What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ruby [possibly]: North Sea as Steamship (20th Century)-(1917). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Ruby* was a 20th-century steamship recorded in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment, with a noted wreck site in the North Sea. Lost by 1917, details of its loss, including cause, cargo, or lives lost, remain unclear, and its broader historical significance is not well documented.
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