HMS Ruby

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Ruby":

*HMS "Ruby" was a 48 gun warship launched in 1652. She fought in the War of the Spanish Succession as part of a fleet under Admiral John 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 line, originally the French ship "Rubis". She was captured in 1666, hulked after sustaining storm damage in 1682 and broken up in 1685.
*HMS "Ruby" 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 "Ruby" was a 50 gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1745 and broken up in 1765.
*HMS "Ruby" 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 corvette 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 destroyer 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.