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>>Were there any limits for armament for merchant >>vessels , >>especially during the War XVII early XIX century ? >> >>I have read recently only Greek restrictions , but in >>the peace time. > >I am sure that I have never encountered any discussion >of restrictions on the armaments of merchant ships, >between the 17th and 19th centuries or at any other >time. There were good economic reasons for merchant >ships not to carry large amounts of heavy artillery, >but I know of no requirement that they sail unarmed or >minimally armed. I do know of requirements in both >Britain and France that they sail only under convoy in >wartime even when the owners preferred to take their >chances by proceeding without escort; these >requirements presumed that merchant ships would not be >well enough armed to fight off privateers or warship >raiders. > >Were the "Greek restrictions" imposed by the Greek >government on vessels under its jurisdiction after the >declaration of independence in 1822, or by the newly >created Kingdom of the Hellenes after 1832, or were >they restrictions <i>on</i> Greek vessels by the >government of the Ottoman Empire?

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