FORTIa’s TRAVELS IN SWEDEN.
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Ships of the line—continued.
Guns.
The UplandThe SudermaniaThe Sparre
The Black Eagler fhe Prince Guftavus■the Phcenix
Fifties.
Frigates.
60
60
60
60
6o
60
5 °
50
5 °
383 63 4
J loft ini 1782.
18
F rigates—continued.
The FalconThe IllerimThe IramasThe Vulture
The PolluxGoia
Guns.
3 +
34
34
34
Brigantines.
of 18 guns,of 10
Galleys armed as before Hated.The CarlfcroonThe CronenbergThe MalmoeaThe Bleking.
The AchillesThe Hedtor
26 guns.26
Remark, The Elephant, of 124 guns, was the largeft velTel that Sweden ever had; it was in being underthe reign of Eric XIV.—At the time of the landing of Charles XII. in Zealand in 1700, the Swedilhfleet confided of thirty-eight (hips of the line, exclufive of frigates, fire-(hips, and praams.
Expence of the Swedilh Navy at the periods adverted to.
For the admiralty and corps of cadet3 atCarlfcroonSailors
Fleet of Galleys at StockholmFlotilla of FinlandVeflels on the (locksDock-yard at CarlfcroonNaval evolutionsCharges of convoyCoafting pilots
1696.
1764.
1768.
1772.
s
ilver Dollars.
Do.
Do.
Do.
-
-
624,765
-
L’39.8i5
*
53.793
-
138,817
„
r 671,498!
21,866
1,404,304
276,647
-
-
458,329-
“
-
175,000
J
•
-
-
50,000
-
550,000
*
659
•
67 i , 4 9 8 |
i.7 12 >33o
1,404,504
1 >717 >35 1
D to this laft fum be added the expence of the provincial regiments in 1772,!
[•See table III.
a nd that of recruits, with the general expences of the faid year, - J
the fum will (hew the whole expence of the Swedifh forces that year in filver dollars,
L'71,190
2.708,880
5,657,421
-According to the report laid before the fecret committee in 1772, the whole expence°f the army, as detailed in the tables above,' (exclufive of the charges incurred by the'yorks on the fluices of Trolihetta ) amounted to 5,540,957 dollars, whic£ at three perUx-dollar, give 1,846,985 rix-dollars banco, which agrees tolerably well with the fumabove noticed.
. By the ftatement of Field-marfhal Count de Ehrenfvoerd, relative to the- royal navy,it appears that the galley fleet at Stockholm , during the time it was under the direction°f the board of admiralty, coft annually 223,893 filver dollars; and that under the di-rection of the faid Field-marlhal, the flotillas of Stockholm and Finland conjointly coltDo more than 101,020 dollars per year. Owing to the management of this general,
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