Bruce (ship)

History
United Kingdom
Owner|

* British Shipowners Company (1866-1880)
* Nourse Line (from 1880)

Builder| Aitken Mansell, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched| 1866
Acquired| 1880, Nourse Line
General characteristics
Class and type:|  Full-rigged ship, Barque
Tons burthen:|  1,200 tons

Bruce was a 1,200-ton sailing ship built in 1866 by Aitken Mansell of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1880 the Nourse Line purchased her from the British Shipowners Company.[citation needed]

## Contents

* 1 Indian indenture ship
* 2 Coal hulk in New York Harbor
* 3 See also
* 4 Citations
* 5 References

## Indian indenture ship

On 21 May 1886, Bruce carried 458 India n indentured labourers to Fiji. In 1889 she was re-rigged as a barque. On 3 January 1889, she carried Indian indentured labourers to Surinam in the West Indies.[1] On 17 November 1890 she arrived in Trinidad with 507 Indian indentured labourers. There were two deaths during the voyage. [1] Bruce also took Indian indentured labourers to Guyana.[2]

## Coal hulk in New York Harbor

On 11 February 1891, Bruce capsized in Bayonne, New Jersey,[3] was salvaged and used for coal storage.[4]

## See also

* Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
* Indian indenture system

## Citations

1. ↑ genforum.genealogy.com
2. ↑ guyanachronicle.com
3. ↑ "Capsized at Her Docks". Buffalo Weekly Express. 12 February 1891. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/125606785/buffalo-weekly-express-capsized-at-her-d/.
4. ↑ theshipslist.com

## References

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

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