|3|format=dmy}}

| 1831718317–18780

| 464

Ganges

| {{dts|1900|June|21|format=dmy}}

| 1878118781–19334

| 554

Elbe

| {{dts|1900|July|26|format=dmy}}

| 1933519335–19938

| 604

Arno

| {{dts|1900|July|23|format=dmy}}

| 1993919939–20565

| 627

Rhine

| {{dts|1900|August|30|format=dmy}}

| 2056620566–21056

| 491

| {{dts|1901|March|28|format=dmy}}

| 2105721057–21860

| 804

| {{dts|1901|May|12|format=dmy}}

| 2186121861–22669

| 809

| {{dts|1901|June|18|format=dmy}}

| 2267022670–23445

| 776

| {{dts|1902|April|26|format=dmy}}

| 2344623446–24163

| 718

| {{dts|1902|June|20|format=dmy}}

| 2416424164–25003

| 840

Mersey

| {{dts|1903|June|13|format=dmy}}

| 2500425004–25588

| 585

Elbe

| {{dts|1903|August|5|format=dmy}}

| 2558925589–26178

| 590

Arno

| {{dts|1903|September|4|format=dmy}}

| 2617926179–26812

| 634

Arno

| {{dts|1904|May|3|format=dmy}}

| 2681326813–27443

| 631

Ems

| {{dts|1904|July|30|format=dmy}}

| 2744427444–27969

| 526

| {{dts|1905|April|10|format=dmy}}

| 2797027970–28796

| 827

| {{dts|1905|July|17|format=dmy}}

| 2879728797–29411

| 615

| {{dts|1905|July|28|format=dmy}}

| 2941229412–30303

| 892

| {{dts|1905|August|17|format=dmy}}

| 3030430304–31093

| 790

| {{dts|1906|April|17|format=dmy}}

| 3109431094–31974

| 881

| {{dts|1906|April|28|format=dmy}}

| 3197531975–32775

| 801

| {{dts|1906|June|28|format=dmy}}

| 3277632776–33609

| 834

| {{dts|1907|January|28|format=dmy}}

| 3361033610–34484

| 875

| {{dts|1907|March|23|format=dmy}}

| 3448534485–35243

| 759

| {{dts|1907|April|25|format=dmy}}

| 3524435244–36039

| 796

| {{dts|1908|March|18|format=dmy}}

| 3604036040–37171

| 1132

| {{dts|1908|June|6|format=dmy}}

| 3717237172–38257

| 1086

| {{dts|1909|February|1|format=dmy}}

| 3825838258–39409

| 1152

| {{dts|1909|April|21|format=dmy}}

| 3941039410–40076

| 667

| {{dts|1910|March|7|format=dmy}}

| 4007740077–41002

| 926

| {{dts|1910|April|22|format=dmy}}

| 4100341003–42023

| 1021

| {{dts|1910|June|5|format=dmy}}

| 4202442024–42892

| 869

| {{dts|1910|July|8|format=dmy}}

| 4289342893–43922

| 1030

| {{dts|1911|May|22|format=dmy}}

| 4392343923–44756

| 834

| {{dts|1911|June|25|format=dmy}}

| 4475744757–45606

| 850

| {{dts|1911|July|22|format=dmy}}

| 4560745607–46466

| 860

| {{dts|1911|August|18|format=dmy}}

| 4646746467–47329

| 863

| {{dts|1911|October|4|format=dmy}}

| 4733047330–48140

| 811

| {{dts|1912|April|27|format=dmy}}

| 4814148141–48997

| 857

| {{dts|1912|June|8|format=dmy}}

| 4899848998–49801

| 804

| {{dts|1912|July|18|format=dmy}}

| 4980249802–50644

| 843

| {{dts|1912|November|8|format=dmy}}

| 5064550645–51490

| 846

| {{dts|1913|February|21|format=dmy}}

| 5149151491–52261

| 771

| {{dts|1913|April|11|format=dmy}}

| 5226252262–53069

| 808

| {{dts|1913|May|29|format=dmy}}

| 5307053070–53917

| 848

| {{dts|1913|September|9|format=dmy}}

| 5391853918–54701

| 784

| {{dts|1914|March|24|format=dmy}}

| 5470254702–55556

| 855

| {{dts|1914|June|16|format=dmy}}

| 5555755557–56273

| 717

| {{dts|1915|May|7|format=dmy}}

| 5627456274–57125

| 852

| {{dts|1915|June|21|format=dmy}}

| 5712657126–57971

| 846

| {{dts|1915|August|1|format=dmy}}

| 5797257972–58783

| 812

| {{dts|1916|September|1|format=dmy}}

| 5878458784–59665

| 882

| {{dts|1916|November|11|format=dmy}}

| 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.

List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji

List of ships

= Notes =

See also