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Someone else wrote:

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 ships 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 ships.

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 astonishing -
even for simple things like wooden tackles.

Jochen

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