Dimitrios Papanikolis

Dimitrios Papanikolis
Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos
Native name	Δημήτριος Παπανικολής
Born	c. 1790 Psara, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died	c. 1855 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance	First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch	Hellenic Navy
Commands	Nelson Amalia
Battles / wars	Barbary Wars First Barbary War Greek War of Independence Battle of Gerontas

Dimitrios Papanikolis (Greek: Δημήτριος Παπανικολής) (c. 1790–1855) was a naval hero of the Greek Revolution, famous for being the first to successfully employ a fireship to destroy an Ottoman ship of the line.