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Royal Thai Navy
Headquarters |
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The
Royal Thai Navy
HQ in
Thonburi.
On the left
is a portrait
of King
Rama V,
the founder of the Thai Navy,
portrayed as Commander-in-Chief
and wearing the uniform of Admiral
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In
the background of the King
(fig.)
in is
the
thong chang,
the former national flag
of
Siam
used
between 1855 and 1917, that consists of a
White Elephant
on a red field (fig.).
In the front of the
compound is a statue of
Prince
Admiral
Aphakon Kiatiwong. |
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Royal Thai Navy
Headquarters |
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Royal Thai Navy
Headquarters |
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He is
a son of King
Chulachomklao,
with the title
Prince of Chumphon (fig.),
and is
revered as the
Father of the Royal Thai
Navy (fig.),
for his further
development and
modernization of
it. |
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