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. Sh
Bill Jordan, the New Zealand High Commissioner, with a group of New Zealand sailors in front of the masthead and figurehead of HMS Ganges.
Memorial in Mylor churchyard commemorates the 53 boys who died whilst training on HMS Ganges between 1866 and 1899.
HMS Minotaur, left; HMS Caroline, centre foreground; HMS Agincourt, right, circa. 1906
Main entrance to HMS Ganges
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A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. The term has its origins in Britain's Royal Navy.
HMS Ganges (shore establishment)
…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…
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