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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

Notwithstanding the force equipped oil this occasion and pretence declared nospecific intention of acting hostilely to Britain, it could not but be considered asaverse to her views and her interests, inasmuch as her enemies only could be be-nefited, and she alone injured, by this expansion of commerce beyond those limitswithin which it had till then remained confined. Like many other confederacies,however, it fell harmless to the ground, and Britain enjoyed the honour, if itcould be called one, of having stood, without a single ally, keeping the wholeforce of Europe and America at bay on the same instant. The different princi-ples of marine architecture pursued by the various countries, parties to theleague just described, have already been given. The amount of the force theyseverally possessed, according to the best information that can be procured, willbe found subjoined.

Although, in respect to Sweden and Denmark, the political convulsion justmentioned, for such it might be considered, occasioned little or no enlargement

Texerdoi

66

Vologda

either

50

Hermolaudia

-

66

Moscou -

40

Knees Volodimer

-

66

Perma Veliski

42

St. Alexander Newsky

-

66

Pleskow

42

St. Nicolai

-

66

Frigat Voine

34

America

-

64

Alexander

32

Blano Polutschii

-

64

Maria -

32

Nebren Aleuju

-

64

St. Patriche

32

Europa

-

64

Semeone

32

Victor

-

64

Smolensko -

26

Parnel Jestroff

-

64

Nisi Novogorod

26

Kargopol

-

50

Kola

24

Rezan

-

50

Volga * -

24

Justitia

Danish Fleet.

74 Mars - -

50

Dannebrog

70

W agrien

46

Olephant

-

70

Soc Rider - -

40

Jutland

-

70

Alsen

36

Prins Frederic

-

70

Bornholm - -

26

Princessa Sophia Frederica

-

70

Kronenburg

36

Holstein

-

64

Moen - -

36

Infeods Rechten

•

64

Perla - -

36

Norvegia Lejon

-

64

St. Thomas

36

Groenland

-

60

Kiclo

32

Princess Sophia Magdelana

-

60

Fehmera

30

Princess Wilhelmiaa Carolina

60

Christiana

20

Ebenezer

50

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