APPENDIX E
151
Admirals of the White.. Blue
Vice-Admirals .Rear-Admirals .Captains .
The shore or half pay proposed was :
Admiral of the FleetAdmiralVice-Admiral .Rear-Admiral .
(20 Captains(30 do.
(40 Lieutenants100 160 do.
(15 Masters3°(i5 do.
. 30 men
• 30 „
- 20 „
• 15 »
4 servants toevery 100 menin the ship’scompany.
Per Day.
£ s. d.
. 2 IO O
. i 15 O• I 5 0
. o 17 6at o iO o„ 0 80
„ o 26
„ o 20
„ o 26
„ 0 20
The new scale was not acceptable to the captains, andthey appealed to Parliament to look into the matter. Apamphlet was printed called ‘ The Case of the Captains ;humbly offer’d to the House of Commons’ (1700). In thisthe difference between the old and the new emolumentswas shown as follows :
CASE OF THE CAPTAINS OF HIS MAJESTY’SFLEET HUMBLY OFFER’D TO THE HOUSEOF COMMONS (1700).
Per Month.
£ s. d.
A Captain of a ist Rate having 754 men
allowed him ; his former pay was
21
0
0
His allowance of servants being 1 to every
20 men is .
33
6
0
Which amounts to .
54
6
0
The double pay is .
42
0
0
His servants now being 8, is .
7
4
0
The allowance with double pay .
49
4
0