HMS Ruby (1776)

Ruby
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Ruby
Ordered	30 November 1769
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	9 September 1772
Launched	26 November 1776
Fate	Broken up, 1821
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Intrepid-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1369 (bm)
Length	159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Ruby was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 November 1776 at Woolwich.^[1] She was converted to serve as a receiving ship in 1813 and was broken up in 1821.^[1]