Madrid, 21 April. It’s beyond any doubt that the ships, recently bought from Russia are needing some repairs. The ships destined towards Lima and which was thought to be ready to depart immediately towards this destination, was fit enough lacking repairs. Of the three frigates just one was in a condition good enough to serve at once. The Russians wanted to return to their country despite the feasts at Cadiz given to pleasure them. They wanted to depart as soon as possible with the 16 transports which were available, while the frigate Diana was ordered to convey the transports up to Cape Ortegal. When the troops destined for the South-American possessions could be embarked was unknown, not only due to the bad condition of the ships, but the crews were incomplete and lacking all of the victuals.
Note
1.“The Chilean frigate O’Higgins captured as the Spanish Maria Isabel, being the former Spanish Patrico and Russian Patricia and finally became the Argentinean Buenos Aires” and “The weakness of the Spanish navy in 1823 according to the local Dutch newspaper Goereesche Courant”.
Note
1.“The Chilean frigate O’Higgins captured as the Spanish Maria Isabel, being the former Spanish Patrico and Russian Patricia and finally became the Argentinean Buenos Aires” and “The weakness of the Spanish navy in 1823 according to the local Dutch newspaper Goereesche Courant”.
