Battle of The Chesapeake - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

British fleet
Van (rear during the battle)
Alfred Third rate 74 Captain William Bayne 0 0 0
Belliqueux Third rate 64 Captain James Brine 0 0 0
Invincible Third rate 74 Captain Charles Saxton 0 0 0
Barfleur Second rate 98 Captain Alexander Hood 0 0 0 Van flag, Rear Admiral of the Blue Samuel Hood
Monarch Third rate 74 Captain Francis Reynolds 0 0 0
Centaur Third rate 74 Captain John Nicholson Inglefield 0 0 0
Centre
America Third rate 64 Captain Samuel Thompson 0 0 0
Bedford Third rate 74 Captain Thomas Graves 0 0 0
Resolution Third rate 74 Captain Lord Robert Manners 3 16 19
London Second rate 98 Captain David Graves 4 18 22 Fleet flag, Rear Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Graves
Royal Oak Third rate 74 Captain John Plumer Ardesoif 4 5 9
Montagu Third rate 74 Captain George Bowen 8 22 30
Europe Third rate 64 Captain Smith Child 9 18 27
Rear (van during the battle)
Terrible Third rate 74 Captain William Clement Finch 4 21 11 scuttled after the battle
Ajax Third rate 74 Captain Nicholas Charrington 7 16 23
Princessa Third rate 70 Captain Charles Knatchbull 6 11 17 Rear flag, Rear Admiral of the Blue Sir Francis Samuel Drake
Alcide Third rate 74 Captain Charles Thompson 2 18 20
Intrepid Third rate 64 Captain Anthony James Pye Molloy 21 35 56
Shrewsbury Third rate 74 Captain Mark Robinson 14 52 66
Casualty summary 90 246 336

Sources consulted (including de Grasse's memoir, and works either dedicated to the battle or containing otherwise detailed orders of battle, like Larrabee (1964) and Morrissey (1997)) do not list per-ship casualties for the French fleet. Larrabee reports the French to have suffered 209 casualties; Bougainville recorded 10 killed and 58 wounded aboard Auguste alone.

The exact order in which the French lined up as they exited the bay is also uncertain. Larrabee notes that many observers wrote up different sequences when the line was finally formed, and that Bougainville recorded several different configurations.

French fleet
Van
Pluton Third rate 74 Captain François-Hector, Comte d'Albert de Rions
Marseillois Third rate 74 Captain Henri-César, Marquis de Castellane Masjastre
Bourgogne Third rate 74 Captain Charles, Comte de Charitte
Diadème Third rate 74 Captain Louis-Augustin Monteclerc
Réfléchi Third rate 64 Captain Jean-François-Emmanuel de Brune de Boades
Auguste Third rate 80 Captain Pierre-Joseph, Chevalier de Castellan Van flag, Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Saint-Esprit Third rate 80 Captain Joseph-Bernard, Marquis de Chabert
Caton Third rate 64 Captain Framond
Centre
César Third rate 74 Brigadier Jean-Charles-Régis-Coriolis d'Espinouse
Destin Third rate 74 Captain François-Louis-Edme-Gabriel, Comte du Maitz de Goimpy
Ville de Paris First rate 110 Captain Albert Cresp de Saint-Cezaire Centre flag, Admiral Latouche-Tréville
Fleet flag, Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse
Victoire Third rate 74 Captain François d'Albert de Saint-Hyppolyte
Sceptre Third rate 74 Captain Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
Northumberland Third rate 74 Captain Bon-Chrétien, Marquis de Bricqueville
Palmier Third rate 74 Captain Jean-François, Baron d'Arros d'Argelos
Solitaire Third rate 64 Captain Comte de Cicé-Champion
Citoyen Third rate 74 Captain d'Alexandre, Comte d'Ethy
Rear
Scipion Third rate 74 Captain Pierre-Antoine, Comte de Clavel
Magnanime Third rate 74 Captain Jean-Antoine, Comte Le Bègue
Hercule Third rate 74 Captain Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Breuil
Languedoc Third rate 80 Captain Hervé-Louis-Joseph-Marie, Comte Duplessis-Parscau Rear flag, Chef d'Escadre François-Aymar, Comte de Monteil
Zélé Third rate 74 Captain Balthazar de Gras-Préville
Hector Third rate 74 Captain Laurent-Emanuel de Renaud d'Aleins
Souverain Third rate 74 Captain Jean-Baptiste, Baron de Glandevès

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