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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.
own mind; and it was very evident, had the connection been natural, and consonant tothe wishes of his people, Louis and James united might have braved the naval powerof the whole universe. A consciousness of superiority might naturally have been ex-pected to have been productive of neglect; but this was by no means the case : forthough James, lulled, unfortunately for himself, into a blind security, and certain ofthe support of France, appeared perfectly careless as to any attempt that might be madeagainst him, from the only quarter that was capable of effecting any injury, yet, in themonth of October 1688, he had no less than forty ships of the line, third and fourthrates, actually in commission, and fit for immediate service. The numbers experiencedvery little augmentation, ^or even alteration, during the course of the year; so thatJames must either have been totally blind to a proper sense of his own safety, consciousof his own improper conduct, and paralised with fear, incapable of raising men sufficientto man his fleet, or apprehensive that they would be unfaithful to him ; else, certainly,he would not have suffered that armament, powerful as it might be, which was fittedout by Holland, to pass along the ports of his kingdom unopposed, when, exclusive ofthose ships which actually were in commission, he had a navy so formidable as thatgiven in the subjoined authentic list *.
* LIST of the ROYAL NAVY, with the principal Dimensions of the Ships, and other Particulars concerning
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St. Andrew
Woolwich, F>. Bayly
1670
128
0
44
0
17
9
21
6
1338
510
620
730
86
86
96
Brittannia
Chatham, Phin Pett
1682
146
0
47
4
19
20
0
1739
560
670
780
90
90
100
Charles Royal
Portsmouth, Sir An-thony Deane -
1673
136
0
14
46
8
0
18
3
20
6
1443
1531
560
670
780
90
90
100
St. George
Deptford, Jonas Shish
1 667
128
0
42
6
18
6
21
0
1229
500
605
710
86
86
96
James Royal
Portsm Sir An. Deane
1675
132
0
45
0
18
4
20
6
1422
560
670
780
90
90
100
London -
Deptford, Jonas Shish
1670
129
0
44
0
19
0
20
6
1328
510
620
730
86
86
96
St. Michael
Portsm. Sir J. Tippett
1669
125
0
40
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17
5
19
8
1101
430
520
600
80
80
90
Prince - -
Chatham, Phin. Pett
1670
131
0
44
45
9
0
19
0
21
6
1395
1 463
560
670
780
90
90
lOO
Sovereign -
Woolwich, Pet Pett
1637
131
0
48
0
19
2
23
6
1605
605
710
815
90
90
100
2d. Rates.Albemarle -
Harwich, Tsaac Betts
1680
140
11
44
4
19
21
0
1395
500
580
660
82
82
90
Coronation
Portsm. ditto -
1685
140
0
44
9
18
2
16
2
1427
500
580
660
82
82
90
Duke
Woolwich, T. Shish
1682
18
9
20
6
1546
500
580
660
82
82
90
Dutchess -
Deptford, Jonas Shish
1679
132
6
44
6
18
3
20
0
1395
500
5S0
660
82
82
90