Ghost ship found floating in Gulf of Thailand

[webfact]

 

A mysterious ship, believed to be a freighter, was found floating in the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 miles from the coast of Songkhla, on Wednesday night by a Thai Navy patrol boat, according to Vice Admiral Sunthorn Kamklai, commander of the Royal Thai Navy’s second fleet.

 

Sailors on the patrol boat, Tor 113, boarded the ship and found no one on board, no cargo, anchor or electricity. The vessel has the name “Fin Shul Yuen” painted on its side, but the last digit of the registration number appears to have been deliberately erased. The ship is about 80 metres long and was taking in water when it was found.

 

The Thai sailors used an electric pump on the patrol boat to pump water out of the mysterious ship, to prevent it from sinking and obstructing navigation in the area, but the operation had to be suspended due to rough seas, which could have led to damage to the patrol boat because it had to moor alongside the ship.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ghost-ship-found-floating-in-gulf-of-thailand/

 

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[toofarnorth]

Damn foreigners , get a sub to torpedo it .

[tomazbodner]

53 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

Damn foreigners , get a sub to torpedo it .

For what? Just turn off the pump if you want it on the bottom of the sea. Or keep it afloat, find out who it belongs to, then heavily penalise the owners...

[ozimoron]

I wonder why the crew didn't just scuttle it?

[chickenslegs]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 ... but the last digit of the registration number appears to have been deliberately erased.

Impossible to trace then ????

[rgraham]

Truly what could be referred to as Chinese Junk.

[PETERTHEEATER]

........but the commander of the second fleet has ordered an investigation into the owner of the vessel.

Odd that the Commander knows the identity of the vessel's owner yet the ship is unidentified. Wait.....I can just make out a name under the rust and paint....Marie Celeste...?

[ozimoron]

It sank

 

https://<URL Automatically Removed>/thailand-and-asia-news/208737-old-abandoned-ship-sinks-while-being.html

[Enoon]

37 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I wonder why the crew didn't just scuttle it?

Because it was laid up somewhere, de-commissioned, waiting for scrapping, with no-one having been on or near it for weeks/months, when it broke it's mooring in bad weather..........and drifted off?

 

????

 

 

 

 

[Cutty Shark]

49 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

........but the commander of the second fleet has ordered an investigation into the owner of the vessel.

Odd that the Commander knows the identity of the vessel's owner yet the ship is unidentified. Wait.....I can just make out a name under the rust and paint....Marie Celeste...?

Your timely mention of the Marie Celeste reminded me of great 1981  song "Marie Celeste" by the Neo-Rockabilly group the Polecats.  Here's a Youtube link in case you haven't heard it:  

 

[Tug]

Glad it was found before it caused an accident or hazard by sinking

[davemos]

2 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

For what? Just turn off the pump if you want it on the bottom of the sea. Or keep it afloat, find out who it belongs to, then heavily penalise the owners...

Laws apply salvage etc  If you find it you own it  .

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai sailors used an electric pump on the patrol boat to pump water out of the mysterious ship

OMG, who drew the short straw to go on board. 

 

I reckon the entire crew would have been avoiding going on board the GHOST SHIP. 

 

The old sphincter would have been quivering, a few sailors would have been sh1ting themselves. 

 

LOL 

[mrfill]

57 minutes ago, Tug said:

Glad it was found before it caused an accident or hazard by sinking

Your gladness is somewhat premature....

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ghost-ship-in-gulf-of-thailand-sinks/

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

Amazing, the ship has likely been adrift for weeks, months, years, and they manage to sink it four days after discovering it. Incompetence or deliberate, not sure which. . .

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Your gladness is somewhat premature....

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ghost-ship-in-gulf-of-thailand-sinks/

Oh well 

It's a reef now 

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

4 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Damn foreigners , get a sub to torpedo it .

Plenty of Thai registered vessels in Thai waters second hand from China, still with Chinese written all over them. Most if not all the ferries to Samui and Phangan are ex-China (I'm pretty sure most of those are ready to sink too).

 

 

 

Edited January 9, 2022 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

[Stargeezr]

Since the ship sank, I hope that there was not too much bunker oil and other oil on board.

  Does anyone read Chinese, I am curious what the Chinese writing besides the number 2 meant?

at least it was not too close to land when it sank.

[Gulfsailor]

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:558457/mmsi:413324520/imo:1165431/vessel:JIN_SHUI_YUAN_2

[Burma Bill]

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

OMG, who drew the short straw to go on board. 

 

I reckon the entire crew would have been avoiding going on board the GHOST SHIP. 

For reference:- Thai Navy personnel photographed on the bridge (and other photos) 

in link below:-

 

http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2022/01/08/ghost-cargo-ship-drifted-into-gulf-of-siam-no-traces-of-crew-or-owner-many-pics/

Edited January 9, 2022 by Burma Bill
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[RichardColeman]

I'm guessing after seeing the Japanese send Thailand its rust bucket trains, China thought they would get in the act and start sending them some rust buckets boats 

[scorecard]

9 hours ago, ozimoron said:

I wonder why the crew didn't just scuttle it?

The gulf of Thailand is not deep, around 58 meters in many parts, less in other areas, max 85 meters, perhaps the location of the ship means scuttling it would possibly cause danger to other shipping?

[JayClay]

10 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

........but the commander of the second fleet has ordered an investigation into the owner of the vessel.

Odd that the Commander knows the identity of the vessel's owner yet the ship is unidentified. 

I assume they mean "has ordered an investigation to find out who the owner of the vessel is"

 

[Damrongsak]

Is that one of the new submarines that was on order?  Dive, dive, dive! 

[IAMHERE]

Those sailors, are they conscripted like the Army ?

[Colabamumbai]

12 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

For what? Just turn off the pump if you want it on the bottom of the sea. Or keep it afloat, find out who it belongs to, then heavily penalise the owners...

Mother China

[toofarnorth]

11 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

I heard the chinese left a surprise for them on the poop deck

 

Avast Ye mateys!  Curse ye Chinese---Oh who am I fooling--elite visas and mama cups for them!

Aye aye me 'earties a vast behind .

[JustAnotherHun]

16 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Damn foreigners , get a sub to torpedo it .

No no! A few updates and it can be used as a submarine

Edited January 10, 2022 by JustAnotherHun

[mancub]

Hope we see pictures of them pointing at where it sank.....

[xtrnuno41]

Next step in dumping waste, still 5 million tons of plastic each year, now ships.