Dronning Caroline Mathilde, later renamed Ganges, following the arrest of her namesake, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, was an East Indiaman of the Danish Asiatic Company, built in 1769.
The Dronning Caroline Mathilde was built for the Danish Asiatic Company at Fabritius & Wever's dockyard in Copenhagen.
[2] Dronning Caroline Mathilde departed from Copenhagen in 1769, bound for Tranquebar.
Abbestée had just resigned from the post as interim governor of the colony after spending 13 years.
A young Jacob Brønnum Scavenius served as acting supercargp (officially as assistant but there was no supercargo) on the expedition.
Scacenius made friends with Johan Leonhard Fix during his stay in Frederiksnagore.
This gave Scavenius an opportunity to apply was for the vacant position as 1st Assistant in Frederiksnagore.