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This article is about the 19th-century sailing ship. For the U.S. Navy destroyer, see USS Bruce (DD-329).

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]

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Indian indenture ship

On 21 May 1886, Bruce carried 458 Indian 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. 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]

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Citations

  1. [1]
    genforum.genealogy.com
  2. [2]
    guyanachronicle.com Archived 30 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Capsized at Her Docks". Buffalo Weekly Express. 12 February 1891. Retrieved 30 May 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    theshipslist.com

References

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

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