HMS Ruby (1652)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Ruby |
| Builder: | Peter Pett I, Deptford |
| Launched: | 15 March 1652 |
| Captured: | 10 October 1707, by the French |
| Career (France) |  |
| Acquired: | 10 October 1707 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Ruby-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 556 long tons (564.9 t) (675 long tons (685.8 t) after 1706 rebuild)[2] |
| Length: | 125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (gundeck)[2] |
| Beam: | 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 40 guns (1660); 48 guns (1677) |
HMS Ruby was a 40-gun fourth rate Ruby-class frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by Peter Pett I at Deptford as the name ship of her class,[1] and was launched on 15 March 1652.[2]
She served in the West Indies, and in 1687, the notorious English pirate Joseph Bannister was hanged aboard her whilst she was at Port Royal.
She served in the War of the Spanish Succession, and commanded by Captain George Walton, took part in the Action of August 1702 as part of a fleet under Admiral John Benbow. She was one of the only ships to support the Admiral in HMS Breda in that engagement, and so escaped censure after the unsatisfactory conclusion of the action.
HMS Ruby was rebuilt at Deptford in 1706, but was captured by the Mars the following year.
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- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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