The mysterious unmanned ship, which was found floating in the Gulf of Thailand about 100 miles off the coast of Songkhla province, sank on Saturday night, despite attempts by the Royal Thai Navy to save it.

 

Rear Admiral Surasak Pratarnvorapanya, director of the second fleet’s Centre for the Protection of Marine Interests, said today (Sunday) that the vessel could not be towed to the shore due to the rough seas and that it continued to take on water through the several holes on its hull.

 

The abandoned vessel finally sank about 28 nautical miles off the coast of Si Chon district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, he added.

 

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

 

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Interesting, the ship was doing ok all by itself right up until the moment Navy started meddling with it ????

23 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Interesting, the ship was doing ok all by itself right up until the moment Navy started meddling with it ????

Because someone suggested to make holes big so that water go out easily!

Any word on the crew?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The abandoned vessel finally sank about 28 nautical miles off the coast of Si Chon district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, he added

Should make a nice reef in a few years time.

3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Any word on the crew?

Termed as a ghost ship I rather hope not ????

It seems the owners of the Ship are unknown, although its name appears to be of Chinese origin, and a look on Lyods registry should tell them

 

A brazen case of garbage disposal 

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Should make a nice reef in a few years time.

could have made some good target practice for those top class Thai submarines eh  

That ship looks like it was stripped and towed to the area where it was sighted. How many

ships do you know that do not have anchor cables and anchors, and look at how the

interior looked.  It would be interesting to see more pictures from the Royal Thai Navy.

 

9 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Any word on the crew?

It's a ghost ship, that kind of vessels normally don't have normal crew...????

1 hour ago, Stargeezr said:

That ship looks like it was stripped and towed to the area where it was sighted. How many

ships do you know that do not have anchor cables and anchors, and look at how the

interior looked.  It would be interesting to see more pictures from the Royal Thai Navy.

 

It might have been floated a longer distance after being abandoned, the sea current this time of the year is from east. An earlier news article stated that the registration number had been removed, so might be a way for disposal of garbage...????

 

From the Thai PBS article...

The senior naval officer admitted that investigators are still unable to determine the nationality or ownership of the sunken vessel, adding that it might have been decommissioned quite a while ago.

Hopefully it’s in deep enough water as to pose no hazard to navigation