Name Ganges Owner Thomas Patrickson Complement 80 | Namesake Ganges Tons burthen 617, or 700 (bm) Launched 1794 | |
Fate No longer listed in Lloyd's Register for 1803 | ||
Ganges was a 700-ton (bm) merchantman launched in India in 1792. She made two trips under contract to the East India Company (EIC), and one in 1797 transporting convicts from England to New South Wales.
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EIC voyage #1 (1796)
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.
On 17 September 1796 Thomas Patrickson received a letter of marque for Ganges.
Convict transport (1797)
Patrickson sailed Ganges from Portsmouth, England, in early 1797, and she arrived at Port Jackson on 2 June 1797. She transported 203 male convicts, 13 of whom died on the voyage. This was despite Sir James Fitzpatrick, the Home Department's surgeon-general having ordered the installation of ventilators and water purifiers, and the stocking of fumigants and medicines. Patrickson had asked for 300 convicts, but the request was refused. The guards were a detachment from the New South Wales Corps.
Ganges left Port Jackson in December 1797 bound for China.
Lloyd's Register for 1799 shows Ganges, Patrickson, master, Captain and company as owners, and with trade London-Botany Bay. This entry continued unchanged through 1802, even though there were changes in reality.
EIC voyage #2 (1800–02)
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.