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'''''Hereford''''' was a 1456-ton iron [[sailing ship]] with two decks and one cemented [[bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead]] which was built in 1869 by J. Elder & Company at [[Glasgow]] for the Merchant Shipping Company of London. She was chartered by the [[New Zealand]] Shipping Company in the 1870s and made three voyages to [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]], New Zealand with approximately three hundred emigrants each time. The first voyage in 1874 took 87 days, and the second took 80 days, arriving in Lyttelton on 19 January 1878. In 1881, she was stranded on Ingleby Reef near Port Phillip Heads, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and towed off on 12 March 1881 by a tug.

In 1882, the ''Hereford'' was purchased by the [[Nourse Line]]. In 1883, she made a voyage to [[Townsville]], [[Australia]] from Plymouth, [[England]], in 101 days, with 451 passengers, including 1 Fare paying, 113 Assisted and 337 Free. She left Townsville for [[Calcutta]] from where she picked up [[India]]n [[indenture]]d labourers for [[Guyana]] and brought [[sugar]] back to England.[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/hereford.htm]

The ''Hereford'' made three voyages to [[Trinidad]] carrying Indian indentured labourers. On the first voyage, she arrived in on 31 October 1888 carrying 601 passengers. There were 13 deaths during the voyage. She then arrived on 5 February 1890 with 598 passengers (6 deaths) and later on 27 December 1894 with 565 passengers (37 deaths).
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm]

The ''Hereford'' was used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to [[Suriname]] as well, making four voyages on 17 May 1891, 19 April 1893, 11 November 1895, and 17 December 1896. She was also involved in the repatriation of labourers from [[St Lucia]] back to India in 1890.
[http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html]

She made three voyages to [[Fiji]], the first on 24 April 1888 carrying 539 Indian indentured labourers, the second on 15 June 1892 carrying 479 labourers, and the third on 28 June 1894 carrying 511 labourers.

The ''Hereford'' was sold to [[Norway|Norwegian]] owners in 1898 [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234018/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm] and on 1 April 1907 was wrecked at [[Hatteras Island]], [[North Carolina]], en route from [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]], [[Florida]], to [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]],<ref name=Clydesite>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=18916|title=Hereford |publisher=Clydeships |access-date=7 November 2019 }}</ref> with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship ''Olivebank''.

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

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/252566 STRANDING OF THE HEREFORD - TOWING THE SHIP OFF THE INGLESBY REEF. picture]

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