“French ship designers were cleverer than English ones; French ships were usually faster” (Hotspur, 81). All of these years I’ve thought that one of the main reasons the English Navy dominated the seas was the fact that they had better ships. I could swear I remember reading or hearing about how the British ship designs were more advanced. Though come to think of it, that was in relation to ships of the Spanish Armada. Perhaps the same wasn’t true for French ships.