Ganges (1794 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Ganges (disambiguation) and Ganges (East India Company ship).

History
United Kingdom
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

1. Phipps (1840), p. 133.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 331.
3. 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.