The passenger/cargo steamer Highland Pride of the Nelson Line was built at Russell & Company in Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1910. She managed to survive the Great War, but a dark night near Vigo, Spain sent her to the bottom. The ship, carrying sixty-three passengers and eighty-none crew was on a voyage from London to Buenos Aires via Vigo, Las Palmas, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. In her holds was 3,000 tons of general cargo and a number of pedigree bulls and other livestock.

Just after midnight on September 9, 1929 after leaving Vigo, Spain the ship sailed into a fogbank and ran on to the rocks off Bayona. The coolness of the master, Captain Alford, was mentioned by many of the passengers after the wreck. He maintained order and made sure everyone was off the ship before he was dragged off himself by some of the ship's officers. Most of the cargo, mails and livestock were removed from the ship before she broke in half and sank a few days later.