HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

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CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH.

Flourishing State of the British Navy at the Time of the Restoration—strongAttachment shewn by Charles II. to the Commercial Interest of Britain—Fleet sentto Lisbon under the Lari of Sandwich—its Operations in the Mediterranean —Commencement of the War with Holland in 1665, and the different Occurrenceswhich took place during the Continuance of it—State of the Marine at the Timethe Treaty of Bredah took place—subsequent Measures taken to improve andaugment it—Report made by the Navy Board to his Royal Highness the Lukeof York, then Lord High Admiral., on the Civil Management of the Navy —Hostilities commenced against the Barbary States—Chastisement of the Algerinesand Tunisians—Renewal of the War between Great Britain and Holland —>Attack of the Smyrna Fleet—the Battle of Solebay—subsequent Occurrencesduring the Remainder of the War—Account of the Expedition and Force sentunder Sir John Narborough into the Mediterranean—State of the British Marinein 1679 and 1684 —List of the Navy as it stood at the Time of the Revolution ,with the Dimensions and Force of all the Ships—Estimate of the Defects ,Charge of Repairs, and Value of the Rigging and Stores, as given by Mr.Pepys—Continuation of the List containing the Names, Force, and principalDimensions of all Ships added to the Royal Navy, from the Time of the Revo-lution to the Conclusion of the Century—comparative View of the Force andTonnage of Ships then built, with brief Remarks thereon.

T HE exertions made by the parliament, and the different leaders underwhom the late usurpation had taken place, put the recalled sovereignin possession of a maritime force, far superior to what, in all probability,would have existed, if the government of Britain had not been inter-rupted in its natural direction. The greater part of the ships composing it,had, as already stated, been launched subsequent to the conclusion of the civilwar; and several, even of the first consequence, had been newly built sincethe peace which took place with Holland in 1654. The Naseby, after-wards called the Royal James, a first rate, burnt at the battle of Solebay,then bearing the flag of the earl of Sandwich, the Dunkirk, the Reserve, theHenrietta, the Dreadnought, the Lion, the Monk, the Montagu, the York,with ten other ships, all of them second or third rates, were of this description ;so that Charles, had he been otherwise than pacifically inclined, and not

alienated