The Moy was a 1,697 ton, ironsailing ship with a length of 257.6 feet (78.5 m), breadth of 38.3 feet (11.7 m) and depth of 23.2 feet (7.1 m). She was built by Russel & Company for the Nourse Line, named after the River Moy in northwest of Ireland and launched in May 1885. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indianindenture labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
In 1888, the Moy repatriated 327 former indentured labourers from St Lucia back to India.
During her last voyage, to British Guiana, there was an incredibly high death rate with 46 deaths, and of the remainder 88 had to be sent to hospital in Georgetown. The Surgeon Superintendent's gratuity was withheld for this incident and the captain and third officer also lost part of their pay. In February 1905, on the way back to Liverpool from British Guiana she was reported as missing.
ship, iron, sailing, ship, with, length, feet, breadth, feet, depth, feet, built, russel, company, nourse, line, named, after, river, northwest, ireland, launched, 1885, primarily, used, transportation, indian, indenture, labourers, colonies, details, some, th. The Moy was a 1 697 ton iron sailing ship with a length of 257 6 feet 78 5 m breadth of 38 3 feet 11 7 m and depth of 23 2 feet 7 1 m She was built by Russel amp Company for the Nourse Line named after the River Moy in northwest of Ireland and launched in May 1885 She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indenture labourers to the colonies Details of some of these voyages are as follows HistoryUnited KingdomNameMoyOwnerNourse LineBuilderRussel amp CoLaunchedMay 1885FateMissing 1905General characteristicsTypeIron hulled sailing shipTons burthen1 697 tonsLength257 6 ft Beam38 3 ft Draught23 2 ft Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During VoyageFiji 3 May 1889 677 n aFiji 14 April 1893 467 n aTrinidad 11 December 1893 627 n aTrinidad 3 December 1894 636 25Trinidad 16 January 1901 611 3Fiji 1 June 1898 568 n aBritish Guiana 20 August 1902 n a n aBritish Guiana March 1904 523 46In 1888 the Moy repatriated 327 former indentured labourers from St Lucia back to India During her last voyage to British Guiana there was an incredibly high death rate with 46 deaths and of the remainder 88 had to be sent to hospital in Georgetown The Surgeon Superintendent s gratuity was withheld for this incident and the captain and third officer also lost part of their pay In February 1905 on the way back to Liverpool from British Guiana she was reported as missing See also EditIndian Indenture Ships to Fiji Indian indenture systemReferences EditLubbock Basil 1981 Coolie ships and oil sailors Brown Son amp Ferguson ISBN 0 85174 111 8 External links EditPicture of Moy Indian Immigrant Ship List Genealogy com The Ships List Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moy ship amp oldid 1095081961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
