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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Nourse Line ship}}<br />
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| name = ''Ganges''<br />
| owner = [[Nourse Line]]<br />
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| builder = Osbourne, Graham & Company, [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]<br />
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| launched = 25 March 1882<br />
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| class = Iron [[barque]]<br />
| tons_burthen = 1,768 tons<br />
| length = {{convert|241|ft|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| beam = {{convert|37.2|ft|m|abbr=on}}<br />
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'''''Ganges''''' was the second [[Nourse Line]] ship to be named ''Ganges''. The first {{ship||Ganges|1861|2}} was built in 1861 and wrecked in 1881. ''Ganges'' was a 1,529-ton iron [[barque]], built by [[Osbourne, Graham & Company]] of [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]] and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 25 March 1882. She was {{convert|241|ft|m}} long, with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|37.2|ft|m}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|22.5|ft|m}}.<br />
[[File:Towing a vessel to Sea. Seattle. postcard S-l1600.jpg|thumb|Towing a vessel to Sea. A postcard from a photo, taken in 1906 by Webster & Stevens photographer Homer Davidson, the lumber freighter "Ganges" was headed to pick up a load of lumber at Port Blakely. Its crew then signed on at Port Townsend, and the ship sailed to Callao, Peru to deliver the lumber.]]<br />
''Ganges'' made three trips to [[Fiji]], the first on 27 June 1885 carrying 523 [[India]]n [[indenture]]d labourers. She arrived next on 3 September 1899, carrying 464 Indian indentured labourers and finally on 21 June 1900, carrying 554 passengers. She also made voyages to the [[West Indies]], arriving in [[Trinidad]] on 25 November 1890 carrying 568 passengers and arriving in [[Suriname]] on 23 April 1889.<br />
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She was sold to [[Norway|Norwegian]] owners in 1904 and renamed '''''Asters'''''. During [[World War I]], she was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on 28 May 1917 by the [[Imperial German Navy]] [[submarine]] {{SMU|UC-55||6}} {{convert|150|mi|km}} northwest of the [[Isles of Scilly]] while on a voyage from [[Le Havre]], [[France]], to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], with a cargo of oil and [[wax]]. All on board ''Asters'' survived.<ref name=Asters>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/508.html |title=Asters |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*{{SS|Ganges}}<br />
*[[Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji]]<br />
*[[Indian indenture system]]<br />
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== References==<br />
===Notes===<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
{{cite book<br />
| last = Lubbock<br />
| first = Basil<br />
| title = Coolie ships and oil sailors<br />
| publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson<br />
| year = 1981<br />
| isbn = 0-85174-111-8 <br />
}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Commons category-inline|Ganges (ship, 1882)}}<br />
* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/grenada/messages/60.html Genealogy.com]<br />
* [http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/nourse.html Nourse Line]<br />
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{{May 1917 shipwrecks}}<br />
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[[Category:1882 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built on the River Wear]]<br />
[[Category:Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago]]<br />
[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]<br />
[[Category:Individual sailing vessels]]<br />
[[Category:Victorian-era passenger ships of the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:World War I merchant ships of Norway]]<br />
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1917]]<br />
[[Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I]]<br />
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