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Asian News and Siam
British East Colonial fleet
Siam was one of the tiny countries on the Indian coast of Asia. In the early times they didn’t have any shipbuilders to build any real fighting vessels. In India there were already many and major vessels laid down, and Siam didn’t want to lose any might on the Asian seas. The Siamese got a deal with the British admiralty; if Siam provided a harbour good for a few gunboats, the Navy would help with a yard. In 1850 a heavy wooden battleship was laid down, and many auxiliaries and small fighting vessels were laid down. Suggest "Siam also received a few export orders, building torpedo boats for Annan and Burma in 1870." After the vessels were commissioned in their countries, a second contract was signed and Burma received a second dockyard. Annán, Siam, Ava, Amarapura and Anjouan began building stronger cooperative naval forces." Wooden hulls were built and After only a few years, the first iron-hulled ships were laid down." In 1862 the first iron-hulled warships was commissioned in Siam. But times changed and the rebel muslims grew in power.")
In 1890, after some old wooden and iron-hulled vessels were broken up, followed by a damaged torpedo boat in 1893, the British Department of Foreign affairs ordered 3 new Torpedo boats for the colonial fleet at India. In 1893 three vessels were laid down at the Chatham yard, England; all were launched in February 1894, with the first trials in December 1894. After good trials, the three ships sailed to India for a long spell of service. In 1896 they came for the first time in action against Muslim rebel. Suggest "One of them came under fire from a heavy captured British cannon and was sunk. The second and the third vessels were attacked by small wooden fishing boats from a local village. After a fast conversion one was rebuilt that same year into a mine-laying support vessel.") and blockaded the local harbour. After the war both vessels were used for training and harbour defence ", but there wasn’t any war action any more. In 1906 they become training vessel for Cadets, and both were sold to be broken up at India in 1909-10.
Siam build a few torpedo boats (from the British model) too, they were leased to the British if needed. But they never getting in action because a heavy battleship named Ava attack the fortress from the enemy
After the completion of the three new torpedo boats of the Baluchi-class for India, the department of foreign affairs was still interesting in some more boast of smaller dimensions, the result was the Gurkha-class; they were smaller and had 2 torpedo tubes of 12inch. Because there wasn’t a lot of money for foreign affairs, they get old locomotive boilers from old trains, whish served for transport of the Royal British railways in Asia. They were built at a new dry-dock built by the British in Burma on 1865 In 1896 they too took part in the rebel wars, None were sunk but there were many problems with the old boilers, which needed to be replaced. They didn’t have an active duty in that period, all the time they were Lay at the dry-dock at Burma for repair. After 1896 they received new boilers, and in 1903 sold to Anjouan, where they served until 1917. They were sold to be broken up in 1926 because of their advanced service age.
The Rebels where were not the only problem. France a mighty colonial power, incorporated the Asian states into their power and region of influence, though Ava and Amarapura to the British. France take for years the power on the states, until 1948, because the peoples attack the French and started a Civil war. Though India became independent in 1880, the French seized control of the Southeast Asian states, holding them until a popular uprising in 1948.
The Annán attack on the French.
In the early morning a few warships under the Annanese flag attacked the French cruiser Cléber. The gunfire of the shocked cruiser destroyed. Two converted yachts were build The larger of the two converted yachts rammed the French ship, creating a giant explosion.The Annanese ship survived, but required extensive repairs. "No crew of the cruiser survived. This was the last time any French warships entered the harbour of Saigon A few still incomplete ships were blown up. Only four vessels served in the Annanese Navy until 1912.and in the 30ties a few MTB would be build at Siam for there Navy
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Monday, April 29th 2024, 12:37pm
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