[@Letter Bee]

I've been doing some casual research on off moments and I have a question for you pertaining to Egypt's fleet.

[quote]Ship construction in Egypt presented several challenges to the shipwrights. With the exception of some red mulberry wood in Upper Egypt, suitable only for interior paneling, all timber had to be imported, mast poles and hull wood either from Turkish forests around Konya, or those on the island of Rhodes. Pack mules, cannons and wooden barrels came from Cyprus. Compasses, cannons, cannon carriages and huge cauldrons for mixing gunpowder came from Istanbul, where the Pasha's agent, Najib Effendi, had instructions to get the material even if it meant "stripping the Imperial Fleet." Until this material began to arrive in Bulaq, cannons were removed from the fortresses at Damietta and Alexandria, and mast poles and rigging were stripped from feluccas on the Nile.[/quote]

https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/197006/ali.s.navy.htm

I'm not going to say you can't have it but I am asking for a plugging of a hole in logistics.