CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- STYLISTIC CONVENTIONS -- LIST OF PLATES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE THE ROLE OF THE NAVY -- CHAPTER TWO THE NAVY IN DOMESTIC POLITICS -- CHAPTER THREE THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY -- CHAPTER FOUR THE DESIGN AND PROCUREMENT OF THE NAVY'S SHIPS -- CHAPTER FIVE THE STRENGTH OF THE NAVY -- CHAPTER SIX THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVAL DOCKYARDS -- CHAPTER SEVEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVAL BREMERHOLM DOCKYARD -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE ORGANISATION OF THE SEAGOING NAVY -- CONCLUSION HOW GOOD WAS CHRISTIAN IV'S NAVY? -- APPENDIX A -- SHIP LISTS -- 1. Large Warships -- 2. Medium Warships -- 3. Small Warships -- 4. Galleys & Jagts -- 5. Dockyard Vessels -- 6. Transport Ships -- 7. Armed Merchantmen Hired During the Torstensson War -- APPENDIX B -- COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF THE DANISH AND SWEDISH NAVIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.