Re: Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides

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   Someone else <republican_remove_spam_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >As far as I'm aware Britain got most of it's marine supplies from the
> >Baltic countries

> What? There were substantial Oak forests in Latvia?

There are more countries around the Baltic than just Latvia.

> For the ****ps that fought the Spanish Armada? 

For the British fleet - when it was still  built out of wood - certainly
until about 1860. I wouldn't get to hung up about the Spanish Armada - the
british fleet was quite small in those days, as were the ****ps.

> Wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper to have felled the trees in
> nearby Ireland?

I have no idea. I'm sure the procurement agents in those days were quite
competent and got their supplies from whoever could deliver the quality
and quantity need. The demands of a large fleet are quite astoni****ng -
even for simple things like wooden tackles.

Jochen

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