Runic (II) Fact File
Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (White Star Line)
Ship Details
Details
Vessel Type: Passenger and cargo ship
Official No: 113441
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Queen's Island, Belfast
Yard No: 332
Laid down: 9 September 1899
Launched: 25 October 1900
Handed over: 22 December 1900
Port & Date of Registry: Liverpool, 20 December 1900
Managing Owner & Address: Harold Arthur Sanderson, 30 James Street, Liverpool
Description
Number of Decks: 3
Number of Masts: 4
Rigged: Schooner
Stern: Elliptical
Build: Clencher
Framework & Description of Vessel: Steel
Number of Bulkheads: 10
Number of water ballast tanks: 12
Dimensions
Length: 550.2 ft
Breadth: 63.3 ft
Depth: 39.9 ft
Gross Registered Tonnage: 12,482.12
Machinery
Engine Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Engine Type: 2 X quadruple expansion direct acting vertical inverted cylinders
Cylinders: 2 X 22; 2 X 31½; 2 X 46; 2 X 67 inches
Stroke: 51 inches
Nominal Horse Power: 955
Boilers
Description: Cylindrical multi-tubular
Number: 4 double and 1 single ended
Iron or Steel: Steel
Pressure when loaded: 215 lbs
Screw: Twin
Speed: 13 knots
Signal Letters: S. D. C. T.
NOTES
Runic, was the fourth constructed of five broadly similar sister-ships intended for the Company's Australasian services.
