HMS Ruby Prize (1694)
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Ruby Prize was the French privateer Entreprenante, commissioned in 1693 at Brest, that HMS Ruby captured in 1694 and that the British Royal Navy named Ruby Prize (or Ruby's Prize), and sold in 1698. Her new owners renamed her Ruby and she left the Downs in 1699 on a voyage to Persia for the EIC. She was lost with all hands later that year at Mayota.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Entreprenante |
Builder | Brest |
Commissioned | 1693 |
Captured | 7 April 1694 |
England | |
Name | HMS Ruby Prize |
Acquired | 17 April 1694 by capture |
Fate | Sold May 1698 |
British East India Company | |
Name | Ruby |
Acquired | May 1698 by purchase |
Fate | Foundered 1699[Note 1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Tons burthen | 4201⁄94, or 450[3] (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement |
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Armament |
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