The Truro was the ship (from Madras) containing the first batch of 342 indentured Indian labourers to arrive in Durban on 16 November 1860. The second batch of 342 arrived in Durban on board the Belvedere (from Calcutta) 10 days later.

Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the is the only city in, and the administrative centre of the county. (Note that Bodmin is the county town.)