NARONIC 

NARONIC WAS BUILT IN 1892 AND WAS THE  SISTER SHIP TO THE 'BOVIC'.

SHE WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS A REFRIGERATED CARGO VESSEL, BUT LATER CONVERTED TO PASSENGER CARRYING.

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK IN 1893 WITH 74 PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. FOUR WEEKS LATER  THE 'COVENTRY' SPOTTED ONE OF HER UP-TURNED LIFEBOATS ABOUT 500 MILES OFF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA, ANOTHER LIFE BOAT WAS SEEN THE NEXT DAY. BOTTLES WITH MESSAGES INSIDE BEGAN TO WASH-UP ON THE COAST BETWEEN NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA, SOME WERE SAYING THAT NARONIC HAD HIT AN ICEBERG.

THE COURT OF INQUIRY DID NOT EXCEPT THAT THESE MESSAGES WERE GENUINE. BUT BY A STRANGE QUIRK THE LOCATION THAT NARONIC'S UP-TURNED LIFE BOAT WAS SEEN IN WAS ONLY 90 MILES FROM WERE 'TITANIC' 19 YEARS LATER WAS TO MEET HER END - IN COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG.

TO THE BEST OF MY BELIEF THIS IS A IMAGE OF NARONIC AS OPOSED TO AN IMAGE OF BOVIC   ( THOU IT'S A BIT WORRYING THAT IT SHOWS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY  IN THE BACK GROUND AS SHE NEVER REACHED NEW YORK AND IT WOULD ALSO  SUGGEST THAT SHE IS COMING OUT OF NEW YORK WITH A SMALL BOAT APPROACHING FROM SEAWARD AND NOT THE SHORE - NOT MANY IMAGES EXIST DUE TO HER SHORT LIFE AND THERE ARE NO KNOWN ACTUAL PHOTO'S OF HER, THOU SHE WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE 'BOVIC'

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