The Fleet

The larger steamers carried European, particularly British and most particularly Scottish captains, chief and second officers, chief, second, third and fourth engineers with the rest of the crew made up from various local and other Asian nationalities whilst the smallest steamers would have had a European captain and chief engineer with Chittagonians on deck and tending the engine.

The steamers were also used to transport the valuable teak logs cut deep in the jungles and let to dry for a considerable time before being moved by elephants onto the barges pulled by the steamers