2019-11-20 Wed

November 20 is annually observed as Royal Thai Navy Day commemorating the date in 1906 that King Chulalongkorn officially opened the Royal Thai Naval Academy.

Established in 1898 and originally located on the royal yacht Maha Chakri and some other boats donated by the king, the academy later moved to Wang Derm Palace in Thonburi. The Royal Thai Navy had become active on April 8, 1887, established by Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse, Prince of Chumphon, who is considered “the father of the Royal Thai Navy”.

Shown above is a Souvenir sheet with four stamps issued to commemorate HTMS Chakri Naruebet — the flagship of the Royal Thai Navy and Thailand’s first and only aircraft carrier. The stamps were designed by Udom Niyonthum and printed by the British Security Printing Public Company in Bangkok.

All of the stamps are denominated 5 baht. Two portray frigates — HTMS Phutthayodfa Chulalok, HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai, the destroyer escort HTMS Pin Klao, and HTMS Chakri Naruebet. The souvenir sheet depicts Flag of Royal Thai Navy and a fleet in the open ocean.

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