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Saturday, 18 May 2019

The Egyptian navy according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 11 April 1835

From Corfu arrived the news that due the worse pay within the Egyptian navy a large displeasure was existing. So large, that the Pacha Mehemed-Ali was forced to borrow money to pay for his war equipment and to repress the displeasure. In the last years he spent enormous amounts of money to improve his navy.