[2] In 1794, whilst under the command of Captain William Truscott, she and Montagu captured the French corvette Jacobine.

Ganges was part of the squadron commanded by Admiral John Gell, which escorted a Spanish ship they had captured from the French back to Portsmouth.

Besides Ganges, the ships that conveyed the Spanish prize to Portsmouth were St George, Egmont, Edgar and Phaeton.

[5] Ganges shared in the prize money from the capture of the French supply ship Marsouin by Beaulieu on 11 March 1796.

[citation needed] Ganges was one of six British warships that shared in the capture on 23 August 1807 of the Danish vessel Speculation.

During the battle Keats placed a portrait of Admiral Nelson on the mizzen mast where it was said to have encouraged officers and men alike despite being covered in the blood and brains of an unfortunate seaman.