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Saturday, 20 July 2019

The West European navies versus pirates in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 7 December 1825

Frankfurt, 2 December. The newspaper Oesterreichischer Beobachter dated 18 October published in the topic Kingdom of the Two Sicilies next items. Since time was trade in the Mediterranean harassed by some pirates from Tripoly which captured some ships including one papal. According to tidings from Otranto was one pirate captured by a British frigate and brought into Corfu. After an extensive research it became clear it was a Greek ship while her crew came from Maino. The navies of all countries tried with all efforts to persecuted these pirates.