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PL 8: A REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF WARBOYS OF THE NAVY IN THE 33RD YEAR OF TU DUC (1881) 10


1. ORIGINAL TEXT


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10 Ngo Duc Chi, Bachelor of Han Nom transcription and translation.


2. TRANSLATION 3. TRANSLATION:

The Vice-Commander of the Left Army of the Capital, Tran Huu Dieu, Nguyen Van □ □ □ □, presented to the Prime Minister to declare the matter. According to the internal guard's book of records, the collection and record of all ships and boats must be made and submitted with proof. The Prime Minister declared:

- The current royal guards are in charge of the seven tax collection boats (Minh Mang's fifth year of the reign of Emperor Taizong was 14th and 20th, Thieu Tri's third year, Tu Duc's 40th, 17th, 23rd and 29th years, the army repaired and re-instated the boats)

The two Golden Dragon boats, each one is six feet long and one foot five inches wide, nine feet five inches wide and five inches deep, and the rowing poles are forty-six [poles?] (On the ninth day of the thirty-first year of Tu Duc, the boat was renovated in the capital. I respectfully request to travel early...

The river boat was four feet and one inch long, six feet and three inches wide, two feet and three inches deep, and had twenty-eight pillars. (In the eleventh year of Tu Duc's reign, on the ninth month, he was renovating the capital. I would like to request a visit first...

The leading boat is five feet long, two feet two inches wide, five feet four inches wide, one foot seven inches and five inches deep, and has thirty pillars. (In the twenty-seventh year of Tu Duc's renovation in the capital, in the thirty-first year of his renovation, he requested to sail with him...)

Leading the four boats, each boat is five feet long, two feet two inches, five feet four inches wide, one foot one inch five inches deep, [rowing] ten pillars. (During the thirty years of Tu Duc's reform in the capital, he was sent to the capital to request a …

The boat's hull is five feet and one inch long, five feet and seven inches wide, one foot and eight inches deep, and has thirty rows of oars. (Tu Duc)

The Capital Navy, Left Battalion, Second Guard, Deputy Commander, Deputy Commander Tran Huu Dieu, Nguyen Van □ □ □ □ report on the declaration. Now based on the capital of the Guard, the number of boats, all respectfully list and submit, now declare:

- Currently, the royal guard keeps seven royal boats (Minh Mang years: 5, 20, 14 restored in the Capital, along with Thieu Tri year 3, Tu Duc years: 29, 23, 17, 40 (probably wrote the wrong year because the time of reporting was Tu Duc year 33) all repaired, now requesting to paint the boats)

Kim Long has two boats, one is 6 truong 1 chi 5 cun long, 9 chi 5 cun 5 phan wide, 3 chi 8 cun deep, with 46 oars. (Tu Duc, day… month 9 year 31, renovated in the capital, now requesting to be….

Each river boat was 4 truong 1 hich long, 6 hich 3 cun wide, 2 hich 3 cun deep, with 28 oars. (Tu Duc, day … month 9 year 31, renovated in the capital, now….

The 12- boat guide boat was 5 truong 2 chi 2 cun long, 5 chi 4 cun wide, 1 chi 7 cun 5 phan deep, with 30 oars. (Tu Duc year 27 renovated in Kinh, year 31 restored, now….

Four boats lead the boat, one boat is 5 truong 2 chi 2 cun long, 5 chi 4 cun wide, 1 chi 1 cun 5 phan deep, with a □ □ oar. (Tu Duc year 30, renovation in the capital, now request to be….

A boat 5 truong 1 chi long, 5 chi 7 cun wide, 1 chi 8 cun deep, with 3 oars. (In the 7th year of Tu Duc, the capital was renovated, and in the 22nd, 26th, and 30th years, it was repaired. Now I would like to make….

A single Ly Thien Sam is 3 truong 6 xich 7 cun long, 9 xich 8 cun 5 phan wide, and 2 xich 1 cun 5 phan deep (Tu Duc year 21)


12 A small but long boat used for reconnaissance and navigation.


In the seventeenth year of the reform in the capital, in the twenty-second, twenty-sixth, and thirty-first years of the army, the private army was renovating and requesting to go on duty...)

Tan [Bong?] 11 is a long pole three feet and five inches long, five feet and five inches wide, one foot and eight inches deep, with thirteen pillars.

- Seven patrol boats three collections

First, in the twenty-third year of Tu Duc, the town was established in the capital. In the twenty-sixth year, it was restored. On the tenth day of the twenty-eighth year, the original Internal Defense Army of the Five Guards was transferred to the capital. In the thirty years, the Northern Dynasty carried the people and the wind blew, and the leaves were not yet clear, and it was Ha Tinh province.

Collection:

In the 25th year of Tu Duc, he established a dynasty in Binh Dinh province. On the 26th day of the 5th month of the 26th year, he sent troops to the North to establish a dynasty in [Nghe?] An province.

Collection:

In the twenty-fourth year of Tu Duc, the Thanh Hoa province was established. On the sixth month of the twenty-fifth year, the captain of the boat went to Bac Ky province and stayed at the captain of the boat. On the thirtieth month, the captain returned to Giao Tho and repaired it. In the thirty-second year, the captain of the boat went to Nam Dinh province and loaded it to Thanh Hoa province. The leaves were not yet clear, so he was sent to Thanh Hoa province.

- The Seven Boats are the most powerful and powerful ships in the town.

In the 20th year of Tu Duc's reign, he established Khanh Hoa province. On the 3rd day of the 25th year, he was sent to Nam Dinh province to receive the imperial envoy to Quang Binh province.

- The original version was sent to the capital by a monk. It was created in the capital in the sixth year of Thieu Tri, and in the fourth month of Tu Duc in the twenty-eighth year of Tu Duc, following orders.

Tu Duc 33rd year, 9th month, 10th day

built in Kinh, renovated in years 24, 28 and 31, now please do….

Tan [Bong?] a boat 3 truong 5 chi long, 5 chi 5 cun wide, 1 chi 8 cun deep, with 13 oars.

- Patrol boats lost 3:

One was added in the 23rd year of Tu Duc's reign in the capital, the 26th year was repaired and restored to the original position of the Five Guards in Doanh, on the 10th day of the 28th year, it was transferred to □ □ for safekeeping. The ship was transported in Bac Ky and was lost in Ha Tinh province due to the wind.

One was made in the 25th year of Tu Duc in Binh Dinh province, in the 5th month of the 26th year, and in the 3rd month of the 28th year, sent to Bac Ky to receive □ □, and repaired in [Nghe?] An province.

A ship was built in the 24th year of Tu Duc in Thanh Hoa province, on the 25th year of the 6th month, that year it was sent to Bac Ky and stayed there. On the 30th year of the 10th month, it returned for repair on the 32nd year of the 10th month. This year it was sent to Nam Dinh to transport goods to Thanh Hoa. □ □ □ , [it sank in Thanh Hoa]

One boat sunk, not replenished.

In the 20th year of Tu Duc, the ship was built in Khanh Hoa province. In the 25th month of the 3rd year, it was sent to Nam Dinh province to transport goods to Quang Binh province, but the wind blew it away and it sank.

- Remove the planks of the boat, prepare a military boat to fill the missing space above, Thieu Tri year 6, add more in the capital, April year 28 of Tu Duc, follow the order to remove the boat.

September 10, 33rd year of Tu Duc (1881)


11 Probably a place name


PL 9: SOME DOCUMENTS OF THE NGUYEN DYNASTY'S NAVY DISCOVERED IN QUANG NAM 13



13 Photos, documents: Tong Quoc Hung


PL 10: SOME SEALS OF THE NGUYEN DYNASTY'S NAVY



The Trung Quan seal , Gia Long first year, month 25. (The Trung Quan seal, [stamped] on July 25, Gia Long first year - 1802)

Right Army Seal , Gia Long 12th year, 7th month, 3rd day. (Right Army Seal, [stamped] 3rd day of the 7th month, Gia Long 12th year – 1813)

Seal of the Rear Army , 3rd month, 2nd day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of Minh Mang. (Seal of the Rear Army, [stamped] 2nd day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of Minh Mang - 1820)

Navy Seal , 7th month, 2nd day of the 7th month of the 1st year of Minh Mang. (Seam of the Navy, [stamped] 2nd day of the 7th month of the 1st year of Minh Mang – 1820)

Seal of the Imperial Navy, 4th year , 4th month, 16th day of the 4th month of the 4th year of Thieu Tri. (Seal of the Imperial Navy, [closed] 16th day of the 4th month of the 4th year of Thieu Tri - 1844)

The Ministry of War's seal , the first year of Tu Duc, the first day of the eleventh month. (The Ministry of War's seal, [stamped] on the tenth day of the eleventh month of the first year of Tu Duc - 1848)


PL 11: TWO PICTURES (FOR FATHER AND MOTHER) AND TOMBSTONE OF MARINE OFFICER PHAM VAN CUC, QUANG NAM


PL 12: PARTIE DE LA COCHINCHINE MAP IN VOLUME 2 OF THE UNIVERSEL ATLAS BY PHILIPPE VANDERMAELEN, PUBLISHED IN 1827


PL 13: MAP OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF AN NAM

COMPILED BY BISHOP TABERD AND PUBLISHED IN 1838


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