November 11 1726 - Heavy battle with crew of Ruby Dagger. His Majesty's casualties; 39 souls perished, 28 wounded. No survivors from enemy combatants. Ruby Dagger damaged with cannon shot to port side, sunk within one hour of damage. It's Captain, not captured yet reported to have gone down with his ship. Royal Navy crew boarded enemy vessel before she sank. No recovery or sighting of currency or contraband.

November 12 1726 - returning to safe harbor with limited hands.

Captain Henry Steel's entire crew was lost and from Captain Hennessy's log, it is concluded that Steel himself also perished. The wreck of the Ruby Dagger most likely broke up after she sunk and the Chest of Zanzibar disappeared forever.

Admirers of Steel's legend believe that records of this battle and stories of this small band of outnumbered pirates inflicting such a heavy "butcher's bill" on the pride of His Majesty's fleet were destroyed and that surviving Royal Navy crew were separated and sworn to secrecy to avoid embarrassing the crown. Rather than being rewarded for ridding the seas of this fearless pirate, Captain Lawrence Hennessy was assigned a less than desirable voyage to the colonies of North America, where he lived his days in solitude and never spoke of his battle with Captain Steel and the Ruby Dagger in 1726. The above captain's entries were found on a single page torn from the original log after Hennessy's death. The page is now the possession of the Rhode Island Maritime Society Archives and Museum. It is stored in a vault and rarely displayed.