The death of the corvette FS-442 Sukhothai of the Thai fleet

[Soldier35]

Corvette of the Royal Thai Navy HTMS Sukhothai FS-442 sank in the Gulf of Thailand. The Ratanakosin-class corvette was launched in 1986. The ship with a displacement of 960 tons is armed with the RGM-84A "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles, the "Albatros" air defense system and the "OTO Breda" 76-mm artillery mount. The ship sank at 23:30 local time during a storm.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Very odd to lose a ship like that in this day and age - wonder what went wrong?!!?! They should be able to survive a storm of all things!

 

[jhungary]

Very odd to lose a ship like that in this day and age - wonder what went wrong?!!?! They should be able to survive a storm of all things!

looks like human error.

Sub 1000 tons corvette like that cannot go beyond Sea State, think the captain was warned he is heading into 4 to 6 meters high wave before he got stuck in the storm, and then that took out the PSU and the pump, rest is history.

The ship is 35 years old by the way.....