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Royal Navy Abstracts

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Abstract of Royal Navy Ship Numbers
Rate or Type	Date of Count
Rate or Type	1517	1521	1546	1558	1578	1588	1599	1618	1624	1633
Total	21	16	38	27	24	34	42	30	31	50
Rate or Type	Date of Count
Rate or Type	1641	1652	1658	1660	1675	1676	1685	1688	1697	1698
First Rates	5	3	3	3	8	8	9	9	6	6
Second Rates	12	12	12	12	9	9	15	11	13	14
Third Rates	8	8	16	15	22	20	39	39	43	45
Fourth Rates	6	31	42	46	37	40	45	41	56	64
Fifth Rates	2	20	38	37	16	12	11	2	42	34
Sixth Rates	9	23	34	41	8	8	8	6	40	18
Bomb Vessels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	13
Sloops	0	2	0	0	13	12	4	0	0	0
Doggers	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Fireships	0	0	0	0	3	5	12	26	17	10
Galley	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ketches	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	2	2
Smacks	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	5	5	2
Yachts	0	0	0	0	13	15	19	14	18	13
Advice Boats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Brigantines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Tow Boats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Machine Vessels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Pinks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Storeships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Hoys	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	6	14	16
Hulks	0	3	8	8?	8	7	7	8	11	11
Total	42	102	153	154	151	148	179	173	323	266
Rate or Type	Date of Count
Rate or Type	1706	1708	1711	1713	1714	1721	1727	1730	1742	1744
First Rates	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Second Rates	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Third Rates	47	47	46	43	42	40	40	40	41	43
Fourth Rates	61	68	69	70	69	64	64	64	64	66
Fifth Rates	35	46	47	44	42	30	27	25	24	30
Sixth Rates	27	27	44	30	25	27	27	29	34	41
Bomb Vessels	8	7	7	6	4	3	2	3	14	13
Sloops	8	7	13	9	7	6	13	13	19	33
Fireships	8	6	2	2	1	3	3	3	11	3
Smacks	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Advice Boats	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Storeships	2	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	4
Snows	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Pinks	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Hospital ship	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3
Yachts	16	16	18	18	15	14	12	12	11	11
Hoys	25	25	25	22	13	13	14	17	15	17
Hulks	13	13	14	11	8	7	9	9	10	19
Total	277	291	313	278	247	229	233	238	271	302
Rate or Type	Date of Count
Rate or Type	1748	1750	1760	1771	1783	1789	1793	1803	1805	1814
First Rates	6	4	5	3	5	6	7	10	10	7
Second Rates	11	10	13	15	20	22	21	20	18	8
Third Rates	52	47	74	96	142	118	112	146	146	103
Fourth Rates	69	65	63	30	30	19	21	21	25	10
Fifth Rates	43	40	54	40	116	92	103	157	176	134
Sixth Rates	55	40	61	37	59	43	42	43	46	29
Bomb Vessels	10	5	14	7	4	2	2	12	21	8
Sloops	30	32	55	42	87	42	55	128	171	222
Gun Brigs	0	0	0	1	8	6	6	1	2	73
Advice Boat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Armed Ships	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	7	7	?
Cutters	0	0	0	30	28	23	18	12	25	53
Fireships	4	0	8	1	17	9	9	5	21	?
Schooners	0	0	0	10	6	0	3	8	27	?
Lugger	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
Tender	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	6	6	2
Gun Vessel/Boat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	125	?
Storeships	2	1	2	1	15	2	2	9	8	15
Hospital ship	3	1	3	1	5	0	1	3	4	?
Prison Ship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	?
Survey Vessel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3
Other Vessels	0	0	3	0	13	1	1	3	3	28
Yachts	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	?
Hoys	26	17	33	27	34	33	50	63	62	?
Receiving Ships	0	0	0	0	0	12	16	15	15	?
Hulks	12	10	12	8	10	9	10	10	11	?
Total	334	282	412	360	617	452	498	770	949	697

All abstracts (except 1814) were originally published in "Memoires of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy" by Charles Derrick (1806) reprinted in "The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy" by E.H.H. Archibald (1984)

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