Mahidol Adulyadej Naval Dockyard
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Mahidol Adulyadej Naval Dockyard (Thai: อู่ราชนาวีมหิดลอดุลยเดช กรมอู่ทหารเรือ) is a
Royal Thai Navy The Royal Thai Navy (Abbreviation, Abrv: RTN, ทร.; , ) is the Navy, naval warfare force of Thailand. Established in 1906, it was modernised by the Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse (1880–1923) who is known as the father of the Royal N ...
shipyard in Sattahip,
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. It is named after Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, who served in the Royal Siamese Navy from 1912 through 1914. There are plans to base one of Thailand's submarines at the dockyard.


Operations

* HTMS ''Krabi'' (commissioned 2013) is an offshore patrol vessel built at the dockyard. It is a modified
river-class patrol vessel The River class is a Ship class, class of offshore patrol vessels built primarily for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. A total of nine were built for the Royal Navy (RN), four Batch 1 and five Batch 2. One Batch 1 (), which was the Falkla ...
. * The Chinese-made HTMS ''Bangpakong'' was refitted at the yard and re-entered service in early-2017. * HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan (2017) is the second Krabi class offshore patrol vessel built at the dockyard.


References

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