Thai Navy to call for private sector bids to salvage sunken HTMS Sukhothai

[snoop1130]

Image Credit: Royal Thai Navy

 

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is to call for bids from private companies, specialised in recovering sunken ships, to salvage HTMS Sukhothai, which foundered in rough seas off Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan on December 18th.

 

Admiral Adung Phan-iam, commander of the Royal Thai Fleet, said yesterday (Thursday) that naval officers are now engaged in assessing the damage to the corvette-class ship,using many images taken from a submersible, and are developing plans to salvage the sunken ship, before seekingapproval for the salvage operation and budget needed fromAdmiral Choengchai Chomchoengpaet, the RTN’scommander-in-chief.

 

He said that the Naval Dockyard Department has been tasked with overseeing the salvage operation, adding that he expects a bidding process can be held in 1-2 weeks.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-navy-to-call-for-private-sector-bids-to-salvage-sunken-htms-sukhothai/

 

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[VinnieK]

Sure..????‍♂️

[brianthainess]

8 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is to call for bids from private companies,

Mmm..... I'm sure a few new ones will pop up very soon.

[jaywalker]

During the entirety of WW2 the US Navy lost a total of three ships(destroyers/smaller ships, but bigger than a corvette) due to weather....it was a Category FIVE TYPHOON! 80 foot swells...

 

1944 meteorological technology....

 

A little chop sends this one to the bottom???

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra

Edited January 7, 2023 by jaywalker

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is to call for bids from private companies, specialised in recovering sunken ships, to salvage HTMS Sukhothai, which foundered in rough seas off Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan on December 18th

Farcical

[RichardColeman]

50 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

A little chop sends this one to the bottom???

Same little chop to send the new Chinese engineless subs to the top also ? 

[herfiehandbag]

Why?

 

It will cost a very large amount of money, to raise a 36 year old ship.

 

In order to determine exactly why she sank? Somehow I doubt that they are that concerned.

 

To refit and put back into service? That would probably, taking into account the salvage costs, cost more than acquiring a newer second hand vessel.

Edited January 7, 2023 by herfiehandbag

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, jaywalker said:

During the entirety of WW2 the US Navy lost a total of three ships(destroyers/smaller ships, but bigger than a corvette) due to weather....it was a Category FIVE TYPHOON! 80 foot swells...

 

1944 meteorological technology....

 

A little chop sends this one to the bottom???

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra

Probably as the US Navy was founded by a Scotsman. 

[jaywalker]

On 1/6/2023 at 11:08 PM, herfiehandbag said:

Why?

 

It will cost a very large amount of money, to raise a 36 year old ship.

 

In order to determine exactly why she sank? Somehow I doubt that they are that concerned.

 

To refit and put back into service? That would probably, taking into account the salvage costs, cost more than acquiring a newer second hand vessel.

I don't know squat about raising vessels, but with an average depth of 40-50 feet (where the submarines are desparately needed in the Gulf Of Siam), I doubt that raising the the ship will be too much of a challenge for a talented salvage crew. They are wise to farm it out.

 

Pearl Harbor is about 40-50 feet deep & they salvaged a few battleships in December 1941-January 1942.

 

This one doesn't even have bomb nor torpedo damage.

[jaywalker]

On 1/6/2023 at 11:19 PM, Neeranam said:

Probably as the US Navy was founded by a Scotsman. 

No doubt my Brother. Loads of Scotsmen (well, of Scottish decent) were probably involved in getting those ships off the bottom in 1941-42.

 

John Paul Jones. 

 

BTW...I like Scotch ????

Edited January 10, 2023 by jaywalker

[VocalNeal]

On 1/7/2023 at 11:08 AM, herfiehandbag said:

Why?

Is it a hazard to navigation? If not leave it be.