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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 (fig.).

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.

 

  Royal Thai Navy Headquarters

 

  Royal Thai Navy Headquarters

 

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.

 

In the back of the monument is a ships mast with a hoisted Royal Thai Navy flag (fig.) and the Admiral's flag, which is navy blue with five white chakra (fig.). The area of the entrance gates is decorated with anchors, and the wooden doors have the Royal Thai Navy's emblem (fig.) in silver on the doors on the left and in gold on the doors on the right (fig.), akin to the ton mai ngeun ton mai thong (fig.) used to demonstrate loyalty (fig.).

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