Ganges

Ganges (48˚51'00" 123˚30'00" E side of Saltspring I, Gulf Is), Ganges Harbour (48˚51'00" 123˚28'00" Just E of Ganges), Ganges Shoal (48˚50'00" 123˚27'00" W side of Ganges Hbr). HMS Ganges, under Capt John Fulford, was on the Pacific Station, 1857–60, as the flagship of Rear Adm Robert Baynes. This 84-gun, 2,039-tonne vessel was the last RN sailing ship of the line on active foreign service; it also had one of the longest careers of any RN ship, being launched at Bombay in 1821 and...

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