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Boats of Arakan

Woodwork (WDW)

Transport

Arakan Companyr Jaans or the ‘Ship of the Arakan Company’ was a two-storey, ocean-going vessel which ran on a pair of diesel engines. It was used to carry passengers and transport goods.

Before 1948, in the British colony of Arakan, it plied between Akyab (Sittwe) and Yangon once a week and was originally owned by the British administration.

In 1936 a Rohingya man, Gonimar Khan, became a Member of Parliament from Akyab district, during the first elections to be held in the British colony. Gonimar Khan was a wealthy man and he procured the ship, colloquially known as Arakan Companyr Jaans, from the British.

It remained in Rohingya hands until it was decommissioned. This ship is no longer in use.