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| Appendix No. 4 |
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State of the French navy, October 1st, 1792, both afloat and on the stocks.
| - | Ships of the Line. | Frigates | Corvettes and avisos | Gun-vessels | Flutes and armed store-ships | |||||||||||||||||
| gs. 120 | gs. 110 | Gs. 80 | gs. 74 | gs.64 | gs. 40 | gs. 38 | gs. 36 | gs. 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Squadron of Brest | 1 | 5 | 7 | 26 | ... | 10 | ... | 24 | ... | 23 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Squadron of Lorient | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | .. | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Squadron of Rochefort | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 1 | 2 | ... | 14 | ... | 11 | ... | 10 | ||||||||||
| Squadron of Toulon | 2 | ... | 3 | 19 | ... | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | ... | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 47 | 7 | 28 | |||||||||||
| 86 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total - - - - - - - - - - 246 vessels. |
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| In ordinary at the different ports | 1 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 7 | I8 | ||||||||||
| On the stocks to be launched in | 1791 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||||
| 1792 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| In the Antilles | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Asiatic sea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||||
| Levant | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Coasts of France and Corsica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ||||||||||
| Seeking M. de la Peyrouse | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| In port | about to put to. sea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | |||||||||
| in commission. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 47 | 7 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Total ……………………….246 vessels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The following were the sea-service supplies for a year 1793
| £ | s | d | ||||
| For the pay and maintenance of 20,000 seamen and 5000 marines | 1,300,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| For the pay and maintenance of 16,000 seamen and 4000 marines, in addition | 1,040,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| For the ordinary expenses of the navy, including half-pay to sea and marine officers : | 669,205 | 5 | 10 | |||
| For the extraordinaries ; including the building and re-pairing of ships, and other extra work | 387,710 | 0 | 0 | |||
| For the ordnance not provided for in 1791 | 32,068 | 15 | 4 | |||
| Towards paying off the navy-debt | 575,000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total supplies granted for the sea-service £ | 4,003,984 | 1 | 2 | |||
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