Battle of Andros (1825)

This article is about the battle in the Greek War of Independence. For the battle in the Third Syrian War, see Battle of Andros (246 BC). For the battle in the Great Turkish War, see Battle of Andros (1696). For the battle in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792, see Battle of Andros (1790).
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 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.

  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