Ruby chased Prudente for some hours and was much annoyed by the well-directed fire of the enemy's stern-chasers, by which Captain Everitt and a sailor lost their lives.

[2] Ruby, under Captain Henry Edwyn Stanhope,[3] sailed with the first squadron (under Capt John Blankett) to take part in the 1st British Occupation of the Cape, leaving England on 27 February 1795.

the Battle of Muizenberg on 7 August 1795 triggered the collapse of the Dutch forces which controlled the Cape of Good Hope at the time.

[4] On 13 July 1800 Ruby was escorting a convoy from St Helena to Great Britain when at 45°N 29°W / 45°N 29°W / 45; -29 when she sighted a strange sail that appeared to be a French privateer.

[5] On 25 June 1807, Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon entered an accord at Tilsit, one of the secret clauses of which entailed the joint seizure of the Portuguese fleet.

The squadron consisted of the Hibernia (120 guns), the London (98), the Foudroyant (80) and Elizabeth, Conqueror, Marlborough, Monarch, Plantagenet and Bedford (all78s).

[6] The blockade continued for some time, as evidenced by this extract from a letter written by a seaman, John Williams, on board HMS Ruby off Lisbon in June 1808 : "We are at present at anchor at the mouth of the harbour in sight of our Enemies.