Ships
- British:
- HMS Leopard - a 50-gun fourth rate (converted to troop transport)
- HMS La Flèche - a 20-gun sixth rate
- HMS Cumberland - a 74-gun third rate
- HMS Java - a 38-gun frigate
- HMS Shannon - a 38-gun frigate
- HMS Aeolus - a 32-gun frigate
- HMS Belvidera - a 36-gun frigate
- American:
- USS Constitution - a 44-gun frigate
- USS Chesapeake - a 38-gun frigate
- USS President - a 44-gun frigate
- USS Congress - a 38-gun frigate
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