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|Ship country=United Kingdom<br />
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} <br />
| Ship name = ''Dunolly''<br />
| Ship owner = John Brown, [[Glasgow]] <br />
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| Ship builder = [[Charles Connell]], Glasgow<br />
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| Ship launched = 17 April 1884<br />
| Ship acquired = [[Nourse Line]], 1890<br />
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| Ship renamed = '''''Avon''''', 1890<br />
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| Ship class = Iron-hulled [[sailing ship]]<br />
| Ship tons burthen = 1,572 tons<br />
| Ship length = {{convert|255.6|ft|abbr=on}} <br />
| Ship beam = {{convert|37.6|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
| Ship draught = {{convert|22.6|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
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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, Devon|River Avon]] in the south west of [[England]]. She was primarily used by the Nourse Line for the transportation of [[Indian indenture system|Indian indentured labourers]] to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! Destination<br />
! Date of arrival<br />
! Number of passengers<br />
! Deaths during voyage<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| [[Trinidad]] || 1 March 1891<br />
| 558 || 2<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 14 November 1891 || 621<br />
| 27<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| [[Fiji]] || 5 May 1892 || 520<br />
| n/a<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| [[British Guiana]] || 1893 || n/a<br />
| n/a<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 17 November 1895<br />
| 151 || 2<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 12 December 1896<br />
| 601 || 12<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| [[Suriname]] || 4 April 1898<br />
| n/a || n/a<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Fiji || 25 July 1899 || 467 || n/a<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 16 February 1901<br />
| 598 || 6<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 12 January 1903 || 591<br />
| 2<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 25 December 1903 || 576<br />
| 2<br />
|----- align="center"<br />
| Trinidad || 23 February 1905<br />
| 603 || 9<br />
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| Trinidad || 22 February 1906<br />
| 609 || 1<br />
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| Suriname || 13 January 1907 || n/a<br />
| n/a<br />
|}<br />
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'''Avon''' was a fast ship, sailing from [[Calcutta]] to [[Saint Helena|St Helena]] in 62 days.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222739/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/brodie/0/0/2/doc/bs002172.shtml AVON picture]<br />
*[http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/guiana.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild British Guiana] <br />
*[http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/trinadad.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Trinidad]<br />
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com]<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
{{cite book<br />
| last = Lubbock<br />
| first = Basil<br />
| authorlink = Basil Lubbock<br />
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors<br />
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson<br />
| year = 1981<br />
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8 <br />
}}<br />
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[[Category:History of Guyana]]<br />
[[Category:History of Suriname]]<br />
[[Category:Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago]]<br />
[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]<br />
[[Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]<br />
[[Category:1884 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Sailing ships of Scotland]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built in Glasgow]]</div>
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