The Sailors’ Magazine of August 1834, p. 375, mentioned that Mehemt Ali, Pacha of Egypt, not only increased his navy, but even send his son to service on board of a warship.
“Mehemet is using great exertions to augment his naval resources. The officers of his marine, amount already to an admiral, a vice admiral, and rear-admiral, seventy-six captains, one hundred and seventeen lieutenants, and a considerable number of inferior officers. He has put his son, Said-bey, a youth of eleven years of age, on board the St. Jean d’Acre ship of the line, for the purpose of bringing him up to the service. The young prince is accompanied by twenty-six youths of his own age, and several teachers of languages, and has just returned from a two months’ cruise on the coast of Syria.”
Source
The Sailor’s Magazine and Naval Journal, published by the American Seamen’s friend society. New York, 1835. Digitized by Google.
“Mehemet is using great exertions to augment his naval resources. The officers of his marine, amount already to an admiral, a vice admiral, and rear-admiral, seventy-six captains, one hundred and seventeen lieutenants, and a considerable number of inferior officers. He has put his son, Said-bey, a youth of eleven years of age, on board the St. Jean d’Acre ship of the line, for the purpose of bringing him up to the service. The young prince is accompanied by twenty-six youths of his own age, and several teachers of languages, and has just returned from a two months’ cruise on the coast of Syria.”
Source
The Sailor’s Magazine and Naval Journal, published by the American Seamen’s friend society. New York, 1835. Digitized by Google.
