Bovic
Ship Number
252
Vessel Type
Livestock Carrier
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
28 June 1892
Delivered
22 August 1892
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
6583 grt
BP Length
470 feet
Breadth
53 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion engine with 6 cylinders by H&W
Official No.
99430
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Scrapped
Bovic

[Courtesty: GEK Star Collections]
One funnel, four masts, twin screw, speed 13 knots with limited passenger accommodation she was built as a livestock carrier for the White Star Line, she was the sister of the Naronic.  Her maiden voyage started on 26th August 1892 when she left Liverpool for New York. She started Manchester - New York sailings in early 1914 (her masts were shortened to funnel height to pass under the Manchester Ship Canal bridges).
 
Requisitioned for Government service in 1917-1919 and in 1922 she was transferred to the Leyland Line and renamed Colonian.
 
Scrapped at Rotterdam in 1928.
 
[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.760] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.2]