The Frenchman F.C.H.L. Pouqueville made between 1798 and 1801 a long journey including a visit to Constantinople. In his book he published the following information dealing with the Ottoman navy.
“In 1801, the Turkish navy consisted of twelve ships of the line and fifteen line frigates, besides which, there were on the stocks two ships of the line of 80 and 120 guns, and two others were nearly finished in the ports Synopus and Rhodes. A Swedish engineer, M. Rhodez, with a company of workmen of his nation, had formed a dock for ship-building, which I visited; and 1 found every department so amply supplied with materials, as to excite my astonishment how the Porte, without any regular finances, and with revenues which the revolts of the pachas always render uncertain, can defray such expences without raising; a loan.”
Source
F.C.H.L. Pouqueville. Travels through the Morea, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire to Constantinople during the years 1798, 1799, 1800, and 1801. Comprising a description of those countries, of the manners and customs of the inhabitants &c.&c. London, 1806, p. 156.
“In 1801, the Turkish navy consisted of twelve ships of the line and fifteen line frigates, besides which, there were on the stocks two ships of the line of 80 and 120 guns, and two others were nearly finished in the ports Synopus and Rhodes. A Swedish engineer, M. Rhodez, with a company of workmen of his nation, had formed a dock for ship-building, which I visited; and 1 found every department so amply supplied with materials, as to excite my astonishment how the Porte, without any regular finances, and with revenues which the revolts of the pachas always render uncertain, can defray such expences without raising; a loan.”
Source
F.C.H.L. Pouqueville. Travels through the Morea, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire to Constantinople during the years 1798, 1799, 1800, and 1801. Comprising a description of those countries, of the manners and customs of the inhabitants &c.&c. London, 1806, p. 156.
