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Account of the Number of Hired Armed Cutters, Ships, Vessels and Boats employed in the Public Service on the 31st December 1793, 1794,1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 30th September 1801, 31st December 1802, 1803 and 15th March 1804, with headings for vessels' names, the nature and force of
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working for the Royal Navy. The government simply sought to augment the merchant fleet's defences. For example, in 1807, the
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Nelson's navy: the ships, men, and organisation, 1793-1815
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Life and correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent
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