Bangkok Post – Plan to salvage ship axed as US to help

January 27, 2024

PUBLISHED : 27 Jan 2024 at 05:40

A diver inspects the wreckage of the corvette HMTS Sukhothai, which sank on Dec 18, 2022 with 106 people onboard as it was patrolling rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand off Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri khan. Twenty-four bodies were recovered and five other sailors were missing and presumed dead. (Photo: Royal Thai Navy)

The Royal Thai Navy plans to scrap an operation to salvage the HTMS Sukhothai as the US government will provide assistance in finding the…