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Ruby

Full-Rigged Sailing Ship (Bark (or Barque)) · Norway · Lost 1907 · Florida's Atlantic Coast

A Norwegian full-rigged sailing ship that capsized aground off Fernandina's quarantine station in 1907 and was condemned as a total loss.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Ruby was a Nova Scotia-built full-rigged sailing ship that spent her later career under Norwegian ownership in the North Atlantic timber trade. On January 14, 1907, she capsized while aground near the quarantine station off Fernandina, Florida. She was condemned and sold for scrap value later that year. A period photograph of the grounded ship is held by the State Archives of Florida.

Vessel

Built: 1878
Builder: Not established
Yard: Church Point Shipyard, Nova Scotia, Canada
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 1418
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Chr. Winsnaes, Skien, Norway (1899-1907)

Loss

Date: January 14, 1907
Cause: Grounding
Location: Off the quarantine station, Fernandina, Florida
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 30.67° N 81.46° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Fernandina, Florida
Region: Florida's Atlantic Coast

General area only: coordinate of Fernandina (Beach) from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.