The Royal Navy and northeastern North America, 1689-1713

• Main Author: Miles, William Roy
• Other Authors: Reid, John G., 1948-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University 2000
• Subjects: DA86.62; Great Britain. Royal Navy > History > 17th century; Great Britain. Royal Navy > History > 18th century; Warships > Visits to foreign ports > Newfoundland and Labrador; Warships > Visits to foreign ports > New England; Great Britain > History; Naval > Stuarts; 1603-1714; Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 17th century; Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 18th century; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/22777

vii, 199 leaves 28 cm. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-199). Also available online. This thesis examines warships of the English/British Royal Navy sent to North America during the Nine Years War (1689-1698) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713). Particular attention is placed on station ships and convoys sent to New England and Newfoundland. The Royal Navy represented a routine and constant transatlantic link as North Atlantic colonies began to merge with a centralised imperial bureaucracy. The ships and men sent overseas were not afterthoughts of naval administration, but directly connected with their brethren serving in the main fleets. Given the erratic nature of squadron deployment to North America during this period, the dispatch of small groups of ships offered a more stable naval presence. Trends within naval and colonial historiography have often determined such links to be unimportant. However, utilisation of recent transatlantic analyses can provide a framework for studying the smaller ships of Europe's largest navy.