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Sunday, 22 January 2012

Strength of Turkish navy improved according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 17 January 1778

According to an item dated Warsaw 1 January was the Porte doing anything possible to increase the navy and were all ready 44 ships with 36-76 guns available to be manned with a large number of capable sailors coming from Algiers, Tripoli and other places.