An item reported that within the British navy on 1 January in active service were 14 ships of the line, 23 frigates, 9 steam frigates, 32 sloops, 23 steam sloops, 17 smaller vessels, 45 smaller steam vessels, 24 guard- and toll ships, totally 186 units with a Total horsepower of 20,286 hp. Total number of flag officers 131, captains 648, commodores 948 and lieutenants 2,446, totally 7,1717 officers.
