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and three decks, but still the fleet of Louis outnumbered their united force bytwenty-one sail. Twelve British ships of the line hive been already accountedfor, as effecting very little service to the cause of their country; so that had it beenpossible to have united those ships with upwards of 20 others, which were imma-terially employed in different, and not far distant stations, exclusive of those moreseriously occupied in the Irish channel, France would, in all probability, havehad, at least, but little cause for triumph, even though she had been fortunateenough to escape discomfiture. The event of the action was certainly produc-tive of much more alarm than the loss sustained in the encounter ought to have

Ships;

Guns.

Commanders.

Dutchess -

90

-

Rear-admiral Rooke

Neptune >

90

Vice-admiral Ashby

Windsor Castle

90

Captain Churchill

Albemarle • -

90

Sir Francis Wheeler

Catherine *

82

Captain Aylmer

Bredah - .

IQ

Captain Tennant

Anne - . .

10

Captain Tyrell

Berwick

10

Captain Martin

Cambridge -

10

--

Captain Foulke*

Captain - -t

10

Captain Jones

Hampton Court

70

Captain Layton

Elizabeth

10

Captain Mitchell

Expedition

10

Captain Clements

Lenox -

10

Captain Greenhill

Restoration

10

**

Captain Botham

Hope . -

10

Captain Byng

Warspight

10

Captain Fairborn*

Grafton . -

10

Duke of Grafton

Sterling Castle

10

->

Captain Hastings

Suffolk

10

Captain Cornwall

Exeter

10

Captain Mees

Rupert -

66

Captain Pomeroy

Defiance

64

Captain Graydon

Edgar

64

Captain Jennifer

York

60

Captain Hopson

lion

60

-

Captain Torply

Plymouth -

60

-

Captain Carter

Deptford

50

-

Captain Kerr

Bonadventure *

48

•

Captain Hubbard

Woolwich

48

-

Captain Gother

Swallow

48

-

-

Captain Walters

given