{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = The EMS as Fortuna under sail (PRG1373 4 103).jpg | image_caption = The ''Ems'' as ''Fortuna'' under sail }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = no | country = United Kingdom | flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | name = ''Ems'' | namesake = [[Ems (river)]] | owner = [[Nourse Line]] | ordered = | builder = Charles Connell & Company, [[Glasgow]] | original_cost = | laid_down = | launched = 6 April 1893 | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | struck = | reinstated = | honours = | captured = | fate = | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = no | country = Norway | flag = {{shipboxflag|Norway|civil}} | name = | owner = Tønsberg Whaling Company, 1910; resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner, refitted as [[whaling]] and [[guano]] ship | ordered = | builder = | original_cost = | laid_down = | launched = | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | struck = | reinstated = | honours = | captured = | fate = | notes = }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/career | country = Argentina | flag = {{shipboxflag|Argentina|civil}} | name = | owner = Argentine Whaling Company | ordered = | builder = | original_cost = | laid_down = | launched = | acquired = 1916 | commissioned = | decommissioned = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = '''''Fortuna''''' | struck = | reinstated = | honours = | captured = | fate =Fire and abandoned 28 October 1927 | notes = }}
|section5={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = Iron-hulled [[sailing ship]] | tons_burthen = 1,829 tons | length = {{convert|270.7|ft|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|39|ft|abbr=on}} | draught = {{convert|22.5|ft|abbr=on}} | draft = | hold_depth = | propulsion = | sail_plan = | complement = | armament = | notes = }} }} The '''''Ems''''' was a 1,829 ton, [[iron]] [[sailing ship]] with a [[length]] of {{convert|270.7|ft|m}}, breadth of {{convert|39|ft|m}} and depth of {{convert|22.5|ft|m}}.
== History == She was built by Charles Connell & Company, [[Glasgow]] for the [[Nourse Line]], and named after the [[Ems River]] in north west [[Germany]], and launched on 6 April 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of [[Indian indenture system|Indian indentured labourers]] to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows: {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center" |- ! Destination ! Date of Arrival ! Number of Passengers ! Deaths During Voyage |- | [[Fiji]] | 20 April 1894 | 570 | n/a |- | [[Suriname]] | 22 November 1894 | n/a | n/a |- | [[Fiji]] | 30 July 1904 | 526 | n/a |} In 1898, she made a voyage from [[Bristol]] to [[Calcutta]] in 87 days and in 1902 arrived in Calcutta from [[New York City|New York]] in 102 days.
In 1910, the ''Ems'' was sold to Tønsberg Whaling Company of [[Norway]]. She was resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner and refitted as a [[whaling]] and [[guano]] ship.
In 1916 she was sold to the Argentine Whaling Company, was renamed the ''Fortuna'' but kept her Norwegian crew. On 28 October 1927, she caught fire, {{convert|20|mi|km}} off the [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] coast while on a voyage from [[Liverpool]] to [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]] with [[coal]] and empty oil drums. She was abandoned at sea with the loss of five lives.
== See also == * [[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]
== References == *{{cite book | last = Perry | first = F. W. | title = Nourse Line | publisher = World Ship Society | year = 1991 | isbn = 0-905617-62-2 }} *{{cite book | last = Lubbock | first = Basil | title = Coolie ships and oil sailors | publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson | year = 1981 | isbn = 0-85174-111-8 }}
== External links == *[http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234018/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/nourse.htm The Ships List]
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