The Gulf of Genoa
Vice-Admiral William Hotham, commander of the British fleet in the
Martin, steering for Corsica with 5,000 troops to retake the island. After two
Days of ineffective maneuvering, Hotham finally closed when two French ships
Became fouled, fell astern and suffered severe damage from British fire. The
Following morning the two fleets engaged at long range but with no decisive
Result, the French escaping to the west by mid-afternoon, abandoning the
Crippled Ca Ira and Censeur, which had taken the former in tow, to capture.
Van:
Captain 74 Captain Samuel Reeve
Tancredi (Neap.) 74 Captain Chev. Caraccioli
Princess Royal 98 Vice-Admiral Samuel Goodall, Captain John Purvis
Agamemnon 64 Captain Horatio Nelson
Poulette 26 Commander Ralph Miller
Tarleton 14 Captain Charles Brisbane
Minerva (Neap.) 32 ---
Pilade (Neap.) --- ---
Centre:
Illustrious 74 Captain Thomas Frederick
Courageux 74 Captain Augustus Montgomery
Britannia 100 Vice-Admiral William Hotham, Captain John Holloway
Egmont 74 Captain John Sutton
Windsor Castle 98 Rear-Admiral Robert Linzee, Captain John Gore
Inconstant 36 Captain Thomas Fremantle
Meleager 32 Captain George Cockburn
Rear:
Diadem 64 Captain Charles Tyler
St George 98 Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Captain Thomas Foley
Terrible 74 Captain George Campell
Fortitude 74 Captain William Young
Fox cutter Lieutenant John Gibson
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