HMS Ganges (1782) - 74-gun battleship of the third rank , the former Bengal . The first ship of the Royal Navy , named after the river Ganges . The lead ship of the same type .
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 HMS Ganges assembles a convoy; Spithead, 1797 | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Ship class and type | battleship 3 rank type ganges |
| Type of sailing equipment | three-mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal Navy |
| Manufacturer | Randall , Rotherhite |
| Author ship drawing | Edward Hunt |
| Construction started | april 1780 |
| Launched | March 30, 1782 |
| Removed from the fleet | sent for scrap, 1816 [1] |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1678 53/94 tons ( approx. ) [2] |
| Gondek length | 169 feet 6 inches (51.66 m ) [1] |
| Mid- width width | 47 ft 8½ in (14.5 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Crew | 590 [2] |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Guns on the gandek | 28 × 32lb guns |
| Operdeck guns | 28 × 18-fn guns |
| Guns on shkantsah | 14 × 9-fn guns |
| Tank guns | 4 × 9-fn guns |
Content
Construction
Ordered on July 14, 1779 . Built at the private shipyard Randall in Roterhayt, according to the drawings of Edward Hunt. [one]
The ship was "donated" to the fleet (i.e., paid for) by the East India Company . The cost is £ 11,238.5.9d (+ £ 3,042.6.9d in Woolwich ). The admiralty incurred only “additional expenses” in the amount of £ 279.14.3d.
Laid in April 1780 as HMS Bengal . Renamed on February 17 (17). Launched on March 30, 1782 . He was being rebuilt from March 30 to April 20 in Deptford , then to June 26, 1782 , including copper plating , in Woolwich. [2]
Service
American War of Independence
1782 - entered service in February, Captain Charles Fielding ( Eng. Charles Fielding ); assigned to the fleet of Richard Howe , on 11 September he went out with him to lift the siege of Gibraltar ; October 20 was at Cape Spartel .
1783 - (January, Captain Cornwallis ?); and. about. Captain George Vandeput ( eng. George Vandeput ) March, put into reserve; immediately put into operation again, Captain George Lutrell ( eng. George Luttrell ), as a firewatch in Portsmouth ; converted into a firewatch to August.
1784 - Captain Roger Curtis ( eng. Roger Curtiss ), commanded until 1787.
1787 - October, the flagship of Admiral Sir Francis Drake.
Revolutionary Wars
From November 1790 to December 1791, the repair between the middle and capital repairs in Portsmouth.
1792 - December, commissioned, captain Anthony Molloy ( eng. Antony Molloy ). [2]
1793 - April 14 , at the point of squadron Rear Admiral Jell ( eng. George Gell ), consisting of HMS St George (98), Ganges , HMS Edgar (74), HMS Egmont (74) and the frigate HMS Phaeton (38) along the way in the Mediterranean, she discovered two sails to the northwest, and began chasing. The frigate soon caught up with one, turned out to be the Spanish galleon Sant-Iago , under the French flag. Phaeton lowered the boat and continued the chase, leaving Ganges to seize the prize.
Two hours later, he overtook the second ship, the French General General Dumourier , 22 long 6-pounder guns and 196 people. He accompanied the richly laden galleon, accidentally met 11 days before, in the French port. For greater security, Dumourier transported 680 crates of 3000 Spanish thalers each and several packages with an estimated value of £ 200,000 during this time. The total value of the cargo of the galleon coming from Lima was later determined to be £ 935,000.
Until the end of the month, Dumourier and Sant-Iago were safely brought to Plymouth. The latter, together with the cargo, after a long trial was convicted as a prize and those who seized it received prize money. This step (the conviction of the re-captured), regardless of its legality, caused great indignation in Madrid and many pushed Spain to enter the war. [3]
On November 18, Ganges pursued the Van Scale squadron ( nderl. Vanstabel ).
1794 - January, re-commissioned, Captain William Truscott ( eng. William Truscott ); June, with the Montague squadron; October 25 went to the Leeward Islands ; October 30, together with HMS Montagu took the French corvette Le Jacobin .
1795 - July, captain Benjamin Archer ( eng. Benjamin Archer ), Leeward Islands.
1796 - Captain Lancelot Skinner ( Eng. Lancelot Skynner ), February 25 again went to the Leeward Islands; April, Captain Robert Mac Dougl ( born Robert M'Dougall ); participated in the West Indian operations of Admiral Hugh Christian: April-May, Saint Lucia ; June, Grenada .
1797 - January, after repairs in Portsmouth; the same captain, in the squadron of the North Sea to 1799 .
1799 - September, captain Colin Campbell ( English Colin Campbell ).
1800 - June-September, Portsmouth, minor repairs; August, commissioned, Captain Thomas Freemantle ( born Thomas F. Freemantle ). [2] Left the harbor on September 27 , after repair. October 11 came out to join the Channel Fleet . [four]
On November 10, Ganges , along with HMS Elephant , HMS Captain , HMS Goliath and HMS Brunswick , separated from the fleet and arrived on November 26 in Port Royal , Jamaica . [five]
1801 - April 2 was at Copenhagen . Lord Nelson made a signal to the squadron to select anchors and attack the Danish line. The shootout began at 10 am, with HMS Polyphemus , HMS Isis , HMS Edgar , HMS Monarch and HMS Ardent . Part of the small ships, together with HMS Glatton , HMS Elephant , HMS Ganges and HMS Defiance, reached their positions at approximately 11 hours 30 minutes.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the fire from all the Danish ships behind the stern Zealand stopped, but they refused to allow any British boats to enter. At the same time, Defiance , Monarch and Ganges continued to shoot, and soon Indosforethen , Holstein and the Danes following them silenced them. Ganges lost Mr. Stewart [6] ( born Robert Stuart ) and five sailors killed, and Isaac Davis ( born Isaac Davis ), a pilot , was badly injured.
William Morse, the first lieutenant , after the battle was promoted to commander . After the fight, Monarch got tangled up in the Ganges rig, and his sailor was not on that ship. He jumped overboard and swam back to Monarch, saying that he had never deserted from his ship. From the side of the boat fell off and rescued him. [four]
June, (Acting) Captain Charles Brisbane ( eng. C. Brisbane ), Baltic . [2] Returned to the Channel Fleet in July.
On 3 August, Ganges and Defiance escorted three returning East India ships , Lady Dundas , Bengal and Lady Burges from Cork to Portsmouth.
September 7 aboard HMS Gladiator held a military court trial of Francis Smith ( Eng. Francis Smith ), paramedic Ganges , for drunkenness and failure to perform duties. He was fired, with a ban on serving in the navy in the future, in any capacity. [four]
October, Captain Joseph Baker ( Eng. Joseph Baker ); went to Jamaica.
Napoleonic Wars
1802 - September, Captain George McInley ( eng. George M'Kinley ), [2] Jamaican station. September 14 came out again and returned to the Channel Fleet. [four]
1803 - July, put into reserve and calculated, put into operation again, Captain Fremantle.
1804 - November, put into reserve.
1806 - April, commissioned, Captain Peter Holkett ( eng. Peter Halkett ); May-June, repairs in Portsmouth.
1807 - January, entered the Stopford squadron; later the flagship of Rear Admiral Richard Keats; August, in the expedition to Copenhagen .
1808 - January 1 went to Portugal .
1809 - North Sea; November, Captain Thomas Dundas ( born Thomas Dundas ), went to the Baltic.
1811 - put into reserve; March-April, prepared for sludge in Plymouth ; October, turned into a floating prison there.
1812 - Lieutenant Frederick Leroux ( English Frederick Leroux ), commanded by 1814.
1814 - December, Lieutenant James Spratt ( English James Spratt ) [7]
In March 1816 scrapped in Plymouth. [2]
Links
Literature
- James, William, Chamier, Frederick. The history of Great Britain: Richard Bentley: London, 1837.
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798−1801 / Robert Gardiner, ed. - London: Chatham Publishing, 1997. - 192 p. - ISBN 1-86176-026-4 .
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth, Chatam-St.Paul, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 180.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Winfield, ... p. 85–86.
- ↑ James, ... pp. 71, 90−91.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 GANGES (74): Ships of the Old Navy
- ↑ GOLIATH (74): Ships of the Old Navy
- ↑ Judging by the appeal, warrant officer
- ↑ Perhaps in 1814 he was loaned to the Transport Committee. See Winfield, ... p. 86