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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