French Privateer 'Le Rubis' (1757)

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Santa Brigida (34) 1785-1799
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1785)
Tetis (34) 1793-1799
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1793)
Impregnable (98) 1786-1799
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
(1786)
Prins Willem de Eerste (76) 1785-1820
Dutch 76 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1795 Renamed "Brutus"
1806 Renamed "Noord-Brabant"
(1785)
Juno (32) 1797-1803
Dutch 32 Gun
Merchant Frigate
(1797)
Lutine (32) 1793-1799
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1793)
Blenheim (90) 1761-1801
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
(1761)
Discovery (10) 1789-1834
British 10 Gun
Other Discovery Vessel
(1789)
Tetis (34) 1793-1799
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1793)
Ethalion (38) 1797-1799
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1797)
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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Displacement100French Tonneaux97.9

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

4.4.1757Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck14 French Canons de Fonte

DatesOwnerSource
1757 - 1757/04/04 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.4.1757110 BG

DatesRankNameSource
1757 - 4.4.1757Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

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 off St Malo
aft.5.4.1757

after capture was brought into Plymouth

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