Author Results for Rif Winfield
The Reduction of the French Mediterranean Fleet 1702–1719
After the losses sustained at Cherbourg and La Hogue following the battle of Barfleur in 1692, Louis XIV remained keen to continue building up his navy to a size equal to or exceeding in strength the combined English and Dutch fleets. Within a few days he authorized six replacement First Rank ships (three-deckers) and five […] Read More
Filed under: Mediterranean | Other (Eighteenth C)
Subjects include: Navies