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how good would the french navy of napoleon be if he did this starting when he became emperor?
  • more recruitment maybe press gang
  • more investment
  • more schools to train sailors and other officers that are run by experiance people
  • better dockyards for building/repairing ships
  • Corps d'artillerie de la marine is not suppressed
  • better communication with allied navies like the Spanish
  • better leaders
  • ships firing on the downward roll into the enemy hulls instead of on the upward roll of the ship, disabling their opponents
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