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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Iron-hulled sailing ship | Ship tons burthen = 1,697 tons | Ship length = 257.6 ft. | Ship beam = 38.3 ft. | Ship draught = 23.2 ft. | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes =
}} | The Moy was a 1,697 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of {{convert|257.6|ft|m}}, breadth of {{convert|38.3|ft|m}} and depth of {{convert|23.2|ft|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 Indian indenture labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:| Destination | Date of Arrival | Number of Passengers | Deaths During Voyage |
|---|
| Fiji | 3 May 1889 | 677 | n/a | | Fiji | 14 April 1893 | 467 | n/a | | Trinidad | 11 December 1893 | 627 | n/a | | Trinidad | 3 December 1894 | 636 | 25 | | Trinidad | 16 January 1901 | 611 | 3 | | Fiji | 1 June 1898 | 568 | n/a | | British Guiana | 20 August 1902 | n/a | n/a | | British Guiana | March 1904 | 523 | 46 |
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. See also - Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
- Indian indenture system
References
| last = Lubbock
| first = Basil
| authorlink = Basil Lubbock
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
| year = 1981
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8
}} External links - Picture of Moy
- Indian Immigrant Ship List
- Genealogy.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234018/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm The Ships List]
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