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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