| Name: | HIRUNDO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/10/1899 |
| Completed: | 10/1899 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 85 |
| Dimensions: | 2102grt, 1343nrt, 290.0 x 42.1 x 20.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 31.5 & 58 x 39ins), 15nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 10/1899 | A/S Hirundo (C Blumer Hofgaard), Tønsberg |
| 1911 | A/S Borgestad (Gunnar Knudsen), Porsgrunn; renamed BRYNHILD |
| 1915 | A/S Falkanger (H Westfal-Larsen), Bergen; renamed FALKANGER |
| 1916 | Skibs A/S Astoria (PA Jensen & K Henriksen), Christiania; renamed FERRO |
| 1923 | E Haubuss Schiffahrts GmbH, Stettin; renamed FRANZ HAUBUSS |
| 1925 | Svenska London-Linjen A/B (J Kallamnn), Gothenburg; renamed OCEANIC |
| 1933 | A/S Britannia SS Co Ltd (A/B Nielsen & Thordenn O/Y), Helsingfors |
| 1933 | Renamed BRITANNIC |
| 1939 | A/B Caledonia SS Co O/Y (Carl Olsen), Helsingfors |
| 06/09/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/09/1942: Sank after being mined off Aalborg |
Above photo as HIRUNDO copyright of Anders Christiansens
Above photo as BRYNHILD copyright of Steinar Norheim
Above photo as OCEANIC copyright of the Robert Bomans Collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 05/10/1899