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.

The presidential yacht of the Philippines Banahaw (ex-Casania, ex-Cassandra) arriving in the Philippines 25 November 1936
History
United States of America
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
 Commonwealth of the Philippines
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
  1. "Scottish Built Ships". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. Lettens, Jan; Tony, Allen (8 June 2012). "SS Casiana (+1941)". Wrecksite.
  3. "Presidential Yachts". Presidential Museum and Library - Malacañang Palace.
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