HMS Ruby (1745)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ruby.

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.^[1]

Plan of the Ruby
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Ruby
Ordered	30 September 1743
Builder	Ewer, Bursledon
Launched	3 August 1745
Fate	Broken up, 1765
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	988 68⁄94 (bm)
Length	140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 2+1⁄2 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

Ruby was broken up in 1765.^[1][2]