1891 Census
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Name: |
Carroll, Albert J | ||
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Age in 1891: |
16 | ||
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Relation: |
Crew | ||
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Gender: |
Male | ||
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Where Born: |
Bristol, Somerset | ||
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Civil parish: |
Royal Navy | ||
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County: |
Cornwall | ||
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Source information: |
RG12/1836 | ||
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ED, institution, or vessel: |
Ganges | ||
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The second HMS Ganges was a 2nd rate, 2,284 tons, 84 gun ship with a ships company of 800. Built of teak at the Bombay Dockyard under master shipbuilder Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia. Admiralty orders of 5th June 1816 directed her to be built as a facsimile of HMS Canopus which was the ex French ship 'Franklin' which fought at the Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798. Building began in May 1819 and she was launched on the 10th November 1821. Length 196 ft, breadth 52 ft.
Armament: Gun Deck: 28 x32 pounders, 2 x 68 pounders Carronades.
Upper Deck: 32 x 24 pounders.
Quarter Deck: 6 x 24 pounder Congreves, 10 x32 pounder Carronades.
1866 HMS Ganges arrived Falmouth and took up duties of boys training ship
