[MARINE] - Lot 45

[MARINE] Liste nominale des bâtimens de tout rang composant les forces navales de la République au 1er germinal an 8 [22 mars 1800]. Manuscript. S.l., [ca. 1800], in-folio, paperback, green silk ribbons. 1 f.n.ch. (title) and 20 pp.n.ch. Established shortly after the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire (November 9, 1799), this list gives the names of the ships making up the French fleet: vessels; vessels under construction; frigates of 24, 18 and 12 calibers; frigates under construction; corvettes; brigs; brigs under construction; luggers; cutters; avisos; schooners; schooners under construction; gunboats; gunboats stationed on the ocean coasts; flutes and gabarres. For each vessel, the anonymous author indicates the number of guns and the ship's caliber, and specifies whether the ship is armed, disarmed, in armament or in refit. A summary table concludes the inventory, which lists 304 vessels. Of the 45 vessels, 6 are from the Venetian and Naples navies. Following the summary, the author adds: "Independently of this number of vessels, there are still a large number of gunboats in various ocean ports, built in year 6 for the planned raid on England. Some of these boats were temporarily armed for coastal defense, but we didn't think they should be included in this table...". This list of ships, not mentioned in Polak, appears to be unpublished. Very legible and well preserved document. [Ref. 36721] The French Navy at the beginning of the Consulate