Ratanakosindra 1925

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	RATANAKOSINDRA
Type:	Gunboat
Keel:	29/09/1924
Launched:	21/04/1925
Completed:	10/08/1925
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	872a
Dimensions:	1000disp, 160.0 x 37.0 x 10.7(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x VT3cyl (12, 18 & 32 x 22ins), 820ihp
Engines by:	Hawthorn Leslie Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 12.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 4 x 1 x 3.0ins guns

History:
10/08/1925	Government of Thailand
1968	Deleted

Comments:	1914: Laid down at Elswick in 1914, but taken apart to free the berth.
	1924: Re-ordered and transferred to the High Walker yard
	1968: Probably broken up