She participated in the expedition to the Red Sea and made one voyage for the British East India Company.

The next morning Captain Pavin of Ruby went ashore in the jolly boat with seven crew members.

About an hour later five proas, armed with 9-pounder brass guns in their bows took up positions three on one side of Ruby and two on the other.

Ruby then sailed to Amourang (Amurang) Bay (about 30 miles southwest of Manada; 1°13′N 124°34′E / 1.217°N 124.567°E / 1.217; 124.567).

[10] Baird was in command of the Indian army that was going to Egypt to help General Ralph Abercromby expel the French from there.

[2] Ruby was under the command of Fraser Sinclair, but he left her after her return from the Red Sea.

[2] Captain John Hitchings sailed Ruby from Calcutta on 26 January 1803, bound for England.

[8] On 26 March Ruby Captain Blake, sailed down the River Thames, bound for India.

[16] Captain Thomas Cripps apparently lost command of Ruby while at Port Jackson due to embezzlement of funds.

[17] Ruby is on an 1814 list as one of several vessels built in India but later under British Registry and known to be "Lost, burnt, or taken".