'' Chakri Naruebet '' has been deployed on several disaster relief operations , including in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , and in response to separate flooding incidents in late-2010 and early-2011 . Other than disaster relief , the carrier 's few other departures from port are for a single training day per month , and transportation of the Royal Family of Thailand , leading to claims by some naval commentators that the ship is merely an oversized royal yacht
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
HTMS Chakri Naruebet