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The navy was primarily focused on intercepting shipments of British goods and generally disrupting British commercial activities at sea. The initial fleet consisted of merchantmen converted from the other side because of the lack of funding, manpower, and resources, with exclusively designed warships being built later in the conflict.
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ReneBritish warships were forced to be diverted to protect convoys and trade routes, thereby being of reduced value to the British army in America. The loss of ships to American armed vessels was demoralizing to the British. Over 50 armed vessels captured nearly 200 British ships as prizes.
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