Although the Admiralty's shipbuilding plan had not been approved, its strategic plan to provoke the Anglo-Russian War received high praise from Friedrich.
What every country feared most was bureaucrats who did nothing and thought nothing. Only busy bureaucrats were good bureaucrats.
Though the Admiralty had meddled a little too much and had not considered every issue thoroughly enough, Friedrich understood its actions once he took the actual circumstances into account.
Although the Holy Roman Empire Navy had already reached the world's second rank, first place remained hopelessly far away.
The Holy Roman Empire Navy had originally had a chance to catch up with the British, but the French warships had unfortunately been dumped by their government onto the British, further widening the naval gap between the two nations.
Of course, everything had two sides. Where there were drawbacks, there were also benefits. The Royal Navy had not come away unscathed after acquiring the French warships either.
The original purpose of buying those warships had been to suppress the Holy Roman Empire Navy and consolidate naval supremacy.
But the situation later shifted slightly. The anticipated arms race never erupted, leaving the Royal Navy, with its vast fleet, no choice but to mothball part of its warships.
They had bought a pile of big toys and brought them home, only to lock them away in drawers in the end. The British had their own bitterness they could not voice.
Yet there was nothing they could do. Knowing full well there was a pit ahead, the British still had to jump into it. Otherwise, if those warships fell into the hands of the Holy Roman Empire Navy, the Royal Navy's advantageous position would no longer be secure.
After all, warships took time to build. If the Royal Navy lacked an advantage, and the