Abstract
The peculiar nature of fleet capability and performance was a defining characteristic of sea warfare in the eighteenth century, determining both tactics and strategy. While this significance has time and again captured the attention of historians, the accuracy of the facts themselves has escaped scrutiny. S.B.A. Willis draws on contemporary sources to demonstrate that our accepted understanding of fleet capability and performance in the eighteenth-century navy is in need of revision.
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