Trieste, 26 May. The newspaper l’Osservatore Triestino published an item that a master, arrived after a short voyage coming from Zante that on this island rumours circulated that a French war schooner, while escorting 2 French ships, met 2 Greek vessels which tried to investigate the merchant ships. The French war schooner refused this even by shooting. The merchant ships seemed however to be captured. Some days before the above mentioned master left Zante, left the half of the Turkish fleet Patras towards the South East. The remaining ships stayed off Patras.
Ancona, 24 May. Two Austrian ships coming from Alexandria arrived at Livorno and one of them was plundered by a Greek privateer. She had on board a representative of the Pasha which was beaten. Both ships were loaded with beans and a large amount of gold and silver bars of considerable value. The other ship wasn’t plundered because she was flying the flag of Switzerland.
Paris, 4 June. The French frigate la Marie Therese (1) with on board admiral Rosamel, commanding officer of the French squadron in the South American waters, arrived after a voyage of 53 days from Valparaiso at Rio Janeiro. At that moment were 4 other French warships laying in that harbour, namely the brig le Cigne (2), gabarre l’Arriege (3), frigate la Thetis (4) and the corvette l’Esperance (5). The latter two ships were destined for a voyage around the world.
Source
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.
Notes
1. La Marie-Thérèse, laid down at Toulon 1820, launched 1823, ex-la Cérès renamed 1823, renamed la Calypso 1830, last mentioned 1856.
2. Le Cygne, laid down 1820, launched 1825, last mentioned 1851.
3. Fluyt l’Ariège, laid down at Marseille 1811, launched 1812, last mentioned 1833.
4. La Thétis, laid down at Toulon 1814, launched 1816, voyage around the world under command of Bougainville 124-1826, training ship 1851-1861, renamed le Lanninon 1865, last mentioned 1866.
5. l’Espérance, launched at Dunkirk 1817, last mentioned 1827.
Ancona, 24 May. Two Austrian ships coming from Alexandria arrived at Livorno and one of them was plundered by a Greek privateer. She had on board a representative of the Pasha which was beaten. Both ships were loaded with beans and a large amount of gold and silver bars of considerable value. The other ship wasn’t plundered because she was flying the flag of Switzerland.
Paris, 4 June. The French frigate la Marie Therese (1) with on board admiral Rosamel, commanding officer of the French squadron in the South American waters, arrived after a voyage of 53 days from Valparaiso at Rio Janeiro. At that moment were 4 other French warships laying in that harbour, namely the brig le Cigne (2), gabarre l’Arriege (3), frigate la Thetis (4) and the corvette l’Esperance (5). The latter two ships were destined for a voyage around the world.
Source
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.
Notes
1. La Marie-Thérèse, laid down at Toulon 1820, launched 1823, ex-la Cérès renamed 1823, renamed la Calypso 1830, last mentioned 1856.
2. Le Cygne, laid down 1820, launched 1825, last mentioned 1851.
3. Fluyt l’Ariège, laid down at Marseille 1811, launched 1812, last mentioned 1833.
4. La Thétis, laid down at Toulon 1814, launched 1816, voyage around the world under command of Bougainville 124-1826, training ship 1851-1861, renamed le Lanninon 1865, last mentioned 1866.
5. l’Espérance, launched at Dunkirk 1817, last mentioned 1827.
