Vichy versus Asia: The Franco-Siamese War of 1941
Koh Chang Naval Battle
Dr. Andrew McGregor
Aberfoyle International Security
Toronto, Ontario
FNEO – Forces Navales d’Extrême-Orient
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Lamotte-Piquet
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Light
cruiser (Flagship)
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1926
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9350
tons
8
6.1” guns
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Sunk
by aircraft, Dec.1, 1945
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Dumont
d’Urville
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Colonial
sloop
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1933
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2,600
tons
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Amiral
Charner
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Colonial
sloop
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1933
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2,600
tons
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Scuttled,
March 10,
1945
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Tahure
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First-class
sloop
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1919
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850
tons
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Marne
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First-class
sloop
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1916
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601
tons
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Scuttled
in the River Canthro,
March 10,
1945
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Siamese
Naval Forces
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Dhonburi
(Domburi)
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Coastal defense cutter
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c. 1938
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2,265 tons
4
8’ guns
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Caspsized under tow, Jan.14, 1941
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Ahidéa
(Sri Ayuthia)
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Coastal defense cutter
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c. 1938
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2,265 tons
4
8” guns
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Ran aground, Jan.14, 1941
Raised by the Japanese
Sunk by shore-fire, 1951
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Chonduri
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Torpedo boat
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470 tons
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Sunk, Jan.14, 1941
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Trat
(Trad)
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Torpedo boat
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470 tons
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Sunk, Jan.14, 1941
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Songhkli
(Songkhla)
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Torpedo boat
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470 tons
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Sunk, Jan.14, 1941
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Copyright © 2002 Andrew McGregor.
Written by Dr. Andrew McGregor. If you have questions or comments on this
article, please contact Andrew McGregor at:
 mcgregor116@hotmail.com.
About the author:
Dr. Andrew McGregor is director of Aberfoyle International Security, a Toronto-based agency specializing
in security issues of the Islamic world. He is the author of A Military History of Modern Egypt
(Praeger, 2006) and may be reached at mcgregor116@hotmail.com
Published online: 11/16/2002.
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