Thai Navy needs 200 million baht to salvage sunken HTMS Sukhothai

[snoop1130]

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The Royal Thai Navy plans to ask the Defence Ministry for 200 million baht to raise the sunken HTMS Sukhothai. The vessel is currently on the seabed in the Gulf of Thailand after sinking in rough seas on December 18 last. Divers using a remote submersible have located it about 50 metres underwater, according to a Nation Thailand report.

 

Navy spokesman Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin says that if the budget is approved, the Navy will appoint a contractor to carry out the salvage operation. The plan is to bring the vessel back to shore as intactly as possible.

 

“Further damage to the ship during the salvage operation could undermine the investigation into the cause of sinking. We believe the estimated cost of 200 million baht is suitable for this operation, which requires a high level of expertise.”

 

Meanwhile, Admiral Chonlathit Nawanukhro, chief-of-staff at the Royal Thai Navy, is leading an investigation into the sinking of the ship. To date, hundreds of Navy personnel have been questioned, including the crew who survived and their rescuers. It’s understood the vessel began to take on water during stormy weather conditions, which subsequently cut power to the engines.

 

The ship was about 32 kilometres (20 nautical miles) off the coast of the Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan when it sank. It had a total of 105 crew on board, of whom 76 were rescued. The bodies of 24 others were later recovered and 5 remain unaccounted for.

 

Yesterday, the Defence Ministry issued a statement to say the five missing crew are now presumed dead. They were named as Jirawat Jaroensilp, Sophon Wongsanit, Abdul-aziz Ma’ae, Chaichana Changwad and Thaweesak Saesiew.

 

Source: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/national-news/thai-navy-needs-200-million-baht-to-salvage-sunken-htms-sukhothai/

 

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[nauseus]

At 50m it should not pose a hazard to navigation.

 

Let it be and send the money to the bereaved families.

[soi3eddie]

5 minutes ago, nauseus said:

At 50m it should not pose a hazard to navigation.

 

Let it be and send the money to the bereaved families.

My sentiment too, however it may contain contaminents (if not leaked already). It would become a natural reef and haven for fish and should be marked on charts so that fishing boats (if using nets) or Thai submarines can avoid it. 

 

[Enoon]

No need to raise her to find out why she sank.

 

Just find the person who failed to issue orders for hatches/doors/vents to be secured in heavy weather, and/or the people responsible for not competently following orders to do so if such orders were given.

 

Carelessness/Incompetence is what sank her.

 

There is no area of "endeavour" in Thailand in which those two factors are not fundamentally/centrally endemic.

 

 

Edited March 2, 2023 by Enoon

[realfunster]

SNAFU…

 

When will the Thai people start to demand better from their leaders?

 

Looking forward to the public report on the sinking, sufficient witness testimony and scene investigations by divers must have been carried out by now..
 

Asking for THB 200m for a useless retrieval (with no doubt a firm view on he skim thereon..), whilst their own brethren have died is just sick and just shows how morally defunct they are. 

[RandiRona]

Let it rest , rather spend that $200 million on improving standards of running these big machines so that incident like these can be avoided in future.

[proton]

There's money in scrap ????

[liddelljohn]

£5m approx is about right for a salvage job ,,  but maybe contaminants  , ammunition , fuel etc can be reclaimed from the wreck by divers and ROVs  but that would take a couple of months work at least   so cost might be same , of course some skimming is to be assumed TIT

[redwood1]

Even if it is raised,then what?.....Replace every single wire and electronic device on the whole ship? Plus the engine will need a total rebuild.......And all this will cost??

 

Nope not worth it....

 

 

 

[SmartyMarty]

I understand the captain is already a frontrunner for submarine captain based on his previous experience.

[spidermike007]

Why wasn't the chief admiral of the Thai navy relieved of his watch, along with the ship captain? Who has taken responsibility for this calamity which could have likely been avoided? 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Royal Thai Navy plans to ask the Defence Ministry for 200 million baht to raise the sunken HTMS Sukhothai. The vessel is currently on the seabed in the Gulf of Thailand after sinking in rough seas on December 18 last. Divers using a remote submersible have located it about 50 metres underwater, according to a Nation Thailand report.

Save the money and leave it where it is as an un-natural reef.

Salvage it for what purpose.. line a few pockets?

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, realfunster said:

When will the Thai people start to demand better from their leaders?

The decades of indoctrination teaches otherwise..

only the youth of this country have the backbone to change things.

[mikebell]

A nice little earner for someone in the know.  Does this mean the engineless Chinese sub(s) are off the wish-list?

[Tug]

Make it safe and leave it be there’s no reason to raise it and the critters will make it home real quick 

[Burma Bill]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

if the budget is approved, the Navy will appoint a contractor

Well I never!

 

 

With the greatest respect to the deceased sailors.