567 APPENDIX. OTTOMAN NAVARIN FLEET. 1st Turkish Division, commanded by the Capitan Bey, sailed from Alexandria, August 5, 1827. 1 The Pedroni Bey sailed from Alexandria in this frigate, but is said to have shifted his flag (at the fore) to No. 2, a 74 in the same division. 2nd Turkish Division, commanded by Tahir Pacha, from Constantinople 74 75 76 123 direct to Navarin. Dismasted and driven on shore; arrived at Alexandria. 50 350 Destroyed. Ditto. Dismasted and driven on shore; arrived at Alexandria Dec. 1827. Destroyed. Ditto. Ditto 44 350 Ditto. 78 1 Corvette 28 150 Ditto. Ditto 26 150 Ditto. 1 These four schooners are said to have remained afloat after the battle, but as they never appeared at Alexandria, it may be supposed they perished. Thus it appears that sixty vessels of war were totally destroyed, and the remainder driven on shore in a shattered condition, with the exception of the 'Leone' (dismasted), four corvettes, six brigs, and four schooners, which alone remained afloat after the battle. Of those which were afterwards got off, at least one ship-of-the-line, two 52-gun frigates, and one, if not two, of the corvettes are too much damaged to be repaired. The Austrian transports had sailed from Navarin previous to October 20, and at least nine or ten of the Turkish armed transports having received the remnant of the crews of some of the destroyed vessels, hoisted pendants, and were reported as brigs of war, on their return to Alexandria in December 1827. The three corvettes and two brigs marked a, are said to have been present on October 20; but as they had not the slightest mark of having been engaged, it is probable they were the vessels said to have been at Patras, Modon, &c. &c. The Washington' returned to Alexandria with despatches after the affair of Patras, and was kept by Mehemet Ali for the purpose of carrying his instructions to Ibrahim on the subject of his forcing his way through the Allied squadrons as directed by the Porte. The loss in killed and wounded is stated at 3,000 of the former, and 1,109 of the latter.1 PETER RICHARDS, Commander of H.M. Sloop 'Pelorus.' 1 This account was furnished to Capt. Richards by M. Letellier, the French Instructor of the Egyptian Navy; but the number of the wounded is evidently incorrect. LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE |