HTMS Tachin
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HTMS Tachin was a Royal Thai Navy
sloop
and training ship, built by the Uraga Dock Company in Japan. Her sister ship was the HTMS Maeklong
.
For a later ship of the same name see HTMS Tachin (PF-1)
Royal Thai Navy
The Royal Thai Navy is the navy of Thailand and part of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, it was established in the late 19th century. Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse is "The Father of Royal Thai Navy". Similar to the organizational structure of the United States, the Royal Thai Navy includes the...
sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
and training ship, built by the Uraga Dock Company in Japan. Her sister ship was the HTMS Maeklong
HTMS Maeklong
HTMS Maeklong was a Royal Thai Navy escort vessel and training ship, built at the Uraga Dock in Yokosuka, Japan.Her sister ship was the HTMS Tachin....
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For a later ship of the same name see HTMS Tachin (PF-1)
USS Glendale (PF-36)
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