HTMS Tachin (1936)
 Tachin and her sister ship Maeklong | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Thailand | |
| Name | HTMS Tachin |
| Namesake | Tha Chin River |
| Builder | Uraga Dock Company, Yokosuka |
| Launched | 24 July 1936 |
| Commissioned | 10 June 1937 |
| Decommissioned | 20 March 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mae Klong |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draft | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × reciprocating steam engines, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
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HTMS Tachin (Thai: เรือหลวงท่าจีน) was a Royal Thai Navy sloop and training ship, built by the Uraga Dock Company in Yokosuka, Japan. Her sister ship was HTMS Maeklong. The ship is named after a river, Tha Chin River.
Construction and commissioning
The Royal Thai Navy has a project called "Naval Maintenance Project" which is a project that provides warships to protect the country, the project was successful in the reign of King Rama VIII in 1935. In this project Royal Thai Navy gets two-ship HTMS Maeklong and HTMS Tachin. Royal keel-laying ceremony for HTMS Tachin was held on 24 July 1936, at the Uraga Dock Company, Japan.[1]
Service history
HTMS Tachin was commissioned on 10 June 1937. Both her and her sister, HTMS Maeklong, did not see action during the Franco-Thai War. Both ships spent the duration of World War 2 operating in the Gulf of Thailand. In June 1945, while at Sattahip Bay, she was badly damaged by RAF B-24 Liberator bombers. The Royal Thai Navy tried to repair her, but the damage proved to be greater then originally anticipated. Finally, she was decommissioned in 1945 in Sattahip District, Chon Buri Province and broken up.[2]