AN ECHO OF NAVARINO
PROJECT FOR RECOVERING TREASURE. By Telegraph—Press .Association-' < 3opyr'ght ATHENS, September 12. The Greek Government has granted a Lofton syndicate a concession to salve the fleet sunk at the Battle of Navarino. It is hoped that a million and a half pounds in treasure will be At the battle of Navarino, on October 20th., 1827, the combined fleets o£ England, France, and Eussia, under Admiral Codrington, nearly destroyed the Turkish and Egyptian fleet. More than thirty' ships, many of them four-deckers, were blown up or burned, chiefly by the, .Turks themselves, to prevent their falling' into the hands of their enemies. This destruction of the Turkish naval power was characterised by the Xhike of Wellington as an “untoward event/’'
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 7
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122AN ECHO OF NAVARINO New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 7
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