During the battle, 40 Confederate sailors were casualties (19 killed in action or drowned and 21 wounded). Another seventy or so were picked up by "Kearsarge". Thirty or so were rescued by "Deerhound", a British yacht, which Captain Winslow asked to help evacuate "Alabama"s crew, and three French pilot boats. Captain Semmes and fourteen of his officers were among the sailors rescued by "Deerhound". Instead of delivering the captured Confederates to "Kearsarge", "Deerhound" set a course for Southampton, thus enabling Captain Semmes' escape. This act severely angered "Kearsarge"s crew, who begged their captain to allow them to open fire on the British yacht. Captain Winslow would not allow this, so the Confederates got away and avoided imprisonment. Three men were wounded aboard the United States' vessel, one of whom died the following day.