BRP Banahaw (1908)
BRP Banahaw (ex-Casiana, ex-Casandra) was a British-built yacht that later served as the presidential yacht of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
_arriving_in_the_Philippines_25_November_1936.jpg.webp) The presidential yacht of the Philippines Banahaw (ex-Casania, ex-Cassandra) arriving in the Philippines 25 November 1936 | |
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| Name: | SS Casandra |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Yard number: | 423 |
| Launched: | 19 February 1908 |
| Sponsored by: | R. A. Rainy, New York |
| Identification: | 213590 |
| Fate: | sold to Edward L. Doheny, date uncertain |
| History | |
| United States of America | |
| Owner: | Edward L. Doheny |
| Renamed: | SS Casiana, date uncertain |
| Fate: | sold to Commonwealth of the Philippines, 1936 |
| History | |
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| Owner: | Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Renamed: | BRP Banahaw, 1936 |
| Homeport: | Manila |
| Fate: | sunk by aircraft, 29 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | yacht |
| Tonnage: | 1227 gross register tons[1] |
| Length: | 254 ft (77 m) o/a[1] |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m)[1] |
| Draught: | 18.5 ft (5.6 m)[1] |
| Installed power: | 313, net horsepower[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2-Screws, 2 x T3 Cylinder steam,[1] oil |
History
She was launched in on 19 February 1908 at the Greenock shipyard of Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (John & Robert Scott)[2] for the benefit of R. A. Rainy of New York.[1] She was christened Casandra.[3] She was purchased by the American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny who renamed her Casiana after his first oil well in Mexico, Casiana No. 7.[3] In 1936, she was purchased by the Commonwealth of the Philippines for $50,000 and arrived in the Philippines on 25 November 1936.[3] She was officially assigned to the Coast Guard although was primarily used as a presidential yacht.[3] On December 29, 1941, she was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft while docked at the Fort Mills dock, Corregidor.[3]
Her tender was re-floated and repaired and served as patrol boat Q-115 Baler in the first indigenous Philippine torpedo boat squadron consisting of three torpedo boats (Q-111 Luzon, Q-112 Abra, Q-113 Agusan) and fellow patrol boat, Q-114 Danday.
References
- "Scottish Built Ships". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- Lettens, Jan; Tony, Allen (8 June 2012). "SS Casiana (+1941)". Wrecksite.
- "Presidential Yachts". Presidential Museum and Library - Malacañang Palace.
