Because naval strategy drives construction, a navy built around commerce attack needs suitable raiders, while merchants need ships that can survive them. Carronades and East Indiamen made to resemble Royal Navy warships from a distance are two practical responses. The 1796 Bermuda advertisements identify Fortune of War under Henry Adams with ten carriage guns and Princess Royal under Daniel Morgan with sixteen. These privately armed ships participated directly in the British war effort. Britain also attacked enemy trade, while blockade prevented French and Spanish naval forces from protecting their own merchantmen and colonies.
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Commerce warfare shapes warships and merchant ships
Carronades, warship-like East Indiamen, Bermudian privateers, and blockade show how commerce attack changes procurement on both sides of a war.