INDEX.] 



41 ■ 

 492 



493 

 S" i 



534 

 ?6i 



606 



609 



1 296 Three men put to an oar in 



ti.ulios - - - 1, 



ii97 Vellcls carry tlic fovereigii's arms in tlieir 



colours - .. 



•I J2t Gallies cannot bear the fea in bad wcatlier 



Coll of g.illies, and much naval intorinaiicin, 



Hfi.of countries producing the bell feamcn, 

 &c by Sanuro ... 



1331 Ship of iliree decks at Barcelona, no guns 



1335 Shipsof war in England, but private property 



1336 Velfcls ordered to fail in fleets for protection 

 1346 Quota of veirdo fumilhcd by every port in I 



England - . - - --- ! 



1337 Fleet of England laid to be 1,100 velFels 

 1371 Ships nov,' carry cannon - 500 n, _^7i) 

 13S5 Colt of a capital lliip - - ;;^-j 

 J5S6 Fleet of France faid to be about 1,200 vcirL-Js 

 1393 Englilh large warlike fliips in foreign fervice 

 1399 "^lany veirels with the king in Ireland, and ap- 

 parently none left fi-.fncient to oppofe the 

 dtikc of Lancalicr 



1416 The owner of a veliel, loll by the fleet defcrt- | 



ing her,fucs to parliament for conipeniation 630 ! 

 Several inflances ot velfcls owned by cleryyuicn 

 in England and Scotland - 66in 



1449 A veliel as large as a great carrack built at 



Hull, and, in confideration of her extiaor- 

 dinary fize, privileges conferred upon lier 666 



1450 Large (liips, owned by Canyngs, apparently 



built in the Baltic - - . 667 



1455 A trading fliip of 1000 tuns owned by tlie king 



of Sweden - . - - 671 



1470P A large fhip built by the b. of St. Andrews 6S9 

 1545 France faid to have a Ihip of 100 guns ii, 95 



1553 A i-efTel fheathed with lead . ii4n 



1564 A Swedilh Iliip of 200 cann m . - 139 



1581 The merchants of England have 13s Ihips, 



whereof many are of 500 tuns - i ^ ; 



1588 A fiatement of the fhipping nf England ii;7 



•593 A Portuguefe (hip of 1,600 tuns, the Jargeft 



ever leen in England . . - 200 



ij97 A ftiip of 830 tuns, the largell ever yet built 



by an Englilh fubje(5l . . - 213 



— — Dutch (hips of war not above 200 tuns 213 



1603 Notabove 4merchant fliips of 400 tuns in Engl. 231 



Low countries/(i;(/ to have as many velfcls as 



II kingdoms, and to build 1000 Ihips an. 



nually ... 237 



1610 A (liip of 1,100 tuns built by the Eaft-India 



company ... 2^9 



1615 Other (hips of the company 1293-1060.900 



tuns, &:c - - . 280 



1626 A premium for building Ihips of 200 tuns 338 



1629 No vefiels to be fold out of England - 360 



1640 An E[igli(h (hip valued at ^"260,000 - 410 



1657 Englilh (hips very (hong - . 473 



1662 Large (hips encouraged . . 5^7 



1677 Eall-lndia company's (hips 300 to 600 tuns 473,585 

 1685 Shipbuilding decayed by the ufe of foreign vel- 



fels in the Englifli coafting trade - 621 



1688 But the tonnage of merchant veifelsnow near 



double of what it was in 1666 - 629 



16X9 Eaft-India company's Ihips 900 to 1300 tuns 64^ 

 1694 Large Ihips again encouraged . 6C2 



1702 Shipping of England 261,222 tuns . 7'9'i 



1703 Many Ihips dellroyed by lempefl . 728 

 J729 Shipping much increafed in 6 years iii, 14S 

 1732 Shipping of London 178,557 tiuis . 1S2 

 1753 Shipping of England eliiniated 320,000 tuns 304 

 1760 Vellels entered inward and outward in Great 



Britain, and velfels belonging to England 

 and Scotland this year - . 340 



And henceforth regularly at the conclulion of every year. 



Shipping, navigation, and naval affairs' 



the Mediterranean 



1761 Prefervative againll the worm. — a more efiVc. 



fviul one by coppering . . iii, 



1762 Nautical I'cience much improved by Harrifon'i 



invention of chronometeri 



1763 IVIcthod of riding cafy in a llorm 

 1771 A new cement for bottoms invented 

 A boat incapable of linking invent-^d 



1773 Sales of partsof vcifels to toreigmr.s re(;\iljted 



• L'nilorm meafurement for duty, ice cnai^'ltd 



1775 Invention of feafoninu timb; 



34» 



374 

 i>4 



S»4 

 5:5 

 544 



fur building — 

 method of laying the waves in allorm $ii 



\-i-ifi B'ocJcs, lliecves, &c improved - 5S7 



1782 .Act againlMupplying vellels to tlic enemy 714 



1783 Comparative views of the Britilh and Americ- 



an (hipping in 1775 and 1783 - iv, iln 



1786 Acl for mealurement and (Irict regillration of 



Briiilli vcir Is . . rf/ 



Damage of owners by robbery, fire, &.'C limited 1.0 



17S7 Regulations for regiftcring . ii^ 



Vellels eiuirely of iron — 1 eli'els wiili bottoms 



entirely of Copper — one with two bottoms 178 

 178s Velfels belonging lo ail the liritilh dominions iSi 



And liericeforih at the concluiion of every year. 

 J789 Piinillimen< for deltroying Ihips in .'^coiland iS6 



Vellels built this year in the Britilh dominions I97 



Velfelsemployed in the trade with every con ntiy 191) 



And henceforth (inular accounts are iiiierted at the 

 conclulion of every year. 



1790 Sliding keels introduced by Captain Schank 2: i 



1791 Improved method of (topping (hot-holes — ii;i- 



provcd cJiain-pump — prefervative from liie 

 worm . . - - 137 



1793 Setting fueto vclTels punidied with death 281 



1794 Ships of war, &-C taken, exempted from duty 299 

 1798 Convoy a(5l palfcd - . 447 



Improvements in defence by Captain Schank 461 



An invention for keeping a velfci with a broken 



bottomafloat - . .. 461 



iSoo Veflcls, tunnage, and (eamen, of every port 



in the Britilh tmpiie . - 533- 



1634 Ship-money, a tax for building fiiips, impofcd by 



King Charles I - . ii, 384 



1636 Again with fome variations - . 392 



1637,1638 Again ... 398,404 



^i6*'hipwreck — by the Rhodian law wrecked llups 



not to be plundered - - '» 25 



161 Tliis law enforced by the emperor Antoninus 191 

 1172 A llmilar law made by Henry II, k. of England 341 

 1274 And alio by King Edward I - 421 



And by Alexander III, king of Scotland 445 



1324 Prerogative of wreck refumed by Edward II 496 

 1353' V/recked goods to be rellored to the owner 584 

 13(^5 A fhip, wrongoully feized as wrecked, relhired 571 

 1429 Vellels, wrecked in Scotland, to be treated as 



w recks are treated in their country 64J 



There are alfo provilions refpecling wrecks in alnioft 

 every treaty. 

 1714 An a6l againft plundering wrecks, for procur- 

 ing ailillance, and regulating falvage iii, 39 

 1718 Voluntary Itijiwreck punilhed by death 40 

 S/nrfs or counlirs — the divilioii of the kingdom 

 into them alcribed to Alfred, but prob,ibIy 

 more antient . - i, 264 

 1354 They are obliged to produce robbers , ^^t 

 1634 ykipkecpers diliinguiOied from merchants, and 

 not admitted in the merchant-adventure's 

 company - . - ii, 381 



1755 A tux laid upon (liops . - iv, 72 



1756 The ^ax lowered Liiion rents under ,f 30 100 

 17S9 And now totally repealed - . ijj 

 I556*.'>V;.V exports corn to Gieece ■» i, 10 



5o8*Is partly fubject to ("arthage - 6% 



14 Produce and trade jf Si^-.ly - ~ i\^ 



k 2 



