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	NAVAL HISTORY of GREAT BRITAIN - Vol II
1799	APPENDIX	380

No. 6

See p. 72

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.
SHIPS.		Tons	Principal Damages.	Complement	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.

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