Ship Details
Rig
Iron Ship
Built
1874
Built In
Tonnage
1,674g 1,589n
Built By
Dimensions
262.8 x 40.2 x 23.0
Demise
Wrecked on Tristan da Cunha whilst enroute to Liverpool carrying salt. Loss of 3 lives
Description
Allanshaw was a 1,589 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 80.1 metres (263 ft), beam of 12.3 metres (40 ft) and draught of 7.0 metres (23.0 ft). She was built by William Simons & Company of Renfrew for the J.G. Potter & Company of Liverpool and launched on 29 August 1874. She was bought by the Nourse Line on 26 November 1880. She was a fast ship, making the run from London to Sydney in 65 days. On 2 October 1882 she arrived in Australia with new immigrants.
She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allanshaw (accessed on 6/9/2017)
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