Allanshaw was a 1,589 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of , beam of and draught of . She was built by William Simons & Company of Renfrew for the J.G. Potter & Company of Liverpool and launched on 29 August 1874. She was bought by the Nourse Line on 26 November 1880. She was a fast ship, making the run from London to Sydney in 65 days. On 2 October 1882 she arrived in Australia with new immigrants.
She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:
+Transport of Indian indentured labourers Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage Guyana 23 August 1888 unknown unknown Fiji 17 June 1890 573 n/a Trinidad 13 December 1890 658 4 Trinidad 12 October 1892 636 5
On 23 March 1893 she was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha, while en route from Liverpool to Calcutta, carrying salt, with the loss of 3 lives.
See also Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji Indian indenture system
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