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Captured ship: Le Rubis otherwise Ruby of Brest (commander Charles Macarthy otherwise...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/149/22

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HCA 32/149/22

Date

1747

Description

Captured ship: Le Rubis otherwise Ruby of Brest (commander Charles Macarthy otherwise Macarty, Maccarty or Mac Cartey).

History: a French warship (26 guns, 328 men, armed en flute), bound from Brest to Canada, laden with provisions and naval stores; taken in fight at the first battle of Cape Finisterre on 3/14 May 1747 in latitude 44°N by Vice Admiral George Anson's squadron, and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7-CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 7 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP A-SP G, crew list, provision list, invoices, letters.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 23 June 1747]

Note

Extra information from HCA 30/775/4

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Language

English and French

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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