TSS ''Waterford'' was a passenger vessel built for the

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in 1912. The ship was sold in 1924 and became the Philippine merchant ship ''Panay'' which was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942.

Design

The ship was long and had a beam of . She was assessed at and had 2 x 3 cyl Quadruple expansion engines driving two screw propellers. The ship achieve a speed of 10 knots.

History

She was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited in Neptune Yard, Low Walker on the River Tyne for the

. She was launched on 20 February 1912, and later that year started work on the

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service. In 1924 she was sold to Fernández Hermanos, Cia Maritime, Manila and renamed ''Panay''. ''Panay'', being used after the Japanese landings in the Philippines to transport arms and ammunition from

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to the west coast of

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, was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Campomanes Bay in March 1942. Arms and ammunition were salvaged by divers in order to arm the guerilla forces forming on the island. The wreck is now a dive site attraction near the city of

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References

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