She was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow for the Nourse Line, and named after the Ems River in north west Germany, and launched on 6 April 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
In 1898, she made a voyage from Bristol to Calcutta in 87 days and in 1902 arrived in Calcutta from New York in 102 days.
In 1910, the Ems was sold to Tønsberg Whaling Company of Norway. She was resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner and refitted as a whaling and guano ship.
In 1916 she was sold to the Argentine Whaling Company, was renamed the Fortuna but kept her Norwegian crew. On 28 October 1927, she caught fire, 20 miles (32 km) off the Irish coast while on a voyage from Liverpool to South Georgia with coal and empty oil drums. She was abandoned at sea with the loss of five lives.
Perry, F. W. (1991). Nourse Line. World Ship Society. ISBN0-905617-62-2.
Lubbock, Basil (1981). Coolie ships and oil sailors. Brown, Son & Ferguson. ISBN0-85174-111-8.
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ship, iron, sailing, ship, with, length, feet, breadth, feet, depth, feet, fortuna, under, sailhistory, united, kingdom, nameems, ownernourse, line, buildercharles, connell, company, glasgow, launched6, april, 1893, history, norway, ownertønsberg, whaling, com. The Ems was a 1 829 ton iron sailing ship with a length of 270 7 feet 82 5 m breadth of 39 feet 12 m and depth of 22 5 feet 6 9 m The Ems as Fortuna under sailHistory United Kingdom NameEms OwnerNourse Line BuilderCharles Connell amp Company Glasgow Launched6 April 1893 History Norway OwnerTonsberg Whaling Company 1910 resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner refitted as whaling and guano ship History Argentina OwnerArgentine Whaling Company Acquired1916 RenamedFortuna FateFire and abandoned 28 October 1927 General characteristics Class and typeIron hulled sailing ship Tons burthen1 829 tons Length270 7 ft 82 5 m Beam39 ft 12 m Draught22 5 ft 6 9 m Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editShe was built by Charles Connell amp Company Glasgow for the Nourse Line and named after the Ems River in north west Germany and launched on 6 April 1893 She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies Details of some of these voyages are as follows Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage Fiji 20 April 1894 570 n a Suriname 22 November 1894 n a n a Fiji 30 July 1904 526 n a In 1898 she made a voyage from Bristol to Calcutta in 87 days and in 1902 arrived in Calcutta from New York in 102 days In 1910 the Ems was sold to Tonsberg Whaling Company of Norway She was resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner and refitted as a whaling and guano ship In 1916 she was sold to the Argentine Whaling Company was renamed the Fortuna but kept her Norwegian crew On 28 October 1927 she caught fire 20 miles 32 km off the Irish coast while on a voyage from Liverpool to South Georgia with coal and empty oil drums She was abandoned at sea with the loss of five lives See also editIndian Indenture Ships to FijiReferences editPerry F W 1991 Nourse Line World Ship Society ISBN 0 905617 62 2 Lubbock Basil 1981 Coolie ships and oil sailors Brown Son amp Ferguson ISBN 0 85174 111 8 External links editGenealogy com The Ships List Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ems ship amp oldid 1094623564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
