According to a tiding dated Constantinople 4 September the newspaper
Allgemeine Zeitung of Augsburg was since some days there the American corvette
of war Plymouth waiting there.(1) There were some troubles between the American
ambassador and Riza Pasha dealing with her passing of the Dardanelles. However
nobody knew exactly what was going on.
Sources
D.L. Canney. Sailing warships of the US Navy. London, 2001.
G.F. Emmons. The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775
to 1853 etc. Washington, 1853.
Note
1.A sloop of war designed by Samuel Pool, laid down at the Charlestown Navy
Yard at Boston in 1843, launched 11 October 1843 and commissioned before 3
April 1844. Armed with 22 guns consisting of 4 shell guns and 32-pdrs. Burned
and scuttled to prevent being captured by the Confederates at Norfolk 20 April
1861. Her dimensions were 147 (between perpendiculars) x 37'3"x 17'2",
a draught of maximum 18'and a tonnage of 974 tons. Emmons wrote that she was
armed with 20 guns, and could carry water provisions of 23.500 gallons and
victuals for 6 months. Her speed was reported of 10-12 knots. He supplied more
details dealing with her sailing performance.
