&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Runic_1951.jpg) Runic in 1951
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Runic |
| Owner | Shaw, Savill and Albion Line |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast |
| Yard number | 1414 |
| Launched | 21 October 1949 |
| Completed | 24 March 1950 |
| Out of service | 19 February 1961 |
| Fate | Wrecked in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Refrigerated cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 13,587 GRT |
| Length | 561 ft (171 m) |
| Beam | 72.2 ft (22.0 m) |
| Decks | three |
| Installed power | reduction geared steam turbines |
| Propulsion | Two propellers |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) service speed |
| Crew | 69 |
SS Runic was a refrigerated cargo ship built at Harland and Wolff, Belfast in 1949 for the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. She was launched at Belfast in October 1949, and entered service in March 1950, and was designed for trade between the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. She had two sister ships; Persic and Suevic.[1][2]
Like many Shaw, Savill ships, Runic took its name from an earlier White Star Line ship of the same name.
- ^ "Runic". The Yard. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Haws, Duncan (1987). Merchant Fleets 10, Shaw, Savill & Albion. TCL Publications. p. 68. ISBN 0-946378-06-1.