A local Phuket fishing boat with four crew members has been out of contact and missing since last month. The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command reported yesterday (February 5th) that the Thai fishing boat ‘Soi Sakun Petch’ with the captain Mr. Roong Luekamwong and three other crew members (one Thai and two Myanmar nationals) […]
RACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Dec 26 (TNA) – Three more bodies of navy sailors from sunken HTMS Sukhothai were found on Sunday while 11 others remained missing. Navy spokesman Adm Pokkrong Monthatpalin gave the update on the search for victims of the corvette which capsized in stormy seas in the Gulf of Thailand on Dec 18. […]
The commander of the 1st Naval Region announced the discovery of another two dead bodies believed to be those of missing crewmen of the ill-fated HTMS Sukhothai. Vice Admiral Pichai Lorchusakul, commander of the 1st Naval Region, said the bodies were found at 8 PM last night, December 24th, and would be transported to the […]
One of the 23 missing crew of the ill-fated HTMS Sukhothai was found dead this evening (Friday) and was recovered from the sea by HTMS Bang Rachan near the location of the sunken vessel. Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin, spokesman for the Royal Thai Navy, said Friday night that the body was found drifting at sea at […]
Seven crew members of the ill-fated HTMS Sukhothai were found drifting in the Gulf of Thailand today, but only one of them had survived, according to the Chief-of-Staff of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Admiral Cholathit Navanukroh. He said that autopsies will be conducted. Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief of the RTN, Admiral Choengchai Chomchoenpaet said that the […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Dec 20 (TNA) – Scuba divers from the Sattahip Naval Base were deployed to search for 30 sailors who went missing after HTMS Sukhothai sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The sea there was not as rough as it had been two days ago and personnel from […]
BANGKOK, April 28 (TNA) – The personnel of the Second Naval Area Command arrested nine crewmembers on two Vietnamese fishing boats for illegally fishing off Songkhla province. Vice Adm Pokkrong Monthatpalin, spokesman of the Royal Thai Navy, said the fishing boats were spotted while they were illegally dredging sea cucumbers about 80 miles off the […]
PHUKET: Five crewmen of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker were brought ashore by the navy and labour officials after one of them requested help, saying he had been 13 months at sea without shore leave. Details were announced by the 3rd Naval Area on Wednesday morning. Full story: Bangkok Post Achadthaya Chuenniran BANGKOK POST
