The Panamanian freighter RUBEN (Ex DELIA) ran aground on the beach of Seignosse (Landes-France), after the terrible storm of 2-3 December 1976. Here is she, a few months later, photographed by my friend Gilbert Saint-Guirons, awaiting his fate. A company from Vendée (Ets Voisin) will buy the wreck and successfully refloat her on August 1, 1977. The ship will stay a few months in Bayonne and will unfortunately be sold for scrap. The RUBEN was broken up in 1978 in Zumaya, Guizpuscoa, Spain.