 <unk> casualties , Parker reported 40 sailors killed and 71 wounded aboard Bristol , which was hit more than 70 times with much damage to the hull , yards , and rigging . Experiment was also badly damaged with 23 sailors killed and 56 wounded . Active and <unk> reported 15 casualties each . The Americans reported their casualties at only 12 killed and 25 wounded . The following morning , the British , unable to drag the grounded <unk> off the <unk> , set fire to the ship to prevent her from falling into enemy hands . <unk> in small boats sailed out to the burning ship , fired some of its cannons at the British ships , took what stores and <unk> they could , and retreated shortly before the ship 's powder magazine exploded . 
