Talk:HMS Radiant (1916)

Confusion regarding Chumphon memorial

Just to reiterate: the vessel preserved at Chumphon (10°23′54″N 99°16′45″E) is the 1930's era Italian-built torpedo boat HMTS Chumphon, not HMTS Phra Ruang (ex-HMS Radiant). This can be most readily confirmed by looking at the preserved vessel on Google Maps street view: her appearance is quite different from an R-Class destroyer, with one large trunked funnel, not three small ones; it conforms closely to the appearance of HMTS Chumphon shown in standard references.Dfvj (talk) 05:09, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

The following sentence was deleted Dec 9 2018: "It is reported that she remained in use as a training hulk and as of 2000 was still afloat, but has since been moved ashore and encased in concrete at a shrine to Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse.".

There is no details of this vessel being preserved in concrete at the cited reference; there is a HMTS Chumphon (a 1930's era torpedo boat) preserved in concrete at Chumphon as a memorial to Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse , (and this is mis-identified as HMTS Pra Ruang at various places on the web). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfvj (talk • contribs) 00:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for making the corrections and keeping an eye on the article. It appears to be quite a common confusion, such that there's a 2003 article in the Royal Thai Naval Institute's journal explicitly trying to correct the confusion.[1] I'd also point out that the prefix HTMS, as you previously wrote in the above comment, is correct. --Paul_012 (talk) 15:19, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting the typo.Dfvj (talk) 16:56, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

References

Still afloat in 2000?

Is Navypedia considered a reliable source? The claim seems rather dubious, especially since I couldn't find any Thai sources reporting on this. --Paul_012 (talk) 15:22, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

I've added a footnote to clarify the situation.Dfvj (talk) 17:36, 25 November 2019 (UTC)