TSS Waterford (1912)
Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TSS Waterford was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1912.[1] The ship was sold in 1924 and became the Philippine merchant ship Panay which was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942.
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Port of registry | |
Route | Fishguard - Waterford |
Builder | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited, Neptune Yard |
Yard number | 880 |
Launched | 20 February 1912 |
Completed | April 1912 |
Fate | Sunk March 1942 by Japanese aircraft at Campomanes Bay, Negros |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ferry |
Tonnage | 1,204 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 275.2 ft (83.9 m) |
Beam | 38.2 ft (11.6 m) |
Draught | 16.5 ft (5.0 m) |
Propulsion | Quadruple expansion engines |
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