Bill Jordan, the New Zealand High Commissioner, with a group of New Zealand sailors in front of the masthead and figurehead of HMS Ganges.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Ganges |
Commissioned | May 1865 |
Fate | Closed in October 1976 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Stone frigate |
HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976.[1]
HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment.