List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji

Between 1879 and 1916, a total of 42 ships made 87 voyages, carrying Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. Initially the ships brought labourers from Calcutta, but from 1903 all ships except two also brought labourers from Madras and Mumbai. A total of 60,965 passengers left India but only 60,553 (including births at sea) arrived in Fiji. A total of 45,439 boarded ships in Calcutta and 15,114 in Madras. Sailing ships took, on average, seventy-three days for the trip while steamers took 30 days. The shipping companies associated with the labour trade were Nourse Line and British-India Steam Navigation Company.

The most important man on these ships was the Surgeon-Superintendent, who supervised the medical care, ventilation, clothing, cleanliness and exercise of the passengers and his authority extended over the Captain. He inspected the stores before departure and reported on any defects during the trip. The Surgeon-Superintendent also intervened to prevent passengers from being mistreated by the crew. He was paid a bonus for each labourer landed alive.

List of ships

The table below provides details of the 87 voyages made by the 40 ships that brought Indian Indentured Labourers to Fiji. Of these ships, 27 were sailing ships and 13 were steam ships.

Name of ship	Date of arrival	Registered numbers	Number of arrivals
LeonidasLeonidas	14 May 1879	000011–463	463
BerarBerar	29 June 1882	00464464–887	424
PoonahPoonah	17 September 1882	00888888–1364	477
PoonahPoonah	19 June 1883	013651365–1860	496
BayardBayard	20 August 1883	018611861–2354	494
SyriaSyria	14 May 1884	023552355–2792	438
HowrahHowrah	26 June 1884	027932793–3287	495
PericlesPericles	3 July 1884	032883288–3748	461
NewnhamSS Newnham	23 July 1884	037493749–4323	575
MainMain	30 April 1885	043244324–5048	725
Ganges IIGanges	27 June 1885	050495049–5571	523
BoyneBoyne	26 April 1886	055725572–6108	537
BruceBruce	21 May 1886	061096109–6566	458
HerefordHereford	24 April 1888	065676567–7105	539
MoyMoy	3 May 1889	071067106–7782	677
RhoneRhone	15 May 1890	077837783–8367	585
Allan ShawAllan Shaw	17 June 1890	083688368–8940	573
DanubeDanube	15 June 1891	089418941–9531	591
JumnaJumna	27 June 1891	095329532–9978	447
British PeerBritish Peer	23 April 1892	099799979–10505	527
AvonAvon	5 May 1892	1050610506–11025	520
HerefordHereford	15 June 1892	1102611026–11504	479
MoyMoy	14 April 1893	1150511505–11971	467
JumnaJumna	23 May 1893	1197211972–12281	310
EmsEms	20 April 1894	1228212282–12851	570
HerefordHereford	28 June 1894	1285212852–13362	511
VadalaSS Vadala	26 March 1895	1336313363–14109	747
VirawaSS Virawa	26 April 1895	1411014110–14786	677
ErneErne	24 April 1896	1478714787–15343	557
ElbeElbe	13 June 1896	1534415344–15958	615
RhoneRhone	11 May 1897	1595915959–16611	653
ClydeClyde	1 June 1897	1661216612–17281	670
MoyMoy	1 June 1898	1728217282–17849	568
AvonAvon	25 July 1899	1785017850–18316	467
Ganges IIGanges	3 September 1899	1831718317–18780	464
Ganges IIGanges	21 June 1900	1878118781–19334	554
ElbeElbe	26 July 1900	1933519335–19938	604
ArnoArno	23 July 1900	1993919939–20565	627
RhineRhine	30 August 1900	2056620566–21056	491
FazilkaSS Fazilka	28 March 1901	2105721057–21860	804
FultalaSS Fultala	12 May 1901	2186121861–22669	809
FazilkaSS Fazilka	18 June 1901	2267022670–23445	776
VirawaSS Virawa	26 April 1902	2344623446–24163	718
FazilkaSS Fazilka	20 June 1902	2416424164–25003	840
MerseyMersey	13 June 1903	2500425004–25588	585
ElbeElbe	5 August 1903	2558925589–26178	590
ArnoArno	4 September 1903	2617926179–26812	634
ArnoArno	3 May 1904	2681326813–27443	631
EmsEms	30 July 1904	2744427444–27969	526
FultalaSS Fultala	10 April 1905	2797027970–28796	827
VirawaSS Virawa	17 July 1905	2879728797–29411	615
WardhaSS Wardha	28 July 1905	2941229412–30303	892
FultalaSS Fultala	17 August 1905	3030430304–31093	790
FazilkaSS Fazilka	17 April 1906	3109431094–31974	881
FultalaSS Fultala	28 April 1906	3197531975–32775	801
WardhaSS Wardha	28 June 1906	3277632776–33609	834
FazilkaSS Fazilka	28 January 1907	3361033610–34484	875
VirawaSS Virawa	23 March 1907	3448534485–35243	759
FazilkaSS Fazilka	25 April 1907	3524435244–36039	796
SangolaSS Sangola	18 March 1908	3604036040–37171	1132
SangolaSS Sangola	6 June 1908	3717237172–38257	1086
SangolaSS Sangola	1 February 1909	3825838258–39409	1152
SangolaSS Sangola	21 April 1909	3941039410–40076	667
SangolaSS Sangola	7 March 1910	4007740077–41002	926
SanthiaSS Santhia	22 April 1910	4100341003–42023	1021
SangolaSS Sangola	5 June 1910	4202442024–42892	869
SanthiaSS Santhia	8 July 1910	4289342893–43922	1030
MutlahSS Mutlah	22 May 1911	4392343923–44756	834
SutlejSS Sutlej	25 June 1911	4475744757–45606	850
GangesSS Ganges	22 July 1911	4560745607–46466	860
MutlahSS Mutlah	18 August 1911	4646746467–47329	863
SutlejSS Sutlej	4 October 1911	4733047330–48140	811
SutlejSS Sutlej	27 April 1912	4814148141–48997	857
IndusSS Indus	8 June 1912	4899848998–49801	804
GangesSS Ganges	18 July 1912	4980249802–50644	843
GangesSS Ganges	8 November 1912	5064550645–51490	846
GangesSS Ganges	21 February 1913	5149151491–52261	771
SutlejSS Sutlej	11 April 1913	5226252262–53069	808
GangesSS Ganges	29 May 1913	5307053070–53917	848
GangesSS Ganges	9 September 1913	5391853918–54701	784
ChenabSS Chenab	24 March 1914	5470254702–55556	855
ChenabSS Chenab	16 June 1914	5555755557–56273	717
MutlahSS Mutlah	7 May 1915	5627456274–57125	852
GangesSS Ganges	21 June 1915	5712657126–57971	846
MutlahSS Mutlah	1 August 1915	5797257972–58783	812
ChenabSS Chenab	1 September 1916	5878458784–59665	882
SutlejSS Sutlej	11 November 1916	5966659666–60553	888

Notes

• The number following the name of the ship denotes the voyage number (to Fiji).
• "SS" in front of the name of the ship denotes that it was a steam ship.
• From 1905 all ships were steam ships.

See also

• Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji)
• Fiji sugar industry
• Indian indenture system
• Repatriation of indentured Indians from Fiji