 Teddiman's "Royal Katherine" so damaged Tromp's "Wapen van Utrecht" that Tromp was forced to retire and was unable to return to action; the "Dom van Utrecht" was forced to surrender to the "Royal Charles" and several other ships were disabled.Albemarle's policy prohibited his larger ships stopping to take possession of these captured or disabled ships, but he later claimed that his frigates should have set fire to them.Despite this, Albemarle had put a large proportion if the Dutch fleet out of action and his victory seemed certain.