Battle of Andros
Part of the Greek War of Independence
Date1st June[1][2]
Location
Off Andros, Aegean Sea
37°50′11″N 24°53′53″E / 37.83639°N 24.89806°E / 37.83639; 24.89806
Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Greece First Hellenic Republic Ottoman Empire 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 1st 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

  1. ^ a b c Gordon, Thomas (1832). History of the Greek revolution, Volume II. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and T. Cadell. p. 208
  2. ^ 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
Categories