D'Iberville commanded "Le Pélican" (50 cannons, captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville), a 3rd rate man-of-war cut for fifty guns, and with one hundred and fifty men ship's company. Serigny commanded the "Le Profond" (frigate/'storeship') (460 t, flûte de 32 canons [+2 from Le Pélican, commanded by Pierre Du Gué, Sieur de Boisbriand.). Boisbriant commanded "Le Vesp/Weesph" (frigate) (Capt. Chatrie (chevalier de Chastrier) a vessel of about 300 t with about 20–26 guns). "Le Palmier" (frigate) (5th rate man-of-war, 300t, captain Joseph Le Moyne de Serigny) a vessel of about 20–26 guns, and originally the "Violent" renamed "L'Esquimau/Esquimaux" (the Eskimo), a supply ship (150 ton brigantine) Jean Outelas, Capt., capable of carrying from 10–12 guns; one report says the last was crushed by the ice pack