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{{About|the 19th-century sailing ship|the U.S. Navy destroyer|USS Bruce (DD-329)}}
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| Ship owner = *British Shipowners Company (1866-1880)
*[[Nourse Line]] (from 1880)
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| Ship builder = Aitken Mansell, [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
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'''''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|date=November 2016}}

==Indian indenture ship==
On 21 May 1886, ''Bruce'' carried 458 [[India]]n [[indenture]]d 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]].<ref>[http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html genforum.genealogy.com]</ref> On 17 November 1890 she arrived in [[Trinidad]] with 507 Indian indentured labourers. There were two deaths during the voyage. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm] ''Bruce'' also took Indian indentured labourers to [[Guyana]].<ref>[http://www.guyanachronicle.com/supplement.html guyanachronicle.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030025926/http://www.guyanachronicle.com/supplement.html |date=30 October 2006 }}</ref>

==Coal hulk in New York Harbor==
On 18 February 1891, ''Bruce'' capsized in [[New York Harbor]], was salvaged and used for [[Hulk (ship)#Sailing ship hulks and coal hulks|coal storage]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234018/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm theshipslist.com]</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]
*[[Indian indenture system]]

== References ==
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{{cite book
| last = Lubbock
| first = Basil
| authorlink = Basil Lubbock
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| year = 1981
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8
}}

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[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1891]]
[[Category:1866 ships]]
[[Category:1866 in Scotland]]
[[Category:Sailing ships of Scotland]]
[[Category:History of New York City]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in the United States]]
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