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Friday 6 December 2013

British and Turkish navies in the Levant at Smirna according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 18 July 1823

According to a letter of the agent of Lloyds at Smirna dated 2 June were lying in the harbour the British warships HMS Cambrian (1), Hind (2) and Medina (3), the first arrived that day from Morea. The Captain Pasha was nearby while embarking troops destined for the island Candia.

Source
J.J. Colledge/Ben Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. London, 2006.

Notes
1. A 40-gun 5th rate with a builders measurement of 1.160 tons and dimensions 154 x 411/2' launched at Parsons, Bursledon 13 February 1797 and wrecked in the Mediterranean 3 January 1828.
2. A 20-gun 6th rate with a builders measurement of 460 tons and dimensions 115'5" x 30' launched at Davy, Topsham 8 March 1814, ex- Barbadoes renamed 1813 and sold at Bombay 6 April 1829.
3. A 20-gun 6th rate with a builders measurement of 460 tons and dimensions 116" x 30'5" launched at Adams, Buckler's Hard 13 August 1813 and sold to be broken up 4 January 1832.