Phuket's Beached torpedo

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:10 pm

Some beaches see beached whales, dolphins or seals
but phuket out does them all

PHUKET:-- Explosive ordnance experts from the Royal Thai Navy base in Phang Nga this afternoon confirmed that the object found on Nai Yang Beach yesterday (Oct 3) is in fact a torpedo, potentially almost a century old.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Navy base at Tab Lamu along with the EOD team from the Phuket Provincial Police arrived at Nai Yang Beach this afternoon to examine the object, found by a local fisherman.

“By carefully inspecting the object, we found that it is a torpedo which may be as old as from before World War II,” said Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Thanajit Jamjit of the EOD team from the Navy base in Phang Nga.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-be ... Vld2QhT.97

bangkokhooker · Post by **bangkokhooker** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:23 pm

I reckon it's a Japanese one.

Flyboy72 · Post by **Flyboy72** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:32 pm

It is not a torpedo or a bomb. It is a drop tank from an airplane!!

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:40 pm

Flyboy72 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:32 pm It is not a torpedo or a bomb. It is a drop tank from an airplane!!

I would agree, wrong shape.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:41 pm

funny how all the "experts" here know what it is yet those on the ground have not determined yet what it is.

The torpedo was found on Tuesday by a local fisherman, who reported the discovery to officers stationed at Sirinath National Park. (See story here.)

“We have yet to determine exactly what type of torpedo it is and somehow find out if it is still active or not – if we don’t know, we might make a wrong move,” Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Thanakrit Jamjit of the EOD team from the Navy base in Phang Nga told The Phuket News today.

“We will have more Navy officers here to help us tomorrow (Oct 6),” he added.

“However, they will not be able to inspect the torpedo until low tide at about 4pm, and even then they will not have much time to inspect the device before sunset,” LTJG Thanakrit pointed out.

The high level of caution continues after experts inspected the torpedo yesterday and determined it likely dated back to before World War II. (See story here.)

However, by inspecting just the shape and dimensions, Navy officers were unable to estimate the torpedo’s origin – other than it was not Thai – or how it came to be lodged on the beach in Phuket.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/navy-wary ... 3pymSVZ.99

Arget · Post by **Arget** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:49 pm

They cannot be too worried as they have a fair crowd around it (even civilians) and even the bloke standing on top resting his shovel on it as well.

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:40 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:41 pm funny how all the "experts" here know what it is yet those on the ground have not determined yet what it is.

I am not an "expert" but my understanding is that torpedoes are straight and not bulbous like this thing.

timmydownawell · Post by **timmydownawell** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:59 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:41 pm funny how all the "experts" here know what it is yet those on the ground have not determined yet what it is.

That's because the average expat here is old enough to remember WWII :stir:

Cruisemonkey · Post by **Cruisemonkey** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:25 pm

“We have yet to determine exactly what type of torpedo it is and somehow find out if it is still active or not – if we don’t know, we might make a wrong move,” Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Thanakrit Jamjit of the EOD team from the Navy base in Phang Nga told The Phuket News today.
The high level of caution continues after experts inspected the torpedo yesterday...

... by standing on it and poking it with metal spades.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:34 am

Despite explosive ordnance experts from the Royal Thai Navy base in Phang Nga “confirming” on Wednesday (Oct 4) that the object is a torpedo, and slating it for destruction with a controlled explosion (see story here), Commander Sombat Saengchaiyapum yesterday expressed his uncertainty that this was the case.

“We cannot yet confirm whether it is an explosive device or a piece of equipment. The object is believed to be a relatively harmless object. But it is not clear what exactly it is, so let’s define it as a suspicious object. The investigation into what exactly the object is will continue,” said Commander Sombat.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/confusion ... x6ulwyx.99

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