Naval Region 2 reveals a mysterious unmanned ship sank at sea After a large leak was found
At 2:30 p.m. on January 9, 65 reporters reported that From the incident that the Naval Region 2 has patrolled to find a stateless ship floating in the middle of the sea. Since January 6, 2022 at 11:00 p.m., the ship T.113 detected a vessel named FIN SHUL YUEN 2, which is an 80-metre-long cargo ship. It is an old steel ship that has not been used for a long time. No anchor, anchor chain, no crew rest. live There is no boat registration number and any documents on board, and the condition in the hull is high flooding, the boat is tilted 35 degrees, which the National Maritime Center has integrated information from various agencies. The boat registration has not been found. or the owner of the ship in any way (read news aback! Found a mysterious ship without humans Sailing in the middle of the sea near an oil rig)
Vice Admiral Sunthorn Khamkhai, Commander of the Naval Area 2 and Director of the Center for National Marine Interest, Region 2, said that he had ordered the Naval Area 2, together with the Center for National Interests. Sea Region 2 in integration with various agencies in bringing ships back to shore Since January 6, 2022, the boat, Tor 113, has been docked to pump water out of the boat all the time and has sent the Luang Tapee boat. took over in the maintenance of water pumping and to support the detected leaks in the hull After pumping, the water was reduced to about 1.5 meters from the bottom of the boat. The new leak was found to be a tear of the ship’s hull approximately 3 feet long and a 1 square meter spongy leak located in the waterline of the ship. It is assumed that there may be other leaks as there is still water entering the hull all the time. and finding the leak made it difficult. due to strong wind conditions that impede operations Moreover, under the boat there is still water mixed with oil that smells foul all the time. HTMS Tapee has supported a stateless boat along the way. Ready to send the HTMS Lipe which is a large tug boat to join
The commander of the 2nd Naval Area added that at 10 p.m. on January 8, the ship sank to the bottom of the sea at lat 9 degrees 04.1 minutes north, long 100 degrees 24.0 minutes east or in Bering 090 distance 28. Miles from the side of Sichon District Nakhon Si Thammarat Province At the point where the ship sank with a depth of 30 meters, it ordered the 2nd Naval Region to send the HTMS Tai Muang along with divers. Special Operations Team, a total of 10 EOD personnel, went to search for the submerged ship. tying buoys showing the sinking point Examine the nature of the sunken ship that may affect the voyage. The ship is expected to reach the sinking point at 11 a.m. today.
In addition, the HTMS Tapee has observed Follow the oil spills out of the boat. Found the water stain looks like a thin film about 500 yards wide, which in this section. The Center for the Protection of National Maritime Interests Region 2 has ordered SorChon Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Follow up evaluation and prepare for the integration of agencies in the SorChol structure To remove oil stains in order not to affect nature and the environment