Captured foreign ships contributed to Royal Navy strength, with prize money providing an incentive to take them. Financial reward matters more than appeals to patriotism in this interpretation. Higher pay during the world wars supplies a later comparison. The suggestion that higher pay could solve most modern recruiting problems is a personal judgment drawn from that history.
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Prize money and pay as recruiting incentives
Prize-taking and wartime pay increases underpin a personal argument for financial incentives in naval recruiting.