IV. Several ether Pieces relating to the Present State of the Royal Navy,
I. AN Account of the Number of Seamen employed in the Service of the Royal Navy, from Jan. 1.1721. to Jan. 11734. upon a Medium, of each Year, distinguishing what Number wete born, and what muster’d, in the said Service, andthe Saving or Exceeding, arising each Year, by a lesser or a greater Number having been employed, than were providedfor by Parliament.
Number of Men
Saving by a
less Number
Exceeding by
a greater
Number
uton a Medium.
of Men.
Number of Men.
of Men
Born than
Mustered
Born than
Mustered
granted.
Born.
Muster a.
granted■
than granted.
granted.
than granted.
Between Jan. 1. 1721
/. s. d.
I. s. d m
1. s. d.
I. s. d.
and Jan. 1. 1722
10,000
16,746
14,446
249,939 06 0
54,908 02 0
1723
7,000
10,122
9,582
115,670 02 0
31,887 14
1724
10,000
8,078
7,723
71,210 02 0
28,120 19 0
1723
10,000
7.037
6,637
109,779 03 0
41,533 01 0
1726
10,000
6,298
6,oox
137,159 02 0
49,387 13 0
1727
10,000
16,872
13,408
254,607 12 0
66,788 16 0
1728
20,000
26,697
19,103
11,053 05 0
25,823 17 0
1729
13,000
I4.9I7
13,682
3,075 03 o
16,277 06 0
1730
15,000
14,839
i3,?92
3,224 OI 0
13,683 16 0
i73r
10,000
9,686
9,187
11,633 14 0
10,040 IX 0
1732
10,000
n,i3d
10,504
41,977 13 0
6,224 08 0
1733
8,000
8,360
7,887
1,395 11 0
13,338 00 0
1734
8,000
9,682
9,056
62,318 02 0
13,041 12 O
143,000
154,487
143,110
338,081 05 0
171,492 02 O
763,674 12 0
172,830 12 O
II. An Account of what the Half-Pay to the Sea-Officersamounted to for three Years last past, distinguishing each Year :Being
<5 Flag-Officers.
114 Captains.
13 Masters and Com.
VI. The Charge of Building a Ship of each Rate, and fur-nishing her with Masts, Yards, Sails and Rigging, togetherwith a Proportion of eight Months Boatswain's and Carpenter’sSea-Stores, as calculated by Mr. Seer. Burchett.
For a Ship of 100 Guns.
spy Lieutenants.
I.
s. d.
po-
Anno 1731—
-30,636
12 : 6
So-
1732-
-32,197
l8 O
70-
1733-3G287
09 O
60-
50-
Total
94,121
19 6
40-
III. Dimensions of
some of our First-Rate !
Ships, with au
30-
Account where, when,
and by whom they were built.
20-
35553 L--29886-23638-17783-14197-10606
- 755 8
- 5846
- 37 10
Length en
Ships Names, the Gun ^ deck .
Feet. Inch.Royal Ann , 170 o
Britannia . 174 6
'Royal Sovereignijt 6
Royal William , 175 4
By whom. When •
nrtaitl Depth. Tmt ' Mcn _ mere
Feet.In. Feet.In. builU
48 0 19 4 1711 580 Wodw. Mr. Lea. 1704
50 L 19 10 1894 85 ° Woolw, Mr.Haywardiii?
50 o 1910 r88a 850 Woolw, Mr. Harding 1701
50 3^ zo 1 1918 85® Ptrtsm . Mr. Naijh, 1719*
IV. An Account of the Anchors, Cables, and Guns of theBritannia, which may serve to give the Reader an Idea of
the Rest.
Britannitfs Cables.
C. q
s Sheet. — 78
(Best-bower. ———78Small-bower.
Anchors.
I Spare on the Gunwall.^ In the Hold. .. ■
1 Stream. ■■ ■—
Kedge. —--
Small. _.
77
77
79
20
10
05
221 Inches., L000014000021OOOO
100 Brass Guns for the Britannia.
Nature. Length. Weight.
Feet. Inch. C. q. /: Number.
6 Pounds. 90 17 o o 16
12 96 zo o 0 28
24 10 0 43 o o 28
42 10 O 67 O O 28
{Having given my Readers tie Dimensions of several of ourFirst-Rate Men of War, IJhall add those of a small Vessel.),
V. Dimensions of His Majesty’s Sloop Cruiser.
Of tie Hull.
Burthen in Tun. Two Hundred.
Length by the Tread of the Keel. -Length by the Keel for Tonnage.——
Extream Breadth. ■ ■ — - —„ .
Depth in Hold. ——- — . .. .
Length by the Deck.
Depth of the Waste. -Breadth of the Stern,
at the Counter-Rail.length of the Capt. Cabbin, by the Range oiength of the Fore-Castle.
Feet.
. Inch.
79
10
7i
01
23
00
.09
OO
87
06
03
03
08
04
:.I 2
00
II
©8
VII. The Value, or Cost, of the wholeRoyal Navy, ac-cording to the foregoing List of the Present State thereof, sup-posing every Ship to, be furnished, as above.
Slip.
Guns.
Cost of one.
Cost of all.
7
100
35,553 L.
248,871
13
9°
29,886
388,518
i<6
80
23,638
378,208
24
70
60
17,785
426,840
30
14,197 *
425,91a
34
50
10,606
360,604
25
40
7,558
188,950
I
30
^,846
5,846
29 20 3,7io
30 Fire-sh.Bomb.V. SI.andYachts,which Iwill suppose, one
107,590
with another -
- 2,000
60,000'
209 Ships.
' Cost
2,591,337 d
As large as this Sum is, in Time of War, when 40,000 S---" ;men are employed, at four Pound a Month (for Wages Victu-als, and the Wear and Tear of the Ships) a whole Year or *thirteen Lunar Months, reckoning to that the Ordinary E*' \pence of the Navy, on Shoar, fsfr. the Charge of maintainingthe Navy costs near as much. in one Year.