I agree countries such as the british has maritime traditions wich should give them a definitive edge against countries lacking those traditions in developing and using navies, but, as has been said here, this is the 1800s, foreign shipbuilders can be hired, other nations wharfs may be annexed, ships can be bought and you can hire entire mercenary crews of dutch, norwegian or any other nationality of top notch seamen, plus british ex-officers to drill them. so theres no need to make an advanced navy unavailable to say the prussians, it should just be hard and expensive to get.
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