与我国隔海相望的菲律宾、马来西亚和泰国,呈半月形环踞于南中国海的东、南、西三面,扼东南亚海运交通要冲,重要的海陆战略位置使得三国越来越重视本国海军力量的发展。泰国海军始建于16世纪末,但由于政治原因,直至1903年才真正由泰国人掌握。1935年,在王国政府《扩建海军 The Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, facing across the sea from each other, occupy a semicircular shape encircling the east, south and west of the South China Sea. The strategic location of sea and land makes the three countries pay more and more attention to their naval forces development of. The Thai Navy was built at the end of the 16th century but was not in the real possession of Thai people until 1903 due to political reasons. In 1935, in the Royal Government "to expand the Navy