In his book published in 1834 J.A. St. John described the naval strength of Egypt around that year in a list interesting enough to publish on this weblog.
Masr, 138 guns, 1,500 men, commanded by Besson, Acre, 138 guns, 1,500 men, commanded by Hassan, Mahallet-el-Kebir, 100 men, 1,200 men, commanded by Houssard, Mansourah, 100 men, 1,200 men, commanded by Prissick, Alexandria, 96 guns, 1,200 men, commanded by Mahmood, Aboukir, 90 guns, 1,100 men, commanded by Latif, Jaffaria, 62 guns, 600 men, commanded by Ahmed, Bahirah, 60 guns, 550 men, commanded by Karadooni, Rashid, 58 guns, 500 men, commanded by Selim, Kafr-el-Sheïkh, 58 guns, 500 men, Sheergehat, 54 guns, 450 men, commanded by Mohammed, Damietta, 50 guns, 450 men, Mufti Gehat, 48 guns, 450 men, commanded by Hemmins, Tantah, 24 guns, 300 men, Pelenga Gehat, 22 guns, Psyche, 22 guns Fouah, 20 guns, 250 men, Genah Baharia, 20 guns, Cervelli, 20 guns, Satalia, 20 guns, 200 men, Washington,18 guns, Semuda Gehat,18 guns and Timsah, 13 guns
Subtotal 1,249 guns and 11,950 men
6 other brigs armed with 12 to 10 guns, totally 66 guns and 1,200 men
3 ships which were in a building stage, each armed with 100 guns and to be named Baylan, Hamah and Koniah, totally 300 guns and 3,600 men.
Totally this fleet was armed with 1,615 guns and 16,750 men.
Source
James Augustin St. John. Egypt and Mohammed Ali or, travels in the Valley of the Nile, London 1834, p. 480.
