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Monday 26 October 2015

Venetian navy strong enough to protect her merchant against Russia according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 6 August 1774

An item dated Venice 18th July reported that that the Venetian navy was strengthened with as result that Russia now longer was a threat for the Venetian merchant shipping in the Levant. The Venetian government stricken the galleys and the sailors were transferred to the fleet and the galley slaves to the chebecqs.