The
newspaper Beobachter published tidings from Constantinople
dated until 10 March. According to these everything was done to enlarge the
Turkish fleet. At that moment were before the arsenal at Constantinople
10 warships including 5 ships of the line ready to be joined within some weeks
by some frigates and corvettes. From Sinope arrived a corvette at
Constantinople despite the Russian ships patrolling in the Black
Sea. The manning of the ships was however a large problem due to
lacking experienced sailors which were in the past Greeks.
