A list of the ships in Vice Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Edward Boscawen’s fleet that sailed to North America in April 1755 in pursuit of the French fleet under the command of M. Bois de la Motte. The French fleet had been sent due to the intelligence that British land forces under Major General Braddock had been sent earlier in the year.
| Ship | Rate | Guns | Capt. Name | Capt. Surname | Notes |
| Anson | 4 | 60 | Robert | Mann | |
| Defiance | 4 | 60 | Thomas | Andrews | |
| Dunkirk | 4 | 60 | Hon. Richard | Howe | |
| Fougueux | 3 | 64 | Richard | Spry | |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 20 | John | Holwell | |
| Hornet | Sloop | 14 | Sampson | Salt | |
| Litchfield | 4 | 50 | Matthew | Barton | |
| Mars | 3 | 64 | John | Amherst | |
| Monarch | 3 | 74 | Abraham | North | Flagship of second in command, Rear Admiral of the Blue Savage Mostyn |
| Northumberland | 3 | 70 | Alexander, Lord | Colvill | |
| Somerset | 3 | 70 | Francis | Geary | |
| Torbay | 3 | 74 | Charles | Coleby | Flagship of commander, Vice Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Edward Boscawen |
| Vanguard | 3 | 70 | Hon. John | Byron |
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