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Sunday 25 September 2011

Navies in the Mediterranean according to Johann Georg Heck in 1852

Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible.

P. 17. “The Sardinian Navy has 5 frigates, with 60 guns; 2 corvettes, 6 smaller vessels, 12 gunboats, and 1 steamship.”

p. 18. “Tuscany has a small navy of 3 schooners and 2 gunboats.”

P. 18. “The navy of the Pope consists of 2 frigates and 4 smaller vessels.”

P. 18. “The Neapolitan Navy numbers 12 vessels, including 1 ship of the line, with 84 guns; 3 frigates, and 4 corvettes.”

P. 18. “The Austrian Navy has 8 ships of the line, 8 frigates, 4 corvettes, 6 cutters, 7 schooners, and several steamers and smaller vessels.”

P. 18. “The Turkish Navy consists of 10 ships of the line in commission and 5 not in commission; 15 frigates, 3 steamships, and several corvettes and other vessels.”

P. 18. “The Egyptian Navy at present has not more than 3 ships of the line, 1 frigate, 1 corvette, and 2 cutters.”

Source
Johann Georg Heck. Iconographic encylopeadia of science, literature, and art. Vol III. New York, 1852.