 By comparison, the 70-gun French ship captured by the Royal Navy in 1702 was , and the 70-gun of 1744, captured in 1748 was .This was almost as long as the to which British first rates were to be built according to the 1741 proposals.With the end of Robert Walpole's government in 1742, the Board of Admiralty was re–organised, and the civilian Earl of Winchilsea was appointed First Lord.