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Monday, 26 August 2019

Venetian naval movements according to the Dutch newspaper Opregte Groninger Courant dated 10 July 1759

According to an item dated Genoa 18 June returned last Tuesday the 80-gun Venetian ship of the line H. Carel (1) with 3 Maltese frigates coming back from cruising against the Barbary States.

Note
1. Dutch spelling for the original name San Carlo. Is this the Carlo Borromeo completed in 1750 at Venice and wrecked 21 May 1768?