Battle of Cape Ortegal - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

Captain Strachan's squadron
HMS Caesar Third rate 80 Captain Sir Richard Strachan 4 25 29
HMS Hero Third rate 74 Captain Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner 10 51 61
HMS Courageux Third rate 74 Captain Richard Lee 1 13 14
HMS Namur Third rate 74 Captain Lawrence Halsted 4 8 12
HMS Santa Margarita Fifth rate 36 Captain Wilson Rathbone 1 1 2
HMS Aeolus Fifth rate 32 Captain Lord William Fitzroy 0 3 3
HMS Phoenix Fifth rate 36 Captain Thomas Baker 2 4 6
HMS Révolutionnaire Fifth rate 38 Captain Hon. Henry Hotham 2 6 8
Casualties: 24 Killed, 111 Wounded, 135 Total
Rear-Admiral Dumanoir le Pelley's Squadron
Formidable Third rate 80 Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley - - c. 200 Captured, commissioned as HMS Brave
Scipion Third rate 74 Captain Charles Berrenger - - c. 200 Captured, commissioned as HMS Scipion
Duguay-Trouin Third rate 74 Captain Claude Touffet - - c. 150 Captured, commissioned as HMS Implacable
Mont Blanc Third rate 74 Captain Guillaume-Jean-Noël de Lavillegris - - c. 180 Captured, commissioned as HMS Mont Blanc
Casualties: 730 killed and wounded
Sources: Adkin, p. 535; Fremont-Barnes, p. 86

Key

  • † Officer killed during the action or subsequently died of wounds received.

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