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HTMS Chakri Narubet, CVH-911  เรือหลวงจักรีนฤเบศ   

Sattahip, Chonburi Province, Thailand                   

HTMS Chakri Naruebet (Thai: จักรีนฤเบศร, meaning "In honour of the Chakri Dynasty"^[1]) is the flagship of 

the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), and Thailand's first and only aircraft carrier though the RTN refers to her as 

an "Offshore Patrol Helicopter Carrier". Based on the Spanish Navy's Príncipe de Asturias design and constructed by Spanish shipbuilder Bazán, Chakri Naruebet was ordered in 1992, launched in 1996,  

and commissioned into the RTN in 1997.

The aircraft carrier is designed to operate an air group of V/STOL fighter aircraft and helicopters, and is fitted with a ski-jump. Initial intentions were to operate a mixed air group of Matador V/STOL aircraft and Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters. However, by 1999, only one Matador was operationa, and the entire V/STOL fleet was removed from service in 2006. Although Chakri Naruebet was intended for patrols and force projection in Thai waters, a lack of funding brought on by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis meant the carrier has spent much of her career docked at the Sattahip naval base.

Chakri Naruebet has been deployed on several disaster relief operations, including in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and in response to separate flooding incidents in late 2010 and early 2011. Other than disaster relief, the carrier's few other departures from port are for a single training day per month, and transportation of the Royal Family of Thailand, leading to claims by some naval commentators that the ship is merely an oversized royal yacht.

Name:	HTMS Chakri Naruebet
Namesake:	"In honour of the Chakri Dynasty"
Ordered:	27 March 1992
Builder:	Bazán, Ferrol, Spain
Cost:	US$336 million
Laid down:	12 July 1994
Launched:	20 January 1996
Commissioned:	27 March 1997
Homeport:	Sattahip
Identification:	CVH-911
Motto:	Rule The Sky, Rule The Sea, Chakri Naruebet. (ครองเวหา ครองนที จักรีนฤเบศร)
Status:	in active service, as of 2015

Credit :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMS_Chakri_Naruebet

Noted :  Visited only Thai people

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