Panay
Date
2008
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Texas Tech University Libraries
Abstract
Ship Name: Panay; Sailed: 1877-1889; Type: Wood 3-masted; Built by: Boston, John Taylor; Dimensions: 186.7' x 37' x 23.5'; Tonnage: 1190 tons.
Description
Panay was another trim Taylor product for the Far East trade, and in the employ of the same owners as Sooloo and Mindoro. Panay was lost in a storm near the island of Samar, in 1889.
The photograph shows the semi-elliptic stern and sweep of the sheer of Panay. Old-time sailors, who were used to seeing these ships in harbors around the world, could easily identify builders just by looking at the lines and arrangement of the ships. A Chapman ship could be distinguished from a Houghton or a Sewall down easter, and a Bath ship was distinguishable from a Boston or New York-built ship. East coast ships were almost instantly recognizable from west coast ships. Such distinctions are much more difficult to make or to identify just from a single image, but such recognition was doubtless the case among long-dead sailors. From 100 yards, a 1966 Buick looks a lot like a 1966 Malibu which looks a lot like a 1966 Tempest or even GTO; but as in most things, the subtleties rule.
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Keywords
Merchant Ships, Ships, Panay (Ship)