"I am, Sir,
"Your most obedient and most humble servant,
"H. Parker.
"P.S. The frigates this morning discovered one of the Dutch men-of-war sunk in twenty-two fathoms water; her top-gallant masts were above the surface, which Captain Patton has struck and brought to me on board: I believe she was the second ship of the line of 74 guns."
Return of killed and wounded on the action
of the 5th of August 1781.
English Fleet.
| Ships' Names. | Guns. | Men. | Killed. | Wounded. | Total. |
| Fortitude | 74 | 620 | 20 | 67 | 87 |
| Bienfaisant | 64 | 500 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| Berwick | 74 | 600 | 18 | 58 | 76 |
| Princess Amelia | 74 | 620 | 19 | 56 | 75 |
| Preston | 50 | 300 | 10 | 40 | 50 |
| Buffalo | 50 | 450 | 20 | 64 | 84 |
| — | —— | —— | |||
| 93 | 306 | 399 |
Dutch Fleet.
| Ships' Names. | Guns. | Commanders. | Killed. | Wounded. |
| Admiral General | 74 | Com. J.S. Kinsbergen | 7 | 41 |
| Admiral de Ruyter | 68 | Rear-admiral Zoutman | 48 | 90 |
| Hollandia | 64 | Capt. Dedel | 25 | 45 |
| Erfprins | 54 | " J.S. van Braak | 23 | 42 |
| Batavier | 54 | " J.W. Bentinck | 18 | 49 |
| Admiral Piet Hein | 54 | " W. van Braam | 9 | 58 |
| Argo | 54 | " E.C. Staringh | 11 | 87 |
| Medenblik | 54 | " D.G. Rynveld | No | returns. |
| —— | —— | |||
| 141 | 412 | |||
| 141 | ||||
| —— | ||||
| 553 | ||||
| —— |
From the most authentic accounts, however, the Dutch were known to have lost 1,100 men, although their published report was for only half that number.