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Saturday, 27 July 2019

The Greek and Turkish navies in the Levant according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 7 June 1821

Trieste, 17 May. The Turkish fortress Napoli di Malvasia, Morea was besieged by a Greek fleet commanded by the female officer Wublina. She takes with her a considerable force of which 7 ships were fitted out by her. Later claimed a tiding that the fortress surrendered to her. According to tidings numbered the Greek naval force all ready more as 300 armed vessels and captured she a Turkish frigate and 3 brigs. Paris, 2 June. The master of the brig la Carolina who left 4 May Smyrna and arrived 27 May at Marseille reported that according to a Greek privateer that at Ipsara were 30-35 Greek armed vessels lying waiting to fight against the Turkish.