Vengeur du Peuple had been holed repeatedly in her close fight with Brunswick and could not be kept afloat after surrender. Many unwounded sailors had broken into the spirit room and become drunk, undermining damage control. Boats from Alfred, Culloden, and the cutter Rattler removed about five hundred sailors before the ship became unsalvageable. Some men still aboard waved the tricolour and cheered the nation and republic as she sank. Severely wounded men who could not be moved, the dead, and some drunken sailors remained on the vessel.
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The sinking and rescue aboard Vengeur du Peuple
Vengeur's pumps failed after surrender, and British boats rescued hundreds before the shattered French ship sank.