The warships of the other nationalities also left the harbour; but as their governments refused to support actively the action of the English, they either steamed away or anchored at a distance as spectators of the approaching event. The various merchant-ships in harbour also sailed out, all of them crowded with fugitives from the town. The English fleet consisted of the _Invincible_, _Monarch_, _Penelope_, _Sultan_, _Alexandria_, _Superb_, _Inflexible_, and _Temeraire_, with the gun-boats _Signet_, _Condor_, _Bittern_, _Beacon_, and _Decoy_.