Ganges (1794 ship)

For other ships of 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:	Burnt 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	130^[1] (bm)
Sail plan:	Brig

Ganges was a brig launched at Bombay Dockyard for the Bengal Pilot Service,^[2] of the British East India Company (EIC). She was burnt in Saugor Roads on 11 January 1797.^[1]

Citations and references

Citations

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

References

Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0-905617-96-7
Phipps, John Phipps (of the Master Attendant's Office, Calcutta) (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). (Google eBook)

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