Runic
Ship Number
332
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Yard
South Yard
Slip Number
7
Launch Date
April 3, 1900
Delivered
December 22, 1900
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
12482 grt
BP Length
552 feet
Breadth
63 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
14 knots
Propulsion
quadruple expansion constructed in Belfast
Official No.
113441
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
Runic

One funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 400-cabin class. Runic sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Cape Town, Albany, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney on 3rd January 1901. She continued on the London - Australia service until starting her last voyage to Brisbane on 26th September 1929.
 
Sold to Christian Salveson of Leith in May 1930, she was converted to a whale factory ship at Kiel and renamed New Sevilla.
 
On September 20th 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk west of Islay, Scotland by the German submarine U-138 with the loss of two lives.
 
[Great Passenger Ships of the World by Arnold Kludas, vol.1] [North Star to Southern Cross by John M.Maber]