Thailand warship capsizes leaving 31 sailors missing

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. The Thai navy says 31 sailors are missing after a warship carrying over 100 crew capsized and sank during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand, the BBC reports.

The HTMS Sukhothai sank after water flooded its power controls on Sunday night.

On Monday, authorities said they had rescued 75 crew, but 31 were still missing in rough seas.

"It's been more than 12 hours, but we will keep looking," a navy spokesman told the BBC.

The cause of the disaster is under investigation.

The ship had been on a patrol 32km (20 miles) east of Bang Saphan, in the Prachuap Khiri Khan province, when it got caught in the storm on Sunday.