Thanks
to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read
books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for
several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains useful
information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible. In
this specific magazine was an article titled “The National Defence Madness”
published in which the British navy was compared with several other navies and
the results were presented in the British Parliament.
P.
361: “The navy of Brazil is as follows 2 frigates of 54 and 30 guns, 5
corvettes, in all 98 guns; 2 brigs of 18 guns; 10 brig-schooners of 68 guns; 3
ketches of 13 guns; 2 schooners of 4 guns; 5 gunboats and 6 steamers. Disarmed
1 frigate, 2 cutters, 1 barque, 2 steamers and 6 transports.”
Source
William
Tait. “The National Defence Madness: in: Tait’s Edingburgh magazine,
January-December 1852.
