Commander George Edmund Byron Bettesworth anticipated this and put his helm a-starboard, catching Dame Ernouf's jib-boom so that he could rake her.

Unable to fight back, Dame Ernouff struck.

[2] The action cost Curieux five men killed and four wounded, including Bettesworth, who took a hit in his head from a musket ball.

Bettesworth opined that she had fought so gallantly because her captain was also a part-owner.

[3] On 30 September a squall off Antigua caught Seaforth and she foundered quickly.