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| 2 | Action of 19 December 1796 - Combatant summary |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Ship | Commander | Navy | Guns | Casualties | Casualties | Casualties | Notes |
| 4 | Ship | Commander | Navy | Guns | Killed | Wounded | Total | Notes |
| 5 | HMS Minerve | Commodore Horatio Nelson Captain George Cockburn | - | 38 | 7 | 44 | 51 | Engaged Sabina and Matilde. Lightly damaged. |
| 6 | HMS Blanche | Captain D'Arcy Preston | - | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Engaged Ceres. Undamaged. |
| 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Sabina | Captain Jacobo Stuart | - | 40 | 12 | 43 | 55 | Engaged Minerve. Severely damaged and surrendered. Recaptured 20 December. |
| 9 | Ceres | - | - | 40 | 7 | 15 | 22 | Engaged Blanche. Moderately damaged, may have surrendered. |
| 10 | Matilde | - | - | 34 | ? | ? | ? | Engaged Minerve. Moderately damaged. |
| 11 | Perla | - | - | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unengaged. |
| 12 | Principe de Asturias | - | - | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unengaged. |
| 13 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 | Source: Clowes, p. 505 |

Question: What does the action of the 19th of December 1796 include?
Answer: The Action of the 19th of December 1796, included frigates Matilde and Perla and the 112-gun ship of the Principe de Asturias.