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Sunday, 2 November 2014

German navy in well state according to the Dutch newspaper Utrechtse provinciale en stads-courant dated 1 April 1850

An item dated Frankfurt, Germany 27th March reported that the Federal Commission sent two commissary to examine the German flotilla at the North Sea. The Austrian frigate captain Von Bourguignon (1)and the navy council Jordan returned and reported that be very satisfied with the state of the German navy.

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1. Perhaps Anton Bourguignon von Bamberg (8 June 1808 Heřmanův Městec, nowadays Czech Republic-28 May 1879 Pula, nowadays Croatia), since 1825 serving in the Austrian navy.