| Distribution of the Mediterranean Fleet |
In Malta Harbour:
the Hibernia, 104,- bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, the commander-in-chief;
Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey, superintendent of Malta Dockyard, and second in command;
Queen, 110 ;
Rodney, 92;
Vengeance, 84 ;
Superb, 80;
Vanguard, 30 ;
Odin, steam-frigate,
Hecate, war-steamer,
Locust, steam-sloop,
Java, troop-ship, and
Wee Pet, steam tug.
At Messina : the
Thetis, 36.
At Palermo: the
Bulldog and
Gladiator war-steamers.
At Naples: the
Porcupine steam-sloop.
At Leghorn : the
Sidon steam-frigate.
At Trieste: the
Spartan, 26,
Terrible steam-frigate, and
Harlequin, 12.
At Venice : the
Spitfire steam-sloop.
At the Piraeus or Athens : the
Meteor steam-sloop.
At Syro the
Volage and
Research surveying vessel.
At Constantinople : the
Tartarus steam sloop ;
and on her way thither from the Piraeus or Athens, the
Antelope steam sloop.
At Beyrout : the
Mutine, 12 ;
and at Gibraltar, the
Polyphemus steam sloop.
SG & SGTL ; Vol 5 ; Page 271
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