HMS Ruby (1652)

HMS Ruby (1652)

HMS "Ruby" was a 40-gun fourth rate sclass|Ruby|frigate|0 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, and was launched on 15 March 1652.

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|1692|6 in that engagement, and so escaped censure after the unsatisfactory conclusion of the action.

HMS "Ruby" was rebuilt at Deptford in 1706 as a fourth rate ship of the line carrying between 46 and 54 guns, 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.
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