Zante, 30 August. According to a merchant ship coming from Alexandria consisted the so-called fleet of the Pasha of Egypt just of a corvette and 14 merchant ships, all worse armed and fitted out. They weren’t ready to depart before 1 August.
Vienna, 4 October. The newspaper Oestenreicher Beobachter reported that the Turkish fleet in the last days of August still was lying of Rhodes, joined 25 September by the Egyptian squadron, consisting of 16 warships. More important was the news that weren’t defeated in the two sea battles as reported, because there hadn’t been any battle. In the meantime the internuntius of Austria and the ambassadors of England, France and other countries received complaints from merchant ships dealing with the organised piracy in the Archipelago. Recently were 5 ships loaded with a wealthy cargo hold up and brought up to a distant island, where there was a real price council existing. The port of Constantinople was without the embargo again quite busy, with ships daily arriving from all ports in the Black Sea.
Augsburg, 7 October. The Algemeine Zeiting published two articles. The first came from Trieste, 25 September. Yesterday arrived a vessel which left Zante the 14th. She brought the tiding that the remaining ships of the Turkish fleet in the Archipelago joined the squadrons of Egypt and the Barbary States and entered the port of Calamatta, Morea with stores and victuals for Morea. The second item came from Livoro, 28 September. Some vessels coming from Malta and Zante reported that the Turkish fleet of 34 sails, including 3 ships of the line, 4 frigates, 2 corvettes and further brigs and transports anchored off Zante 14 September. The squadron of the Pasha of Egypt which joined the Turkish attracted in particular the attention due to her good appearance/attitude. Rumours were that the fleet while departing from Rhodes attacked and partly destroyed the waiting Greeks fleet. This tiding had to be confirmed. Other rumours claimed that partly of the fleet departed the 15th towards the Gulf of Lepante and the resting ships returned to Milo to join 10 other Turkish ships wit the attention to attack the Greeks in the Archipelago. From Malta arrived the tiding that the Greeks captured two British vessels underway from Alexandria towards Constantinople. An announcement of England was expected demanding the Greeks to disarm their ships while from the onwards British ships would treated all vessels flying colours not recognised by the European powers as pirates. The ship of the line Rochefort (1) which arrived some days coming from Malta was to depart next morning.
Source
J.J. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. London, 2006.
Note
1. The British 80-gun 2nd rate launched at Jacobs, Milford 6 April 1814. Broken up in 1826.
