The stated order of battle gives the Anglo-Dutch fleet 82 ships of the line against 44 French ships of the line. The loss figures for the battle and its aftermath assign roughly 5,000 killed and wounded to each side, although French ship losses were far heavier. Fifteen French ships of the line were lost, against two Anglo-Dutch ships of the line. That contrast makes the material result much more lopsided than the casualty totals alone suggest. The similar casualty totals are difficult to reconcile with such different ship losses and need to be treated cautiously.
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Barfleur's force imbalance and awkward casualty figures
The stated force and loss figures show a large Anglo-Dutch advantage while raising a caution about casualty totals that sit uneasily beside the ships destroyed.