Nguyễn Ánh had the Chu Sư naval workshop built on the Saigon river, where Vietnamese shipwrights copied European designs by dismantling an old ship; by 1792 fifteen frigates were on the stocks. The French later rebuilt it as the Saigon Arsenal, known as Ba Son.
Construction
Chu Sư naval shipyard founded
- 1791
- Southeast Asia
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