NARONIC

( ABOVE PICTURE IS ACTUALLY ' BOVIC ' )

BUILT IN 1892, SISTER SHIP TO THE 'BOVIC' .SHE WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS A REFRIGERATED CARGO VESSEL, BUT LATER CONVERTED TO PASSENGER CARRYING. SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK IN 1893 WITH 74 PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. FOUR WEEKS LATER A VESSEL, THE 'COVENTRY' SPOTTED ONE OF HER UP-TURNED LIFEBOATS ABOUT 500 MILES OFF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA, ANOTHER LIFE BOAT WAS SEEN THE NEXT DAY. BOTTLES WITH MESSAGES IN THEM BEGAN TO WASH-UP ON THE COAST BETWEEN NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA, SOME SAYING THAT NARONIC HAD HIT AN ICEBERG.THE COURT OF INQUIRY DID NOT EXCEPT THAT THESE MESSAGES WERE GENUINE. BUT BY A STRANGE QUIRK THE LOCATION THAT NARONIC'S UP-TURNED LIFE BOAT WAS SEEN IN WAS ONLY 90 MILES FROM WERE 'TITANIC' 19 YEARS LATER WAS TO MEET HER END - IN COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG.