Frigates: 3, 1-50 guns, 1-46 guns, 1-44 guns.
Polacres: 6, 1-22 guns, 1-18 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-4 guns, 1-10 guns, 1-4 guns.
Xebecs: 7, 1-32 guns, 1-28 guns, 1-22 guns, 1-20 guns, 1-16 guns, 1-14 guns, 1-12 guns.
Boats: 2, with latin sails, 4 guns.
Yacht: 2, one sent as aviso to the Spanish coast, one merchant yacht
Totally 20 vessels with a total armament of 376 guns. Further more 2-2 gun galiotes to guard the harbour, 10 gun chaloupes or bomb vessels to serve at sea and 50 to act if the city was under attack.
Source
Albert Devoulxx. “La Marine de la Régence d’Alger”, Revue Africaine, No.. 77, September 1869.
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