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The Royal Thai Navy is the navy of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 and was established in the late 1800s. Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse
Abhakara Kiartiwongse

Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse Prince of Chumphon, , was the 28th child of King ChulalongkornHis familiar other names, Sadej Tia or Doctor Phon or Prince of Chumphon, will command deep respect from Thai people from navy officers to rural villagers....
 (1880-1923) is "The Father of Royal Thai Navy". Similar to the organizational structure of the United States, the Royal Thai Navy includes the Naval Fleet, and the Royal Thai Marine Corps
Royal Thai Marine Corps

The Royal Thai Marine Corps }} are the marines of the Royal Thai Navy, the corps was founded in 1932 when the first battalion was formed with the assistance of the USMC....
. The Royal Thai Navy operates out of Sattahip Naval Base.

The Royal Thai Navy operates in three Naval Area Commands: Eastern Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
 (First NAC), Western Gulf of Thailand (Second NAC), and the Andaman Sea
Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean....
 (Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
) (Third NAC).






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The Royal Thai Navy is the navy of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 and was established in the late 1800s. Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse
Abhakara Kiartiwongse

Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse Prince of Chumphon, , was the 28th child of King ChulalongkornHis familiar other names, Sadej Tia or Doctor Phon or Prince of Chumphon, will command deep respect from Thai people from navy officers to rural villagers....
 (1880-1923) is "The Father of Royal Thai Navy". Similar to the organizational structure of the United States, the Royal Thai Navy includes the Naval Fleet, and the Royal Thai Marine Corps
Royal Thai Marine Corps

The Royal Thai Marine Corps }} are the marines of the Royal Thai Navy, the corps was founded in 1932 when the first battalion was formed with the assistance of the USMC....
. The Royal Thai Navy operates out of Sattahip Naval Base.

The Royal Thai Navy operates in three Naval Area Commands: Eastern Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
 (First NAC), Western Gulf of Thailand (Second NAC), and the Andaman Sea
Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean....
 (Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia ; on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean ....
) (Third NAC). The RTN also has two air wings, located at Utapao (RTN First Air Wing) and Songkhla
Songkhla

Songkhla is a city in the Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. As of 2006 it had a population of 75,048. The city is a part of Greater Hatyai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area....
 (RTN Second Air Wing).

The United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 and Royal Thai Navy conduct the annual joint operation Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the U.S. Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 and the armed forces of Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, Thailand, Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, Brunei
Brunei

Brunei Darussalam, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace , is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia....
 and Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
.

History


Command and Control

The Royal Thai Navy is commanded by the Commander of the Royal Thai Navy currently Admiral Khamthorn Pumhiran, who was appointed in 2008. The Royal Thai Navy Headquarters is located in Derm Palace, Wang Derm Road, Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
, Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
.

  • Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Khamthorn Pumhiran
  • Deputy Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Somded Tongpiam
  • Assistant Commander-in-Chief: Admiral Nibhon Chagsudulya
  • Chief of Staff of the Navy: Vice Admiral Rapol Khamklai


List of Commanders


Current strength


Surface Combatant Vessels


  • Aircraft carriers
    • HTMS Chakri Naruebet (sister ship to Principe de Asturias and launched in Spain 1997)
      • can carry 18 Helicopters (S-70B-7 Seahawk or Chinook) and 9 AV-8S Harrier


  • Frigates: 12
    • 2 Phutthayotfa Chulaok class - ex-USN Knox class
      • HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok
      • HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai
        HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai

        HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai is the former , a .The Royal Thai Navy purchased the ship from the United States Navy after she was decommissioned on August 6, 1993....
    • 2 Naresuan (Type 25T) FFG - Chinese Jianghu-class Type IV
      • HTMS Naresuan
        HTMS Naresuan

        HTMS Naresuan , hull number 621, commissioned in 1995, is a Chinese-made Type 053 frigate, designed and built by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai....
      • HTMS Taksin
    • 4 Chao Phraya FFG - Chinese Jianghu-class
      • HTMS Chao Phraya
      • HTMS Bangpakong
      • HTMS Kraburi
      • HTMS Saiburi
    • 1 Pin Klao Class (Cannon class) destroyer escort
    • 1 Makut Rajakumarn Class (Yarrow Class)
    • 2 Tachin Class (Tacoma class) frigate - retired


  • Corvette
    Corvette

    A corvette is a small, manoeuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a offshore patrol vessel, although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role....
    : 5
    • 2 Ratanakosin Class - US built PFMM type
      • HTMS Ratanakosin
      • HTMS Sukhothai
    • 2 Tapi Class - US built PF103 Type
      • HTMS Tapi
      • HTMS Khirirat
    • 3 Khamronsin Class - Thai built
      • HTMS Kamronsin
      • HTMS Thaychanon
      • HTMS Longlom


Fleet Support Vessels


  • Patrol boats: 26
  • Missile speed boats
    Missile boat

    This is for the type of warship. For other uses of Missile Boat, see Missile Boat A Missile Boat is a small craft armed with anti-ship missiles....
    : 6
  • Amphibious assault ships: 9
  • Mekong River Patrol Boats:77
  • Fleet support ships: 15
  • Mine Counter Measure Vessels: 7


RTN Flying Unit


RTN Flying Unit consists of 2 Wings, each has 3 squadrons. HTMS Chakri Naruebet also has its own flying unit, consisting of 2 squadrons.

Personnel


  • Royal Thai Marine Corps
    Royal Thai Marine Corps

    The Royal Thai Marine Corps }} are the marines of the Royal Thai Navy, the corps was founded in 1932 when the first battalion was formed with the assistance of the USMC....
    : 20,000 men
  • Naval Air Force: 1,700 men


SEALs


List of equipment

The majority of the vessels of the Royal Thai Navy are from the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 (nearly half, over 50 of RTN's 130+ vessels). However, RTN also has craft from Spain, Britain, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
,People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. Additionally, Thailand does produce many of their own vessels, in particular those of smaller displacement.

News


News about Thai Navy procurement project

Main Fleet


  • Royal Thai Navy has announced it wishes to purchase a C-802 to replace C-801 on Chao Phraya-class Frigate. The deal also includes the upgrade of Radar, Electronic Warfare, etc. RTN also aims to buy LY-60 SAM, if funds are allocated. <


  • The Thai Cabinet approved a package of defense modernization deals in a meeting on 9th September 2008. This clears the RTN to purchase an LPD to be designed and built by ST Marine of Singapore, believed to be based on the Endurance-class LPD
    Endurance class landing platform dock ship

    The Endurance class amphibious transport dock are the biggest class of ships in the Republic of Singapore Navy . They were designed and built locally by Singapore Technologies Marine to replace the old County class tank landing ships ....
    . The ship will be delivered in 2012 at a cost of around US$150million.


RTN Flying Unit


  • United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     announces the permission to sell 6 MH-60S Navy Hawk's to Thai Navy to enhance search and rescue capability. RTN already signed contact for 2 units and the other 4 will be procured year by year


According to the news on 4 Dec 2007. RTN decided to launch a plan to buy 14 new helicopter. This include 4 MH-60S and additional 4 Super Lynx 300, also plan to buy the attack helicopter to replace AV-8S while still keep option open for a fixed-wing aircraft.

  • Royal Thai Army
    Royal Thai Army

    The Royal Thai Army }} is the army of Thailand responsible for protecting its sovereignty. It is the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces....
     and Royal Thai Navy signed contact with Embraer
    Embraer

    Embraer , short for Empresa Brasileira de Aeron?utica, S. A. , is a Brazilian aerospace list of conglomerates. The company produces commercial, military, and corporate aircraft, as well as providing related aerospace services....
     to perchase 2 ERJ-135. 1 aircraft to each force. It will uses for VIP transportation. RTN version also have a MEDEVAC capability.


RTN Marine Crops and SEALs


  • RTN singed contact to procure 12 BTR-3E1 from Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
    . This would add to V-150 currently in service in Royal Thai Marine Crop.


Indigenous Product


  • By The King initiated, Thai Navy build and commissions its new patrol crafts T.991 Class. The first ship, T.991, was built in the Royal Thai Navy Dock. Another 2, T.992 and T.993, was build by Mason Shipbuilding in Thailand. These ships also inspected and evaluated closely by The King who gave many ideas to this project. He and The Queen also lead the commissioning ceremony on 30 April 2007. Project to build T.994 - T.996 are underway.


  • On 11 November 2008, Cabinet approves the plan to build RTN's new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) in the deal worth 3 billion Baht. (85 mil$) Although RTN still did not unveil the design, the vessel will be build in Mahidol dockyard in Thailand.


  • On 3 March 2008, RTN launch four new special operation fast craft in Marsun shipbuilding dockyard in Samut Prakan Province
    Samut Prakan Province

    Samut Prakan is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are in the west and north Bangkok and Chachoengsao Province to the east....
    . They will commission in Naval Special Warfare Command for the operation of Royal Thai Navy SEALs
    Royal Thai Navy SEALs

    The Royal Thai Navy SEALs is a 144-man Sea, Air and Land unit of the Military of Thailand. The unit was set up in 1956 with the assistance of the U.S....
    .


  • On 3 March 2008, keel laying ceremony was performed in Marsun shipbuilding dockyard on RTN new LCU
    LCU

    LCU may refer to:* Landing Craft Utility* Lubbock Christian University* Lookahead Carry Unit* Local currency unit* Local colleges and universities in the Philippines...
     landing craft. Work is expect to complete in 2009 - 2010.


See also

  • Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse
    Abhakara Kiartiwongse

    Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse Prince of Chumphon, , was the 28th child of King ChulalongkornHis familiar other names, Sadej Tia or Doctor Phon or Prince of Chumphon, will command deep respect from Thai people from navy officers to rural villagers....
     Prince of Chumphon
  • Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters
    Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters

    The Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters }} or the RTARF HQ, is the joint headquarters of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, which is made up of the Royal Thai Army, the Royal Thai Navy and the Royal Thai Air Force....
  • Military of Thailand
    Military of Thailand

    The Royal Thai Armed Forces }} is the name of the military of the Kingdom of Thailand. It consists of the following branches:* Royal Thai Army ...
  • Royal Thai Army
    Royal Thai Army

    The Royal Thai Army }} is the army of Thailand responsible for protecting its sovereignty. It is the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces....
  • Royal Thai Air Force
    Royal Thai Air Force

    The Royal Thai Air Force or RTAF is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. With the addition of the Saab AEW&C and JAS 39 Gripen in the year 2011, the RTAF would be the second strongest air force in the region second from Singapore....
  • Royal Thai Marine Corps
    Royal Thai Marine Corps

    The Royal Thai Marine Corps }} are the marines of the Royal Thai Navy, the corps was founded in 1932 when the first battalion was formed with the assistance of the USMC....
  • Military ranks of the Thai armed forces
    Military ranks of the Thai armed forces

    Royal Thai ArmyThe Royal Thai Army is the land based part of the Thai military....
  • Royal Thai Naval Academy
    Royal Thai Naval Academy

    The Royal Thai Naval Academy was established by His Majesty the King Chulalongkorn in 1898. He officially opened the Academy on 20 November 1906....


External links

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