1 p.m.
If a Frenchman , all on board saw it would go hard with her . Still they determined not to disappoint their Captain 's hopes , and to go down with their colours flying rather than strike . The command had now devolved on Lieutenant Cracraft . For three hours the two ships had been locked in their fiery embrace , pounding away at each other with the most desperate fury , when , near 1 p.m. , the _ Vengeur _ , tearing away the three anchors from the _ Brunswick 's _ bow , rolled herself clear , and the two well-matched combatants separated . The newcomer was seen to be the _ Ramillies _ , with her masts and spars still uninjured . Having , indeed , had but two seamen killed and seven wounded , she was quite a fresh ship . She , however , waited for the French ship to settle farther from the _ Brunswick _ , in order to have room to fire at her without injuring the latter .