Thai navy confirms six sailors dead after ship sinks

Royal Thai Navy Rear Admiral Chonlathis Navanugraha speaks next to a map of the search area during a press conference, next to Royal Thai Navy Commander-in-Chief Choengchai Chomchoengpaet (left), in Bangkok on Dec 20, 2022. - AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Six bodies have been found and one survivor was rescued Tuesday (Dec 20), after the sinking of a naval vessel two days ago in the Gulf of Thailand, the Thai navy said.

Seventy-six sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai have been hauled from the sea after the vessel went down late Sunday roughly 37km off the country's southeastern coast.