''Ganges'' was the second

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ship to be named ''Ganges''. The first was built in 1861 and wrecked in 1881. ''Ganges'' was a 1,529-ton iron barque, built by Osbourne, Graham & Company of

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and launched on 25 March 1882. She was long, with a

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of and a draught of . ''Ganges'' made three trips to

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, the first on 27 June 1885 carrying 523 Indian

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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

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on 23 April 1889. She was sold to Norwegian owners in 1904 and renamed ''Asters''. During World War I, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on 28 May 1917 by the Imperial German Navy

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northwest of the

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while on a voyage from Le Havre, France, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a cargo of oil and wax. All on board ''Asters'' survived.

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