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Name | HMS Ruby |
Builder | Allin, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 25 March 1708 |
Renamed | HMS Mermaid, 1744 |
Fate | Sold, 1748 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 707 bm |
Length | 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Ruby was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard to the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 25 March 1708.[1]
She achieved an unwelcome notoriety in March 1741 when her captain, Samuel Goodere, was convicted of murder at Bristol and subsequently hanged; he had enticed his elder brother, Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, on board, and had caused him to be strangled in the purser's cabin.[2]
Ruby was renamed HMS Mermaid in 1744, and was sold out of the service in 1748.[1]
Notes
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.