The Bruce was a 1,200 ton, sailing ship, built in 1866 by Aitken Mansell of Glasgow. In 1880 she was purchased from British Shipowners Company by the Nourse Line.
Bruce is a small lunar impact crater located in the Sinus Medii. It lies to the west-northwest of the irregular Rhaeticus crater, and just to the west of the even smaller Blagg crater.
King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)