The Navy will reopen bidding for the contract to salvage the wreck of the Rattanakosin-class corvette ship, HTMS Sukhothai, which sank off Prachuap Khiri Khan province in December last year, according to Navy Commander in Chief Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengpaet on Thursday.

 

He said the bidding will take place in mid of October, but did not exactly say when.

 

HMS Sukhothai sank in stormy weather about 20 nautical miles or 32 kilometres off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Bang Saphan district on December 18 with 105 crew on board. Seventy-six members of the crew were rescued, the bodies of 24 were recovered and five remain missing.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-09-21

 

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I will kick the bidding off with a bowl of fruit any advance ????

It will never happen 

After a year underwater it isn't worth salvaging.  The money should be spent on stabilising the wreck to ensure no further environmental damage.  Drain the fuel bunkers, remove any explosives and let the diving community use it.  Of course, as it was not prepared as a dive site, there is considerable danger and snag hazards.