"Thai naval vessel sinks" Topic

Thai Rath reported on the sinking of the Royal Ship Sukhothai. 

The vessel took on water while at sea in the Gulf of Thailand. 

It listed to one side then sank beneath the waves.

But all hands on deck were saved…

ASEAN Now: link

Curious about the cause. Human error? Sabotage? Kaiju??!!!

Reported this morning at least 30 still missing.

From various reports it sounds like a sea inlet pipe failed and flooded the main machinery space. She was a small ship with two diesels driving two shafts so they are likely to have been in the same machinery space(sea inlet pipes can be prone to high rates of corrosion and increased risk of failure). More than that would be unfounded speculation. I could hazard a guess but that wouldn't be appropriate at this time.

Later reports saying "flooding through an exhaust pipe" (which would be quite an extreme event as the ship doesn't look to have low level diesel exhausts)

Thanks for the details, David.

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm does bind the restless wave,
Who bids the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

+1 Mr. Warner

Seems the engines failed in choppy seas, leading to flooding.

There is a vacation residence of the Thai King in that province. We often see Thai Navy vessels patrolling off the coast -- at least, I assume they're Thai Navy.

OK, latest version is high seas causing the electrical system to fail.

Military: link