Ganges (1794 ship)

Career (United Kingdom)
Name: Ganges
Namesake: Ganges
Owner: Thomas Patrickson
Launched: 1794, India
General characteristics
Tons burthen:617,[1] or 700 (bm)
Complement:80
Armament:12 x 6 & 4-pounder guns[1]

Ganges was a 700 ton (bm) merchantman launched in India in 1794. She made two trips under contract to the East India Company (EIC),[2] and one in 1797 transporting convicts from England to New South Wales.

Ganges, under the command of Thomas Patrickson, left Bengal on 1 February 1796, reaching St Helena on 7 April, and arriving at Long Reach on 10 June.[3]

On 17 September 1796 Thomas Patrickson received a letter of marque for Friendship.[1]

Patrickson sailed Ganges from Portsmouth, England, in early 1797, with 203 male convicts. The guards were a detachment from the New South Wales Corps. She arrived at Port Jackson on 2 June 1797. Thirteen convicts died on the voyage. She left Port Jackson in December 1797 bound for China.

On 30 December 1800 Captain Forster Brown sailed Ganges from the Downs bound for Bengal. She arrived at Calcutta on 25 May 1801. She left Bengal on 13 September, reach St Helena on 1 January 1802. She arrived at the Downs on 1 March.[3]

Note: This Ganges is not the East Indiaman Ganges lost off the Cape of Good Hope on 29 May 1807.

Citations and references

Citations
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Letter of Marque, 1793-1815; p.44
  2. ↑ "Ganges". East India Company Ships. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Archives: Ganges (2), - accessed 17 November 2014.
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