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DeutschBattle of Andros (1825)
| Battle of Andros | |||||||
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| Part of the Greek War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 First Hellenic Republic |  Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Georgios Sachtouris | Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20 warships 8 fireships | 51 warships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 fireships expended, 3 bruloteers dead and 4 wounded in the attack of the flagship[1] | Ottoman flagship destroyed 1 frigate destroyed 1 corvette destroyed More than 550 killed | ||||||
| Greeks capture 5 Austrian merchant vessels | |||||||
The Battle of Andros took place on 1 June (20 May O.S.) 1825 at Andros between the fleets of the Ottoman Empire and Revolutionary Greece.[2] The Greek fleet, under Georgios Sachtouris, comprising 20 warships and eight fireships, defeated the Ottoman fleet of 51 vessels by attacking and burning with two fireships the Ottoman flagship—a 66-gun double-banked frigate[1]—and another 34-gun frigate with another fireship.
The Ottoman fleet dispersed, allowing the Greeks to capture a sloop with its crew, as well as five Austrian cargo ships destined to support the Ottoman Siege of Missolonghi.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gordon, Thomas (1832). History of the Greek revolution, Volume II. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and T. Cadell. p. 208
- ^ a b George P. Kremos (1879). Χρονολόγια της Ελληνικής Ιστορίας : προς χρήσιν πάντος φιλομαθούς, ιδία δε των εν τοις γυμνασίοις μαθητών (in Greek). Εν Αθήναις: Τυπογραφείον Δημητρίου Ιασεμίδου. Retrieved 30 May 2010. p. 22
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