Siamese name Chawrak’e. English name Alligator. Dimensions 200 x 27 feet. Built in 1859. Owner P’aya P’isan. In 1865 bought by the government and became the warship Avudian Power, fitted out with a 70hp steam engine. An armament of 9 guns. Decommissioned in 1872.
Source
Bradley, Dan Beach. Bangkok Calendar for the year of our Lord 1862. American Missionary Association, Bangkok, 1862.
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