SS Sutlej was a 3,549 ton steamship built for the Nourse Line in about 1907 by Charles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow. She had single screw, triple expansion, 425 horsepower (317 kW) engines.

SS Sutlej
SS Sutlej
History
Name
  • Sutlej (c.1907–1929)
  • Cape St. Francis (1929–)
Owner
BuilderCharles Connell & Company Limited
Launchedc.1907
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage3,549 tons
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine 425 hp (317 kW)
PropulsionSingle screw

Like other Nourse Line ships, 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
Surinam 22 February 1908 n/a n/a
Trinidad 1 October 1908 547 4
British Guiana 1909 n/a n/a
British Guiana 1910 n/a n/a
Surinam 27 January 1910 n/a n/a
Fiji 25 June 1911 850 n/a
Fiji 4 October 1911 811 n/a
Trinidad 14 January 1912 432 3
Fiji 27 April 1912 857 n/a
Trinidad 11 December 1912 372 5
Fiji 11 April 1913 808 n/a
Trinidad 23 October 1913 423 1
Surinam 7 January 1914 n/a n/a
Trinidad 13 October 1914 244 1
British Guiana 1916 n/a n/a
Fiji 11 November 1916 888 n/a

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.

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