| Name | Armament | Captain | Period Covered | Index No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 64 Guns | George Vandeput | 1771, April 23, to 1775, Mar. 9 | 1580 |
| Asia | 64 Guns | George Vandeput | 1775, Mar. 10, to 1777, Mar. 10 | 1583 |
| Asia | 64 Guns | George Vandeput | 1777, Mar. 14, to 1779, Apr. 24 | 1582 |
| Asia | 64 Guns | George Vandeput | 1779, Apr. 24, to 1781, Apr. 23 | 1581 |
| Asia | 64 Guns | George Vandeput | 1781, Apr. 24, to 1783, Apr. 3 | 2149 |
| Carcass | Bomb-ketch | 1775 to 1778, Sept. 14 | 1640 | |
| Carcass | Bomb-ketch | 1778 to 1781 | 1641 | |
| Carysfort | Frigate | Fanshaw | 1775, Nov. 15, to 1778, Apr. 30 | 1642 |
| Charlotte | Missing from 1770 to 1797 | |||
| Charlotta | Tender | None | ||
| Dutchess of Gordon | Despatch Packet | None | ||
| Eagle | Flagship | 1776, Mar. 4, to 1779, Jan. 8 | 1709 | |
| Eagle | Flagship | 1779, Jan. 8, to 1781, Jan 7 | 1710 | |
| Eagle | Flagship | 1781, Jan. 8, to 1782, April 16 | 2296 | |
| Experiment | 50 Guns | Alexander Scott | 1775, July 11, to 1779, Mar. 18 | 1725 |
| (1778, Wallace) | (Missing to 1793) | |||
| Greyhound | 30 Guns | Archibald Dickson | 1775, Nov. 5, to 1778, Dec. 2 | 1768 |
| Greyhound | 30 Guns | Archibald Dickson | 1778, Dec. 2, to 1780, Aug. 20 | 1765 |
| (Missing on to 1794) | ||||
| La Brune | 32 Guns | Not in list | ||
| Orpheus | Charles Hudson | 1775, Aug. 24, to 1781, Aug. | 1893 | |
| Pearl | 20 Guns | Thos. Wilkinson | 1776, Sept. 14, to 1777, Nov. 16 | 1392 |
| Phœnix | 44 Guns | Hyde Parker, Jr. | 1775, July 8, to 1778, July 23 | 1909 |
| Repulse | 50 Guns | Davis | 1780 to 1782 | 2494 |
| Renown | 50 Guns | Banks | 1775, Aug. 4, to 1778, Mar. 18 | 1953 |
| Renown | 50 Guns | Banks | 1780, Aug. 2, to 1783, Jan. 5 | 2495 |
| Roebuck | 32 Guns | A. S. Hamond | 1775 to 1777, July 14 | 1963 |
| Roebuck | 32 Guns | A. S. Hamond | 1777, July 15, to 1779, July 14 | 1964 |
| Roebuck | 32 Guns | A. S. Hamond | 1779 to 1781, July 3 | 2504 |
| Roebuck | 32 Guns | A. S. Hamond | 1781 to 1783, April 9 | 2505 |
| Rose | 20 Guns | Sir Richard Wallace | 1775, Nov. 1, to 1777, Oct. 31 | 1970 |
| Shuldham | Tender | None | ||
| Solebay | 28 Guns | 1775, Aug. 16, to 1777, Aug. 27 | 1999 | |
| Solebay | 28 Guns | 1777, Aug. 27, to 1780, Mar. 3 | 1998 | |
| (Missing to 1787) | ||||
| Tartar | Frigate | Edward Medows | 1775, Dec. 13, to 1778, Sept. 22 | 2029 |
| Tartar | Frigate | Edward Medows | 1778 to 1781, May 26 | 2030 |
| Tartar | Frigate | Edward Medows | 1781 to 1783, Oct. 25 | 2567 |
| Thunder | Bomb-ketch | 1775 to 1780, June 2 | 2041 | |
| Thunderer | Bomb-ketch | (Missing to 1778) | ||
| Thunderer | Bomb-ketch | 1778, Feb. 25, to 1780, June 20 | 2042 | |
| (Missing to 1794) | ||||
| Trial | Armed Schooner | Lt. John Brown | Up to 1772, Aug. 6 | 1483 |
| Trial | Armed Schooner | Lt. John Brown | Begins 1790, Oct. 17 | 3551 |
| Vulture | Frigate | 1776, June 19, to 1779, June 30 | 2072 | |
| Vulture | Frigate | 1779, June 29, to 1782, July 29 | 2073 | |
| Vulture | Frigate | 1782, July 30, to 1783, Nov. 19 | 2592 | |
| (Missing on to 1803) |
Of these it may be noted that the Asia was conspicuous around New York, particularly in the summer of 1776, when a shot from her caused the only bloodshed of which Governor’s Island has been the scene, although it has been a military station since 1800. One of her cannon-balls took off an arm of an American soldier, in April, 1776.
Another of her shots penetrated the roof of Fraunces’ Tavern, in Broad street, New York. It was preserved until a few years ago, when it mysteriously disappeared. Freneau, in his Petition of Hugh Gaine refers to the incident:
At first we supposed it was only a sham
Till he drove a round ball through the roof of Black Sam.
The Eagle came very near furnishing the first proof in history of the efficiency of submarine boats or torpedoes. It is part of the history of the Revolution that Bushnell’s “Turtle” only failed to blow her up, as she lay off Governor’s Island in August, 1776, because of her bottom being coppered, and hence affording no chance of attachment of the “Turtle” by a huge screw, as the inventor had intended.
The Duchess of Gordon was Tryon’s headquarters at the same time. The Experiment, Thunder and Solebay were conspicuous in the unsuccessful attack on Charleston in June, 1776, and the Pearl, Phœnix, Rose, Roebuck and Tartar were particularly active near New York during the whole war.
The foregoing are by no means all of the vessels engaged in the war of the Revolution, of which I have gathered references to no less than one hundred and twenty-two, and there were doubtless many more engaged in those operations east and south of which I have been unable to make a close study.
These will, however, serve to indicate some of the material available, and perhaps afford some historical enquirers the means of adding to their information.