The Royal Thai Navy plans to salvage the sunken HTMS Sukhothai using a budget of around 100 million baht as it still searches for the last five missing crew members.
HTMS Sukhothai sank in rough seas — 50 metres deep — about 19 nautical miles off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Bang Saphan district on the night of Dec 18, with 105 crew on board.
A source said Adm Adung Phan-iam, commander of the Royal Thai Fleet who chairs a committee on salvaging HTMS Sukhothai, has been preparing for a meeting that will conclude bidding to select a company for the warship’s retrieval.
Among the bidders, 12 have met the specifications defined by the navy — that the warship must remain intact as much as possible after its…
