VESSEL_NAME: sakura maru Written by Stephen Burton VESSEL_NATIONALITY: jap TYPE_OF_VESSEL: freighter DEPTH_WRECK: 60 DEPTH_SEABED: 74 LOCATION: gulf GPS_NORTH: 9.3 GPS_EAST: 102 WRECK_LENGTH: 50 WRECK_WIDTH: 8 WRECK_TONS: 2000 WRECK_PROPS: 1 BOTTOM_CONDITION: sand SENDER_EMAIL: [email protected] SENDER_DIVESHOP_EMAIL: OPTIONAL SENDER_DIVESHOP_URL: www,techthailand.com Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008 Time: 10:13:56 PM HOW_WRECK_SUNK: torpedoed USS Hammerhead 1945 WRECK_DOING_WHAT: UNKNOWN OTHER_INFORMATION: sits upright, […]
Category: Wreck Listings
HTMS Kut
THAI NAVY VESSEL 731 HTMS Kut (Former USS LSM-333) Written by Stephen Burton (Nr Koh Sak, Pattaya Bay) Location North12,57.1 East100,48.1 Depth 30meters ; suitable for air, nitrox, technical Wreck Penetration Diving Computer generated image of Royal Thai Navy sister ship LSM#732 courtesy of Mr Alex Beuchel, Used with permission The sinking pictures…(click for Hi-Res […]
HTMS Khraam
THAI NAVY VESSEL 732 (Former USS LSM-469) Written by Stephen Burton (Pattaya) Depth 28meters ; suitable for air, nitrox, technical diving Computer generated image courtesy of Mr Alex Beuchel, Used with permission “Down she goes” Courtesy Bangkok Post Article 1st Feb 2003 The sinking pictures… HTMS Khram Wreck Penetration Pictures – Courtesy of Oliver Zaiser […]
Hardeep Wreck
The Wreck of the Steamship Suddhadib Written by Stephen Burton a.k.a. The ‘Hardeep’ shipwreck (An Anglicization of Suthathip, or S.S. Suddhadib) (Pattaya, Thailand) Wreck GPS Location:- N012’31.5, E100’57.5. Near Koh Chuang, Gulf of Siam Vessels name:- Suthathip, Registration:-Thai, Sunk:- 1st June 1945 Depth=26meters ; Suitable for Air, Nitrox, technical diving click any image above for […]
Sarasin
H.T.M.S. Sarasin – ex PC 495 Written by Stephen Burton Much information on this page is courtesy of www.navsource.org More information and pictures online at http://www.astralpublishing.com/model-boat-plans.html PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 10 June 1941 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; Launched, 30 December 1941; Commissioned USS PC-495, 23 April 1942; Transferred […]
Playboy 3
Playboy 3 Written by Stephen Burton Disaster at sea: cargo ship and oil tanker collide (This wreck has been fully salvaged) One crewman feared dead The Thai cargo ship Heron and the Honduran oil tanker Playboy 3 collided in international waters, about 32 miles from Sattahip’s Chuang Island on September 12 at approximately 6:50 a.m. […]
Petchaburi Bremen
The Petchaburi Bremen Also known as the Siamese Steamship Co Vessel ‘Kaeo Samud’ Dive photos, information 2005 by Stephen Burton All historical museum, shipyard & newpaper research © Jørn Albjerg 2018 Depth 22meters ;Suitable for air, nitrox, tecnical diving SS Petchaburi / Kaeo Samud (German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum(DSM)) in Bremerhafen) Steamship P E T C […]
HTMS Nakha
HTMS Nakha (Former US Navy LCS 102) Written by Stephen Burton click any of the images above to download Hi-Res scan(approx 150kByte) of the thumbnail image The original article published by Pattaya Mail, Thailand is available online at http://www.pattayamail.com/722/features.shtml#hd1 & http://www.pattayamail.com/722/ This ship was NOT sunk as a wreck, but is included within this web […]