The Patamar ( Portuguese), ( en, Pattamar, Patimar, french: Patemar, Patmar), is a type of

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Dhow Dhow ( ar, داو, translit=dāwa; mr, script=Latn, dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically spo ...

. It was traditionally used in the western coast of the

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as a cabotage vessel between

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and

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, usually for the transport of

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. Some can still be seen on the

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Description

Patamar are commonly between 200 and 300 tons in weight and are rigged with one to three masts bearing lateen sails. They feature a peculiarly-shaped keel with a club-shaped end of the bow. The wide stern of the average Patamar is somewhat similar to the

Baghlah A baghlah, bagala, bugala or baggala ( ar, بغلة) is a large deep-sea dhow, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel. The name "baghla" means "mule" in the Arabic language. Description The baghlah dhows had a curved prow with a stem-head, an orn ...

, Sambuk and Kotiya but without a

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, which is replaced by a

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thatched with coconut palm leaf. KGVI rupees 10 note cdd front reverse

A pattamar in full sail appeared on the reverse of the 10

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banknotes that preceded the

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History

In 1806, '' Lieutenant de vaisseau''

Pierre Bouvet Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

observed the indigenous ships of the Patamar type while a prisoner in Bombay. Back in Isle de France (now

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

), Bouvet suggested the use of armed Patamars to General Decaen, Governor General of the French possessions in the

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, to conduct reconnaissance and raids on the British. He was able to have built in 1807 and sailed her on a privateering cruise.

References

External links

The Origins and Ethnological Significance Of Indian Boat Designs - SIFFS
Dhow types Merchant ships of India Tall ships {{sailing-stub

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