French Privateer 'Le Rusé' (1812)

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Le Rusé
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Empire Français
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1812	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Captured	29.12.1812	BWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
29.12.1812Taken by off Hythe

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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Posted by AvM on Tuesday 11th of July 2017 15:06

Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser - Wednesday 08 December 1813

At the CASTLE INN, RAMSGATE,
On SATURDAY, the llth Instantt,
(To follow the Sale of La Neptune),
fine French Lugger Privateer LA RUSE, cuptured by, and condemed as prize to, his Majesty's brig Royalist, George Downie, Esq. Commander; clinker-built, length 68 feet 10 inches, breadth 17 feet 8 inches, depth 7 feet 10 inches, and admeasures about 92 tons; nearly new, having been captured her first cruize ; Sails uncommonly fast, and well worth the attention of persons wanting vessel her description. -Further particulars may had application to Goodwin. Curling, Friend, and Co. Agents; or to
LARA and HINDS, Brokers, Ramsgate.

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