Thai navy holds funeral for six dead from sunken warship

Thailand’s prime minister attended funeral rites on Thursday for six sailors who died when their warship sank in stormy weather on Sunday (Anuthep Cheysakron/AP)

Thailand’s prime minister attended funeral rites on Thursday for six sailors who died when their warship sank in stormy weather, leaving 23 others still missing.

The HTMS Sukhothai, a corvette that had been in service for 35 years, capsized and sank in the Gulf of Thailand on Sunday night with 105 people on board.