#yeah i'm going to mention shannon every time i bring up a sister ship

[clove-pinks]

HMS Trincomalee, at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool.

A Leda-class frigate like HMS Shannon, she was built in Mumbai (Bombay) by master shipbuilder Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia, who lived c. 1754-1821 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was Wadia who ceremonially hammered a silver nail into Trincomalee's keel, following Parsi Zoroastrian tradition. I'm fascinated by the melding of global maritime traditions.

#hms trincomalee #age of sail #royal navy #naval history #jamsetjee bomanjee wadia #yeah i'm going to mention shannon every time i bring up a sister ship #maritime history #we rightly condemn imperialism but empire by its definition combines different cultures #i love the shipbuilder's portrait #the sea