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wards sent verbal directions to Lord Northesk, to break through the enemy’s line a-stern of the fourteenth ship. This was effected in the most masterly and gallant manner; though the Britannia was severely galled in bearing down, by a raking fire from several of the enemy. On passing through the line, and hauling up, she was the fourth ship of the van
British Fleet. | |||||||
Guns. | Killed. | Wounded. | |||||
Victory | 100 | Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson, K.B. Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. |
57 | 75 | |||
Royal Sovereign | 100 | Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood. Captain Edward Rotheram |
47 | 94 | |||
Britannia | 100 | Rear-Admiral Earl of Northesk. Captain Charles Bullen. |
10 | 42 | |||
Temeraire | 98 | Eliab Harvey | 47 | 76 | |||
Prince | 98 | Richard Grindall. | — | — | |||
Neptune | 98 | Thomas F. Freemantle. | 10 | 34 | |||
Dreadnought | 98 | John Conn. | 7 | 26 | |||
Tonnant | 80 | Charles Tyler. | 26 | 50 | |||
Mara | 74 | George Duff. * | 29 | 69 | |||
Bellerophon | 74 | John Cooke. * | 27 | 123 | |||
Minotaur | 74 | C. J. M. Mansfield. | 3 | 22 | |||
Revenge | 74 | Robert Moorsom. | 28 | 51 | |||
Conqueror | 74 | Israel Pellew. | 3 | 9 | |||
Leviathan | 74 | H. W. Bayntun. | 4 | 22 | |||
Ajax | 74 | Lieut. | J. Pilfold. † | 2 | 9 | ||
Orion | 74 | Captain | Edward Codrington. | 1 | 23 | ||
Agamemnon | 64 | Sir Edward Berry. | 2 | 7 | |||
Spartiate | 74 | Sir Francis Laforey. | 3 | 20 | |||
Africa | 64 | Henry Digby. | 18 | 44 | |||
Belleisle | 74 | William Hargood. | 33 | 93 | |||
Colossus | 74 | James Nicoll Morris | 40 | 160 | |||
Achille | 74 | Richard King. | 13 | 59 | |||
Polyphemus | 64 | Robert Redmill. | 2 | 4 | |||
Swiftsure | 74 | William Gordon Rutherford. | 9 | 8 | |||
Defence | 74 | George Hope. | 7 | 29 | |||
Thunderer | 74 | Lieut. | J. Stockham. † | 4 | 12 | ||
Defiance | 74 | Captain | P. C. Durham. | 17 | 53 | ||
449 | 1114 |
* Killed.
† Acting in the absence of their Captains, who were attending as witnesses on the trial of Sir Robert Calder.