Disposition of the [British] Fleet on the 30th of June 1775

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Names	Guns	Commanders	Complement	Station
		Vice Admiral Graves
Preston	50	Capt John Robinson	300	Off the Town	In Boston Harbour
Somerset	64	Le Cras	500	Off the Town
Boyne	70	Hartwell	500	In Kingroad
Glasgow	20	Howe	130	In Charles River
Lively	20	Bishop	130	At Nantasket
Falcon	14	Linzee	100	Gone to Penobscot to dismantle a fort there
Rose	20	Wallace	130	At Rhode Island.
Swan	16	Ayscough	100	At Rhode Island.
Asia	64	Vandeput	500	At New York.
Kingsfisher	16	Jas. Montagu	100	At New York.
Mercury	20	Macartney	130	On her passage to Virginia to relieve the Fowey
Nautilus	16	Collins	100	Cruising off the Hook. ordered to river Delaware.
Fowey	20	Geo. Montagu	130	At Virginia
Otter	16	Squire	100	At Virginia
Magdalen	6	Lieutt Colins	30	Do ordered into the Delaware
Cruizer	8	Capt. Parry	60	At North Carolina.
Tamer	16	Thornborough	100	At South Carolina.
Savage	8	Bromedge	60	East Florida & Bahama Islands
St John	6	Lt Grant	30	East Florida & Bahama Islands
Merlin	16	Capt. Burnaby	100	At Marblehead.
Hope	6	Lt Dawson	30	At Salem.
Scarborough	20	Capt. Barkley	130	In Piscataqua River.
Senegal	14	Dudingstone	100	At Falmouth in Casco Bay.
Tartar	28	Medows	160	At Halifax for its protection
Canceaux A.S.	6	Mowat	45	Do to heave down.
St. Laurence Schr	6	John Graves	30	Do fitting out.
Halifax Schr	6	De la Touche	30	Do Do.
Diligent Schr	6	Knight	30	At Windsor in the Bay of Fundy
Gaspee Brig	6	Hunter	30	between Casco & Chaleur Bay

1. Graves's Conduct, I, 132, MassHS Transcript.

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1775 June 30

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