HTMS Tachin commissioned on 10 June 1937, at the late of the Franco-Thai War. When entering the World War II, not long after Thailand was attacked by air-sides from the Allied aircraft at all times. On June , at Sattahip Bay area with a fleet of about 10-15 aircraft attacking on a Thai fleet lurking on a small island with 250 kilograms of bombs at the left sides of HTMS Tachin hit into the main engine room pierced the ship's surface and exploded in the water. HTMS Tachin broken by the seam of the ship in main engine room flood with heavy damage and unusable. Royal Thai Navy tried to repair it but still not as good as before. Finally, it was decommissioned in 1945 in Sattahip District, Chon Buri Province.