Admiral Vernon And the Navy a Memoir And Vindication Being An Account of the a
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But the House of Commons swallowed the bargain, though with rather a wry face, and voted the sum required ADMIRAL VERNON AND THE NAVY 107 for the sea-service and incidental purposes, for the year 1726. A month later His Majesty sent a message to the House stating that he found it necessary to augment his maritime force by increasing the number of seamen beyond the 10, 000 already sanctioned. Again the House complied, the further vote being, in fact, directed against the intrigues then proceedin...g between Madrid and St. Petersburg. The Admiralty thereupon fitted out three squadrons one for the Baltic, another for the West Indies, and a third for the Mediterranean. The first-mentioned squadron under the command of Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Wager included the Graf ton, seventy guns, to which Captain Vernon was appointed. There were thirty-one sail of the line, and two fire- ships. By the time the fleet reached the Baltic the Russians had sixteen men-of-war at Cronstadt. To the admiral of the fleet Sir Charles Wager in due course handed a letter from King George to the Czarina protesting against the Russian armaments on sea and land, and against the alleged intrigues of the Russian Court with the Pretender.
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