| Name: | RUTHENIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/06/1891 |
| Completed: | 08/1891 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 572 |
| Dimensions: | 5305grt, 3428nrt, 421.0 x 48.0 x 29.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 45ins), 600nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots, (14.2knots trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99308 |
| History: | |
| 08/1891 | City of Liverpool Steam Navigation Co Ltd (D & C MacIver), Liverpool |
| 1892 | Ocean Transport Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool; renamed MARIPOSA |
| 24/09/1895 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Built for the Liverpool to Australia service |
| Provided accommodation for 60 x 1st Class passengers | |
| 24/09/1895: Wrecked at Forteau Point, Labrador | |
| On a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool carrying some passengers & general cargo | |
| She was on charter to the Dominion Line at the time of the accident | |
| Harland & Wolff had become her owners & had agreed to sell her to Union Steamship Co |
Above painting as MARIPOSA, dated 1893, is by Isaac Joseph Witham
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 22/06/1891
Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, 02/09/1891
Belfast News-Letter, Thursday, 10/10/1895