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Friday 16 September 2011

The Egyptian, Greek and Turkish navies in the Levant according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 23 December 1824

Frankfurt, Germany, 17 December. According to tidings from Constantinople, Turkey dated 12 November would the Captain Pasha stay during the winter in the Dardanelles. It wasn't known if he was to be appointed again for the next year. The Greeks take some time ago a vice admiral of the pasha of Egypt prisoner. Instead of a large sum money they wanted to have a frigate in return for his release.

Augsburg, Germany, 17 December. According to a news item dated Odessa 30 November based on rumours and tidings from Constantinople, Turkey dated 20 November published in the newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung left Ibrahim Pasha with his fleet Boudroun and had lost heavily in a fight with the Greek fleet off Candia.