RUNIC  / TAMPICAN / IMO / GUVERNOREN

BUILT IN 1889 AS A LIVESTOCK CARRIER FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE . SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO 'CUFIC'.

 SHE WAS SOLD TO WEST INDIA & PACIFIC IN 1895 AND RE-NAMED 'TAMPICAN'

 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LEYLAND LINE IN 1899.

IN 1912 SHE WAS  SOLD TO MOSS & CO OF LIVERPOOL AND THEN  SOLD THE SAME YEAR TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHALING COMPANY AND RE-NAMED 'IMO'.

SHE WAS IN COLLISION IN 1917 WITH THE 'MONT BLANC' IN HALIFAX ROADS. MONT BLANC WAS LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES AND BLEW UP A QUARTER OF AN HOUR AFTER THE COLLISION, OBLITERATING RICHMOND,THREE AND A HALF THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR NEVER SEEN AGAIN WITH A FURTHER EIGHT THOUSAND INJURED. MONT BLANC WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN EITHER, TOTALLY BLOWN UP, BUT ALL OF THE CREW OF THE 'MONT BLANC' SURVIVED, FEARING THAT THE VESSEL WOULD BLOW UP STRAIT AWAY AFTER THE COLLISION THEY HAD TAKEN TO THEIR LIFEBOATS. 'IMO'  GOT CLEAR OF THE AREA BUT HER CAPTAIN THE PILOT AND FIVE OF HER CREW MEMBERS WERE KILLED.

 SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'GUVERNOREN' IN 1918 AFTER BEING REPAIRED.

IN 1921 SHE RAN AGROUND IN FOG TWENTY MILES FROM PORT STANLEY AND WAS LOST.