By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAVY HAS BEEN SUSPECTED of attempting to keep the sunken corvette HTMS Sukhothai (FSG-442) literally buried undersea to make the actual cause of 2022’s incident an unsolved mystery. In today’s (Feb 26) press conference, Move Forward MP Chayapon Satondee said members of the public could probably suspect that the
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Navy 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
Read moreNavy confirms retrieving HTMS Sukhothai from sea bed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAVY TODAY (Sep.13) confirmed it is going ahead with its project to retrieve a sunken corvette from the Gulf of Thailand sea floor whilst categorically dismissing allegations of non-transparency over it. Navy spokesman Adm. Pokkhrong Monthatpalin said the Navy Fleet based at Sattahip will certainly have the sunken HTMS
Read moreSunken warship’s life jacket found near Koh Tao
A LIFE JACKET from HTMS 442 Sukhothai that sank off Prachuab Khiri Khan on Sunday night (Dec. 18) was found floating near Koh Tao, almost a hundred nautical miles away, but no sailor seen nearby, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). At 10.15 a.m. Surat Thani’s Governor Mr. Wichawut Jinto was alerted about
Read moreNavy rescues four cats from sunken fishing boat
A THAI Navy team that went to inspect a fishing boat that sank after catching fire to see whether any oil had leaked spotted four cats perched on the bow that was still jutting out of the water and one sailor swam out and rescued all of them, Sanook.com said today (March 3). Acting on
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