HMS Ruby (1708)

HMS 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.

"Ruby" was renamed HMS "Mermaid" in 1744, and was sold out of the service in 1748.

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References


*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.

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