Keats shifted Superb's attack to San Antoine, a Spanish-built 74 transferred to French service with a mixed French and Spanish crew. Roughly thirty minutes of fighting shot away the enemy ship's control lines and badly damaged her rigging until she surrendered. Taken into British service as HMS San Antonio, the prize was the direct material gain from Superb's aggressive night action. Her capture also generated prize rewards for the British crew and removed another useful ship from Napoleon's planned concentration at Cádiz.
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Superb captured San Antoine in a single-ship action
While the Spanish first rates fell into confusion, Superb disabled and forced the 74-gun San Antoine to surrender.