Route Fishguard - Waterford Completed April 1912 Launched 20 February 1912 Draft 5.03 m | Yard number 880 Out of service 30 December 1941 Length 84 m Builder Swan Hunter | |
Name 1912-1924 TSS Waterford
1924-1941 TSS Panay Operator 1912-1924 Great Western Railway
1924-1941 Fernandex Hermanos, Cia Maritima, Manila | ||
TSS Waterford was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1912.
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 Fernandex Hermanos, Cia Maritime, Manila and renamed Panay. She was sunk by Japanese aircraft at Campomanes Bay, Negros Island, on 30 December 1941.
References
TSS Waterford (1912) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA