[PAR] [TLE] Francis McLean (British army officer) [SEP] Francis McLean (c.1717 – 4 May 1781) was a British army officer, one of two sons of Captain William Maclean and Anne Kinloch.  He became famous for defending New Ireland (Maine) against the Penobscot Expedition during the American Revolution.  The defeat of the Expedition was a noted British victory of the American Revolution.  He was in command of the 74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot and 82nd Regiment of Foot (1778).  He died 4 May 1781 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax).  McLean never married. [PAR] [TLE] Penobscot Expedition [SEP] The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval task force mounted during the Revolutionary War by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.  The flotilla of 19 warships and 25 smaller support vessels sailed from Boston on July 19, 1779 for the upper Penobscot Bay in the District of Maine carrying a ground expeditionary force of more than 1,000 colonial Marines and militiamen.  Also included was a 100-man artillery detachment under the command of Lt. Colonel Paul Revere.  The Expedition's goal was to reclaim control of what is now mid-coast Maine from the British who had seized it a month earlier and renamed it New Ireland.  It was the largest American naval expedition of the war.  The fighting took place both on land and at sea in and around the mouth of the Penobscot and Bagaduce Rivers at what is today Castine, Maine over a period of three weeks in July and August of 1779.  One of its greatest victories of the war for the British, the Expedition was also the United States' worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor 162 years later in 1941.
[PAR] [TLE] Francis McLean ( British army officer ) [ SEP ] Francis McLean ( c.1717 – 4 May 1781 ) was a British army officer , one of two sons of Captain William Maclean and Anne Kinloch . He became famous for defending New Ireland ( Maine ) against the Penobscot Expedition during the American Revolution . The defeat of the Expedition was a noted British victory of the American Revolution . He was in command of the 74th Regiment of ( Highland ) Foot and 82nd Regiment of Foot ( 1778 ) . He died 4 May 1781 at Halifax , Nova Scotia and is buried in the crypt of St. Paul 's Church ( Halifax ) . McLean never married . [PAR] [TLE] Penobscot Expedition [ SEP ] The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval task force mounted during the Revolutionary War by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay . The flotilla of 19 warships and 25 smaller support vessels sailed from Boston on July 19 , 1779 for the upper Penobscot Bay in the District of Maine carrying a ground expeditionary force of more than 1,000 colonial Marines and militiamen . Also included was a 100-man artillery detachment under the command of Lt . Colonel Paul Revere . The Expedition 's goal was to reclaim control of what is now mid - coast Maine from the British who had seized it a month earlier and renamed it New Ireland . It was the largest American naval expedition of the war . The fighting took place both on land and at sea in and around the mouth of the Penobscot and Bagaduce Rivers at what is today Castine , Maine over a period of three weeks in July and August of 1779 . One of its greatest victories of the war for the British , the Expedition was also the United States ' worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor 162 years later in 1941 .
How many ships were in the task force that Francis McLean became famous for defendin New Ireland against?
How many ships were in the task force that Francis McLean became famous for defendin New Ireland against ?
44-ship
44-ship