Talk:HMS Radiant

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. 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)