Thai naval personnel leave for international anti-piracy mission off Somali coast

CHON BURI, July 12 – The second deployment of the Royal Thai Navy anti-piracy unit with 368 naval personnel left Thailand Tuesday morning to join the international operations countering piracy off the coast of Somalia for a 140-day deployment in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea.

Royal Thai Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm Kamthorn Pumhiran presided over the embarkation of the anti-piracy squadron at Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand’s eastern province of Chon Buri.

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