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Navy names new transport ship ‘Chang’

HTMS ‘Chang’, the navy’s new amphibious transport dock ship, sails off China’s coast during a recent test. The newly procured vessel will be commissioned in Thailand in April. (Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Navy)

A ceremonial launching of the Royal Thai Navy’s third amphibious transport dock ship took place in China on Wednesday, a source said.

Conducted at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard near Shanghai, the ceremony was performed by Aranya Sirisawat, wife of Adm Thaloengsak Sirisawat, the deputy navy chief, who also took part in the event.

The new amphibious transport dock ship, also called a landing platform dock (LPD) ship, was named HTMS Chang, said the source, adding the vessel was named by His Majesty the King after Chang…

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