Avon (ship)


The Avon, formerly known as Dunolly, was a 1,572 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 255.6 feet, breadth of 37.6 feet and depth of 22.6 feet. She was built by Charles Connell of Glasgow in 1884 for John Brown of Glasgow. The Nourse Line bought the ship in 1890 and renamed it the Avon after the River Avon in the south west of England. She was primarily used by the Nourse Line for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

DestinationDate of arrivalNumber of passengersDeaths during voyage
Trinidad1 March 18915582
Trinidad14 November 189162127
Fiji5 May 1892520n/a
British Guiana1893n/an/a
Trinidad17 November 18951512
Trinidad12 December 189660112
Suriname4 April 1898n/an/a
Fiji25 July 1899467n/a
Trinidad16 February 19015986
Trinidad12 January 19035912
Trinidad25 December 19035762
Trinidad23 February 19056039
Trinidad22 February 19066091
Suriname13 January 1907n/an/a


Avon was a fast ship, sailing from Calcutta to St Helena in 62 days.