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'''SS ''Ganges''''' was a 3,475-ton [[steamship]], built for the [[Nourse Line]] by [[Charles Connell and Company]] of Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1906. She made seven trips carrying Indian indentured labourers from [[Calcutta]] and [[Madras]] to [[Colony of Fiji|Fiji]], ten trips to [[History of Trinidad and Tobago#British period|Trinidad and Tobago]] and also trips to [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]] and [[British Guiana]].
'''SS ''Ganges''''' was a 3,475-ton steamship, built for the [[Nourse Line]] by [[Charles Connell and Company]] of Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1906. She made seven trips carrying Indian indentured labourers from [[Calcutta]] and [[Madras]] to Fiji, ten trips to [[Trinidad]] and also trips to [[Surinam]].


==Namesakes==
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| Suriname || 17 February 1908 || n/a
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| Trinidad || 20 July 1908 || 642
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| Trinidad || 18 April 1916 || 200
| Trinidad || 18 April 1916 || 200
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| British Guiana || 18 April 1917 || 421
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== Notable passengers ==
== Notable passengers ==
The parents of [[Indians in Fiji|Fiji Indian]] businessman Sir [[Sathi Narain]], Devara Suramma (Emigration Pass No. 52043) and Gompa Appalasamy (Emigration Pass No. 51617), arrived on this ship from India to Fiji in 1913. Abdul Wahid who ran as a Mayoral Candidate in Tracy, USA. His grandfather Ali Mohammed f/n Mehardad was one of the indentured labor who came at the age of 20.
The parents of Fiji's first Chief Justice Sir Moti Tikaram (KBE), Thakur Tikaram (born 1877) and his wife Singaribai Tikaram (born 1894) arrived in Fiji on July 10, 1912 on the SS Ganges (Emigration Pass No. 50079).
 
[[Indians in Fiji|Fiji Indian]] businessman Sir [[Sathi Narain]], Devara Suramma (Emigration Pass No. 52043) and Gompa Appalasamy (Emigration Pass No. 51617), arrived on this ship from India to Fiji in 1913. Abdul Wahid who ran as a Mayoral Candidate in Tracy, USA. His grandfather Ali Mohammed f/n Mehardad was one of the indentured labor who came at the age of 20.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:History of Suriname]]
[[Category:Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Indian indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]
[[Category:Indian indenture ships to Fiji]]
[[Category:1906 ships]]
[[Category:1906 ships]]

Latest revision as of 23:15, 11 December 2025


For other ships with the same name, see Ganges (disambiguation).

Template:Infobox ship SS Ganges was a 3,475-ton steamship, built for the Nourse Line by Charles Connell and Company of Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1906. She made seven trips carrying Indian indentured labourers from Calcutta and Madras to Fiji, ten trips to Trinidad and Tobago and also trips to Surinam and British Guiana.

Namesakes[edit | edit source]

SS Ganges was the third Nourse Line ship to be named Ganges. The first Ganges was built in 1861 and wrecked in 1881. The second Ganges was built in 1885 and sold to Norway in 1904.

Voyages[edit | edit source]

Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers
Trinidad 25 October 1906 479
Trinidad 10 October 1907 344
Suriname 17 February 1908 n/a
Suriname 10 July 1908 n/a
Trinidad 20 July 1908 642
Trinidad 16 June 1909 819
Trinidad 24 November 1910 842
Trinidad 25 March 1911 776
Fiji 22 July 1911 860
Trinidad 9 December 1911 428
Suriname 7 April 1912 n/a
Fiji 18 July 1912 843
Fiji 8 November 1912 846
Fiji 21 February 1913 771
Fiji 29 May 1913 848
Fiji 9 September 1913 784
Fiji 21 June 1915 846
Trinidad 11 November 1915 325
Trinidad 18 April 1916 200
British Guiana 18 April 1917 421
Trinidad 22 April 1917 421

Having been in operation during the last years of the Indian indenture system, Ganges was the last ship to carry Indian indentured labourers to Trinidad and to British Guiana, docking in Georgetown on 18 April 1917.

First World War[edit | edit source]

Between 7 and 31 August 1914 Ganges was requisitioned for use as a Royal Navy collier; and from September of the same year to the following January became an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. For periods of 1916 and 1917 she was requisitioned to transport various bulk cargoes including coal, sugar and wheat. From 6 January 1918 until 19 April 1919 she came under the Liner Requisition Scheme.

Later history[edit | edit source]

Ganges was sold out of the fleet in 1928 to F. B. Saunders of London who sold her on the following year to Sea Products of London. She became Seapro in 1930 and served for a further four years before being sold for breaking to Thos. W. Ward in 1934.

Notable passengers[edit | edit source]

The parents of Fiji's first Chief Justice Sir Moti Tikaram (KBE), Thakur Tikaram (born 1877) and his wife Singaribai Tikaram (born 1894) arrived in Fiji on July 10, 1912 on the SS Ganges (Emigration Pass No. 50079).

Fiji Indian businessman Sir Sathi Narain, Devara Suramma (Emigration Pass No. 52043) and Gompa Appalasamy (Emigration Pass No. 51617), arrived on this ship from India to Fiji in 1913. Abdul Wahid who ran as a Mayoral Candidate in Tracy, USA. His grandfather Ali Mohammed f/n Mehardad was one of the indentured labor who came at the age of 20.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  • "Nourse Line". Merchant Navy Officers.

External links[edit | edit source]

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