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Name	1912–1924: TSS Waterford 1924–1941: SS Panay
Operator	1912–1924: Great Western Railway 1924–1941: Fernández Hermanos, Cia Maritima, Manila
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

TSS Waterford was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway 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 83.9 meters (275 ft 3 in) long and had a beam of 11.6 meters (38 ft 1 in). She was assessed at 1,204 GRT 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 Great Western Railway. She was launched on 20 February 1912, and later that year started work on the Fishguard to Waterford 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 Luzon to the west coast of Negros, 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 Sipalay.

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "SS Panay (+1942)". wrecksite.eu. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
3. Lucking, J.H. (1971). The Great Western at Weymouth. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5135-4.
4. Sturma, Michael (2008). The USS Flier — Death and Survival on a World Wat II Submarine. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 70. ISBN 9780813124810. LCCN 2007046559. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
5. Bennett, Tom (2010). Shipwrecks of the Philippines. Milford Haven, Wales, U.K.: Happy Fish. ISBN 9780951211489. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
6. "Dive the Wreck of SS Panay". Dumaguete (city) info. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

9°49′10″N 122°21′55″E / 9.819562°N 122.365294°E / 9.819562; 122.365294

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

• 1912 ships
• Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
• Steamships of the United Kingdom
• Ships built on the River Tyne
• Ships of the Great Western Railway
• Ships built by Swan Hunter
• Merchant ships of the Philippines
• Ships sunk by Japanese aircraft
• Wreck diving sites
• Maritime incidents in March 1942
• World War II shipwrecks in the South China Sea
• Underwater diving sites in the Philippines
• Merchant ships sunk by aircraft