On this day 250 years ago the 20-gun frigate HMS Scarborough arrived off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Together with the HMS Canceaux there were now more than 80 Royal Marines to defend Fort William and Mary and Governor Wentworth.

Source: https://nhsar.org/the-raid-on-fort-william-and-mary-in-1774/#[132]

Also on this day the 70-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Somerset arrived in Boston

Source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3278509&seq=36