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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}>SS Sutlej{{Infobox ship imageShip image=SS Sutlej circa 1907.gif | Ship caption=SS Sutlej }}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship name=*Sutlej (c.1907–1929) | Ship owner=*Nourse Line (c.1907–1929)- Sun Shipping Company (1929–)
| Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Charles Connell & Company Limited | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=c.1907 | Ship completed= | Ship christened= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship identification= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Steamship | Ship tonnage=3,549 tons | Ship displacement= | Ship length= | Ship beam= | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship sail plan= | 425|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=Single screw | Ship speed= | Ship capacity= | Ship crew= | Ship notes= }} | 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, {{convert|425|hp}} engines.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 |
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Suriname | 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 | Suriname | 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 | Suriname | 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. See also - Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji
- Indian indenture system
External links - Genealogy.com
- Nourse Line
- Indian Immigrant Ship List
- The Compass
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