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Ganges | 19439 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 30 | W1812P | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | East India Company | ||
| Launched | 13.2.1797 | W1812P | |
| First Commissioned | 1797 | W1812P | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | W1812P | |
| Shipyard | Blackwall Yard - Blackwall | W1812P | |
| Constructor | John WellsBritish Ship Builder Service 1812-1830 | W1812P | |
| Category | Merchant | W1812P | |
| Ship Type | East Indiaman | W1812P | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | W1812P | |
| Foundered | 29.5.1807 | W1812P | |
Built by Wells, launched 1797, 3 decks, 5in bottom, length 181ft 6in, keel 148ft 8in, breadth 43ft 7in, hold 17ft 7in, wing transom 26ft 9in, port cell 29ft 9½in, waist 4ft 1in, between decks 6ft 6½in & 6ft 7in, roundhouse 6ft 7½in, ports 18 middle & 14 upper, deck range 108ft, 1502 tons.
Principal Managing Owner:
William Moffat.
Voyages:
(1) 1796/7 St Helena, Benkulen and China. Capt Joseph Garnault. Portsmouth 5 Jun 1797 - 1 Sep St Helena - 9 Dec Benkulen - 1 Mar 1798 Whampoa - 12 May Second Bar - 9 Sep Cape - 17 Nov St Helena - 10 Feb 1799 Gravesend.
(2) 1799/1800 Bombay and China. Capt Alexander Gray. Portsmouth 7 Jan 1800 - 2 May Johanna - 26 May Bombay - 5 Nov Whampoa - 10 Jan 1801 Second Bar - 5 Feb Penang - 8 Mar Colombo - 15 Apr Bombay - 4 Oct Penang - 1 Jan 1802 Whampoa - 1 Mar Second Bar - 10 Jul St Helena - 16 Sep Gravesend.
(3) 1802/3 China. Capt William Moffat. Downs 6 May 1803 - 30 Sep Whampoa - 26 Nov Second Bar - 19 Feb 1804 Malacca - 21 Mar Penang - 9 Jun St Helena - 15 Aug Greenhithe.
(4) Madras, Bengal, China and Bombay. Capt Thomas Talbot Harrington. Portsmouth 25 Apr 1805 - 23 Aug Madras - 14 Sep Saugor - 6 Nov Carnicobar - 14 Nov Penang - 1 Dec Malacca - 1 Feb 1806 Whampoa - 19 Mar Second Bar - 2 Jul Bombay 27 Feb 1807 - lost off St Vincent 29 May.