Economy, Trade & Statecraft
Bombay Dockyard warships for the Royal Navy
1777-1849Wadia family (Parsi shipwrights)Bombay DockyardMaharashtra / Central India
1777
Teak-built warships, including HMS Trincomalee (launched 1817), now Britain's oldest warship afloat.
- Dated
- 1777–1849
- As scholars put it
- 1777-1849
- Originator
- Wadia family (Parsi shipwrights)
- Source text
- Bombay Dockyard
- Region
- Maharashtra / Central India
- Discipline
- Economy, Trade & Statecraft
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Verified-web
Meanwhile in the West
Royal Navy ships were normally built of British oak.
Fair to say
Built to British designs; the achievement is the shipbuilding craft.
Path to modern innovation
A preserved example survives at Hartlepool.
Transmission
Chosen for teak durability and Parsi skill during oak shortages.
References
- 1Wikipedia
- 2US Naval Institute Proceedings (1972)
Further reading
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