5075357313

Unserviceable- GUNS. '862

For Service. GUNS.

Brought over.......

1698....

CUTTER . 50 Defence,................. 1G GUN-BOATS. Eleven at 2 guns each, 22 The Dragon, Zebeck, ..........

20

Total Number of guns on ships fit for service

Unserviceable 882

Hence it will appear, that more than half the navy of Denmark consisted of ships incapable of putting to sea, either from their temporary state waiting for repair,* or from age ab­ solutely unfit. Most of the ships, however, were such as would, according to the system hitherto adopted in the navy, have been bro­ ken up. Considering the number of men that must necessarily be employed, it is obvious,* * The ships of the line in the Danish navy generally receive a thorough repair,when 15 years old. On arriving at the age of 30 and upwards, they were formerly never thought fit for sea.