H.M.S. Ganges
The collection, which comes from the museum of H.M.S. Ganges, was deposited on loan by the Ministry of Defence in 1965. It consists of three logs of the Ganges, 1826 to 1827 and 1850 to 1852, and one kept on the Swiftsure, 1888 to 1889. There are eight documents, including four orders received in 1782 by Admiral Sir Thomas Graves (1747?-1814) from Admirals Lord Hood (q.v.), Lord Rodney (1719-1792), 1782, Lord Cornwallis (q.v.), 1804, and Lord Collingwood (q.v.) (1804). Also in the collection are miscellaneous letters from Sir Edward Pellew (q.v.), 1810, and Lord St Vincent (q.v.), 1801 and 1822.
Administrative / biographical background
The Ganges, launched in 1821, became a training ship for boys in 1866. The ship was moored in Falmouth Bay until 1899 when it was moved to the Essex Coast off Shotley, near Harwich, where it remained until 1906. From 1905 the training establishment was based on shore at Shotley where it remained until its closure in 1976
Administrative / biographical background
The Ganges, launched in 1821, became a training ship for boys in 1866. The ship was moored in Falmouth Bay until 1899 when it was moved to the Essex Coast off Shotley, near Harwich, where it remained until 1906. From 1905 the training establishment was based on shore at Shotley where it remained until its closure in 1976
Record Details
| Item reference: | GNS; GB 0064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Artificial collections previously assembled |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| Extent: | 3 vols: 8 items |
| Creator: | HMS Ganges |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Logbook of HMS GANGES, Oct 1826-July 1827, South America. (Manuscript) (GNS/1)
- Logbook of HMS GANGES, March 1850- January 1852, Mediterranean, kept by Mid Edmund Henry Stuart. (Manuscript) (GNS/2)
- Logbook of HMS GANGES, Feb-June 1851, Mediterranean, kept by Arthur Couburn. (Manuscript) (GNS/3)
- Logbook of HMS SWIFTSURE, April 1888-June 1889, Pacific, kept by Mid Alexander Waugh. (Manuscript) (GNS/4)
- Letter from Earl St Vincent to Sir William Beechey, the painter, 25 August 1822. (Manuscript) (GNS/11)
- Letter from Prince William Henry to Jervis, 4 September 1773. (Manuscript) (GNS/12)
- Draft of a letter from St Vincent to Nelson, 8 March 1801. (Manuscript) (GNS/14)
- Line of battle, issued by Lord Hood, 26 April 1782, addressed to Admiral Sir Thomas Graves. (Manuscript) (GNS/15)
- Letter signed by Sir Edward Pellew, 15 August 1810. (Manuscript) (GNS/16)
- Order by Collingwood, respecting a sealed order giving a secret rendezvous in the event of a surprise attack by the French, 19 November 1804, with the secret order and cover, addressed to Admiral Sir Thomas Graves. (Manuscript) (GNS/17)
- Line of battle. The Royal Oak to lead on the Starboard Jack and the Marlborough on the Larboard, 19 February 1782. (Manuscript) (GNS/18)