The British Navy and the State in the Eighteenth Century

Clive Wilkinson

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Clive Wilkinson, University of Sunderland

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: March 2023
Print publication year:: 2004
Online ISBN:: 9781846152269
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846152269

Subjects:: Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, History

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The Navy in the eighteenth century, though successful, was costly. Its funding and maintenance made those responsible for it politically vulnerable.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Foreword
pp vi-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-ix

Abbreviations
pp x-x

1 - The Myth of a Paper Fleet
pp 1-11

2 - Government and the Navy
pp 12-34

3 - ‘Treating the House with Contempt’: British Naval Finance in the Eighteenth Century
pp 35-65

4 - Crisis and Victory: The Navy, 1714–62
pp 66-104

5 - The Peace Establishment I: Demobilization and Retrenchment, 1763–6
pp 105-138

6 - The Peace Establishment II: Stability, Innovation, and the Falklands, 1766–70
pp 139-164

7 - Sandwich, Parliament and the Paper Fleet, 1771–9
pp 165-208

8 - Conclusion
pp 209-212

Appendix 1 - Extraordinary Estimates 1750–76
pp 213-213

Appendix 2 - Extraordinary Estimate, Navy Office, 2 February 1767
pp 214-216

Appendix 3 - Estimate of Monies Needed (ADM B 177, 5 August 1765)
pp 217-217

Appendix 4 - ‘Plan of Expense of His Majesty’s Navy for the Year 1768’ (ADM B 181, 27 May 1768)
pp 218-219

Appendix 5 - Account of the Course of the Navy (Fragment, ADM B 183, 6 August 1770)
pp 220-220

Appendix 6 - A List of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1 January 1763, with the Condition of the Navy on Survey (ADM 7 553)
pp 221-223

Appendix 7 - British Battlefleet 1714–80
pp 224-224

Appendix 8 - Environmental Impact on the Navy’s Ships, 1710–80
pp 225-225

Appendix 9 - Naval Finance and Expenditure
pp 226-226

Appendix 10 - The Procedure for Voting a Supply to the Navy
pp 227-227

Bibliography
pp 228-239

Index
pp 240-246

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