When comparing naval expenditures to total defense spending, the percentage in each war are relatively similar. For the Seven Years War, this ratio is roughly 51 percent, while during the Napoleonic Wars the ratio is roughly 41 percent. While these numbers are not exactly the same, some context is necessary. When breaking down the Napoleonic Wars, the ratio of naval expenditures to total defense spending is roughly 47 percent from 1792-1807, roughly 44 percent from 1808-1809, and then roughly 33 percent from 1810-1815. As such, for the majority of the Napoleonic Wars, the ratio was very close to that of the Seven Years War. The difference comes towards the end of the war, when the mobilization of British troops on land started to rise substantially. According to data compiled by…show more content… Between 1807 and 1808, total troops rose from 199,457 to 226,427. By 2013, that number rose to 255,876. However, this change does not discount the significant funneling of money towards the Royal Navy for the entire war. By showing that the ratio of naval expenditures to total defense spending was relatively the same for both wars, the scaling and thus the mobilization of warfare further argues towards that of total warfare. Further strengthening the argument is the net naval expenditures per individual sailor. When combining N.A.M. Rodger’s data with Christopher Chantrill’s, one can find that the Royal Navy spent roughly 83 pounds per sailor during the Seven Years War, while they spent roughly 141 pounds per sailor during the Napoleonic Wars. This difference is substantial, and displays that the scaling of naval expenditures did not solely have to do with an increase in sailors. Rather, there are two
