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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.
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 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.
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