 To the right of Queen Charlotte , HMS Brunswick had initially struggled to join the action . Labouring behind the flagship , her captain John Harvey received a rebuke from Howe for the delay . Spurred by this signal , Harvey pushed his ship forward and almost outstripped Queen Charlotte , blocking her view of the eastern half of the French fleet for a time and taking severe damage from French fire as she did so . Harvey hoped to run aboard Jacobin and support his admiral directly , but was not fast enough to reach her and so attempted to cut between Achille and Vengeur du Peuple . This manoeuvre failed when Brunswick 's anchors became entangled in Vengeur 's rigging . Harvey 's master asked if Vengeur should be cut loose , to which Harvey replied " No ; we have got her and we will keep her " . The two ships swung so close to each other that Brunswick 's crew could not open their gunports and had to fire through the closed lids , the ships battering each other from a distance of just a few feet . 
 To the right of Queen Charlotte , HMS Brunswick <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> initially struggled to join the action . Labouring behind the flagship , her captain John Harvey received a rebuke from Howe for the delay . Spurred by this signal , Harvey pushed his ship forward and almost outstripped Queen Charlotte , blocking her view of the eastern half of the French fleet for a time and taking severe damage from French fire as she did so . Harvey hoped to run aboard Jacobin and support his admiral directly , but <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>not</mark></a>fast enough to reach her and so attempted to cut between Achille and Vengeur du Peuple . This manoeuvre failed when Brunswick <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>anchors became entangled in Vengeur <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>rigging . Harvey <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>master asked if Vengeur should be cut loose , to which Harvey replied " No ; we <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>have</mark></a> got her and we will keep her " . The two ships swung so close to each other that Brunswick <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>crew could not open their gunports and had to fire through the closed lids , the ships battering each other from a distance of just a few feet . 
To da ryte of Queen Charlotte , HMS Brunswick done initially struggled to join tdaaction . Labouring behind the flagship , her captain John Harvey received a rebuke from Howe for the delay . Spurred by this signal , Harvey pushed his ship forward and almost outstripped Queen Charlotte , blocking her view of the eastern half of the French fleet for a time and takin severe damage from French fire as she did so . Harvey hoped to run aboard Jacobin and support his admiral directly , but ain't fast enough to reach her and soo attempted to cut between Achille and Vengeur du Peuple . This manoeuvre failed when Brunswick  anchors became entangled in Vengeur  rigging . Harvey  master asked if Vengeur should be cut loose , to which Harvey replied " No ; we done got her and we will keep her " . The two ships swung so close to each other that Brunswick  crew could not open their gunports and had to fire through thdalosed lids , the ships battering each other from a distance of jus a few feet .