HMS Ruby
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Ruby:
There was also HMS Ruby Prize, a 44 gun fourth rate ship of the line captured from the French in 1695 and sold in 1698.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Ruby:
- HMS RubyHMS Ruby (1652)HMS Ruby was a 40-gun fourth rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by Peter Pett at Deptford, and was launched on 15 March 1652....
was a 48 gun warship launched in 1652. She fought in the War of the Spanish SuccessionWar of the Spanish SuccessionThe War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...
as part of a fleet under AdmiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
John BenbowJohn BenbowJohn Benbow was an English officer in the Royal Navy. He joined the navy aged 25 years, seeing action against Algerian pirates before leaving and joining the merchant navy where he traded until the Glorious Revolution of 1688, whereupon he returned to the Royal Navy and was commissioned.Benbow...
. She was rebuilt in 1706 and captured in 1707 by the French ship Mars. - HMS Ruby was a 66 gun third rate ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
, originally the French ship Rubis. She was captured in 1666, hulked after sustaining storm damage in 1682 and broken up in 1685. - HMS RubyHMS Ruby (1708)HMS Ruby was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin at Deptford Dockyard to the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 25 March 1708....
was a 54 gun fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1708. She was renamed HMS Mermaid in 1744 and was sold in 1748. - HMS RubyHMS Ruby (1745)HMS Ruby was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Bursledon in Hampshire to the dimensions specified in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 3 August 1745.Ruby was broken up in 1765....
was a 50 gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1745 and broken up in 1765. - HMS RubyHMS Ruby (1776)HMS Ruby was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 November 1776 at Woolwich.She was converted to serve as a receiving ship in 1813, and was broken up in 1821....
was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1776 and broken up in 1821. - HMS Ruby was an iron paddle tender launched in 1842 and sold in 1846.
- HMS Ruby was a wood screw gunboat launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868.
- HMS Ruby was a composite screw corvetteCorvetteA corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
launched in 1876. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1904 and renamed C 10. She was sold in 1921. - HMS Ruby was an Acorn class destroyerAcorn class destroyerThe Acorn class was a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy all built under the 1909-1910 Programme, and completed between 1910 and 1911...
launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
There was also HMS Ruby Prize, a 44 gun fourth rate ship of the line captured from the French in 1695 and sold in 1698.
See also
- French ship Rubis