You sunk my battleship: 60-year-old RTMS Good could end up as new dive site by Vimolrat Singnikorn

If all goes well for the city, or perhaps poorly for the RTMS Good, Pattaya Bay may soon have another shipwreck for divers to explore.

Sinking the 60-year-old ship to create a new shipwreck dive site as a marine tourism promotion project for Pattaya was the main topic of discussion at a July 7 city hall meeting. Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn chaired the meeting, which included members of the government and private sector.

“Two years ago the Royal Thai Navy sank the RTMS Krarm off the shore of Koh Pai (Bamboo Island). This site is popular with many divers. Now, we have become aware that a second vessel, the RTMS Good, which has been in service for past 60 years is to be decommissioned,” said the mayor.

“I feel it would be worthwhile if the city requests the navy to provide the ship and create another wreck for divers and a new home for marine life aimed at conserving the environment in Pattaya Bay.”

The idea received a consensus agreement, and an idea was also put forth to build a maritime museum in front of the Bali Hai area for residents and tourists to learn about RTMS Good’s operational history.

Other projects still under consideration are sinking 100 train carriages off the coast in the area of Koh Pai. Approval has been given with the final appropriate locations that would most benefit marine life cultivation to be decided by a special committee.

-Pattaya Mail

15 July 2005

Other projects still under consideration are sinking 100 train carriages off the coast in the area of Koh Pai. Approval has been given with the final appropriate locations that would most benefit marine life cultivation to be decided by a special committee.

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Even better if those carriages were filled with corrupt officials, obnoxious tailors, street vendors blocking the sidewalks, pedophiliacs , moaning farangs and every ###### drunk driver in the kingdom.

Throw in a few concrete blocks to ensure negative buoyancy, lock the doors, and drop the lot overboard! Keep the keys as a memory of the "good old days"....

Now that would be an artificial reef which would benefit both marine life and society in general.....

Other projects still under consideration are sinking 100 train carriages off the coast in the area of Koh Pai. Approval has been given with the final appropriate locations that would most benefit marine life cultivation to be decided by a special committee.

Even better if those carriages were filled with corrupt officials, obnoxious tailors, street vendors blocking the sidewalks, pedophiliacs , moaning farangs and every ###### drunk driver in the kingdom.

Throw in a few concrete blocks to ensure negative buoyancy, lock the doors, and drop the lot overboard! Keep the keys as a memory of the "good old days"....

Now that would be an artificial reef which would benefit both marine life and society in general.....

Got out of bed the wrong side today, eh WhiteShiva

Other projects still under consideration are sinking 100 train carriages off the coast in the area of Koh Pai. Approval has been given with the final appropriate locations that would most benefit marine life cultivation to be decided by a special committee.

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Even better if those carriages were filled with corrupt officials, obnoxious tailors, street vendors blocking the sidewalks, pedophiliacs , moaning farangs and every ###### drunk driver in the kingdom.

Throw in a few concrete blocks to ensure negative buoyancy, lock the doors, and drop the lot overboard! Keep the keys as a memory of the "good old days"....

Now that would be an artificial reef which would benefit both marine life and society in general.....

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Got out of bed the wrong side today, eh WhiteShiva

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Not at all - I really belive this would work!!!

I'd say - at least give it a try.....if it doesn't work, I am sure we could get some farangs to fill the vacant positions......

some bad european politicans. Europe would be happy to get rid of them and here they are still better than the locals ones. Call the partylist farangs-rak-thai.

what we call bad corruption is peanuts in compare what they call "comission" here.

Other projects still under consideration are sinking 100 train carriages off the coast in the area of Koh Pai. Approval has been given with the final appropriate locations that would most benefit marine life cultivation to be decided by a special committee.

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Even better if those carriages were filled with corrupt officials, obnoxious tailors, street vendors blocking the sidewalks, pedophiliacs , moaning farangs and every ###### drunk driver in the kingdom.

Throw in a few concrete blocks to ensure negative buoyancy, lock the doors, and drop the lot overboard! Keep the keys as a memory of the "good old days"....

Now that would be an artificial reef which would benefit both marine life and society in general.....

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Got out of bed the wrong side today, eh WhiteShiva

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Not at all - I really belive this would work!!!

I'd say - at least give it a try.....if it doesn't work, I am sure we could get some farangs to fill the vacant positions......

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