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Thai Royal Navy vessel sank in stormy sea in Gulf of Thailand

An air and sea search continued on Monday for 31 missing sailors from HTMS Sukhothai, which sank in a storm in the Gulf of Thailand late on Sunday night.

An air search was launched on Monday for 31 missing crew members of the navy corvette HTMS Sutkhothai, which sank during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand on Sunday night.

More than 70 sailors have been rescued and 31 are missing after a Thai navy warship capsized and sank in strong winds.

The Thai navy says 31 sailors are missing after a warship carrying over 100 crew capsized and sank during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand.

"This has almost never happened in our forces history, especially to a ship that is still in active use," said Admiral Pokkrong Monthatpalin of the Thai Navy.

(Update 1: updates number of missing sailors, changes headline, adds preliminary report from the Royal Thai Navy) Bangkok, Dec 19 (EFE).- At least 31 sailors were missing after a Thai warship sank during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand, the Royal Thai Navy said Monday. Navy sources told Efe on Monday afternoon that a …

The search and rescue operation for 31 crew members missing after HTMS Sukhothai sank off Prachuap Khiri Khan has narrowed down its scope, the Royal Thai Navy said on Monday.

The Sukhothai suffered engine and generator failures after being struck by high waves on Sunday evening.

Thirty-one sailors dey miss afta warship wey dey carri more dan 100 crew capsize and sink during one storm for di Gulf of Thailand, di Thai Navy tok.