"Local Museum of the Shipyard King Taksin the Great, also known as "Ban Samet Ngam Shipyard" is about 11 kilometers from the city of Chanthaburi. King Taksin the Great used as a shipyard when preparing to raise an army to attack Burma To restore the independence of the Thai nation in the year 2310 according to the Thonburi chronicles. Thousand Chanthanumat Edition According to the chronicles, King Taksin commanded about 100 boats to be built around Wat Samet Ngam. not far from this point because found a lot of Takhianthong tree stumps and there is a saying There is also a canal dug for transporting Ta Khian logs to the shipyard as well. Therefore, it is assumed that this area used to be the shipyard of King Taksin. Prior to the excavation of ships
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King Taksin the Great Shipyard B.E. 2310
Province: Chanthaburi