drewstwos
Well-Known Member
Hi all you classic boaters,
The reason for this posting is that I would like to see if anhyone out there can steer me in a certain direction,
Here is a pic, and I appologise for the picture frame looking a bit askewm but as the pic is almost three feet wide and 2 ft deep mounted in an oak frame, weighing a lot I had to hold the camera a bit off to avoid reflections.
The picture was taken 1912 and I think she was built two years before that. She was named 'RUNA' a word of Viking descent meaning travelling, In the pic there are some crew members up fro'ard and using them as a measure I calculate that the boat is about 100 ft LOA. NOte the open bridge.... the engine room ventilating hatches,, and the large deck saloon aft....the fisherman anchor catted and fished... now theres a bit of history. My grandfather who founded the Marine Biological Station here in PE.. (Now sadly closing after 114 years) married Jane the daughter of Alfred Holt who founded BLue Funnel Shipping, so they were alll well into 'yachting' and a series of boats were built. This one was 'comandeered' at the start of the first world war by the Royal Navy as a 'communication vessel' and thats just about all I know about her, so...........I don't know if she had the HMS prefix then or was even renamed
Can anyone tell me how ...where.. to look to be able to find out what happened to her as there is no family history about it, My Mum never told me......darn!!!!!. She may have been sunk, wrecked....sold on..... but as far as I know she never came back to the family, Grandparents both died before I was born...darn again, so how do I get some more infor about her........How I wish I'd been able to sail in her. lOvely lines and that counter stern is pure elegance. There has been a lot of stuff on this forum about gorgeous boats,, the modern look etrc, but I still love the 'proper traditional mobo' GUess that remark will start some replies coming at me......
Drew.
Thanks in advance.......
The reason for this posting is that I would like to see if anhyone out there can steer me in a certain direction,
Here is a pic, and I appologise for the picture frame looking a bit askewm but as the pic is almost three feet wide and 2 ft deep mounted in an oak frame, weighing a lot I had to hold the camera a bit off to avoid reflections.
The picture was taken 1912 and I think she was built two years before that. She was named 'RUNA' a word of Viking descent meaning travelling, In the pic there are some crew members up fro'ard and using them as a measure I calculate that the boat is about 100 ft LOA. NOte the open bridge.... the engine room ventilating hatches,, and the large deck saloon aft....the fisherman anchor catted and fished... now theres a bit of history. My grandfather who founded the Marine Biological Station here in PE.. (Now sadly closing after 114 years) married Jane the daughter of Alfred Holt who founded BLue Funnel Shipping, so they were alll well into 'yachting' and a series of boats were built. This one was 'comandeered' at the start of the first world war by the Royal Navy as a 'communication vessel' and thats just about all I know about her, so...........I don't know if she had the HMS prefix then or was even renamed
Can anyone tell me how ...where.. to look to be able to find out what happened to her as there is no family history about it, My Mum never told me......darn!!!!!. She may have been sunk, wrecked....sold on..... but as far as I know she never came back to the family, Grandparents both died before I was born...darn again, so how do I get some more infor about her........How I wish I'd been able to sail in her. lOvely lines and that counter stern is pure elegance. There has been a lot of stuff on this forum about gorgeous boats,, the modern look etrc, but I still love the 'proper traditional mobo' GUess that remark will start some replies coming at me......
Drew.
Thanks in advance.......
