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Names of the French ships at the Battle of Chesapeake Bay, March 6, 1781[103].

Namen deren französchen Krieg-Schiffen bey der Batallien an der Bucht von Schessabeck den 6ten Märtz 1781.

Names of war ships Cannons
Duc de Bourgogne 80.
Neptune 80.
Conquerant 80.
Leveillier 64.
La Provence 64.
Jasson 64.
L’ardant 64.
Fantasque 88.
Romullus 54.
Frigate
Lamazon 34.
Sourveillant 34.
Corssairs
Le Guepe 18.

Namen deren Krieg-Schiffen Canonen  
Duc de Bourgogne 80.  
Neptune 80.  
Conquerant 80.  
Leveillier 64.  
La Provence 64.  
Jasson 64.  
L’ardant 64.  
Fantasque 88.  
Romullus 54.  
Fregaten    
Lamazon 34.  
Sourveillant 34.  
Corssairs    
Le Guepe 18.  

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Strasbourg, Médiathèque André Malraux, ms f 15, p. 33.

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 Notes

103. This first battle of Chesapeake Bay (that must be distinguished from the second one on September 5, 1781 that put De Grasse against Graves) occured on March 16th and not on the 6th. This must be a simple copying error as Flohr indicates that it was on March 6th that “we again provided a detachment unit to board ship” (p. 29). See also note 97.