Ships
- British
- HMS Surprise (a frigate)
- HMS Irresistible (Admiral's Flag; possibly the third rate ship of the line of 74 guns, launched in 1782 and broken up in 1806)
- HMS Eurydice
- French
- Diane
- American
- Spartan (a privateer, approximating a frigate in size)
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