The Nubia was a cargo ship built in 1882 by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. of Meadowside, Clydeside, Glasgow and operated by Anchor Line Ltd of Glasgow.[1] It measured by with a top speed of 14 knots. In 1906 it was sold to Cia de Comercio e Navegacao of Rio de Janeiro and renamed SS São Luiz.[2] [3] The ship ran aground on 10 January 1911 off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.