Thailand Navy Losses, Sinkings & Commissionings
Every recorded change to the Thailand fleet: warships sunk, destroyed, delivered, commissioned or retired, each with a date and source. View all navy events.
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Events per year
2022–2026
2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 19 Oct 2026.
By event type
7 events logged · 1 hull lost
These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.
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Thailand navy losses, sinkings & commissionings
- MAR 302026 HTMS Suriya (Suriya) Delivered 🇹🇭 Thailand · Handed over by Asian Marine Services; new hydrographic operations vessel for the Thai fleet.
- OCT 12025 HTMS Pin Klao (Cannon) Retired 🇹🇭 Thailand · Decommissioned after 66 years in Thai service, the last Cannon-class destroyer escort in commission.
- OCT 12025 HTMS Phuket (Chonburi) Retired 🇹🇭 Thailand · Decommissioned after 42 years of service, one of four ships retired by Ministry of Defence order.
- OCT 12025 HTMS Samui (YOG-5) Retired 🇹🇭 Thailand · Decommissioned after 78 years of service, one of four ships retired by Ministry of Defence order.
- OCT 12025 HTMS Suriya (Suriya) Retired 🇹🇭 Thailand · Decommissioned after 46 years as a buoy tender, succeeded by a new ship of the same name.
- APR 252023 HTMS Chang (Type 071E) Commissioned 🇹🇭 Thailand · Chinese-built Type 071E landing platform dock commissioned at Sattahip Naval Base after arriving from Shanghai.
- DEC 182022 HTMS Sukhothai (Ratanakosin) Sunk 🇹🇭 Thailand · Sank in rough seas in the Gulf of Thailand about 20 nautical miles off Prachuap Khiri Khan; dozens of crew lost or missing.