Disposition of Vice Admiral Richard Lord Howe's Fleet in North America, January 15, 1777

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Eagle
off New York
15th January
1777

Disposition of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed in North America under the Command of the Vice Admiral the Viscount Howe

Rate	Ships Names	Guns	Men	Commanders	Appointments
					In the East River off New York.
3	Eagle	64	520	V. A. Lord Howe Cap. Duncan
Bomb	Carcass		70	—— Dring
—	Thunder		80	—— Molloy
F.S.	Strombolo	8	45	—— Clayton
H.S.	Jersey		140	—— Halsted
St. S.	Adventure		40	Lieut Hallum
5 — 6 Sloop A.S.	Juno Carysfort Tarter Swan Cherokee	32 28 14	220 200 125 30	Cap. Dalrymple —— Fanshawe —— Ommanney —— Ayscough Lieut Fergusson	Refitting the Carysfort having lost her Foremast.
5	Flora	32	220	Capt. Brisbane	Ordered to proceed with a Convoy to the Leeward Islds & to careen & refit at Antigua
—	Orpheus			—— Hudson	Under orders to join Sr P. Parker
6	Daphne	20	160	—— Chimnery	Do Commodore Hotham.
—	Lively			—— Bishop	Under orders to call of[f] St Mary's River and then proceed to refit at Jamaica.
—	Solebay	28	200	—— Symonds	Ordered to convoy a Transpt to St Augustine & then proceed to Jamaica to refit.
6	Syren	28	200	—— Furneaux	At Sandy Hook.
5 6 Sloop — Brig	Niger Rose Merlin Senegal Halifax	32 20 18 14	220 160 125 125 40	—— Talbot —— Reid —— Burnaby —— Curtis Lieut Quarme	Stationed in the sound.
Sloop	Raven	14	125	Capt. Stanhope	In Prince's Bay Staten Island for the Protection of the Transports stationed there.
—	Scorpion			Lieut Reeve	—In Hallet's Cove Long Island for Do
4	Bristol	50	370	V. A. Shuldham Capt Raynor	Sailed for England from New York
Sloop	Tamar	16	125	—— Mason	Sailed for England from New York
6	Mercury	20	160	—— Montagu	Do Rhode Island
4 5 A. S. —	Isis Blonde Bute Lord Howe	50 32 20 24	350 220 110 100	—— Douglas —— Pownoll —— Parrey ————	Do the River St Laurence.
3 4	Asia Experiment	64 50	500 320	Capt Vandeput —— Wallace	Ordered to proceed to England from Rhode Island
6 —	Milford Liverpool	28	200	—— Burr —— Bellew	Do Halifax
Schr —	Tryal St Lawrence	4 6	20 30	Lieut Brown —— Wallbeoff	Sailed to Rhode Island with Dispatches for Sir Peter Parker.
5 6	Amazon Greyhound	32 28	220 200	Capt. Jacobs —— Dickson	Sailed from New York to join Sr P. Parker
—	Scarborough	20	160	—— Barkley	Do for Halifax
4	Chatham	50	367	Commo Sr P. Parker Cap. Caulfield
— — 5 — 6 — Sloop	Renown Centurion Diamon Ambuscade Cerberus Sphynx Kingsfisher	32 28 20 14	350 220 200 160 125	—— Banks —— Brathwaite —— Feilding —— Macartney —— Sumons —— Hunt —— Graeme	Stationed under the orders of the Commodore Sir Peter Parker from the South Eastward on the New England Coast.
4	Preston	50	367	Como Hotham Capt. Uppleby	Stationed under the direction of the Commodore Hotham on the Coasts of the Southern Colonies from the East Point of the River Delaware.
5 —	Brune Emerald	32	220	—— Ferguson —— Caldwell
5 — Sloop	Roebuck Pearl Falson	44 32 14	280 220 125	—— Hamond —— Wilkinson —— Linzee	Stationed off the Delaware whilst that River continues open and then to repair to Antigua to careen and refit.
6 —	Perseus Camilla	20	160	—— Elphinstone Phipps	Under Capt. Hamond's orders off the Delaware.
5 Sloop	Repulse Nautilus	32 16	220 125	—— Davis —— Collins	Appointed to cruise from Bermuda Westwd to the American Coast whilst their Provisions & Water will last & then to repair to Jamaica to refit.
6	Galatea	20	160	—— Jordan	Appointed to cruise with those Ships whilst her Provisns & Water will last & then return to this Port
5	Phoenix	44	280	Parker	Stationed in Chesapeak Bay.
Schr	St John			Lieut Grant	at St Augustine unfit for further Service
Sloop Schr	Otter Hinchinbrook	14	125	Capt. Squire Lieut Ellis	In St Mary's River. The Otter ordered to repair to Antigua to careen and refit & the Hinchinbrook to Jamaica if absolutely necessary.
5 — — 6 — — Sloop —	Rainbow Lark Richmond Lizard Mermaid Unicorn Albany Hope	44 32 28 20 16 8	280 220 200 160 125 80	Cap. S. G. Collier Smith Gidoin Mackenzie Hawker Ford Mowat Dawson	Off the Nantucket Shoals. At Halifax & on the Coasts of Nova Scotia & New England.
—	Hunter		110	——
—	Vulture		125	——
Brig	Diligent		30	Lieut Dodd
					In the River St Laurence
6 — Sloop	Triton Garland Viper	28 20 10	200 160 110	Capt. Lutwidge Pearson Graves	Dismantled in the Cul de Sac at Quebec.
Brig	Canceaux		55	Leut Schank	At Sorel
—	Gaspee		30	Scott	At Coudre
Schnr	Magdalen		30	Ley
—	Brunswic			Longcroft	At Chamblée

[Endorsed] Disposition of the Squadron employed in North America Dated 15th January 1777. No 4 In Lord Howe's Lre of the 15 Jany 1777

1. PRO, Admiralty 1/487.

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1777 January 15

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Volume 7

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American Theatre from January 1, 1777, to February 28, 1777

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Disposition of Vice Admiral Richard Lord Howe's Fleet in North America, January 15, 1777

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