HTMS Sattakut LCI 742 - Koh Tao - Sinking delayed

The HTMS Sattakut soon to be Koh Tao's new wreck gets to float for 1 more day. More than 25 boats from local dive schools turned out to watch the show but were treated to only a slight listing as the wreck took on some water. Sea conditions were choppy with swells around 1m. Much less that what had been predicted. Thankfully Whaleshark 1, Planet Scuba's smallest boat is one of the most stable boats on Koh Tao. Although some of our local guests turned slightly green.

HTMS Sattakut - Listing but not sinking today

The video below is of the HTMS Prab, the sister ship to the Sattakut that was sunk in Chumphon as an artificial reef. Hopefully the Sattakut goes down straighter than this!

According to Bangkok sources the boat has been fitted with valves that once opened will flood the ship. Why it didn't happen today is still up too speculation. We were contacted at 12:30 pm by colleagues who were aboard the press boat to say that conditions were not good to continue the sinking. So the Sattakut gets to float for another day, even if it is listing. We're also getting the ship's history from when she was taken over by The Royal Thai Navy sometime this week. I doubt that it was as active as it had been during World War 2.

This video is from the HTMS Prab which was sunk last month in Chumphon.

Were waiting to hear what time tomorrow. My advice would be to watch out for Crystal 1. They're carrying the journalists so its unlikely anything will happen until they arrive.