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Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Projected strengthening of Ottoman/Turkish navy in 1819 according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 6 December 1819

According to rumours the Sultan was especially interested in enforcing the navy. He wanted not just to be active in the Archipelago but also in the Mediterranean. The Kapudan Pasha who obviously neglected the naval affairs was strangled and the body thrown into the sea.