Ganges (1794 ship)

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History

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Name	Ganges
Namesake	Ganges
Builder	Bombay Dockyard, India
Launched	1794^[1]^[2]
Fate	Burned and exploded 11 January 1797 or 11 January 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen	130^[1] (bm)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	107^[3]

Ganges was a brig launched at Bombay Dockyard for the Bengal Pilot Service,^[2] of the British East India Company (EIC). (She is sometimes referred to as a schooner, but that is more a reference to her role than her sailing rig.) She was burnt in Saugor Roads on 11 January 1797,^[1] or 11 January 1799.^[3] The accidental fire spread to the powder magazine and the explosion killed eight men. Forty men took to her boat, and 59 to a hastily constructed raft. Six hours after the men took to the raft Laurel rescued all the survivors.^[3]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Phipps (1840), p. 133.
^ ^a ^b Hackman (2001), p. 331.
^ ^a ^b ^c Grocott (1997), pp. 67–68.

References

Grocott, Terence (1997). Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras. London: Chatham. ISBN 1861760302.
Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1797
Shipwrecks	11 Jan: Ganges 14 Jan: HMS Amazon, Droits de l'Homme 18 Jan: Indian Chief January (unknown date): Jenny, Surveillante 1 Feb: Ocean 5 Feb: Ocean 9 Feb: Sydney Cove 14 Apr: Worcester 16 Apr: Harmonie April (unknown date): HMS Albion 16 May: HMS Providence June (unknown date): HMS Pandour, HMS Resolution 11 Oct: Royal Charlotte 15 Oct: Delft 16 Nov: HMS Tribune 25 Dec: HMS Hamadryad Unknown date: Eliza, Prince Frederick
Other incidents	21 Jan: Hindostan 7 Jul: HMS Marie Antoinette 18 Jul: Auspicious 1 Aug: Lady Shore 11 Oct: Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes De Vries, Beschermer, Gelijkheid, Hercules, Vrijheid, Wassenaar Unknown date: Barwell
1796 1798

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1799
Shipwrecks	2 Jan: Hired armed lugger Duke of York 7 Jan: HMS Apollo 11 Jan: Ganges 19 Jan: HMS Grampus 31 Jan: HMS Eagle 1 Feb: HMS Proserpine 23 Feb: Earl Fitzwilliam 22 Apr: Hired armed cutter Brave April (unknown date): Lord Mulgrave 23 May: HMS Deux Amis May (unknown date): Phoenix 28 Sep: HMS Blanche 9 Oct: HMS Lutine 14 Oct: HMS Nassau 18 Oct: HMS Impregnable 25 Oct: HMS Amaranthe 31 Oct: Charente 5 Nov: HMS Sceptre 12 Nov: Bhavani November (unknown date): HMS Orestes 19 Dec: Mildred 25 Dec: HMS Ethalion Unknown date: HMS Deux Freres
Other incidents	February (unknown date): HMS Musquito 11 Oct: Bordelais December (unknown date): Aurora Unknown date: Cicero
1798 1800

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