and were unable longer to offer any resistance. No one who had not seen the state of Redoutable could ever form an idea of her awful condition. Really I know of nothing on board that had not been hit by shot. e. The fall of the mainmast onto Temeraire also caused three French obusiers to fall onto her decks. Harvey promptly claimed them as souvenirs, "with which ... to commemorate the event every year in May by firing them off from the mound at Chigwell". f. The identity of these tugs has been difficult to determine. Winfield names only one tug, Monarch. Goodwin names them as London and Samson, while Willis states they were Sampson and Newcastle. Citations References External links 1798 ships Ships built in Chatham Neptune-class ships of the line Ships of the line of the Royal Navy