Ganges was the first of three Nourse Line ships named for the Ganges river in northern India. The first Nourse Line ship was the 839-ton sailing ship Ganges built by William Pile of Sunderland and launched on 9 July 1861. Ganges was considered a large vessel for her time and had a figurehead beneath the bowsprit represented Mother Ganges a symbol of fertility. She was the first of many Nourse Line vessels to be named after rivers. Immediately after being built, Ganges sailed to India to commence trading between Calcutta and Australia where James Nourse hired her out to Sandbach, Tinne & Company, who were involved in the transport of sugar, coffee, rum and molasses, and indentured labourers.
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