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'''''Pericles''''', named after the [[Athens|Athenian]] leader [[Pericles]], was a 1,598 ton, iron hulled, three masted sailing ship, that was built by W. Hood & Co of [[Aberdeen]], and launched in July 1877 to transport wool for the Aberdeen Line.<ref>[http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/aberdeen.html Aberdeen Line] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061127125257/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/aberdeen.html |date=27 November 2006 }}</ref><br />
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== Trips to Australia ==<br />
''Pericles'' was a fast ship and her maiden voyage from [[London]] to [[Melbourne]] took 71 days. She continued to be used on the passenger route to Australia, arriving in [[Sydney]] from London, via [[Plymouth]] on 5 December 1877 and 10 November 1878.<ref>[http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1878/11/7811.htm Mariners and ships in Australian Waters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111042829/http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1878/11/7811.htm |date=11 November 2006 }}</ref> On 31 July 1879 en route to Sydney she grounded on Pericles Point near the [[Helford River]] in thick fog. ''Pericles'' had a close call as Penere Point is near [[The Manacles]], a reef which has claimed over one hundred ships. Two hours later, on a rising tide, she refloated and continued on her journey to Sydney. The following day her fore peak was found flooded and Captain Largie turned the ship around and returned to Plymouth for repairs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two Narrow Escapes Of An Emigrant Ship And 500 Persons|work=The Cornishman|issue=56|date=7 August 1879|page=5}}</ref><br />
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== Trip to Fiji ==<br />
She made a trip to [[Fiji]] carrying 461 Indian [[indenture]]d labourers and arriving at [[Suva]] on 3 July 1884. There was an outbreak of [[cholera]] during the voyage, with thirty-five cases being reported and twenty deaths.<br />
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== Sale and scrap ==<br />
In 1904, ''Pericles'' was sold to a [[Norway|Norwegian]] buyer and changed ownership twice more before being renamed ''Sjurso'' in 1916. She was scrapped at [[Kiel]] in September 1923.<ref>[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Mariners/2000-01/0947951452 Mariners-L Archives]</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]<br />
* [[Indians in Fiji]]<br />
* [[Indian indenture system]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{citation |url=http://www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com/brilliant-pericles.html |chapter=Two great racing rivals |title=Shipping Wonders of the World |year=1937 |pages=467–470 |editor-first=Clarence |editor-last=Winchester }} illustrated description of ''Pericles'' and ''Brilliant''<br />
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