Royal Sovereign
"Royal Sovereign"'s main opponent was the large Spanish first rate "Santa Ana", with whom she was engaged for several minutes at the start of the action without support. During this time, "Royal Sovereign" was at one point engaged with five different enemy ships, and suffered heavy damage and casualties during the engagement, finally subduing the 112-gun "Santa Ana" after a duel lasting several hours. Both ships were left unmanageable at the end of the engagement, "Royal Sovereign" being taken in tow by HMS "Euryalus" into which Collingwood transferred his flag. "Royal Sovereign" had suffered nearly 150 casualties, "Santa Ana" over 300 by the end of the battle. "Santa Ana" was later abandoned by her captors and ultimately fell back into Spanish hands, but "Royal Sovereign" reached the safety of Gibraltar soon after the battle.