English naval expansion

Timeline

1. 1512Southern English naval ports · EnglandHenry VIII went to war with France in accordance with a treaty, realizing that traditional coastal defense was insufficient to support blue-water operations. The crown ordered the accelerated construction of large sailing warships at Portsmouth and elsewhere, and recruited sailors and craftsmen to expand the fleet.
2. 1513–1514English Channel · English ChannelNewly built warships such as the Regent were successively committed to the Anglo-French war, participating in naval battles off the coast of Brittany and elsewhere. Although individual vessels were lost, the fleet's size and firepower configuration improved markedly, accumulating experience for the modernization of the Tudor navy.