SS Runic (1900)

SS Runic at harbour
History
United Kingdom
Name	Runic (1900–1930)
Owner	White Star Line (1900–1930)
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, UK
Yard number	332
Launched	25 October 1900
Completed	22 December 1900
Maiden voyage	19 January 1901
History
Norway
Name	New Sevilla
Owner	A/S Sevilla
Port of registry	Oslo, Norway
Acquired	1930
Fate	Sold, 1931
History
United Kingdom
Name	New Sevilla (1931–1940)
Owner	Christian Salvesen (1931–1940)
Out of service	20 September 1940
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by U-138, 21 September 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Jubilee-class ocean liner
Tonnage	12,482 GRT
Length	550 ft (170 m)
Beam	63.4 ft (19.3 m)
Installed power	Two four-cylinder quadruple-expansion steam engines
Propulsion	Two propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) service speed
Capacity	400 third class passengers 100,000 carcasses of mutton 20,000 bales of wool

The SS Runic was a steamship built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line which entered service in 1901. Runic was the fourth of five Jubilee-class ocean liners built for White Star's Australia service along with her sister ship SS Suevic, where she ran on the Liverpool–Cape Town–Sydney route.^[1] She served this route until she was requisitioned for use as a war transport between 1915 and 1919, before returning to the Australia service.

She was the second White Star ship to be named Runic, an earlier ship of that name had served the company between 1889 and 1895.

In 1930 Runic was sold and converted into a whaling factory ship and renamed New Sevilla, she remained in service in this role until September 1940 when she was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast with the loss of two lives.^[1]