Ganges (disambiguation)

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Ganges is a river in India.

Ganges may also refer to:

Places

• Ganges, Hérault, a commune in the Hérault département in France
• Ganges, British Columbia, a town on Saltspring Island in the province of British Columbia in Canada
• Ganges Township, Michigan, USA
• Ganges Bank, a wholly submerged atoll structure in Indian Ocean southwest of the Chagos Archipelago
• Ganges Chasma, a deep canyon at the eastern end of the vast Valles Marineris system on Mars
• River Ganges is another name for Ping Yuen River in Hong Kong

Ships

East India Company ships

• Ganges I (East Indiaman)
• Ganges II (East Indiaman), which participated in the Battle of Pulo Aura and which was wrecked in 1807
• Ganges (HEIC Brig), an armed brig that also participated in the Battle of Pulo Aura

Nourse Line ships

• Ganges (1861), the first Nourse Line ship (1861–1881) to bear the name
• Ganges (1882), the second Nourse Line ship (1882–1917) to bear the name
• SS Ganges, the third Nourse Line ship to be named Ganges

DDG Hansa ships

• SS Ganges (1947), in service 1954-59

Warships

• Ganges class ship of the line, a class of six 74-gun Third Rates in the British Royal Navy
• HMS Ganges (1782), a 74-gun Third Rate ship of the line launched in 1782 and broken up in 1816
• HMS Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate launched in 1821 and finally broken up in 1930, notable for being the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship
• USS Ganges (1794), a merchant vessel that the US converted to a man-of-war in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France

Other ships

• Ganges (whaler), a Nantucket whaling ship operating in the Pacific in the nineteenth century
• Ganges (clipper), 1854 clipper ship built in East Boston
• Ganges (1794), a 700-ton convict ship built in 1794 that arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1797, captained by Thomas Patrickson
• HMS Ganges (shore establishment) training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy, 1865–1976
• USS Ganges (NCC-72454), a runabout vessel in the Star Trek series Deep Space 9

Other

• Ganges (comics), a comic book by Kevin Huizenga published by Fantagraphics Books, starring the titular character Glenn Ganges
• Ganges (BBC TV series), a 2007 BBC nature documentary TV series

See also

• Ganga (disambiguation)

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