. Saumarez set off with six ships of the line Caesar (80) (flag of Rear-Adm. Saumarez, with Captain Jahleel Brenton), Pompee (74) (Captain Charles Stirling), Spencer (74) (Captain Henry d’Esterre Darby), Venerable (74) (Captain Samuel Hood), Hannibal (74) (Captain Solomon Ferris), and Audacious (74) (Captain Shuldham Peard). He left Superb, Thames