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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Ottoman government in Constantinople issues June 14 order for vessel inspections at Dardanelles, threatening to sink non-compliant ships; on June 18, four foreign merchant vessels evade it under fire, sparking city alarm and fears of Russian fleet arrival.
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"The Porte gave Notice, on the 14th of this Month, to all the foreign Ministers, that it was expected they should, without Loss of Time, communicate not only to their respective Courts, but also to their Consuls in their Ports of the Levant, the Resolution that has been taken by the Government, forbidding all Vessels, of what Nation soever, to approach the Port of this City by the Dardanelles, till their Passports, Letters, Papers, and Cargoes, have been visited by Persons appointed for that Purpose; and in Case of Disobedience thereto, that they shall be sunk by the Cannon of the Castle. In the Night of the 18th, as this Order could not be transmitted early enough to inform the Ships already on their Voyages, four Vessels (two French Merchantmen, a Venetian, and a Ragusan) passed the Dardanelles, under a very hot Fire from the Forts, without receiving the least Damage, and got into Harbour, which greatly alarmed the City; and the Guards were all in Motion, imagining it to be the Russian Fleet."
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Constantinople
Event Date
14th And 18th Of June
Outcome
four vessels (two french, one venetian, one ragusan) passed the dardanelles under fire without damage, causing alarm in the city and mobilization of guards who mistook them for the russian fleet.
Event Details
The Ottoman Porte notified foreign ministers on June 14 to inform their courts and consuls of a resolution requiring all vessels to undergo inspection of passports, papers, and cargoes at the Dardanelles before approaching Constantinople, with non-compliant ships to be sunk by castle cannons. On the night of June 18, four vessels passed the straits under heavy fire from forts and entered harbor safely.