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Passenger Ferry Fast Packet (As Built) Seaplane carrier (RN) 1,676 Tons (Registered) 2,550 Tons (Deep Load) 323' x 41' x 13' 8" |
Ship History Built by William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland. Laid down as a fast packet for South East and Chatham Railway's Folkestone-Boulogne run. Launched September 23, 1911 as SS Engadine and completed later in the year. On August 11, 1914 requisition by the Royal Navy and modified by Chatham Dockyard as a for seaplane carrier with three canvas hangars installed: one forward and two aft with a derricks to lower and raise seaplanes for take offs and landings. Equipped with four seaplanes and armed with 2 x QF 3 pounder anti-aircraft guns and 4 x 12 pounder guns. Commissioned September 1, 1914 as HMS Engadine and assigned to Harwich Force with HMS Empress and HMS Riviera. PARTIAL HISTORY During 1919. sold back to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and resumed service as a cross-Channel ferry. In 1923 transferred to the Southern Railway. During 1933, sold to Fernandez Hermanos, Inc. in the Philippines and renamed SS Corregidor named for Corregidor Island. Prewar, used as a passenger vessel with bi-weekly service between Manila, Iloilo, Cebu and Surigao then returned. On December 8, 1941 at the start of the Pacific War, SS Corregidor was in Manila and ceased regular service. On December 16, 1941 loaded overcapacity with civilians with an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 aboard including 150 Philippine soldiers and 7 Americans plus military cargo including 2.95" mountain guns of the Philippine Army Visayan-Mindanao Force. At 10:00pm departs Manila bound for Mindanao but the owners failed to inform the U.S. Navy Inshore Patrol the ship was leaving. Sinking History On December 17, 1941 at 1:00am near Corregidor entered a U.S. minefield and hit a mine that exploded on the starboard side and quickly sank. Aboard, an estimated 900 to 1,200 were lost including the Captain and most of the crew, two legislators and one of the American passengers. At the time, the sinking of SS Corregidor was the most significant maritime disaster in Philippine history. Rescue Hearing the explosion, searchlights on Corregidor illuminated the area. Nearby at Sisiman Cove, the explosion was heard and PT-32, PT-34, and PT-35 pick up 282 survivors (including 196 by PT-32 alone) distributing them between Corregidor and the requisitioned French steamship Si-Kiang at Mariveles. Seven of those rescued die of injuries. References The Maritime Review - The Sinking of SS Corregidor Contribute
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