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|Ship name=*''Sutlej'' (c.1907–1929)<br />
*''Cape St. Francis'' (1929–)<br />
|Ship owner=*[[Nourse Line]] (c.1907–1929)<br />
*[[Sun Shipping Company]] (1929–)<br />
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|}'''SS ''Sutlej''''' was a 3,549 ton [[Steamboat|steamship]] built for the [[Nourse Line]] in about 1907 by [[Charles Connell & Company Limited]], [[Glasgow]]. She had single screw, triple expansion, {{convert|425|hp}} engines.<br />
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Like other Nourse Line ships, she was primarily used for the transportation of [[India]]n [[indenture]]d labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:<br />
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! Destination<br />
! Date of Arrival<br />
! Number of Passengers<br />
! Deaths During Voyage<br />
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| [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]] || 22 February 1908<br />
| n/a || n/a<br />
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| [[Trinidad]] || 1 October 1908 || 547<br />
| 4<br />
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| [[British Guiana]] || 1909 || n/a<br />
| n/a<br />
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| British Guiana || 1910 || n/a || n/a<br />
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| Surinam || 27 January 1910 || n/a<br />
| n/a<br />
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| [[Colony of Fiji|Fiji]] || 25 June 1911 || 850 || n/a<br />
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| Fiji || 4 October 1911 || 811 || n/a<br />
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| Trinidad || 14 January 1912 || 432<br />
| 3<br />
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| Fiji || 27 April 1912 || 857 || n/a<br />
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| Trinidad || 11 December 1912 || 372<br />
| 5<br />
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| Fiji || 11 April 1913 || 808 || n/a<br />
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| Trinidad || 23 October 1913 || 423<br />
| 1<br />
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| Surinam || 7 January 1914 || n/a<br />
| n/a<br />
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| Trinidad || 13 October 1914 || 244<br />
| 1<br />
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| British Guiana || 1916 || n/a || n/a<br />
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| Fiji || 11 November 1916 || 888 || n/a<br />
|}<br />
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''Sutlej'' was the last ship to transport Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. In 1929, she was sold to [[Sun Shipping Company]], [[London]] renamed ''Cape St. Francis''.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]<br />
* [[Indian indenture system]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Updated List of Ships that transported E...], By Richard B.Shiva Ram August 27, 2000, Genealogy.com<br />
* [http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/nourse2.html Nourse Line]<br />
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ttowgw/archives/indianships.htm Indian Immigrant Ship List]<br />
* [http://www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/pass_lists/guiana.html The Compass]<br />
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[[Category:History of Suriname]]<br />
[[Category:History of Guyana]]<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]]</div>
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