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The Royal Thai Navy (Abrv: RTN, ทร.; Thai: กองทัพเรือไทย, RTGS: kong thap ruea thai) is the naval warfare force of Thailand.Established in 1906, it was modernised by the Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse (1880–1923) who is known as the father of the Royal Navy.
This article is the list of equipment of the Royal Thai Navy, including active and historic equipments.The equipment of the Royal Thai Navy have been produced in many countries, such as Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, United States, and the United Kingdom.
Later, the Royal Thai Naval Air Division has more aircraft living with Royal Thai Air Force Place there are some inconveniences so in 1957, the Navy built the Airport coming up at Ban Utapao, Rayong Province by using the navy budget during construction, the United States offered construction assistance and requested to use some parts of U-Tapao ...
HTMS Chakri Naruebet (911) (Thai: เรือหลวงจักรีนฤเบศร, meaning 'Sovereign of the Chakri Dynasty', the Thai monarchy's ruling family) [2] [3] is the flagship of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), and Thailand's first and only aircraft carrier, although the RTN refers to her as an "Offshore Patrol Helicopter Carrier".
The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy (Thai: ผู้บัญชาการทหารเรือไทย), currently Admiral Jirapol Wongwit, who is headquartered in Bangkok. Prior to 1887, the Navy was divided between the Front Palace and the Grand Palace , afterward the Navies were combined to create the Royal Siamese Navy.
Thai Navy SEALs have deployed on Royal Thai Navy warships for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as part of Combined Task Force 151. [10] [4] The CTF 151 was established on 12 January 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in Somalia. [11] The task eventually were succeed as a piracy events in the region have been ...
As of 13 January 2023, the Royal Thai Navy said it planned to raise and salvage the sunken ship due to environmental and safety concerns, and also expressed an aspirational concept to potentially refit the warship. The navy said it would use a budget of ฿100M and allow companies to bid on the retrieval. The navy specified that the warship ...
The Royal Thai Police share the same rank system as the Royal Thai Army but the particularities of the police are the star representing the commissioned officer and the crown over the star. The Royal Thai Police uses the eight-pointed silver star and the silver crown with a halo on top, while the Royal Thai Army uses the five-pointed gold star ...