CUFIC

CUFTIC  WAS BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1888

    SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE RUNIC AND USED AS A LIVESTOCK CARRIER ON THE LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK RUN.

SHE WAS CHARTERED TO A SPANISH COMPANY IN 1896 AND RE-NAMED 'NEUSTRA SENORA DE GUADOLUPE' AND USED TO CARRY HORSES FROM SPAIN TO CUBA.

WHEN HER CHARTER FINISHED IN 1898  SHE CAME BACK UNDER WHITE STAR LINE CONTROL UNDER HER ORIGINAL

 NAME.IN 1901 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE DOMINION LINE AND RE-NAMED 'MANXMAN'.

 IN 1915 SHE WAS BRIEFLY UNDER ELDER DEMPSTER  CONTROL.

1916 SAW HER SOLD TO A CANADIAN COMPANY RETAINING HER NAME.SHE SERVED AS A TROOP SHIP IN 1917.

SHE WAS FINALLY SOLD IN  1919, BUT THE SAME YEAR SANK DURING A VOYAGE FROM THE STATES TO GIBRALTAR WITH THE LOSS OF ALL HER CREW

THE ABOVE PHOTO SHOWS HER AS CUFIC IN WHITE STAR LIVERY AND FLYING THEIR HOUSE FLAG

CUFIC / NEUSTRA SENORA DE GUADOLUPE / MANXMAN