HTMS Thonburi
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HTMS Thonburi was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Thai Navy that participated in the Battle of Ko Chang during Franco-Thai War. Thonburi was in service from 1938 to 1959, first as a gunboat and la
HTMS Thonburi 4 days before fight, in January 1941
![Commander Luang Phrom Viraphan [th] †, Captain of HTMS Thonburi during the Battle of Ko Chang.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B9%8C_%28%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1_%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B9%8C%29.jpg/500px-%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B9%8C_%28%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1_%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B9%8C%29.jpg)
Commander Luang Phrom Viraphan [th] †, Captain of HTMS Thonburi during the Battle of Ko Chang.
The HTMS Thonburi memorial in the Royal Thai Naval Academy, Samut Prakan.
HTMS Thonburi at Yokohama, 12 September 1938
HTMS Sri Ayudhya
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HTMS Sri Ayudhya was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Thai Navy. It was in service from 1938 to 1951, being active during the Franco-Thai war in which its sister ship HTMS Thonburi was heavily dama
HTMS Thonburi
…Currently the superstructure and her gun turret is preserved as a monument at the Royal Thai Naval Academy at Samut Prakan. Thonburi and her sister ship, HTMS Sri Ayudhya, were designed following the incorporation of the earlier Rattanakosindra-class gunboats into the Siamese Navy in the 1920s. The Rattanakosindra class…
Port-stern view of HTMS Sri Ayudhya
The heavily damaged Sri Ayudhya listing before it sank on 1 July 1951
Thai sailors performing a bugle call on the deck of HTMS Sri Ayudhya, 1 April 1943. (Djawa Baroe)
Thai sailors washing the deck of Sri Ayudhya, 1 April 1943. (Djawa Baroe)