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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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In Washington on March 27, the Secretary of the Navy ordered the preparation of ten gunboats to join the US Mediterranean squadron by July 1, following Commodore Preble's report that Naples cannot spare any from their fleet for Commodore Barron, due to unsafe winds off Tripoli before July.
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Having received from commodore Preble, information that the Neapolitan government cannot possibly spare to commodore Barron, any of their gunboats for the ensuing summer, the secretary of the navy has issued orders for the equipment of ten gunboats to leave the United States, so as to join our squadron in the Mediterranean about the 1st of July.
Owing to the violent gales of wind that usually prevail on the coast of Tripoli before the month of July, gunboats cannot be used to advantage, or even with safety, before that period.—Natl. Int.
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Washington
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March 27
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orders issued for ten gunboats to join the mediterranean squadron about july 1
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The secretary of the navy issued orders for the equipment of ten gunboats to leave the United States and join the squadron in the Mediterranean about July 1, after receiving information from Commodore Preble that the Neapolitan government cannot spare any gunboats to Commodore Barron for the summer, due to violent gales on the Tripoli coast before July making them unsafe.