The Ruby Group of two 600 ton Fourth Rate vessels were part of the 1651 Programme. They were the two larger vessels. Initially five vessels were specified, three of 410 tons at 6.10.0dThe cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in reference to today per ton and two of 600 tons at £7.10.0dThe cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in reference to today per ton. The size of these vessels grew from the 1647 predecessors with 600 tonners being much broader. The two 600-ton vessels would be completed as 42-gun Fourth Rates.Winfield
Design and specifications The construction one vessels was assigned to Portsmouth Dockyard with one vessel contracted to Peter Pett I of Ratcliffe. The dimensional data was so varied that it will be listed on the individual vessels along with their gun armament composition.Winfield
Ships of the 1651 Programme Group
+ Name Builder Launch date Remarks Deptford Dockyard 15 March 1652 Rebuilt at Blackwall 1687 Deptford Dockyard 15 March 1652 Captured by the French on 20 September 1693
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References British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © Rif Winfield 2009, EPUB , Chapter 4, The Fourth Rates - 'Small Ships', Vessels acquired from 24 March 1603, Ruby Group Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt-Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © the estate of J.J. Colledge, Ben Warlow and Steve Bush 2020, EPUB