The Savannah made the passage from New York to
Liverpool as early as 1819; but steam was only used occasionally
during the voyage, In 1825, the Enterprise, with engines by
Maudslay, made the voyage from Falmouth to Calcutta in 113 days;
and in 1828, the Curacoa made the voyage between Holland and the
Dutch West Indies. But in all these cases, steam was used as an
auxiliary, and not as the one essential means of propulsion, as
in the case of the Sirius and the Great Western, which were steam
voyages only.
[2] "In 1862 the steam tonnage of the country was 537,000 tons;
in 1872, it was 1,537,000 tons; and in 1882, it had reached
3,835,000 tons."--Mr. Chamberlain's speech, House of Commons,
19th May, 1884.
[3] The last visit of the plague was in 1665.
[4] Roll of Edward the Third's Fleet. Cotton's Library, British
Museum.
[5] Charnock's History Of Marine Architecture, ii. 89.
[6] State Papers. Henry VIII. Nos. 3496, 3616, 4633. The
principal kinds of ordnance at that time were these:--The
"Apostles," so called from the head of an Apostle which they
bore; "Curtows," or "Courtaulx"; "Culverins" and "Serpents";
"Minions," and "Potguns"; "Nurembergers," and "Bombards" or
mortars.
[7] The sum of all costs of the Harry Grace de Dieu and three
small galleys, was 7708L. 5s. 3d. (S.P.O. No. 5228, Henry VIII.)
[8] Charnock, ii. 47 (note).
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