The following statement will show the intended order of battle of the British fleet in the Camperdown battle, the tonnages and complements of the respective ships, together with the damages, as far as they can be ascertained, and the loss officially reported to have been sustained in the action.
SHIPS. |
Tons |
Principal Damages. |
Complement |
LOSS. |
K |
W |
|
Russel |
1642 |
No damage of any consequence |
584 |
0 |
7 |
|
Director |
1377 |
Foreyard shot away, bowsprit shot through ; also boats, booms, &c . |
485 |
0 |
7 |
Larboard or lee division |
Montagu |
1631 |
No damage of any consequence |
584 |
3 |
5 |
Veteran |
1397 |
Three guns disabled, but nothing further of consequence |
485 |
4 |
21 |
Monarch |
1612 |
Hull greatly damaged. Very leaky. Spars and rigging unhurt |
593 |
36 |
100 |
Powerful |
1627 |
A good deal hit in hull ; and masts, &c. much wounded |
584 |
10 |
78 |
Monmouth |
1439 |
No damage of any consequence |
485 |
5 |
22 |
Agincourt |
1434 |
One shot through wind and water. Nothing else material . |
485 |
0 |
0 |
Starboard or weather division |
Triumph |
1825 |
Very leaky from shot-holes. Three guns and seven carriages disabled. Masts, &c. much cut |
634 |
29 |
55 |
Venerable |
1669 |
Much cut up in hull, and very leaky. Some light spars, but no lower masts, shot away |
587 |
15 |
62 |
Ardent |
1422 |
Hull pierced in all directions all masts, &c. cut, but none of any consequence shot away |
485 |
41 |
107 |
Bedford |
1606 |
Hull hit in many places and very low. Ship leaky in consequence. No principal spars shot away, but most of them wounded |
584 |
30 |
41 |
Lancaster |
1430 |
No damage of any consequence |
485 |
3 |
18 |
Belliqueux |
1379 |
Hull and spars particularly the former, much shattered |
485 |
25 |
78 |
Adamant |
1060 |
No damage of any consequence |
338 |
0 |
0 |
Isis |
1051 |
Ditto |
398 |
2 |
21 |
|
23602 |
|
8221 |
203 |
622 |
The order of battle was reversed : hence, the starboard division led. But several of the ships were out of their places.