Naval Museum, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
The Naval Museum, a comprehensive guide to study the glory of maritime power flourished along the margins of the Indian Ocean,is located 268 km from Colombo, the museum lies within the Naval Dockyard at Trincomalee which has a total area of approximately 850 acres. It is also believed that King Parakramabahu 1(reined 1153- 1186) has used this place as a his eastern port, to launch a naval fleet to successfully invade Burma (Myanmar) in the 12 century. Thereafter in various eras this fort had being subjected to many chargers with the arrival of Europeans. Trincomalee Harbour is a seaport in Trincomalee Bay or Koddiyar Bay, a large natural harbour situated on the North - east coast of Sri Lanka. It has two segments, Inner Harbour & Outer Harbour. It can be able to hide about 600 ships within the harbour because of its natural locality. Besides having rich treasure of artifacts and antiques nature has endowed th