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Le Rubis

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Nominal Guns22BWAS-1714
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1757BWAS-1714
Home PortSt Malo - Brittany BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1714
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1714
Captured4.4.1757BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Displacement100French Tonneaux97.9 

Armament


1757Broadside Weight Unknownref:692
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

4.4.1757Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1757 - 1757/04/04
Le Bonhomme de la FontaineFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1757
Principal Managing Owner
ref:692

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
4.4.1757110 BG

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1757 - 4.4.1757Capitaine de Corsaire
Ruault de la VillesauveFrench
Privateer
Service 1757
ref:692

Service History


DateEventSource
1757

Build value : 3150 Livres Tournois

Took 12 ships

ref:692
22.3.1757

fought Bristol privateer Scorpion

ref:1846
22.3.1757Scorpion vs Rubis
4.4.1757Taken by
Lowestoffe (24) 1756-1760
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
off St Malo

aft.5.4.1757

after capture was brought into  Plymouth

ref:1846

 
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