HTMS Sukhothai

[mak]

HTMS Sukhothai sinks.
https://theatlasnews.co/breakingnews/20 ... hai-sinks/

[Earnest]

Bugger.

Everyone off, though.

[Khun Paul]

Someone left the toilet drain valve open I expect ....oops !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jackspratt]

Bugger.

Everyone off, though.

Apparently not.

Thailand's military has deployed warships and helicopters to search for 33 marines missing after a naval vessel sank overnight in choppy waters in the Gulf of Thailand.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-19/ ... /101789240

[Earnest]

Crikey.

[karonsteve]

Everyone off, though.

Searching for 31 sailors according to the British Biased Corporation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64023249

[Earnest]

Yeah, I saw that. I went to bed thinking everyone had got off then I work up and Jack's posting that there are over 30 missing.

[Khun Paul]

Poor seamnaship and I forsee a Court martial ahead, alwaus one when a naval ship sinks , no matter what reason. Explanations never a Thai strong pointbut questions there will certainly be, the answers will probably not be forthcoming hough. Yet they still seek submarines, gawd help the Naval Ratings all I can say

[Wee Jimmy]

Even if they lost engine power theres more to this ship going down than the press are being told..

[mak]

The navy confirmed that the ship had enough life jackets.

[Khun Paul]

Interesting to NOTE , not one single report on the online Bangkok post web site regarding this incident...smell a coverup already underway...a face saving exercise

[Khun Paul]

Interesting to NOTE , not one single report on the online Bangkok post web site regarding this incident...smell a coverup already underway...a face saving exercise

[jackspratt]

Interesting to NOTE , not one single report on the online Bangkok post web site regarding this incident...smell a coverup already underway...a face saving exercise

Oh dear ....

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... rs-missing

I predict some real face saving imminent.

[Khun Paul]

May have been earlier now removed from the site.

[jackspratt]

May have been earlier now removed from the site.

What are you talking about - I looked at it immediately before I posted.

And I just looked again, and the story is still there.

[Khun Paul]

Oh well minor glitch on my box of ricks, who cares, you want to make it a big deal, go ahead, anything to fuel your dislike is funny as well as being pathetic !! Have a geed new year JS

[tamada]

She may have got caught in a side-sea. Usually a ship under power maintains a heading into the wind and waves and doesn't try to turn. When a ship loses propulsion, then the ability to prevent being turned by wind and wave action is badly impaired or lost. The reports suggest she was hit by flooding wave action before losing propulsion which suggests she was trying to maneuver or even turn which is risky even under power. Also suggests that sea doors and hatches hadn't been secured ahead of inclement weather either?

Being shallow, the seas in the Gulf of Thailand pick up rapidly in a storm and 3 m seas with a short fetch makes for extreme vessel dynamics. By the same token, seas flatten quickly on the storm's passing. Sukhothai was only about 76 meters long so she would be being tossed around a fair bit. The photos suggest she has quite a high windage aft of a low bow so more easily turned by the wind after losing propulsion.

Tragic loss of life.

[FrazeeDK]

I'm a bit surprised there is not more and constant coverage in the English media.

[parrot]

I'm a bit surprised there is not more and constant coverage in the English media.

I think it's a matter of access to information/making information available for public consumption. There's actually more information available on the status of #2 on the Post's most viewed list than on #1, thanks to a reporter who has historically had some insider information. Unfortunately for Thailand, that info is available to the general public........without a vpn

[Earnest]

I'm a bit surprised there is not more and constant coverage in the English media.

Yeah, I caught it on the Beeb but last report was 21 hours ago,