Ganges (1799 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Ganges (Age of Sail merchant ship) and Ganges (East India Company ship).

History
Great Britain
Name	Ganges
Namesake	Ganges
Builder	Hurry & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne (equally Shields, [1] and Howdon Pans [2] [3] )
Launched	1799
Captured	Late 1805
General characteristics
Tons burthen	458 [2] [4] (bm)
Armament	1800:4 × 6-pounder guns [2] 1802:6 × 12-pounder + 6 × 6-pounder guns 1806:2 × 18-pounder carronades [5]

Ganges was launched in 1799 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC) bringing rice from Bengal for the British government. She then became a West Indiaman until the French navy captured her in 1805.

Career

Ganges appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) for 1800 with F.Brown, master, Hurry & Co., owners, and trade Newcastle–London. ^[2]

EIC voyage (1800–02): Messrs. Prinsep and Saunders tendered Ganges to the EIC to bring back rice from Bengal for the British Government. She was one of 28 vessels that sailed on that mission between December 1800 and February 1801. ^[6]

See also: Transport vessels for the British Government's importation of rice from Bengal (1800–1802)

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 and reached St Helena on 1 January 1802. She arrived at the Downs on 1 March. ^{[7] [a]}

The RS for 1802 showed Ganges still with F.Brown, master, and Hurry & Co., owners, but with trade London–Bengal. ^[8]

On her return Ganges became a West Indiaman. Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1803 showed her with W.O.Carr, master, Hurry & Co., owners, and trade London–Dominica. ^[1]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1804	W.Carr P.Scatton	F.Hurry Brickwood	London–Dominica London–St Kitts	RS
1806	J.Rand	Boddington	London–St Kitts	RS [5]

Fate

Lloyd's List (LL) for 7 January 1806 reported that Ganges, Rand, master, was one of several vessels that the "Rochfort Squadron" had captured and sent into Teneriffe prior to November 1805. ^[9] RS for 1806 carries the annotation "Captured" by Ganges's name. ^[5]

Fortuitously, a flotilla from Rochefort captured a whaler named Ganges around 15 December 1805, or early in 1806.

Notes

1. The British Library records combine the voyage of this Ganges and that of Ganges (1792 ship).

Citations

1. LR (1803), Seq.№G19.
2. RS (1800), Seq.№234.
3. Tyne Built Ships "G".
4. Hackman (2001), p. 233.
5. RS (1806), Seq.№G15.
6. Hardy (1800), p. 217.
7. British Library: Ganges (2).
8. RS (1802), Seq.№G19.
9. LL №4286.

References

• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN   0-905617-96-7.
• Hardy, Charles (1800). A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Hon. the United East India Company, from the Union of the Two Companies, in 1707, to the Year 1760: Specifying the Number of Voyages, Tonnage, Commanders, and Stations. To which is Added, from the Latter Period to the Present Time, the Managing Owners, Principal Officers, Surgeons, and Pursers; with the Dates of Their Sailing and Arrival: Also, an Appendix, Containing Many Particulars, Interesting to Those Concerned in the East India Commerce. Charles Hardy.