A FIRE spread on HTMS Kirirat while docked at Laem Thian, Sattahip district, Chonburi province, after being hit by a rogue cannonball accidentally fired by HTMS Chonburi, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 14). HTMS Chonburi had sailed out for a drill but a cannonball stuck in a barrel accidentally fired at HTMS Kirirat at
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3 starboard torpedo tubes retrieved from sunken ship
A JOINT light salvage mission being undertaken by United States and Thai navies to remove armaments and other objects from HTMS Sukhothai (FSG-442) which capsized and sank in stormy seas late 2022, killing 24 sailors with five others missing, successfully dismantled and raised three starboard torpedo tubes on the seventh day of the 20-day
Read moreNameplate, Buddha image retrieved from sunken navy ship
ON THE second day of a light salvage mission undertaken by United States and Thai navies to remove armaments and other objects from HTMS Sukhothai (FSG-442) which capsized and sank in stormy seas late 2022, killing 24 sailors with five others missing, the corvette’s nameplate, a Buddha image and some documents were brought to
Read moreNo-sail zone declared during divers’ work on sunken navy ship
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NO-SAIL ZONE has been officially declared to keep out all fishing boats and other civilian vessels from a five-nautical-mile radius in the sea off Prachuap Khiri Khan where the United States and Thai navies are removing armaments from a sunken ship. The authorities have already given a stern warning
Read moreNavy shelves project to salvage sunken corvette Sukhothai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAVY HAS PUT an open bidding on hold for the planned retrieval of the sunken navy corvette HTMS Sukhothai (FSG-442) from under the sea off Prachuap Khiri Khan for the time being. The navy had earlier held the bidding twice for a private firm, either Thai or foreign, to
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