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)
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”. See also the note on this weblog “The Dutch, Egyptian and French navies in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 20 April 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”. See also the note on this weblog “The Dutch, Egyptian and French navies in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 20 April 1827”.
