Fort Frederick, built by the Portuguese in 1623, changed hands between the Dutch, French, and British. It was finally captured by the British.
Fort Fredrick (Trincomalee) F ort Fredrick (Sinhala: ත්රිකුණාමලය බලකොටුව; Tamil: திருகோணமலை கோட்டை), popularly known as Trincomalee Fort is an old fort situated in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. History Portuguese were the first Europeans who maintained a garrison at Trincomalee (Esquire & de Silva, 1993). Constantino de Sa, the former captain-general of Ceylon, built a fort at Trincomalee in 1623, by destroying Gokanna Viharaya and the Hindu temple known as Ten Thousand Columns (De Silva, 2006; Esquire & de Silva, 1993). In 1639, the Portuguese were driven out of the fort by a Dutch force led by Admiral Westerword (Elliott, 1995). In 1672, the French attacked the place and captured the fort at Kodiar (Esquire & de Silva, 1993). However, they were expelled by Dutch and the place remained in their possession until 1782 (Esquire & de Silva, 1993) In 1778, Great Britain declared hostility against France. At the time there was a squadron of French in the Indian Ocean and therefore, the need for a good harbour …
