On 7 August 1805, , Captain Austin Bissell and Rear-Admiral Thomas Troubridge, was escorting a fleet of East Indiamen consisting of , , , , , "Ganges", , and . They were at when they encountered the French ship of the line "Marengo" and frigate "Belle Poule". There was a brief exchange of fire before both sides sailed on. Troubridge reprimanded the captains of "Cumberland" and "Preston" for having acted too boldly in exchanging fire with the French. "Ganges" reached Madras on 23 August, Saugor on 14 September, Carnicobar on 6 November, Penang on 14 November, Malacca on 1 December, and Whampoa on 1 February 1806. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 19 March. She became leaky after having been at Penang and on 6 June the frigate "Sir Edward Hughes" escorted her to Bombay, which she reached on 2 July. She remained at Bombay until 27 February 1807. On 29 May 1807 "Ganges" was off the Cape of Good Hope when she sprang a leak. The East Indiaman , which was in company, managed to get off all 203 or 209 persons on board "Ganges", including a number of soldiers from the 77th Regiment of Foot, and there was no loss of life. When Captain Harrington finally left "Ganges" in the last boats from "Earl St Vincent", "Ganges" had of water in the well and was wholly ungovernable by the helm. She sank at noon on 30 May 1807 at , almost due south of Cape Agulhas. The EIC put the value of its cargo lost when she sank at £126,614. Citations  References     Francisco Elizondo Garrido  Francisco Elizondo Garrido born on January 17, 1982, in Mexico City. He is a Mexican politician affiliated to Partido Verde Ecologista de México. Graduated from Universidad Anáhuac from Law studies and obtained a Master's Degree in Constitutional Law from the same university. Within his curses are: Labor Metamorfosis , Quality supervision in public work and corrective, preventive and improvement actions. Managing Director of the Communications and Transportation Center in Quintana Roo  Secretary of Ecology and Environment of the state of Quintana Roo  Representative of the "Partido Verde Ecologista de México" before the National Electoral Institute  Federal Deputy for the PVEM in the LX Legislatura representing the State of Veracruz  State Delegate of the "Partido Verde Ecologista de México"     Bovensiepen family  Bovensiepen is a Dutch-origined German family from Mettmann in the Rhineland, members of whom have been noted as industrialists and academics.