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Wednesday, 14 December 2011

The Swedish navy according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 8 April 1755

Stockholm, 10 March. Since the last Rijksdag (Parliament) was the navy strengthened with 3 ships of the line and 4 smaller vessels to serve in the inshore fleet. A magazine was founded with stores enough to victual 5.000 men during three months, the number of officers was increased just like the sufficient supply of oak timber and masts from the own country, to the galleys were an hundred extra men added and a lot of galleys repaired and the buildings of docks at Karlskrona continued with good results.