Baltic naval stores as a British strategic vulnerability

When did the Royal Navy face its greatest danger during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars?

The mutinies were an acute internal danger, while the threat to Baltic naval stores made the Copenhagen crisis strategically frightening.

The Royal Navy's own moments of operational weakness differed from the dangers perceived by the British government. The fleet mutinies created a direct capability crisis, while the diplomatic alignment behind Copenhagen threatened access to Baltic naval stores. Shipbuilding and maintenance supplies remained strategic inputs even when Britain held stockpiles. The attack on Copenhagen reflected anxiety that maritime logistics could undermine the navy before an enemy battle fleet defeated it at sea.