Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era

United States Navy: Shipbuilding Costs 1811

 

Estimate of the expense of building & completely equipping for actual service vessels of war of various rates and annual expense of each.

Rate

Expense of Building. (In dollars)

Annual Expense of Each. (In dollars)*

$ per Gun

Dollars (Total)

74

4,500

333,000

211,784

60

4,500

270,000

140,000

50

4,500

225,000

115,214

44

4,500

198,000

110,000

36

4,500

162,000

102,000

32

4,000

128,000

82,000

20

3,500

70,000

50,202

Source: The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Vol. 1.  Ed. by William S. Dudley.  Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, 1985.

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