Navy receives 5 new patrol boats

 

SATTAHIP :-- The Royal Thai Navy took delivery of five high-performance coastal patrol boats for maritime law enforcement.

 

Navy commander-in-chief Adm. Luechai Ruddit and his wife, Capt. Ubolwan Ruddit, president of the Navy Wives Association, chaired the Nov. 22 turnover ceremony at Sattahip Naval Base.

 

Tatsanee Kunakorn, Sattahip ecclesiastical chief, led monks in blessing the new boats.

 

The boats are part of program begun in 2008 to replace 23 patrol boats. Shipyard Marsun Co. has completed 18 to date.

 

Each boat runs at high speed with abilities to combat, intercept, follow, and identify targets on the water’s surface and can defend itself from targets in the water and air.

 

Each boat weighs 49 metric tons, is 21.4 meters long, 5.6 meters wide and has a draft of 3.2 meters. Their maximum continuous speed is 30 knots. Each boat carries a 20-milimeter machine gun installed on the bow, a 50-mm gun and 81-mm mortar on the stern.

 

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-11-30

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Tatsanee Kunakorn, Sattahip ecclesiastical chief, led monks in blessing the new boats.

Tidy .. That's why the Phoenix went down probably .. Not enough lucky lucky .. Is there a blessing fee that has to be paid for this ? and is it scaled as I should think 5 " gunboats " require more luckyness than a Vios driven down the Wat ..

Is this going to cut into the submarine budget?

They all look nice and squeaky new tied up the wharf while the pomp and ceremony takes place. Won't be long before they become derelict through lack of maintenance; just like their aircraft carrier.

A lot cheaper and a lot more practical than billion dollar subs.

First job, trash collecting and anti dumping patrols!

On 11/30/2018 at 11:19 AM, Rimmer said:

turnover ceremony

Unfortunate choice of words!

 

'Each boat carries a 20-milimeter machine gun installed on the bow, a 50-mm gun and 81-mm mortar on the stern.'

Those should clear Pattaya Bay of Chinese para-gliders.

These are actually exactly the type of vessel that the RTN should be acquiring. One of these in it's service life will achieve and carry out more useful activities than all the new submarines combined.

25 minutes ago, Shaksey said:

These are actually exactly the type of vessel that the RTN should be acquiring. One of these in it's service life will achieve and carry out more useful activities than all the new submarines combined.

agreed.

the subs will be quite useless in the shallow gulf of Thailand.