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a symbol of fertility. She was the first of many Nourse Line vessels to be named after rivers. Immediately after being built,
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679:Jane Miller
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215:West Indies
146:Nourse Line
78:9 July 1861
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892:Categories
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400:Shipwrecks
334:References
168:Sunderland
69:Sunderland
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437:Talismán
413:Apurímac
342:(1981).
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259:See also
227:St Lucia
223:Trinidad
204:molasses
184:Calcutta
75:Launched
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130:Draught
64:Builder
25:History
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