In the harbour
of Constantinople were
the French steam corvettes le Chaptal and Caton, the British frigates Fury and
Tiger, a Russian and an Austrian corvette available while the Turkish fleet was
ready for departure. At Smyrna
were a French warship, A Turkish brig, an British corvette and a Dutch frigate.
At Alexandrette were a Turkisk frigate and a brig.At Alexandria was the Egyptian fleet lying ready
for departure. At Tunis
were a British warships and a Turkisk corvette. At that moment were the
relations between Turkey and
Austria disturbed caused by what happened in Montenegro which country wanted to become
independent being a tributary state to the Ottoman empire with as result a war
in 1852-1853 and Austria
supporting Montenegro.
