🗓️ Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
📍 Hat Yai, Thailand

Royal Thai Navy Sends Its “Sea Giant” to Save the South

When southern Thailand found itself swallowed by severe floods, the Royal Thai Navy didn’t hesitate—they sent in the big one. HTMS Chakri Naruebet, Thailand’s one-and-only aircraft carrier, is now on duty in Songkhla, loaded with supplies, teams, and high-powered support to help people hit hardest by the disaster.

A Midnight Mission Begins

Late on November 25, the ship set sail from Sattahip Naval Base, fully packed like a floating relief superstore. Onboard were mountains of survival kits, drinking water, rice, and cooking ingredients donated by government agencies, private organizations, and everyday citizens. All of it is now heading straight to families struggling through the 2025 southern floods.

More Than a Ship — It’s a Floating Operation Hub

This isn’t just a standard deployment. The mission has been upgraded into a full-scale rescue operation.

Onboard the Chakri Naruebet you’ll find:

🔹 Two rescue helicopters
🔹 Special operations teams
🔹 A medical team running a floating hospital
🔹 A field kitchen ready to fuel thousands

Basically, it’s an entire emergency-response city sailing on the sea.

Conclusion

Meals From the Middle of the Ocean

One of the ship’s superpowers? Its ability to act as a floating airbase. Helicopters and drones can take off directly from its deck to deliver supplies to areas where boats and trucks can’t reach.

And the kitchen? It’s a hero of its own—cooking up to 3,000 meals a day, which are then airlifted to communities in need.

Backup Is Standing By

Just in case things get worse, the Navy has also prepared HTMS Chang and HTMS Angthong to join the mission. They’re on standby, ready to launch the moment they’re needed.

Standing With the South

The Royal Thai Navy has made one thing clear: they’re not going anywhere until the floods recede and life in the South returns to normal. Their message is simple—they’re here, they’re ready, and they’ve got the people’s backs.

Together Through a Once-in-300-Year Disaster

This flood has been described as a once-in-300-year event — the kind of disaster no one expects in their lifetime. More than 30 lives have already been lost, countless families have been displaced, and many more are still struggling to recover.

In times like these, we must pull together. Every act of kindness matters, whether it’s donating supplies, volunteering time, supporting rescue teams, or simply checking in on neighbors who may be struggling. It isn’t easy for any of us, especially in challenging times like these, but helping one another is how we rise again as a community.

Our fellow Thais in the South need us — and if we can help in any way, now is the moment to do it.