Naval warfare in Europe, <i>c</i>. 1330–<i>c</i>. 1680

Sicking, Louis

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“…He argues convincingly that we should see this process of change as an evolution, in line with earlier developments, rather than a revolution. 11 However, he too argues that the change in technology was a root cause of changing fleet composition. He refines this by observing that once all parties had acquired the technology, fiscal resources became decisive.…”

Section: Warfare At Sea 1600-1700mentioning

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The sixth admiralty: The Dutch East India Company and the military revolution at sea, c. 1639–1667

Odegard¹

2014

International Journal of Maritime History

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In February 1665, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) agreed to equip 20 ships for the Dutch fleet, six of which were specifically named Indiamen. This article will focus on this episode as the culmination of 25 years of VOC involvement in the Republic’s wars in Europe. During this period, the VOC acted at times as a sixth admiralty board. This article will argue that the ships that the VOC provided in 1665 should not be seen as armed merchantmen, but rather as a distinct type of warship. Drawing on fleet lists and armament figures, the case is made that the VOC provided important support for the fleet. In addition, it is argued that the VOC followed the technical changes in Dutch warship design in this period. The inability to cope with the risk of battlefleet strategy, not technical changes, forced the VOC out of its role as sixth admiralty.

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Section: Warfare At Sea 1600-1700mentioning

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The sixth admiralty: The Dutch East India Company and the military revolution at sea, c. 1639–1667

Odegard¹

2014

International Journal of Maritime History

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“…However, during the latter half of Henry VIII's reign recruitment of men became more difficult due to the increased size of the royal fleet as well as the lure of profitable privateering [ 6 ]. Numbers on royal vessels may have been made up by recruits from merchant ships (in addition to the King acquiring and arming the merchant ships themselves) [ 38 ].…”

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Diversity aboard a Tudor warship: investigating the origins of theMary Rosecrew using multi-isotope analysis

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The great Tudor warship, the Mary Rose , which sank tragically in the Solent in 1545 AD, presents a rare archaeological opportunity to research individuals for whom the precise timing and nature of death are known. A long-standing question surrounds the composition of the Tudor navy and whether the crew were largely British or had more diverse origins. This study takes a multi-isotope approach, combining strontium ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr), oxygen (δ 18 O), sulfur (δ 34 S), carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotope analysis of dental samples to reconstruct the childhood diet and origins of eight of the Mary Rose crew. Forensic ancestry estimation was also employed on a subsample. Provenancing isotope data tentatively suggests as many as three of the crew may have originated from warmer, more southerly climates than Britain. Five have isotope values indicative of childhoods spent in western Britain, one of which had cranial morphology suggestive of African ancestry. The general trend of relatively high δ 15 N and low δ 13 C values suggests a broadly comparable diet to contemporaneous British and European communities. This multi-isotope approach and the nature of the archaeological context has allowed the reconstruction of the biographies of eight Tudor individuals to a higher resolution than is usually possible.

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“…Other countries never engaged in the construction of giant ships, except for warships, and even then, only occasionally(Sicking 2010). …”

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Turning points in leadership: Ship size in the Portuguese and Dutch merchant empires

Rei

2024

Soc. sci. hist.

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This paper discusses the implications of organizational control on the race for technological leadership in merchant empires. I provide an illustrative framework in which poor organizations have reduced incentives to invest, which in turn stifle technology improvements making leaders lag new entrants. In the late sixteenth century, Portugal’s large ships carried more merchandise and were more fitting of the monarch’s grandiose preferences, but they also were more prone to disaster. The merchant-controlled Dutch East India Company however, invested in smaller but more seaworthy vessels conducting more voyages at a much lower loss rate. The surviving historical evidence shows Portugal relying on large ships well into the seventeenth century suggesting her technological edge was gone by the time the Dutch dominated the Indian Ocean.

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Naval warfare in Europe, c. 1330–c. 1680

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The sixth admiralty: The Dutch East India Company and the military revolution at sea, c. 1639–1667

The sixth admiralty: The Dutch East India Company and the military revolution at sea, c. 1639–1667

Diversity aboard a Tudor warship: investigating the origins of theMary Rosecrew using multi-isotope analysis

Turning points in leadership: Ship size in the Portuguese and Dutch merchant empires

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