''Danube'', a 1,459-ton

sailing ship A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on Mast (sailing), masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing Square rig, square-rigged or Fore-an ...

named after the second longest river in Europe, was built in 1890 for the

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. On 15 June 1891, ''Danube'' made a voyage to

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

carrying 591 Indian

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d labourers. She also made a trip to

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

carrying 609 passengers, arriving on 1 January 1892; there were 29 deaths during this voyage. Later in 1892, ''Danube'' disappeared during a voyage from

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to New York City.Nourse Line
Her fate remains a mystery.

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