page_title: Diana (1823)
section_title: First Anglo–Burmese War
hierarchical_section_title: Diana (1823) / First Anglo–Burmese War
caption_attribution_description: English: The Harbour of Port Cornwallis, Island of Great Andaman with the Fleet getting under way for Rangoon
context_page_description: Diana was a steam paddle steamer built in 1823 as a merchant vessel and purchased by the Bengal Government in 1824. During the First Anglo-Burmese War she became the first steam-powered warship of the Honourable East India Company to see action. She was transferred to the Burmese Government in 1826 and to back to the company for use by Singapore in 1837.
context_section_description: The Honourable East India Company used her for riverine service in the First Anglo–Burmese War. In May 1824 she accompanied the 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Sophie, the 20-gun HMS Larne and the 50-gun HMS Liffey, from Port Cornwallis in the Andaman Islands to Rangoon, where she participated in an attack. Thereafter, she participated in operations against Penang on 19 September 1824.
  In 1825 and 1826 she was under the command of Lieutenant George Winsor, who sailed her with the flotilla operating against the Burmese. While she was operating in the Irrawaddy River, Winsor made a map.
caption: The Harbour of Port Cornwallis, Island of Great Andaman, circa 1825, with the East India Company fleet getting under weigh for Rangoon; Diana is the paddlesteamer at the bottom left of this print
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