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Sheila (clipper ship)

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Sheila was a clipper ship built in 1877 by Charles Connell and Company, Glasgow.[1]

The ship is known for a 1877 voyage which brought 600 indentured laborers from Calcutta to the Caribbean.[2]

The ship was wrecked at Bocca Falsa on Lussino Island, now known as Losinj, Croatia, in 1910.[1]

Further reading

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  • Angel, W. H. (1922). The Clipper Ship Sheila: Angel-master. London: Heath, Cranton.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

References

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  1. 1 2 "Sheila, Official Number 76413". Scottish Built Ships. Retrieved 2026-09-02.
  2. Tumbridge, Mark (2012). "Networks of Empire and the Representation of the "Queen of Sheba" in W.H. Angel's The Clipper Ship Sheila". Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (6).
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