Royal_Thai_Naval_Academy Knowpia

Royal Thai Naval Academy
โรงเรียนนายเรือ
Type	Naval Academy
Established	1898; 126 years ago
Founder	King Rama V
Parent institution	The Royal Thai Navy
Affiliation	Thailand
Location	Samut Prakan, Thailand; 13°36′40″N 100°35′31″E / 13.611°N 100.592°E
Website	Official website

The Royal Thai Naval Academy (Thai: โรงเรียนนายเรือ) (RTNA) was established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1898. He officially opened the academy on 20 November 1906.^[1] Originally located on the royal yacht Maha Chakri and some other boats donated by the king, the academy later moved to Wang Derm Palace in Thonburi (in the compound of the present headquarters of the Royal Thai Navy), then to Sattahip, and finally to its current location in Samut Prakan in 1952. The academy is served by Royal Thai Naval Academy BTS station.^[2]

Mission edit

The mission of the RTNA is to train officers for the Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Marine Corps.

Curriculum edit

The RTNA provides undergraduate programs in engineering and science, combined with naval professional training. Cadets can major in electrical engineering, marine engineering, hydraulic engineering, and management science and are trained as engineers, navigators, and marines.

Graduation edit

Cadets graduate with a bachelor's degree in engineering or science and are commissioned in the Royal Thai Navy with the rank of ensign (sub-lieutenant). Together with graduates of the other armed forces and police academies they receive their swords from the king personally or the king's representative.

Education of Thai naval officers edit

Thailand cadet, who have visited by a friendly exchange program, is looking around museum in Naval Academy in Jin-hae

Those who want to enter the academy first have to pass the entrance exam, after which they join a two-year preparatory program at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School where they study together with army, air force, and police cadets.

On successful completion, they enter the Royal Thai Naval Academy. After graduation, they attend a further one-year advanced course at Sattahip that leads to a graduate diploma in naval science. On completion of this course, they are ready to work as officers in the Royal Thai Navy and Royal Thai Marine Corps.

The academy also trains police cadets destined to work at the marine police, while every year a few top graduates of the Naval Rating School for non-commissioned officers enter the academy directly after a separate entrance exam.

Selected first-year cadets of the RTNA are awarded scholarships to study at naval academies abroad. On their return to Thailand they start working as officers in the Royal Thai Navy straightaway.

Curriculum edit

The RTNA provides undergraduate programs in engineering and computer and materials science.

Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard edit

Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard

1st Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
2nd Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
3rd Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy
4th Cadet Battalion, Naval Cadet Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Naval Academy

Gallery edit

RTNA colours guards.
HTMS Thonburi Memorial at the Royal Thai Naval Academy.
Inside the Royal Thai Naval Academy.
Royal letter of King Rama V in the establishment of the Naval Academy

References edit

^ "Royal Thai Naval Academy". RTNA. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
^ "Phra Racha Wang Derm History". Wangderm Palace. Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2008-12-01.