S.S. Indus

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The S.S. Indus was a 3,393-ton steamship, launched on 28 April 1904, delivered to the Nourse Line in May 1904 was the shipping company's first steamship. She was built by Charles Connell & Company Limited, Glasgow and had single screw, triple expansion, 425 nhp 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
Trinidad 13 November 1904 634 2
Trinidad 15 January 1906 694 4
Trinidad 13 December 1906 740 17
Suriname 3 July 1907 n/a n/a
Suriname 4 November 1907 n/a n/a
Trinidad 12 August 1908 815 8
Suriname 5 December 1908 n/a n/a
Trinidad 27 July 1909 812 5
Trinidad 12 August 1908 815 8
British Guiana 1910 n/a n/a
Trinidad 8 October 1911 402 1
British Guiana 1912 n/a n/a
Trinidad 13 February 1912 352 2
Fiji 8 June 1912 804 n/a
Trinidad 12 September 1912 404 2
Trinidad 8 January 1913 326 2
Suriname 4 June 1914 n/a n/a

S.S. Indus was captured by the German cruiser Emden on the 10 September 1914, bound from Calcutta to Bombay for use as an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. The Emden sank her by scuttling and gunfire in position 11° 00' N., 83° 45'E after having taken onboard all her compliment. Her crew were later transferred to the German collier Markomania.

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