Maltese galleys sent to sea to act against the Barbary States according to the Dutch newspaper Ommelander courant dated 17 June 1788

An item dated Naples 14th May referred to tidings received from Malta reporting that a Barbarian galliot captured near the Sicilian coast a Maltese vessel. A large ship of Genoa however recaptured her. As a result sent the Maltese order her galleys to sea.

Tuscan galleys searching for Barbarian pirates according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 14 August 1723

An item dated Basel 5th August reported that the 3 Tuscan galleys were cruysing at that moment above Longone for Barbarian pirates. The Turkish seemed to stop their activities that year and most of the sultanes in the Dardannes were already disarmed.

Maltese navy active against Barbarian pirates according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 13 July 1784

An item dated 29th June referred to tidings received from Malta reporting that Barbarian privateers had been active again in large numbers. Maltese galleys and other warships joined in the meantime the Spanish fleet in attacking Algiers. The Maltese government responded immediately by fitting out two chebecqs and a galliot lately captured from Tripoli and the Barbarian pirates were forced to retreat. An Algerian vessel loaded with rice, caffee and other stores was captured off Candia and her crew numbering 54 men taken prisoner.

Dutch bomb galliot Salamander 1701-1712

Of the admiralty Maze, also called a bom schuyt, built at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1701, last mentioned in 1712, dimensions 90 x 25 x 11, an armament of 6 guns and a crew numbering 36 men. Part of theDutch British fleet commandeur Van Zijll. In 1703 commandeur J. van Oudtshoorn, voyage to Channel, Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain and Barbary, in 1705 commandeur A. de Munck, voyage to Mediterranean and in 1707-1709 commandeur G. van Huijdenraad, voyage to Mediterranean.

Tuscan galley Toskanen sent out for chasing pirates of the Barbary States according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche couranyt dated10 May 1774

An item dated Livorno, Italy 23rd April reported that when tidings were received that two pirates of the Barbary States were active surrounding waters immediately was ordered to sent the royal galley Toskanen for chase for them. She immediately departed.(

Maltese galleys captured 36 gun frigate of the Barbary States according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 15 November 1777

An item dated Naples, Italy 27th October reported that the Maltese galleys were cruising for ships of the Barbary States. After leaving Baja was a 36 gun frigate in the waters around Naples discovered and after a heavy fight captured by the knights and more as 200 men commanded by a said Jewish renegade taken prisoner. At first the frigate hoisted the French flag to prevent a fight which failed. The frigate would be the same as which captured a few months earlier a chebecq of Naples. An eyewitness saw that the Turkish frigate escorted by a galley arriving at Malta.

Galley squadron fitted out at Naples to cruise for privateers of the Barbary States according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 11 February 1758

An item dated Naples, Italy 14the January reported that the king of Naples ordered to launch the new galley for the admiral of the squadron which was to transport troops towards Sicily and than to cruise for privateers of the Barbary States. The squadron was now still lacking one galley.

Genoa fitting out galleys against the Barbary States according to the Dutch newspaper ‘s-Hertogenbossche courant dated 25 August 1780

An item dated Genoa, Italy 7th reported that the two galleys continued with cruising in the west along the coast searching for Barbary privateers. A huge quantity of timber was stored to built another tow galleys.

French chebecq le Séduisant entered Livorno, Italy with abandoned ship according to the Dutch newspaper ‘s-Hertogenbossche courant dated 25 August 1780

An item dated Livorno, Italy 5th reported that on the Saturday before the French chebecq of war le Séduisant count de Barentin with a crew of 204 men and an armament of 20 guns arrived in the roads. She brought in a ship Napoli-flagged which he discovered to be abandoned by her crew while they thought the French ship was a privateer of the Barbary. The ship was given back to her captain.(1)

Note
1. Launched at Toulon in 1762.