rethymo

Updated: May 21, 2025

I had with me a very fast paddle-steamer called the 'Rethymo'; her captain and crew were what the Turks always are brave as lions and obedient as lambs. I took on board a river pilot, whom I gave to understand that if he got me on shore I would blow his brains out.

Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden - Sketches From My Life: By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha