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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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1 sailor rescued, 6 bodies retrieved

A sailor from HTMS 'Sukhothai', which sank on Sunday evening about 20 nautical miles (37 kilometres) off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan, is taken by air from the province to Queen Sirikit Naval Hospital in Chon Buri for treatment on Tuesday. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

One sailor was rescued while the bodies of six others among 30 missing were retrieved on Tuesday after a Thai warship capsized in choppy seas during a storm, according to the Royal Thai Navy.

The navy is now focused on rescuing the remaining 23 sailors after HTMS Sukhothai sank during the storm in the Gulf of Thailand off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan on Sunday, spokesman Adm Pokkrong Monthatpalin said.

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