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                         NAVAL  HISTORY  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN
 
 
 
ABSTRACT No 10 - of the ships and vessels belonging to the British Navy at the commencement of the year 1802           Increase and Decrease in the Classes since the date of the last year's Abstract
      CRUISERS Stationary Harbour-ships           Launched                                    
Letters of Reference RATE                     CLASS                          In commission In ordinary, under or for repair TOTAL No In commission Not in commission No Building, or ordered to be built GRAND TOTAL King's yards Merchants yards Purchased Captured Converted from other classes Ordered to be built TOTAL of Increase Loss by capture &c Converted to other classes Sold or taken to pieces TOTAL of Decrease
      No Tons No Tons No Tons Brit built For built No Tons No Tons Brit built For built No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons No Tons
  Three-deckers                                                             0 0             0 0
A First 120-gun ship         0 0     1 2747       1 2 5124 3 7871                         0 0             0 0
B First 112-gun ship 18-pounder 1 2351     1 2351 1                   1 2351                         0 0             0 0
C First 112-gun ship 12-pounder 1 2457     1 2457   1     1 2398   1     2 4855                         0 0             0 0
D First 100-gun ship 18-pounder 1 2286     1 2286 1               1 2289 2 4575                     1 2289 1 2289             0 0
E First 100-gun ship 12-pounder 1 2175 2 4253 3 6428 3               2 4304 5 10732                     2 4304 2 4304             0 0
F Second 98-gun ship 18-pounder large         0 0                 2 4554 2 4554                         0 0             0 0
G Second 98-gun ship 18-pounder small 3 6363     3 6363 3                   3 6363 1 2123                     1 2123             0 0
H Second 98-gun ship 12-pounder 11 21544 1 1876 12 23420 12   1 1869     1       13 25289                         0 0     1 1827     1 1827
I Second 90-gun ship 1 1814     1 1814 1   1 1781 1 1918 2       3 5513                         0 0             0 0
  Two-deckers                                 0 0                         0 0             0 0
K Third 80-gun ship 7 15181 1 2257 8 17438 2 6     1 1942   1     9 19380                         0 0             0 0
L Third 74-gun ship 24-pounder 8 15259 1 1854 9 17113 7 2             5 9559 14 26672     1 1854                 1 1854             0 0
M Third 74-gun ship, 18-pounder, large 12 22500 1 1949 13 24449 7 6 2 3648 1 1869   3     16 29966                 1 1827     1 1827         1 1799 1 1799
N Third 74-gun ship middl 4 6917 2 3477 6 10394 5 1     1 1778   1 8 13860 15 26032 1 1777         1 1700         2 3477             0 0
0 Third 74-gun ship small 34 55403 9 14831 43 70234 42 1 7 11126 5 8152 11 1     55 89512                         0 0 3 4937         3 4937
P Third 64-gun ship 20 27671 5 6900 25 34571 19 6 5 6831 12 16470 8 9     42 57872             1 1395         1 1395         2 2734 2 2734
Q Fourth 60-gun ship         0 0         4 4944 3 1     4 4944                         0 0             0 0
    Line 104 181921 22 37397 126 219318 103 23 17 28002 26 39471 25 18 20 39690 189 326481 2 3900 1 1854 0 0 2 3095 1 1827 3 6593 9 17269 3 4937 1 1827 3 4533 7 11297
R Fourth 56-gun ship flush 2 2682     2 2682 2                   2 2682                         0 0             0 0
S Fourth 54-gun ship, flush 1 1249     1 1249 1   1 1182     1       2 2431                         0 0             0 0
T Fourth 50-gun ship quarter-decked 8 8544 2 2112 10 10656 9 1 4 4201 4 4255 4 4 2 2221 20 21333                         0 0             0 0
V Fifth 44-gun ship 3 2687     3 2687 3   1 882 3 2564 2 2     7 6133                         0 0             0 0
  One-deckers           0                     0 0                         0 0             0 0
W † Fifth 44-gun frigate 5 6897     5 6897 4 1 1 1357       1     6 8254         1 1338 1 1430         2 2768 1 1401         1 1401
X Fifth 40-gun frigate, 24-pounder 2 2516 1 1183 3 3699 1 2                 3 3699                         0 0             0 0
Y Fifth 40-gun frigate, 18-pounder 2 2302     2 2302 2               1 1172 3 3474                         0 0             0 0
Z Fifth 38-gun frigate large 14 15402     14 15402 3 11     2 2245   2 2 2231 18 19878             1 1085     1 1155 2 2240             0 0
A Fifth 38-gun frigate, small 14 14008 1 1020 15 15028 13 2                 15 15028                         0 0             0 0
B Fifth 36-gun frigate, 18-pounder, large 9 9273     9 9273 4 5     1 1011   1     10 10284             1 1013         1 1013 1 1053         1 1053
C Fifth 36-gun frigate, 18-pounder, small 15 13878 1 971 16 14849 16       1 882 1   6 5458 23 21189     2 1946             4 3516 6 5462     1 869     1 869
D Fifth 36-gun frigate, 12-pounder 16 14735 1 968 17 15703   17 4 3600 6 5358   10     27 24661             3 2744         3 2744             0 0
E Fifth 32-gun frigate, 18-pounder, large 5 4542     5 4542 5                   5 4542                         0 0             0 0
F Fifth 32-gun frigate, 18-pounder, small 4 3218     4 3218 4                   4 3218                         0 0             0 0
G Fifth 32-gun frigate, 12-pounder, large 4 3245     4 3245 3 1     1 770   1     5 4015                         0 0 1 748         1 748
H Fifth 32-gun frigate, 12-pounder, small 21 14434 2 1407 23 15841 23       1 704   1     24 16545             1 683         1 683 3 2073         3 2073
I Sixth 28-gun frigate 8 4779 1 594 9 5373 7 2 2 1167 6 3623 3 5     17 10163                         0 0         1 605 1 605
K Sixth 24-gun post-ship, quarter-decked, 4 2083 1 563 5 2646 4 1     2 1147   2     7 3793                         0 0         1 506 1 506
L Sixth 24-gun post-ship, flush 1 625     1 625   1                 1 625                         0 0             0 0
N Sixth 22-gun post-ship, quarter-decked 5 2727     5 2727   5     1 522 1       6 3249                         0 0             0 0
0 Sixth 20-gun post-ship, quarter-decked 3 1369 1 498 4 1867 2 2     5 2322 3 2     9 4189                         0 0 1 511         1 511
P Sixth 20-gun post-ship, flush 3 1530 1 513 4 2043   4                 4 2043                         0 0             0 0
Q Sloops Arrow & Dart, mounting 28 carronades 2 772     2 772 2                   2 772                         0 0             0 0
R Sloops 18-gun ship-sloop, quarter-decked 10 4253     10 4253 10               1 422 11 4675                         0 0 1 453     1 486 2 939
S Sloops 18-gun ship-sloop, flush 16 6066 3 1143 19 7209 9 10     5 1817 1 4 1 443 25 9469             5 1871         5 1871 2 754 1 334 1 329 4 1417
T Sloops 16-gun ship-sloop, quarter-decked, large 12 4575     12 4575 10 2     2 680 1 1     14 5255                         0 0         2 706 2 706
U Sloops 16-gun ship-sloop, quarter-decked, small 2 659 1 322 3 981 3       1 311 1       4 1292                         0 0         1 319 1 319
V Sloops 16-gun ship-sloop, flush 5 1787 2 605 7 2392 4 3                 7 2392         4 1467 1 320         5 1787         5 1422 5 1422
W † Sloops 14-gun ship-sloop, quarter-decked 4 1170     4 1170 4   1 304 3 910 4       8 2384                         0 0         1 301 1 301
X Sloops 14-gun ship-sloop, flush 3 868     3 868 3                   3 868         2 668             2 668             0 0
Y Sloops 18-gun brig-sloop, large 6 2249     6 2249 5 1     1 370 1       7 2619                         0 0         1 369 1 369
Z Sloops 18-gun brig-sloop, small 8 2613     8 2613 6 2     1 318 1       9 2931         1 309             1 309         1 346 1 346
a Sloops 16-gun brig-sloop 13 3617     13 3617 1 12                 13 3617                         0 0 1 279     4 1056 5 1335
b Sloops 14-gun brig-sloop 11 2595     11 2595 1 10     2 447 1 1     13 3042             1 245         1 245 1 208 1 243 2 459 4 910
d Bombs of 8 guns and 2 mortars 8 2655 6 2032 14 4687 14                   14 4687             1 317         1 317 1 317         1 317
e Fire-ships 14 guns 1 425 1 243 2 668 2       1 423 1       3 1091                 1 243     1 243 1 422     1 203 2 625
f Gun-brigs 14 guns 7 1433     7 1433 3 4                 7 1433                         0 0         1 202 1 202
g Gun-brigs 12 guns 52 8652 6 1034 58 9686 56 2     19 2971 19       77 12657     20 3651     1 161         21 3812 1 161         1 161
h Gun-brigs 10 guns 6 924     6 924   6                 6 924                         0 0 1 165     1 170 2 335
i Cutters &c 14 guns 4 734     4 734   4     1 181 1       5 915                         0 0             0 0
k Cutters &c 12 guns 7 1012 1 148 8 1160 6 2                 8 1160                         0 0 1 151         1 151
l Cutters &c 10 guns 10 1210     10 1210   10                 10 1210             3 393         3 393             0 0
m Cutters &c 8 guns 2 220     2 220   2                 2 220                         0 0         1 95 1 95
n Cutters &c 6 guns 2 185     2 185   2                 2 185                         0 0             0 0
o Cutters &c 4 guns 7 493     7 493 3 4                 7 493                         0 0             0 0
q Third Rates 36 guns                 7 9400 2 2797 4 5     9 12197                         0 0             0 0
r Fourth Rates 26 guns                 6 6732   4 2     6 6732                         0 0             0 0
s Fifth-rates 24 guns                 22 19964     20 2     22 19964                         0 0             0 0
t Fifth-rates 18 guns                 25 18081     17 8     25 18081                 1 869     1 869 1 681         1 681
u Floating Battery 46 guns                 1 1373     1       1 1373                         0 0             0 0
v Floating Battery 20 guns and under                 4 1489     4       4 1489                         0 0             0 0
w Gun vessels 1 - 4                   13 1198 9 611   22     22 1809                         0 0             0 0
z Advice Boats                   2 358     2 5     7 358 2 358                     2 358             0 0
a Sloop of Discovery                   1 334     1       1 334                 1 334     1 334             0 0
b Armed Transports                   14 4818     9   2 477 11 5295                         0 0             0 0
c Yachts royal or large                 2 328 2 417 4       4 745                         0 0             0 0
d Yachts small                     5 399 5       5 399                                            
    TOTALS 451 363813 54 52753 505 416566 351 154 128 104770 113 77526 142 99 35 52114 781 650976 4 4258 23 7451 8 3782 21 13357 4 3273 8 11264 68 43385 21 14314 4 3273 28 12107 53 29694

NOTES TO ABSTRACT No. 10.

W † The purchased ship of this class was the Cornwallis, late a teak-built Indiaman.

x A very ancient class revived. " Advice boats so called officially, are said to have been employed, for the first time, in 1692, before the battle off Cape La Hogue in order to gain intelligence of what was passing at Brest. " See Derrick, p. 113, note *.

As the hired vessels had begun to be discharged, they now numbered only about 62. This Abstract, having been put to press along with the one which precedes it, contains the same deficiency of a unit in the " Tons," that is remarked upon in the single note of Abstract No. 9.

Owing to an inadvertency on our part, two 74s, one of the N, the other of the O class, that were, late in the year 1801, ordered to be built, have been left out of the " ordered " column. The addition of them will make the line numerical grand total 191, and the general numerical grand total 783.

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