HTMS ''Angthong'' (LPD-791) ( th, เรือหลวงอ่างทอง) is a

Royal Thai Navy The Royal Thai Navy ( Abrv: RTN, ทร.; th, กองทัพเรือไทย, ) is the naval warfare force of Thailand. Established in 1906, it was modernised by the Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartiwongse (1880–1923) who is known a ...

amphibious ship based on the design of of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Construction and career

''Angthong'' was commissioned as part of the Thai navy's procurement of landing platform docks to expand its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capacity following the

2004 Indian Ocean tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

. On 11 November 2008, a SGD 200 million contract was signed between ST Marine and

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

for the sale of one unit of the ''Endurance''-class LPD and its associated landing craft. The LPD would use the Terma C-Series system, which includes the C-Flex combat management system, C-Search radar suite which includes the Scanter 4100 radar and IFF, and the C-Fire fire control system. On 21 March 2011, the new ship was christened HTMS ''Angthong'' (pennant number LPD-791) and was launched from ST Marine's dockyard by the wife of Admiral Khamthorn Pumhiran, Commander-In-Chief of

(RTN). The delivery of the ship was completed on 19 April 2012. The ''Angthong'' was deployed as a base of operations for the navy's humanitarian assistance mission during the

2015 Rohingya refugee crisis In 2015, tens of thousands of Rohingya people were forcibly displaced from their villages and IDP camps in Rakhine State, Myanmar, due to sectarian violence. Some fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, but most travelled to Southeast Asian countrie ...

, and to provide disaster relief during flooding in Southern Thailand in January 2017.

References

External links

*http://www.koryorpor.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Angthong (LPD-791) Amphibious warfare vessels of the Royal Thai Navy Ships built in Singapore 2011 ships Endurance-class landing platform docks