SS Ganges (1906)
SS "Ganges" was a 3,475-ton steamship, built for the Nourse Line by Charles Connell and Company of Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1906. She made seven trips carrying Indian indentured labourers from Calcutta and Madras to Fiji, ten trips to Trinidad and also trips to Surinam. Namesakes. SS "Ganges" was the third Nourse Line ship to be named "Ganges". The first "Ganges" was built in 1861 and wrecked in 1881. The second "Ganges" was built in 1885 and sold to Norway in 1904. Voyages. Having been in operation during the last years of the Indian  indenture system, "Ganges" was the last ship to carry Indian indentured labourers to Trinidad and to British Guiana, docking in Georgetown on 18 April 1917. First World War. Between 7 and 31 August 1914 "Ganges" was requisitioned for use as a Royal Navy collier; and from September of the same year to the following January became an Indian Expeditionary Force transport. For periods of 1916 and 1917 she was requisitioned to transport various bulk cargoes including coal, sugar and wheat. From 6 January 1918 until 19 April 1919 she came under the Liner Requisition Scheme. Later history. "Ganges" was sold  out of the fleet in 1928 to F. B. Saunders of London who sold her on the following year to Sea Products of London. She became "Seapro" in 1930 and served for a further four years before being sold for breaking to Thos. W. Ward in 1934. Notable passengers. The parents of Fiji Indian businessman Sir Sathi Narain, Devara Suramma (Emigration Pass No. 52043) and Gompa Appalasamy (Emigration Pass No. 51617), arrived on this ship from India to Fiji in 1913. Abdul Wahid who ran as a Mayoral Candidate in Tracy, USA. His grandfather Ali Mohammed f/n Mehardad was  one of the indentured labor who came at the age of 20.