A list of ships appointed 29th May, 1557, to serve under the lord admiral, together with the number of soldiers, and gunners in the same. A list of the royal navy, in 1578, with the burthen of the ships, Estimating the Falcon at 120, and the George at 50 tons. When the Spanish fleet arrived in the Channel, in July, 1588, it appears from several accounts, that in the English fleet there were 34 ships belonging to her majesty, to which the following is a list:-viz. In the Archeologia, there is a complete list of the navy on the 23rd of May, 1599, taken from an original and beautiful manuscript in the possession of Dr. Leith, which was exhibited to the Antiquarian Society, and read on the 5th of May, 1796; with the number of brass and cast iron ordnance of the different species then appropriated to the respective ships: viz. Cannon Demi Cannon Falconets |