HTMS Maeklong
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1935 |
| Laid down: | July 24, 1936 |
| Launched: | 1936 |
| Commissioned: | June 10, 1937 |
| Decommissioned: | March 20, 1995 |
| Fate: | museum ship |
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| Displacement: | 1,400 tons |
| Length: | 85 m |
| Beam: | 10.5 m |
| Draft: | 3.7 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 reciprocating steam engines of 2,500 horsepower (1860 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
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| Aircraft: | 1 floatplane |
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HTMS Maeklong (Thai: ร.ล. แม่กลอง) was a Royal Thai Navy escort vessel (classified also as a corvette or sloop) and training ship, built at the Uraga Dock in Yokosuka, Japan.
Her sister ship was the HTMS Tachin.
The Maeklong is preserved in concrete in Chulachomklao Fort in Phra Samut Chedi district, Samut Prakan province, Thailand. The ship is named after a river, the Mae Klong.
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