In an engagement Hostile_encounter lasting Process_end two hours , the French ship was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a wallowing wreck Damaging as broadsides from `` Phoebe '' tore Removing through the hull , rigging and the soldiers packed Placing on the decks : by the time `` Africaine '' surrendered Surrendering , 200 men were dead Death and another 143 wounded Bodily_harm .

The British frigate HMS `` Orpheus '' was the first to arrive Arriving , and soon completely disabled Destroying the French frigate , successfully raking Damaging the wallowing ship .