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Wednesday 23 October 2019

The French and Turkish navies in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 23 April 1833

The newspaper Beobachter published some tidings coming from Constantinople dated 27 March. The French goelette la Mesangh arrived at Constantinople with tidings from Alexandria dated 9 March reporting that the Egyptian pasha Mehemet Ali the latest peace conditions had rejected.(1) The 22nd arrived a part of the Turkish fleet lying off Gallipoli at Constantinople and anchored off Beschiktasch and Dalmabagtsche. It consisted of 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates, 2 brigs and 1 cutter. The Sultan visited the admirals’ ship Mahmudie. The remaining 10 ships of the fleet were still between Lampsaki and Gallipoli.

Source
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.

Note
1. This must be the goelette la Mésange launched at Toulon 1823, last mentioned 1851.