ALLANSHAW

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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In search of additional information and documentations for my ancestor Bhairo's birth . I have a copy of his emigration pass with the following information: Depot # 2925 for ship Allanshaw proceeding to British Guiana No. 280 British Guiana Emigration Agency , Calcutta, the 23/11/1886 Place: Allahabhad Date: 2/11/1886 Register no. 362 Name: Bhairo Farher's name: Boodhn Any further information that can assist in tracking my ancestors i will follow up on. In particular, is there an agency in Calcutta that i can approach. Currently living in Canada. Regards, Shiv

I am the grandson of Badri Maharaj who travelled to Fiji on the Allanshaw as a girmitya in 1890. On the same ship was my maternal great grandmother. My grandfather, then an 8 yr old travelled with his 26 yr old mother and 6 mth old brother. I am trying to capture the 1890 journey of the Allanshaw from Calcutta to Fiji - the Captain, the officers etc. In 1885 Maharani was murdered/died on the Allanshaw on the way to British Guyana. This shipo had a reputation for sexploitation. I would value any information.

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