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RUBY
RUBY
RUBY

RUBY

Date1829
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsRegistered Tonnage: 126 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001802
About MeYard: James Adamson

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1851 (R466).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, single deck with beams

Owners:
1830-33: Brown & Co.
1834-35: Captain & Co. (i.e. A. Greig)
1835-39: A. Brown, registered at Dundee
1840-51: A. Greig

Masters:
1830-33: Master J. Kuller
1834-39: Master A. Greig
1840-44: Master C. Duncan
1845-49: Master G. Pattie (or Patey)
1850: Master Clark
1851: Master F. Meekison

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1830-33: Dundee - the Baltic
1834-35: Leith - London
1835-39: Dundee
1840-44: Dundee - the Baltic
1845-46: Plymouth coaster
1847: Dundee - the Baltic
1849: Dundee - the Baltic
1850-51: Dundee

Note: 1831-33 Lloyd's has RUBY as American built but all the other details match the vessel's 1830 listing so this is likely a typesetting error.
AID
1826
POMONA
Nicol Reid & Co.
1838
ROB ROY
Nicol Reid & Co.
1841
MARGARET LITTLEJOHN
Nicol Reid & Co.
1836
AURORA
Catto & Co.
April 1816
CERES
DUTHIE
1841
JEAN
1818
ROVER
DUTHIE
1859
ELIZABETH
Nicol Reid & Co.
1839
ARTISAN
Alexander HALL & Co.
1857
EARL GREY
Nicol Reid & Co.
1831
Brig "I'll Try" Of Aberdeen (Th. Stefens Commander)
May 1863
ANN MITCHELL
John Smith & Co.
19 May 1862
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1875
BELINA
Nicol Reid & Co.
March 1822
MILTON
Walter Hood & Co.
1839
ROSE
DUTHIE
1831
FORTUNA
DUTHIE
June 1842
JANET
Walter Hood & Co.
March 1867
PATRIOT
DUTHIE
June 1827
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1887