Admiralty Office. 15 March 1778.
| State of the force under the command of Lord Howe in North America |
Proposed to be sent from thence to the Leeward Islands |
Proposed to be sent to England |
Force that will then remain in North America |
| Guns |
Ships |
Ships |
Ships |
Ships |
| 641 |
6 |
4 |
— |
2 |
| 50 |
5 |
3 |
— |
2 |
| 44 |
3 |
— |
2 |
1 |
| 36 |
1 |
— |
— |
1 |
| 32 |
14 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
| 28 |
12 |
— |
4 |
8 |
| 24 |
3 |
— |
1 |
2 |
| 20 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| 16 (sloops) |
4 |
— |
— |
4 |
| 14 (do.) |
9 |
— |
6 |
3 |
| 10 (do.) |
2 |
— |
— |
2 |
| Bombs |
2 |
2 |
— |
— |
| Fireship |
1 |
— |
— |
1 |
| |
70 |
13 |
20 |
37 |
Besides schooners, armed vessels, galleys, and storeships, and an hospital ship.
