Avon (ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Dunolly
Owner	John Brown, Glasgow
Builder	Charles Connell, Glasgow
Launched	17 April 1884
Acquired	Nourse Line, 1890
Renamed	Avon, 1890
General characteristics
Class and type	Iron-hulled sailing ship
Tons burthen	1,572 tons
Length	255.6 ft (77.9 m)
Beam	37.6 ft (11.5 m)
Draught	22.6 ft (6.9 m)

The Avon, formerly known as Dunolly, was a 1,572 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 255.6 feet, breadth of 37.6 feet and depth of 22.6 feet. She was built by Charles Connell of Glasgow in 1884 for John Brown of Glasgow. The Nourse Line bought the ship in 1890 and renamed it the Avon after the River Avon in the south west of England. She was primarily used by the Nourse Line for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Avon was a fast ship, sailing from Calcutta to St Helena in 62 days.

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Lubbock, Basil (1981). Coolie ships and oil sailors. Brown, Son & Ferguson. ISBN 0-85174-111-8.