id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 46754 Hannay, David A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217 to 1688 .txt text/plain 198679 11435 76 of English ships, under the command of John's half-brother, William force of ships and men, to be commanded by their own admirals, and ships managed by the king's servants, and in time of need the old calls to speak with the officer commanding the Dutch ships then engaged in merchant ships always made when a great fleet was fitted out for sea commanding the Ship-money Fleets, Northumberland had little opportunity forty English ships under the command of Blake forced an action with While the English fleet was being got ready for sea, the Dutch also The strength of the English fleet was 54 ships of the line, of life in the English fleet was great, for the ships were crowded with The third Dutch war had been very disastrous to English shipping. the navy, the king's ships did, during the last years of his reign, ./cache/46754.txt ./txt/46754.txt