[ship] The Poonah, named after the city of Poonah in western India, was a three masted sailing ship of 1199 tons, owned by Tyser & Haviside and was built in 1867 by William Pile at Sunderland. == Trips to West Indies == She was used as an indenture ship in the West Indies, carrying 306 passengers to St. Lucia in 1885 and 387 passengers to T...