rk on, 77;
Morogues' work on, 77;
position of commander-in-chief in battle, 353-358;
effect on, of changes in naval material, 2-5, 9, 10, 22, 109, 116,
384 (note), 386 (note), 493-495.

_Navies_, condition of:
_British_, under Cromwell, 62;
under Charles II., 61, 101;
character of vessels, 1660, 101;
qualities of officers, 1660, 126-129;
decline of, under Charles II., 174;
improvement of, by James II., 175;
numbers in 1691, 187;
deterioration under William III., 192;
improvement under Anne, 209, 220, 224, 225, 229;
numbers and condition of, in 1727, 1734, and 1744, 259, 260;
inefficiency of officers, 1744, 265-269;
numbers of, 1756-1763, 291;
numbers of, in 1778, 337, 341;
professional skill of officers in American Revolution, 379 (and
note), 401, 412, 449, 456, 497;
administration of, 417, 452, 523, 527.

_Dutch_, prior to 1660, 68, 98, 99;
character of ships, 102;
professional qualities of officers, 109, 126, 127, 129, 157;
Duquesne's estimate of Dutch officers, 129;
decline of, after 1675, 160, 174;
decline of, during War of Spanish Succession, 221, 222;
practical disappearance of, after 1713, 222.

_French_, 53;
numbers in 1661, 70;
numbers in 1666, 72;
numbers, 1683-1690, 72, 178, 179, 180;
administration of, 1660-1695, 72;
condition of, at end of Louis XIV.'s reign, 74, 191;
character of vessels in 1660, 101,
professional qualities of officers in seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, 129, 161, 170-172, 185;
decay in number and condition, 1713-1760, 74-76, 209, 216, 244,
252, 259, 260, 279, 280, 288, 291, 311, 312;
revival of, 1760, 76-78, 331;
numbers of, in 1761 and 1770, 331;
discipline during war of 1778, 332, 333;
numbers in 1778, 45, 337;
superior to British in size and batteries of ships, 338, 493, 494;
professional skill of officers, 365, 412, 435, 436, 447, 457, 484,
497, 527, 536 (note);
administration of, 402 (and note), 403, 452, 536, 537;
numbers of, in 1791, 338;
numbers of, in 1814, 81.

_Spanish_, condition of, anterior to 1660, 41, 50, 94, 95;
in 1675, 160, 165;
restoration by Alberoni, 234;
destruction of ships at Cape Passaro and of dock-yards, 237, 238;
numbers of, 1747, 259;
numbers of, 1756, 291;
numbers of, in 1761, 331;
numbers of, in 1779, 337;
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