Battle of Andros

Quand

1 juin 1825

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

38.02° N, 24.65° E

Description

1825 battle between the Greek revolutionary fleet and the Ottoman Empire

1825 naval battle of the Greek War of Independence

The Battle of Andros took place on 1 June 1825 at Andros between the fleets of the Ottoman Empire and Revolutionary Greece. 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—and another 34-gun frigate with another fireship.

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