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The British and Provincial Conquest of Cuba: Ships

Ships of the line 23 Frigates, bomb-ketches, fire-ships, and their tenders 24 Transport ships, with troops on board 93 Artillery ships 16 Hospital ships 8 Provision ships 24 Ships with fascines 4 Ships with negroes 2 Ships with horses 3 Ships with the baggage of general officers 6 Total 203 The governor of Jamaica had been ordered to raise 2,000 "stout negroes" for laborers, and 500 "negroes accustomed to arms," but Lord Albemarle feared delay, and "prudently gave orders, at all events, for the purchasing of 800 or 1,000 negroes at Martinique, St. Christopher's, and Antigua." The Spaniards got together nearly 30,000 men, and their fleet continued at anchor in the harbor.