HENRY VII. AND THE NAVY
Henry VII. 's reign saw the opening up of the Occident and the Occident by Spain and Portugal, between whom the Pope had divided the world, the Portuguese going East and the Spaniards West; and with the establishment of a Greater Spain and a Greater Portugal the necessity for navies to police the seas and protect colonies became more apparent. Though England was a generation behind Spain and Portugal in recognising the potentialities of a Greater Britain, yet Henry maintained the sovereignty of the Narrow seas, and saw t-hat to ensure peace he must be prepared for war. He concluded commercial treaties with the Continent and built a Navy to maintain his rights. As far as can be made out, one of his ships (the Henry Grace a Dieu) was probably 1000 tons, was manned by 700 men, had four masts, on two of which there were fighting-tops, and carried seventy guns from 32-prs downwards.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2692, 18 October 1905, Page 3 (Supplement)
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