Niles’ Weekly Register, 13 August 1836, p. 396: “Turkish names. The Turks have very queer names for their vessels of war. One is called the “Opener of Triumph” - another “Old Lurk”, - another the “Protected of God.” They have also, the “Aid of God” – “Vessel of Victory”, - “Salvation of Splendor,” and so on. The pride of the Turkish navy, however, at this moment, is a schooner recently built by an American ship builder at Constantinople .”
