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The Royal Thai Navy (Thai: กองทัพเรือ) is the navy of Thailand and was established in the late 1800s. As of 2006, the Commander of the Navy was Sathiraphan Keyanon, who was also a Deputy of the Council for National Security that seized power during the 2006 Thailand coup. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand. ... Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_Thailand. ... Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_Thailand. ... Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1805 - 1815). ... Admiral Sathiraphan Keyanon is a Thai naval officer, Commander of the Royal Thai Navy, and a deputy in the military junta that overthrew the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a 2006 military coup. ... This article focuses on the military junta that overthrew the elected civilian government of Thailand in the 2006 Thailand coup. ... Wikinews has news related to: Category:2006 Thailand coup The 2006 Thailand coup détat took place on Tuesday 19 September 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup against the government of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. ...

Similar to the organizational structure of the United States, the Royal Thai Navy includes the Naval Fleet, and the Royal Thai Marine Corps. The Royal Thai Navy operates out of Sattahip Naval Base. Amphoe Sattahip is a district in the province Chonburi, Thailand. ...

The Royal Thai Navy operates in three Naval Area Commands: Eastern Gulf of Thailand (First NAC), Western Gulf of Thailand (Second NAC), and the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) (Third NAC). The RTN also has two air wings, located at Utapao (RTN First Air Wing) and Songkhla (RTN Second Air Wing). The Gulf of Thailand is a gulf located in the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), surrounded by the countries Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. ... The Andaman Sea (Burmese: ; IPA: ) 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. ... U-Tapao International Airport is one of the important international airports under supervision of the Royal Thai Navys Naval Air Division Commander. ... Songkhla is both a city and a province in Thailand. ...

The United States Navy 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 and the armed forces of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Philippines. The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ...

Current strength

• Aircraft carriers: 1
• Frigates: 10
• Corvette: 7
• Patrol boats: 26
• Missile speed boats: 6
• Amphibious assault ships: 9
• Mekong River Patrol boats:77
• Fleet support ships: 15
• Minesweepers: 7
• Naval Air Force: 1,700 men, including 2 P-3T maritime patrol aircraft,

2 Fokker F-27 Mk.200 maritime patrol aircraft, 7 Dornier DO-228-212 maritime patrol/light transport aircraft, 2 Fokker F-27 Mk.400 transport aircraft, 3 GAF Nomad N-24A light transport aircraft, 1 Canadair CL-215 fire fighting aircraft, 10 Cessna 337H-SP anti piracy patrol aircraft, up to 6 Bell 212 helicopters,5 Sikorsky S-76B helicopters, 6 Sikorsky S-70B Sea Hawk anti-submarine helicopters, 2 Super Lynx Mk.110 anti-submarine helicopters. On order are 2 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters and up to 6 SH-60R anti-submarine heilcopters.Of the latter it is believed 2 have been ordered,but 6 have been notified to the US congress as a prpoosed FMS sale.It is expected the remaining 4 helicopters will be ordered incrementally.The Bell 214ST helicopters were recently grounded following a fatal crash on 23 March,2007. The fleet of A-7 Corsair aircraft is out of service and stored and the AV-8S fleet are in flyable storage.The 2 2 seat trainer TAV-8S are periodically engine run and taxyied. Two aircraft carriers, USS (left), and HMS Illustrious (right), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier and a light V/STOL aircraft carrier. ... Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate but larger than a coastal patrol craft. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Missile Boat, see Missile Boat (disambiguation) Missile boat FNS Hamina of the Finnish Navy. ... Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault. ... View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ... USS Pivot (AM 276) World War II United States Admirable Class Minesweeper shown in the Gulf of Mexico on sea trials 12 July 1944 Image:Hameln Class. ...

• Marines: 18,000 men

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SEALs

Main article: Royal Thai Navy SEALs

The Royal Thai Navy has a 144-man Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) unit. The Royal Thai Navy has a 144-man SEa, Air and Land (SEAL) unit, which has trained with United States Navy SEALs. ...

List of equipment

The majority of the vessels of the Royal Thai Navy are from the United States (nearly half, over 50 of RTN's 130+ vessels). However, RTN also has craft from Britain, Italy, Singapore, Japan, Canada, Netherlands,People's Republic of China and Australia. Additionally, Thailand does produce many of their own vessels, in particular those of smaller displacement.

Aircraft carrier

• HTMS Chakri Nareubet

The Chakri Naruebet (Thai จักรีนฤเบศร) is Thailands first and only aircraft carrier. ...

Frigate

• Knox class frigate (renamed Phutthayotfa Chulalok class)
  • HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461)
  • HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462)
• Jianghu class frigate
  • 455 HTMS Chao Praya (053T): Based on the Type 053H2 (Jianghu III), built for export in 1991 as 053T (T = Thailand).
  • 456 HTMS Bangpakong (053T): Same as above
  • 457 HTMS Kraburi (053HT): Improved 053HT-H design, built in 1992 for export. Helicopter deck + YJ-81 (C-801) SSM's.
  • 458 HTMS Saiburi (053HT): Same as above.
• Naresuan class (Type 25T) frigate
  • 421 HTMS Naresuan (25T): Enlarged 053 hull (length 120 m, width 13 m, displacement 2,980 tons) with helicopter deck, built for Thailand in 1995-1996 without weapons. Thailand fitted the vessel with Western engine (LM2500), radar, and weapons (Harpoon SSM, Fitted for but not with Sea Sparrow).
  • 422 HTMS Taksin (25T): Same as above ^[1]
• Training frigates
  • 433 HTMS Makut Rajakumarn (ASW frigate, built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1973.)^[2]
  • 413 HTMS Pin Klao (Cannon class destroyer escort, formerly USS Hemminger (DE-746),) ^[3]

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Corvette

• Ratanakosin class corvette
  • 441 HTMS Ratanakosin
  • 442 HTMS Sukhothai
• Tapi class corvette
  • 431 HTMS Tapi
  • 432 HTMS Khirirat
• Khamronsin class corvette (ASW)
  • 531 HTMS Khamronsin
  • 532 HTMS Thaychanon
  • 533 HTMS Longlom

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older forms A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. ...

Amphibious Assault

• Sichang Class PS700 medium landing
  • 721 HTMS Sichang
  • 722 HTMS Surin
• Anthong Class LST 542 medium landing
  • 711 HTMS Anthong
  • 712 HTMS Chang
  • 714 HTMS Lanta
  • 715 HTMS Prathong
  • 733 HTMS Pangan
• Kut Class LSM 1 utility landing
  • 731 HTMS Kut
  • 732 HTMS Kram

References

1. ^ Toppan, Andrew. March 25, 2002.World Navies Today: Thailand at www.hazegray.org
2. ^ Clyde-built database
3. ^ Information provided by Capt. B. Boonsong to usshemminger.com

See also

• Military of Thailand
• Royal Thai Army
• Royal Thai Air Force
• Military ranks of the Thai armed forces

The Royal Thai Military (กองทัพไทย) is the name of the military of Thailand. ... Royal Thai army soldier with an M16A2 rifle during maneuvers in 2000 The Royal Thai Army is the army of Thailand. ... The Royal Thai Air Force (Thai: กองทัพอากาศไทย, Kong Thab Akat Thai) is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. ... // The Royal Thai Army (กองทัพบกไทย - RTGS Kong Thap Bok Thai - IPA kɔ:ŋ tháp bòk thaj) is the land based part of the Thai military. ...

External links

• (Thai) Official site
• Global Security – Thailand navy