French ship Rubis

Seventeen ships of the French Navy have been named Rubis ("Ruby"), or Ruby as it was spelled until the 18th century:


 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 48-gun ship of the line.
 * HMS Ruby (1666), originally Rubis, a 64-gun ship of the line, captured in 1666, taken into service as HMS Ruby. She was hulked after sustaining storm damage in 1682 and broken up in 1685.
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 70-gun ship of the line, broken up in 1700.
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 50-gun ship of the line.
 * FRENCH FIRESHIP Rubis, a fireship.
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 54-gun ship of the line, hulked in 1722.
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 56-gun ship of the line, broken up in 1729
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 56-gun ship of the line, formerly HMS Ruby captured by Mars in 1707. Broken up in 1708.
 * FRENCH GUNBOAT Rubis, a gunboat.
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 52-gun ship of the line, captured in 1747 and taken into service as HMS Rubis and condemned in 1748.
 * FRENCH CORVETTE Rubis, a 20-gun corvette, broken up in 1748.
 * FRENCH SHIP Rubis, a 26-gun ship, condemned in 1747.
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Rubis, a 40-gun frigate. She ran aground in 1813 and was burnt to prevent capture.
 * FRENCH CORVETTE Rubis, a paddle corvette.
 * FRENCH GUNBOAT Rubis, a gunboat.
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Rubis, an Émeraude-class submarine.
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Rubis, a Saphir-class submarine minelaying submarine. She was sunk in 1958 to be used as a sonar target.
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Rubis, a nuclear attack submarine and lead ship of her class.
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Rubis, the fifth planned Suffren-class submarine nuclear attack submarine

Sources and references

 * Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Rubis