The changing Royal Navy, 1763-1914:

Question 1

What was original tactic for Naval warfare?

Answer 1

Broadside attacks

Question 2

When was the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 2

1805

Question 3

How many ships did the British have at the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 3

33 Ships

Question 4

How many ships did the Spanish and French have at the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 4

41 ships

Question 5

How many gun decks did first and second rate ships have?

Answer 5

3 gun decks (80-120 cannons)

Question 6

What is a famous example of a first/second rate naval ship?

Answer 6

Nelson’s ship, ‘HMS Victory’

Question 7

How many guns would a fourth rate ship have?

Answer 7

64 or less

Question 8

How many gun decks would a third rate ship have?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

How many guns would a third rate ship have?

Answer 9

64-80 cannons

Question 10

What percentage of the navy was composed of third rate ships in 1794 and 1814?

Answer 10

1794= 76% and 1814=80%

Question 11

How long was a third rate ship?

Answer 11

52m hull

Question 12

What were fifth and sixth rate ships called?

Answer 12

Frigates

Question 13

Between 1800 and 1801 the Frigate called ‘Speedy’ captured how many French ships?

Answer 13

53

Question 14

How many fast frigates were built by the French between 1777 and 1790?

Answer 14

59

Question 15

How many British merchant ships were lost in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars?

Answer 15

619

Question 16

How many ships did the Royal Navy have in 1815 and 1835?

Answer 16

1815= 1006 ships and 1835= 58 ships (Late 1815= 262 ships)

Question 17

When did the first experimental steamship, ‘Kent’, set sail?

Answer 17

1794

Question 18

When was the First Opium War?

Answer 18

1839-1842

Question 19

When were the first steam-propelled ships launched in Britain and France?

Answer 19

Britain= 1843 and France= 1845

Question 20

When was the 90 gun French Steamship, ‘Napoleon’ launched?

Answer 20

1850

Question 21

In the 1850s, how many steam battleships did the British build and convert?

Answer 21

Built 18 and converted 41

Question 22

In the 1850s, how many steam battleships did the French build and convert?

Answer 22

Built 10 and converted 28

Question 23

Henri-Joseph Paixhans developed the Paixhan gun in the 1820s but when were they fitted to warships?

Answer 23

From 1841

Question 24

The first Ironclad warship was the French ship ‘La Gloire’ but when was it built?

Answer 24

1859

Question 25

The British built there first Ironclad Warship in 1861. What was its name?

Answer 25

HMS Warrior

Question 26

What were the three main developments in naval technology?

Answer 26

Steam engines; armour plating; naval guns

Question 27

When was the HMS Devastation launched?

Answer 27

1879

Question 28

How long was HMS Devastation, how thick was its armour and how many 35 ton guns did it have?

Answer 28

87 metres long; armour was 250-300mm thick and two 35 ton guns

Question 29

How much coal did the HMS Devastation need to carry?

Answer 29

1,350 tons

Question 30

What was the name of the act that was passed in 1889 as a result of the two power standard set by the Admiralty?

Answer 30

Naval Defense Act of 1889

Question 31

How many battleships, cruisers and torpedo gunships were built as a result of the Naval Defense Act of 1889?

Answer 31

10 Battleships, 42 cruisers and 18 torpedo gunships (all between 1889-1894)

Question 32

The joint production of France and Russia increased by how much between 1889-1894?

Answer 32

12 Battleships were built

Question 33

How much did HMS Dreadnought cost?

Answer 33

£1.8 million

Question 34

When did John Fisher become the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty?

Answer 34

1904

Question 35

When was HMS Dreadnought built?

Answer 35

1906

Question 36

In 1794, what was the average seaman's wage?

Answer 36

£14 per year

Question 37

How many French merchant ships were captured by the British in the Seven Years' War?

Answer 37

1,165

Question 38

The abolitionist Thomas Clarkson in 1788 said how many of the 5,000 men leaving on slaving voyages in 1785 returned?

Answer 38

2,329

Question 39

How many ships were sent in 1821, 1831 and 1847 to enforce the abolition of the slave trade on British ships?

Answer 39

1821= 6 ships; 1831= 7 ships and 1847=32 ships

Question 40

How many slaves were shipped across the Atlantic in 1800 and 1830?

Answer 40

1800= 80,000 and 1830= 135,000

Question 41

The West Africa squadron for the enforcement of the abolition of the slave trade on British ships had 792 men. How many of these men died in 1829 alone?

Answer 41

204 men

Question 42

How many slaves did the Spanish Slaver ships Regulo and Rapido throw overboard in 1831 to avoid being caught by the British Navy?

Answer 42

150 chained slaves

Question 43

How many slave ships did the Paddle steamer HMS Hydra capture between 1844 and 1846?

Answer 43

4 slave ships

Question 44

How many ships was the ship 'Black Joke' able to capture in a year?

Answer 44

11

Question 45

Between 1810 and 1860, how many slaves were freed by the Royal Navy?

Answer 45

150,000 slaves

Question 46

When did the British capture the Isle de France due to the issue of piracy on British ships?

Answer 46

1810

Question 47

In which area of sea were Arab pirates most prominent?

Answer 47

Red Sea to Bombay

Question 48

Between which years did the Royal Navy charter the Red Sea?

Answer 48

1800 and 1809

Question 49

When was a commercial treaty agreed for Mocha?

Answer 49

1820

Question 50

Between which years was Berbera blockaded?

Answer 50

1827 to 1832

Question 51

How much the American Government pay to the Barbary states in 1795 in ransom money?

Answer 51

$1 million

Question 52

When was the attack on the Algiers that fired over 50,000 cannonballs and sinking 40 vessels?

Answer 52

1816 (and later in 1820, later to be conquered by the French in 1830)

Question 53

Between 1803 and 1815, how ships from the Royal Navy ran aground or sank at sea?

Answer 53

223 ships

Question 54

When was the Longitude Act passed?

Answer 54

1714

Question 55

When was Captain Cook's expedition?

Answer 55

1768-1771

Question 56

When did the British Admiralty establish the Hydrographic Office?

Answer 56

1795

Question 57

When was the first Admiralty chart published?

Answer 57

1801