British Peer

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The British Peer was a 1428-ton, 247.5 ft long, 36.4 ft wide and 22.5 ft deep, three-masted iron sailing ship, built at the Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Ireland, in 1865 for the British Shipowners Company. In 1883 she was bought by the Nourse Line. Originally she was the fastest vessel in fleet until the British Ambassador was commissioned. Alterations to increase her tonnage by lengthening her hull by 32 ft in 1878 completely spoiled her sailing powers however as she was never as fast again. Excluding her master she carried a crew of 22. The British Peer, like other Nourse Line ships, was involved in the indentured labour trade. On 23 April 1892, she carried 527 Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. Two months late, on 11 June 1892, she arrived in Suriname with Indian indentured labourers. She also repatriated 450 Indians who had completed their indenture from St Lucia to India in September 1894. The British Peer had first visited South Africa in 1886 while on a voyage ...

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GPS Coordinates	Decimal	Decimal	Deg Min & Sec	Deg & Decimal Min
Latitude	-33.5069°	S 33.5069°	S 33° 30' 24.84"	-33° 30.414'
Longitude	18.3117°	E 18.3117°	E 18° 18' 42.12"	18° 18.702'
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Grotto Bay
Western Cape
South Africa

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