History
United Kingdom
Owner	British Shipowners Company (1866-1880) Nourse Line (from 1880)
Builder	Aitken Mansell, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched	1866
Acquired	1880, Nourse Line
General characteristics
Class and type	Full-rigged ship, Barque
Tons burthen	1,200 tons

Bruce was a 1,200-ton sailing ship built in 1866 by Aitken Mansell of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1880 the Nourse Line purchased her from the British Shipowners Company.^{[citation needed]}

On 21 May 1886, Bruce carried 458 Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. In 1889 she was re-rigged as a barque. On 3 January 1889, she carried Indian indentured labourers to Surinam in the West Indies.^[1] On 17 November 1890 she arrived in Trinidad with 507 Indian indentured labourers. There were two deaths during the voyage. [1] Bruce also took Indian indentured labourers to Guyana.^[2]

On 11 February 1891, Bruce capsized in Bayonne, New Jersey,^[3] was salvaged and used for coal storage.^[4]

• List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji
• Indian indenture system

Lubbock, Basil (1981). Coolie ships and oil sailors. Brown, Son & Ferguson. ISBN 0-85174-111-8.

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