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 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 wants to raise sunken warship for return to service
THE navy’s committee on salvaging HTMS 442 Sukhothai corvette that sank in the Gulf of Thailand on Dec. 18 is now choosing a company to urgently raise and return the warship to service with the estimated budget of 100 million baht, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Jan. 11). The committee, chaired Adm. Adung Phan-iam, […]
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