BOUTIQUE STYLE CRUISES IN THE RIVERS
OF MYANMARRv Pandaw 1947 Story
Rv Pandaw was built in Scotland on the
Clyde by the famous ships builder Yarrow
& Co on 1947 with the same design of the
pre-war Quarter Wheeler steamers of the
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. After being
boarded up in order to protect her from
the sea waves, she left Scotland for the
delivery voyage to Burma on the 1950. On
the 12th January 1951 she started to serve
the Inland Water Transport (Irrawaddy Flotilla
was nationalized on the 1st of June 1948)
on the route Mandalay- Bhamo for both cargo
and passengers transportation.
   
In the 1998 she was hired from Inland
Water Transport and converted into a 16
cabins luxurious river cruise vessel by
the Historian Mr. Paul Strachan and his
wife, who is also the founder of the revived
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.
In the second half of the 2003 Interconnection
Co. Ltd signed the charter agreement with
IWT and the Pandaw underwent to major renovations
in the Marine Side at the Yangon Dalla Dockyards.
As far as the Hotel side is concerned new
furniture has been specially designed and
new Food and Beverage equipment have been
bought.
 
Features & Plan
Elevation
 |
Sun Deck
 |
Upper
Deck
 |
Main
Deck
 |
|
Hull |
Steel |
|
Length |
150ft (45.72 Mt) |
|
Beam |
34ft (11.5 Mt) |
|
Draft |
2.6ft (0.8 Mt) |
|
Decks |
3 |
* Main Deck (6 Cabins)
* Upper Deck (10 Cabins-Saloon-Dining
Room)
* Sundeck / Solarium (Length
20 Mt. - Furnished with Steamer
Chairs/Sun Lounges/ Rattan Armchairs
for 32 pax) |
|
Diesel Engines |
|
|
Propulsion Schotel |
2 x 300hp MWM * Model: TBD-234V6 |
|
Max. Upriver Speed |
Outboard * Model: SRP-100/110 |
|
Max. Downriver |
6 Miles per Hour |
|
Speed |
11 Miles per Hour |
|
Navigation |
Navigation lights, ships horn,
searchlight |
|
Comms |
Gsm phone, Internal phone system,
Tannoy for navigation |
|
Generators |
2 x 95 kva Denyo Gensets |
|
Fire Protection |
21 Smoke Detectors, 4 Heat Detectors,
8 Manual alarms stations, Electronic
Control Panel Silent Knight
(Made in USA) – 20 Fire Extinguishers
– 8 Fire Hose Cabinets, fire
pump |
|
Safety |
Emergency lights, Emergency
Generator, life jackets for
all on board and life rafts |
|
HOTEL |
|
|
Cabins |
16 deluxe cabins with own shower/wc
(Berths 32)
Size: 3,35 Mt X 4.00 Mt (132"
X 158") |
|
Bar |
1 |
| Dining
Room |
1 (32 Seats) |
|
Kitchen |
1 Fully Equipped Kitchen |
|
Water |
Desedimentation and full water
treatment – Reverse Osmosis
System for the Kitchen. |
|
Sewage |
Treatment plant |
|
Cruise Management Company: |
AYRAVATA CRUISES |
|
DMA Registry |
Permission to drive in the Myanmar
rivers (No. NA/KHA/32/Yangon)
issued on the 11 Sep 03 by the
department of Marine Administration
of the Union of Myanmar |
|
Tourist Transport License |
No. PA/195A on 27 January 2004
issued by MHT |
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