it looks like i'll be really busy tomorrow so this time i'm putting up armored ships today. here we have the Thai Royal Navy ship HTMS Dhonburi. Dhonburi is a coastal defense ship but yet has an armored belt and armor on her turrets. she was built by Kawasaki in Japan. commissioned in 1938 she served until sunk at the Battle of Koh Chang by the Vichy French Navy along with her sister ship HTMS Sri Ayuthia. these ships were small but quite powerfully armed for there size. the main battery is four 8" naval rifles plus four 3" naval rifles and some lesser anti-aircraft guns. Dhonburi is 252' long, displaces 2265t. with a 2.5" armor belt and 4"of armor on her turrets. driven by two MAN diesels making 5,200shp she has a top speed of 15.5kts. after the Battle of Koh Chang Dhonburi was raised and towed to Japan where she was repaired. she then served in the Royal Thai Navy until scrapped in 1959. her bridge and forward turret and guns still exist in front of the Royal Thai Naval Academy. first picture is of HTMS Dhonburi running along through the sea. second picture is of Dhonburi alongside a pier showing her starboard side. next picture is a drawing of the starboard showing the low freeboard aft. fourth we have a color painting of the vessel in the Koh Chang Battle firing at the French. and last is the bridge and forward turret and guns in front of the Naval Academy.
No comments:
Post a Comment