Name: | RUBY |
Launched: | 1862 |
Completed: | 04/1862 |
Builder: | R Stobbs, Coble Dene, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 56grt, 18nrt, 75.3 x 15.7 x 8.0ft; (1871: 75.3 x 15.7 x 8.4ft) |
Engines: | 23nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 43507 |
History: | |
09/04/1862 | MacGregor & Galloway; registered at Leith |
14/07/1863 | MacGregor & Carter, Leith |
02/12/1876 | W MacGregor & MP Galloway, Leith |
1876 | Walter Beveridge, Alloa |
1877 | Registered at Alloa |
1885 | J Bibb, Alloa |
1889 | A Adam & T Moyes, Alloa |
1898 | MacMillan & Co, Newcastle |
27/09/1898 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/10/1865: In collision with OSBORNE, severe damage to stern but made it back to Leith |
1898: Last owner not registered & register closed as "Broken up" | |
But Parliamentary records state she foundered on passage from Alloa to South Shields | |
She was in tow, leaky & condemned. She sank 2 miles E of St Abbs Head, Berwickshire | |
It is likely that she had been sold for scrap by her last Alloa owner | |
Thanks to John Evans & David Asprey for the above details |