In Snodgrass’ account of the Burmese war is a small piece of information dealing with the (naval) shipbuilding and a remark of the frigate built for Muscat
P. 289: “Crooked teak timber for first-rate men of war, may be bought at Rangoon, at a cheapness of rate greatly below what it can be purchased for on the Malabar coast, or probably in any other part of the world…”
“The port of Rangoon is admirably adapted for ship-building. The river rises in spring tides, from twenty-five to
p. 290: twenty-eight feet; the natives are strong robust, and, with a little practice, would expert workmen. When the British army took possession of the place, they found a twenty-eight gun frigate on the stocks for the Imaum of Muscat ; it has since been launched, and is considered by judges, both as to model and workmanship, a very fine vessel. (1) she was built wholly by Burmese workmen, under the direction of an English shipbuilder, and most probably, at one-third less expense than it would have cost in any other dockyard in the world”.
Source
Snodgrass. Narrative of the Burmese war, detailing the operations of major-general Sir Archibald Campbell’s Army from it’s landing at Rangoon in May 1824, to the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Yandaboo in February 1826. London, 1828.
Note
1. See the note on this weblog titled “James Edward Alexander's notes dealing with the navy of the Imaum of Muscat in 1825-1826”. The frigate mentioned by Snodgrass must be the Bundoolah.
P. 289: “Crooked teak timber for first-rate men of war, may be bought at Rangoon, at a cheapness of rate greatly below what it can be purchased for on the Malabar coast, or probably in any other part of the world…”
“The port of Rangoon is admirably adapted for ship-building. The river rises in spring tides, from twenty-five to
p. 290: twenty-eight feet; the natives are strong robust, and, with a little practice, would expert workmen. When the British army took possession of the place, they found a twenty-eight gun frigate on the stocks for the Imaum of Muscat ; it has since been launched, and is considered by judges, both as to model and workmanship, a very fine vessel. (1) she was built wholly by Burmese workmen, under the direction of an English shipbuilder, and most probably, at one-third less expense than it would have cost in any other dockyard in the world”.
Source
Snodgrass. Narrative of the Burmese war, detailing the operations of major-general Sir Archibald Campbell’s Army from it’s landing at Rangoon in May 1824, to the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Yandaboo in February 1826. London, 1828.
Note
1. See the note on this weblog titled “James Edward Alexander's notes dealing with the navy of the Imaum of Muscat in 1825-1826”. The frigate mentioned by Snodgrass must be the Bundoolah.
