What drove the development of the Royal Navy? Flashcards
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Impact of the Navy of Victory against the French in 1815
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- 18125 Royal Navy had 214 ships of the and 792 frigates -> reduced to 100 and 162 repsectively
- By 1835 only 68 ships of the line
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Royal Navy’s role in protecting the Slave Trade
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- Sugar made up 20% of all British imports and was worth five times a much as tobacco (grown in Carolinas and Viriginia…)
- Battle of the Saintes 9-12th April 1782 stops the French getting into the sugar islands
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Royal Navy’s role in ending the Slave Trade
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- 1808 West Africa Squadron created to stop slave trade
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Royal Navy’s role to suppress piracy
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- Early 19th
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Impact of the development of steam power
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How did new developments in weapons impact naval warfare?
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Impact of the abandonment of sail (1873) on the composition of the Navy and warfare
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How did the British maintain naval supremacy
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