The Battle and the Breeze, page 39 by Robert Michael Ballantyne
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men. All the English line-of-battle ships were seventy-fours. Three of the French ships carried eighty-eight guns, and one, L'Orient, was a monster three-decker with 120 guns.
In order to give the reader a better idea of the forces engaged on both sides, we give the following list of ships. It is right, however, to add that one of those belonging to the English (the Culloden) ran aground on a shoal when about to go into action, and took no part in the fight.
ENGLISH SHIPS.
+===+===============+=============================+====+===+===========+ Ý ÝNames ÝCommanders ÝGunsÝMenÝ Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 1.ÝVanguard ÝAdmiral Nelson, Captain BerryÝ 74Ý595Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 2.ÝMinotaur ÝThos. Louis Ý 74Ý640Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 3.ÝTheseus ÝR.W. Millar Ý 74Ý590Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 4.ÝAlexander ÝA.J. Ball Ý 74Ý590Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 5.ÝSwiftsure ÝB Hallowell Ý 74Ý590Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 6.ÝAudacious ÝD Gould Ý 74Ý590Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 7.ÝDefence ÝJ Peyton Ý 74Ý590Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 8.ÝZealous ÝS Hood Ý 74Ý590Ý Ý +---+---------------+-----------------------------+----+---+-----------+ Ý 9