Runic II

Builder: Harland and Wolff
Yard No.: 332
Launched: 1898
Maiden Voyage: 1900 Liverpool - Cape Town - Sydney
Gross Tonnage: 12,482 tons
Length: 550.2ft
Beam: 63.3ft
Decks: 3
Funnels: 1
Masts: 4
Propellors: 2
Engines: 2 x four cylinder quadruple expansion
Boilers: 4 double ended + 1 single
Speed: 14 knots
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Carrying Capacity: 400 passengers, 100,000 refrigerated carcasses
Sister Ships: Afric, Medic, Persic, Suevic (Jubilee Class Liners)

Runic II was the fourth of the quintet of Jubilee Class liners to be constructed at the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff. Although part of the Jubilee Class, they were structurally different to the three earlier-built members of the class in that they had a slightly longer poop.

Runic II was launched on October 25th, 1900, and her maiden voyage to Cape Town and Sydney followed just a couple of months later, on January 3rd, 1901.

On November 25th, 1901, Runic II towed the crippled Union Castle liner Dunattor Castle into Dakar.

Like all of her sister vessels, Runic II was requisitioned during World War 1 and was operated under the Liner Requisition Scheme between 1917 - 1919.

On November 3rd, 1920, Runic II collided with HMS London off Gourock Pier on the River Clyde.

In 1930, Runic II was sold to Chr. Salvesons Sevilla Whaling Co. and converted as a whaling fleet factory ship in Germany. She was renamed New Sevilla.

Runic II was lost on September 20th, 1940 when she was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland by German U-Boat U-138, and sank with the loss of two lives.