Keywords: Thai coastal defence ship Sukhothai c1948.jpg The Siamese Ratanakosin-class coastal defence ship Sukhothai She was built by Armstrong Withworth in 1929 and commissioned on 5/6 June 1930 She served the Thai Navy for more than forty years and was decommissioned on 15 December 1970 http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194901 pdf January 1949 p 22 ca 1948 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval ships of Thailand |