by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Montagu… (1823)
“ We first find Captain Montagu commanding the Terpsichore, an old 32-gun frigate, on the East India station; where, with only 26 long twelves and 2 six-pounders mounted, and no more than 180 officers, men, and boys at quarters, he fought, and fairly beat the Semillante French frigate, mounting 40 guns, with a complement of at least 300 men. ”
