SS Sutlej

SS Sutlej

The S.S. Sutlej was a 3,549 ton steamship built for the Nourse Line in about 1907 by Charles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow. She had single screw, triple expansion, 425 nhp engines.

Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

S.S. Sutlej was the last ship to transport Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. In 1929, she was sold to Sun Shipping Company, London renamed "Cape St. Francis".

See also

* Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
* Indian indenture system

External links

* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com]
* [http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/nourse2.html Nourse Line]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm Indian Immigrant Ship List]
* [http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/guiana.html The Compass]


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