British Second Rate ship of the line 'Ganges' (1821)

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Ganges ➡ 1906 Tenedos II ➡ 1922 Impregnable III ➡ 1910 Indus V

4417
Nominal Guns84B065
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered4.6.1816B181
Keel Laid Down5.1819B181
Launched10.11.1821B065
First Commissioned1.1.1839B065
How acquiredPurpose builtB065
ShipyardBombay Dockyard - Bombay B065
Ship ClassCanopus Class (1815)B065
Designed by
Sir Robert SeppingsBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1809-1832
B065
Constructor
Nowrajee Jamsetjee WadiaBritish
Ship Builder
B065
CategorySecond RateB065
Ship TypeShip of the LineB065
Sailing RigShip RiggedB065
Sold for Break Up31.8.1929B065

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck196' 5 ½"Imperial Feet59.7535 
Length of Keel162' 3 ½"Imperial Feet49.3903 
Breadth51' 5 ½"Imperial Feet15.5575 
Depth in Hold22' 6"Imperial Feet6.7818 
Burthen2,285 81⁄94Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1817
Building MaterialTeak  

Armament


1821Broadside Weight = 1220 Imperial Pound ( 553.27 kg)B065
Lower Gun Deck2 British 68-Pound Carronade
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck32 British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 24-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 24-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1815700Design Complement

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1822 - 10.1822Captain
Francis Augustus CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1849
1824Captain
Patrick CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1830
ref:61617.10.1838 - 8.4.1842Captain
Barrington ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1860
10.1.1848 - 1.3.1848Captain
George Thomas GordonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1818-1870
W0251.3.1848 - 19.10.1849Captain
Henry SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1821-1854
W02519.10.1849 - 1850Commander
Oliver John JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1826-1855
25.6.1857 - 1858Captain
John FulfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1821-1877

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
25.6.1857 - 1868Rear-Admiral
Robert Lambert BaynesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1868

9 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.3.1823 - 1823Lieutenant
Thomas MaitlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1816-1868
W02531.5.1823 - 31.8.1826Lieutenant
James Vashon BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1811-1863
NBD18497.1824 - 23.11.1826Lieutenant
Cheesman Henry BinsteadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1841
NBD184917.4.1827 - 8.12.1829Lieutenant
Claude Henry Mason BuckleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1827-1845
NBD184931.5.1827 - 19.4.1828Lieutenant
John Alexander DuntzeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1818-1848
NBD184923.6.1827 - 1830Lieutenant
James AndersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1808-1866
NBD184925.7.1831 - 2.1832Lieutenant
George Benjamin BunburyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1825-1832
NBD184918.10.1838 - 14.5.1842Lieutenant
Henry BainbridgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1846
NBD184911.1.1848 - 29.2.1848Commander
James Gabriel GordonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1809-1867
Transfered ADM 196/2/1ADM 196

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
19.1.1822 - 31.10.1822Master
William GowdyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1829
ref:18711823 - 9.10.1823Assistant Surgeon
Thomas ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1823
ADM 4517.11.1824 - 12.4.1825Purser
Thomas Legal YatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1766-1828
ADM 29/8

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1822 - 10.1822Midshipman
William BarwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1811-1830
NBD18491833 - 1841Master's Mate
Macdonald BourchierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1827-1850
NBD18491841 - 23.11.1841Master's Mate
Joseph Grant BickfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1828-1846
NBD1849

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
7.12.1824 - 18251st Class Volunteer
Patrick CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1824-1835
NBD18491.1826 - 18261st Class Volunteer
Charles Ross BamberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1826-1841
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
5.1819Began building at Bombay Dockyard - Bombay
10.11.1821Completed building at Bombay Dockyard - Bombay at a cost of £74498.0.0d
10.1822Paid off
12.10.1822Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
7.1.1823Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £30323.0.0d
17.10.1838Recommissioned for the Mediterranean
1840Operations off the coast of Syria
18.4.1842Paid off and placed in ordinary at Sheerness
10.1.1848Recommissioned
1849In the Mediterranean
25.6.1857Recommissioned for the Pacific
5.1865Became a training ship
26.7.1866Training ship at Falmouth
9.3.1894Paid off
21.6.1906Renamed Tenedos IIB181
13.8.1910Renamed Indus VB181
12.10.1922Renamed Impregnable IIIB181

 
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