Battle of Valcour Island - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

American Fleet
Ship (type, guns) Commander Notes
Enterprise (sloop, 12) James Smith Hospital ship, escaped
Royal Savage (schooner, 12) David Hawley Ran aground and burned October 11
Trumbull (row galley, 10) Seth Warner (left flag, Wigglesworth) Escaped
Called Schuyler prior to launch
Also referred to as Trumble
Washington (row galley, 10) John Thatcher (right flag, Waterbury) Damaged October 11
Captured October 13
Revenge (sloop, 8) Isaac Seamon Escaped
Congress (row galley, 8) James Arnold (flag ship, Benedict Arnold) Ran aground and burned October 13
Lee (row galley, 6) Captain Daviss Ran aground October 13
Recovered by British
Boston (gundalow, 3) Captain Sumner Ran aground and burned October 13
Connecticut (gundalow, 3) Joshua Grant Ran aground and burned October 13
Jersey (gundalow, 3) Captain Grimes Abandoned October 13
Recovered by British
Also referred to as New Jersey
New Haven (gundalow, 3) Samuel Mansfield Ran aground and burned October 13
New York (gundalow, 3) Captain Lee cannon exploded
Escaped
Called Success prior to launch
Philadelphia (gundalow, 3) Benjamin Rue Sank October 11
Raised 1935
Providence (gundalow, 3) Isaiah Simonds Sank October 13
Spitfire (gundalow, 3) Philip Ulmer Sank October 12 near Schuyler Island; wreck located in 1997
Ship descriptions and dispositions (but not captains) provided by Silverstone (2006), pp. 15–16, unless otherwise cited. Ship captains are all as cited.
British Fleet
Ship (type, guns) Commander Notes
Inflexible (square-rigged ship, 22) John Schank Participated in later stages of battle
Thunderer (ketch-radeau, 18) George Scott Did not participate in main action
Maria (schooner, 14) John Starke (flagship, Pringle and Carleton) Did not participate in main action
Carleton (schooner, 12) James Dacres Heavily damaged October 11
Loyal Convert (gundalow, 7) Edward Longcroft Also called Royal Convert or Loyal Consort
28 unnamed gunboats (gunboat, 1) unknown One destroyed October 11; many others damaged, two lost after action
Ship descriptions and dispositions are from Nelson (2006), p. 33.

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