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SS Virawa – was a 3,334-ton steamship. She was built for the British-India Steam Navigation Company in 1890. She was one of the early B.I.S.N. ships to use telemotor steering gear. She was a passenger-cargo vessel, also used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. On 26 April 1895, she arrived in Fiji with 677 indentured Indian labourers on board. She made her second trip to Fiji exactly seven years later, on 26 April 1902 with 718 passengers. Her third trip to Fiji was on 17 July 1905 with 615 passengers and her final trip to Fiji was on 23 March 1907 with 759 passengers.
Table of Indian Emigrant Ships
| No. | Ship | Arrival Date | Arrivals | Type | Ton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonidas | 14 May 1879 | 463 | Sailing Ship | 111 |
| 2 | Berar | 29 June 1882 | 424 | Sailing Ship | 902 |
| 3 | Poonah | 17 September 1882 | 477 | Sailing Ship | 1199 |
| 4 | Poonah | 19 June 1883 | 496 | Sailing Ship | 1199 |
| 5 | Bayard | 20 August 1883 | 494 | Sailing Ship | 1,028 |
| 6 | Syria | 14 May 1884 | 438 | Sailing Ship | 1,010 |
| 7 | Howrah | 26 June 1884 | 495 | Sailing Ship | 1,098 |
| 8 | Pericles | 3 July 1884 | 461 | Sailing Ship | 1,598 |
| 9 | SS Newnham | 23 July 1884 | 575 | Steam Ship | 1296 |
| 10 | Main | 30 April 1885 | 725 | Sailing Ship | 1691 |
| 11 | Ganges | 27 June 1885 | 523 | Sailing Ship | 1,529 |
| 12 | Boyne | 26 April 1886 | 537 | Sailing Ship | 1,403 |
| 13 | Bruce | 21 May 1886 | 458 | Sailing Ship | 1,200 |
| 14 | Hereford | 24 April 1888 | 539 | Sailing Ship | 1456 |
| 15 | Moy | 3 May 1889 | 677 | Sailing Ship | 1,697 |
| 16 | Rhone | 15 May 1890 | 585 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,768 |
| 17 | Allanshaw | 17 June 1890 | 573 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,589 |
| 18 | Danube | 15 June 1891 | 591 | Sailing Ship | 1,459 |
| 19 | Jumna | 27 June 1891 | 447 | Iron-hulled full-rigged ship | 1,048 GRT |
| 20 | British Peer | 23 April 1892 | 527 | Three Masted Iron Sailing Ship | 1428 |
| 21 | Avon | 5 May 1892 | 520 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,572 |
| 22 | Hereford | 15 June 1892 | 479 | Sailing Ship | 1456 |
| 23 | Moy | 14 April 1893 | 467 | Sailing Ship | 1,697 |
| 24 | Jumna | 23 May 1893 | 310 | Iron-hulled full-rigged ship | 1,048 GRT |
| 25 | Ems | 20 April 1894 | 570 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,829 |
| 26 | Hereford | 28 June 1894 | 511 | Sailing Ship | 1456 |
| 27 | SS Vadala | 26 March 1895 | 747 | Steam Ship | 3,388 |
| 28 | SS Virawa | 26 April 1895 | 677 | Steam Ship | 3,334 |
| 29 | Erne | 24 April 1896 | 557 | Fully rigged sailing ship | 1,692 |
| 30 | Elbe | 13 June 1896 | 615 | Three-masted, iron sailing ship | 1,693 |
| 31 | Rhone | 11 May 1897 | 653 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,768 |
| 32 | Clyde | 1 June 1897 | 670 | Sailing Ship | 1,840 |
| 33 | Moy | 1 June 1898 | 568 | Sailing Ship | 1,697 |
| 34 | Avon | 25 July 1899 | 467 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,572 |
| 35 | Ganges | 3 September 1899 | 464 | Sailing Ship | 1,529 |
| 36 | Ganges | 21 June 1900 | 554 | Sailing Ship | 1,529 |
| 37 | Elbe | 26 July 1900 | 604 | Three-masted, iron sailing ship | 1,693 |
| 38 | Arno | 23 July 1900 | 627 | Iron sailing ship | 1,825 |
| 39 | Rhine | 30 August 1900 | 491 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,691 |
| 40 | SS Fazilka | 28 March 1901 | 804 | Steamship | 4,152 GRT |
| 41 | SS Fultala | 12 May 1901 | 809 | Steamship | 4,155 |
| 42 | SS Fazilka | 18 June 1901 | 776 | Steamship | 4,152 GRT |
| 43 | SS Virawa | 26 April 1902 | 718 | Steam Ship | 3,334 |
| 44 | SS Fazilka | 20 June 1902 | 840 | Steamship | 4,152 GRT |
| 45 | Mersey | 13 June 1903 | 585 | Iron sailing ship | 1,829 |
| 46 | Elbe | 5 August 1903 | 590 | Three-masted, iron sailing ship | 1,693 |
| 47 | Arno | 4 September 1903 | 634 | Iron sailing ship | 1,825 |
| 48 | Arno | 3 May 1904 | 631 | Iron sailing ship | 1,825 |
| 49 | Ems | 30 July 1904 | 526 | Iron Sailing Ship | 1,829 |
| 50 | SS Fultala | 10 April 1905 | 827 | Steamship | 4,155 |
| 51 | SS Virawa | 17 July 1905 | 615 | Steamship | 3,334 |
| 52 | SS Wardha | 28 July 1905 | 892 | Steamship | 3,917 |
| 53 | SS Fultala | 17 August 1905 | 790 | Steamship | 4,155 |
| 54 | SS Fazilka | 17 April 1906 | 881 | Steamship | 4,152 GRT |
| 55 | SS Fultala | 28 April 1906 | 801 | Steamship | 4,155 |
| 56 | SS Wardha | 28 June 1906 | 834 | Steamship | 3,917 |
| 57 | SS Fazilka | 28 January 1907 | 875 | Steamship | 4,152 GRT |
| 58 | SS Virawa | 23 March 1907 | 759 | Steamship | 3,334 |
| 59 | SS Fazilka | 25 April 1907 | 796 | Steamship | 4,152 GRT |
| 60 | SS Sangola | 18 March 1908 | 1132 | Steamship | 5,149 |
| 61 | SS Sangola | 6 June 1908 | 1086 | Steamship | 5,149 |
| 62 | SS Sangola | 1 February 1909 | 1152 | Steamship | 5,149 |
| 63 | SS Sangola | 21 April 1909 | 667 | Steamship | 5,149 |
| 64 | SS Sangola | 7 March 1910 | 926 | Steamship | 5,149 |
| 65 | SS Santhia | 22 April 1910 | 1021 | Steamship | 5,544 |
| 66 | SS Sangola | 5 June 1910 | 869 | Steamship | 5,149 |
| 67 | SS Santhia | 8 July 1910 | 1030 | Steamship | 5,544 |
| 68 | SS Mutlah | 22 May 1911 | 834 | Steamship | 3,393 |
| 69 | SS Sutlej | 25 June 1911 | 850 | Steamship | 3,549 |
| 70 | SS Ganges | 22 July 1911 | 860 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 71 | SS Mutlah | 18 August 1911 | 863 | Steamship | 3,393 |
| 72 | SS Sutlej | 4 October 1911 | 811 | Steamship | 3,549 |
| 73 | SS Sutlej | 27 April 1912 | 857 | Steamship | 3,549 |
| 74 | SS Indus | 8 June 1912 | 804 | Steamship | 3,393 |
| 75 | SS Ganges | 18 July 1912 | 843 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 76 | SS Ganges | 8 November 1912 | 846 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 77 | SS Ganges | 21 February 1913 | 771 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 78 | SS Sutlej | 11 April 1913 | 808 | Steamship | 3,549 |
| 79 | SS Ganges | 29 May 1913 | 848 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 80 | SS Ganges | 9 September 1913 | 784 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 81 | SS Chenab | 24 March 1914 | 855 | Steamship | 3,930 GRT |
| 82 | SS Chenab | 16 June 1914 | 717 | Steamship | 3,930 GRT |
| 83 | SS Mutlah | 7 May 1915 | 852 | Steamship | 3,393 |
| 84 | SS Ganges | 21 June 1915 | 846 | Steamship | 3,475 |
| 85 | SS Mutlah | 1 August 1915 | 812 | Steamship | 3,393 |
| 86 | SS Chenab | 1 September 1916 | 882 | Steamship | 3,930 GRT |
| 87 | SS Sutlej | 11 November 1916 | 888 | Steamship | 3,549 |
References
- SS Virawa. (2022, July 5). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Virawa
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