Order of Battle
Large vessels listed from north to south in order of sailing, or in which initially anchored
| Navy | Name | Rig | Tonnage | Crew | Armament | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Navy | Eagle | Brig | 500 tons | 150 | 8 × 18-pounder long guns 12 × 32-pounder carronades |
Commanded by Robert Henley |
| do. | Saratoga | Corvette / Frigate | 734 tons | 212 | 8 x 24-pounder long guns 6 x 42-pounder carronades 12 x 32-pounder carronades |
Flagship of Thomas Macdonough Classed as a frigate in some accounts |
| do. | Ticonderoga | Schooner | 350 tons | 112 | 4 x 18-pounder long guns 8 x 12-pounder long guns 5 x 32-pounder carronades |
Commanded by Lieutenant Stephen Cassin |
| do. | Preble | Sloop | 80 tons | 30 | 7 x 9-pounder long guns | |
| do. | Six gunboats | Galley | 70 tons | average 40 | 1 × 24-pounder long gun 1 x 18-pounder carronade |
Named Borer, Centipede, Nettle, Allen, Viper and Burrows |
| do. | Four gunboats | Galley | 40 tons | average 26 | 1 × 12-pounder long gun | Named Wilmer, Ludlow, Aylwin and Ballard |
| Total | 14 warships | 2,264 tons | 882 | 779 lb shot from long guns 1,128 lb shot from carronades |
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| Royal Navy | Chubb | Sloop | 112 tons | 50 | 1 × 6-pounder long gun 10 x 18-pounder carronades |
captured |
| do. | Linnet | Brig | 350 tons | 125 | 16 × 18-pounder long guns | Commanded by Commander Daniel Pring; captured |
| do. | Confiance | Fifth-rate Frigate | 1200 tons | 325 | 1 × 24-pounder long gun (on pivot mount) 30 × 24-pounder long gun 6 x 32-pounder carronade |
Flagship of Captain George Downie (killed); captured Fitted with a furnace for heating shot |
| do. | Finch | Sloop | 110 tons | 50 | 4 × 6-pounder long gun 7 × 18-pounder carronades |
captured |
| do. | Three gunboats | Galley | 70 tons | Average 41 | 1 × 24-pounder long gun 1 x 32-pounder carronade |
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| do. | One gunboat | Galley | 70 tons | 41 | 1 × 18-pounder long gun 1 x 32-pounder carronade |
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| do. | One gunboat | Galley | 70 tons | 41 | 1 × 18-pounder long gun 1 x 18-pounder carronade |
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| do. | Three gunboats | Galley | 40 tons | Average 26 | 1 × 18-pounder long gun | |
| do. | Four gunboats | Galley | 40 tons | Average 26 | 1 × 32-pounder carronade | |
| Total | 16 warships | 2,402 tons | 937 | 1,224 lb shot from long guns 922 lb shot from carronades |
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