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HMS Ruby (1745)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Ruby
Ordered: 30 September 1743
Builder: Ewer, Bursledon
Launched: 3 August 1745
Fate: Broken up, 1765
General characteristics
Class and type: 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 988 6894 (bm)
Length: 140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 2 12 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

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.



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