RUNIC / NEW SEVILLA

ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR THE LIVERPOOL TO SYDNEY TRADE IN 1900, SHE  WAS THE SECOND WHITE STAR VESSEL TO BE NAMED 'RUNIC'. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 113441. SHE WAS SOLD TO THE SEVILLA WHALING CO AND CONVERTED TO A WHALING FACTORY SHIP IN 1930 AND RE-NAMED 'NEW SEVILLA'. WHILE STEAMING FROM LIVERPOOL TO THE ANTARTIC SHE WAS TORPEDEOD BY THE U.138 OF THE IRISH COAST, AND SANK  WITH THE LOSS OF TWO LIVES.

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