At Copenhagen were tidings received coming from Alexandria dated 18 February dealing that after the departure of the British ships at Candia the Pasha send 3 transports with victuals and a corvette with war stores escorted by a frigate towards Candia. When they approached the island they met a Russian ship of the line which pursued them when they fled. The frigate managed to escape after a 24 hours chase because she was a better sailer, the corvette and a handsome brig were captured by the Russians.(1)
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1. R.C. Anderson. Naval Wars in the Levant 1559-1853. Princeton, 1952, p. 545 mentioned that the 74-gun Tsar Konstantin in February 1829 the 14-gun brig Candia and the 26-gun corvette Lvitsa captured and added the following interesting information: “This name [Lvitsa] is Lioness in Russian. In all probability the same ship as the Lionne which left Marseilles for Alexandria early in 1827”.
Note
1. R.C. Anderson. Naval Wars in the Levant 1559-1853. Princeton, 1952, p. 545 mentioned that the 74-gun Tsar Konstantin in February 1829 the 14-gun brig Candia and the 26-gun corvette Lvitsa captured and added the following interesting information: “This name [Lvitsa] is Lioness in Russian. In all probability the same ship as the Lionne which left Marseilles for Alexandria early in 1827”.
