RV Kalaw Pandaw
Pandaw
Explore remote rivers with authentic, small-ship adventure
Passengers
36
Crew
25
Tonnage
691
Built
2014
Refurbished
2018
Region
Southeast Asia
Ship details
- Segment
- Boutique River Ship
- Ship size category
- —
- Length
- 57 m
- Beam
- 9 m
- Official website
- Visit ship website
About RV Kalaw Pandaw
Sister to the Kindat and identical in design the Kalaw was launched with her in 2014 Kalaw is named after the PS Kalaw launched in 1917 and sunk in 1942 in the War. Paul Strachan witnessed the salvaging of the Kalaw in 1998 and managed to acquire her name plate and bell, the former of which has been reused on her namesake. Again this ultra light ship combines one of the shallowest drafts on the river with one of the highest passenger space ratios afloat.