 Hellas - Έλλάς |
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| Career (Greece) |  |
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| Namesake: | Hellas |
| Laid down: | 1825 |
| Launched: | 1826 |
| Acquired: | 1825 |
| Commissioned: | 1826 |
| Decommissioned: | 1831 |
| Fate: | burned by Admiral Andreas Miaoulis |
| Notes: | Previously Frigate Hope |
| General characteristics | |
| Propulsion: | sail |
The Greek frigate Hellas (Greek Ελλάς) was the flagship of the Revolutionary Hellenic Navy. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία "Andreas Miaoulis" redirects here For the son of Dimitrios Miaoulis see Andreas Miaoulis (son of Dimitrios. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman The Hellenic Navy ( HN) ( Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece After an arbitration hearing in New York due to financial default by the Greek government, she was delivered to Greece in 1826. She was burned in 1831 by the Greek Admiral Andreas Miaoulis when the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias ordered her turned over to the Russian navy. "Andreas Miaoulis" redirects here For the son of Dimitrios Miaoulis see Andreas Miaoulis (son of Dimitrios. Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (Κόμης Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας - Komis Ioannis Kapodistrias in Giovanni Capo d'Istria Conte Capo d'Istria The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
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Two ships ordered
In 1825, during the latter part of the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, representatives of the Greek government in London negotiated with an American shipyard in New York for the construction of two frigates to be named Hope and Liberator. The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship [1] Ultimately, the Greek government defaulted and one of the ships, (Liberator) was sold and the proceeds were used to pay for the other ship to be delivered to Greece.
The frigate Hellas
The Hope sailed from New York during the first days of October 1826, with the crew being mostly adventurers. An agent of the Greek government, K. A. Kontostavlos, was also on board.
The voyage was raucous as the crew attempted to murder both the Captain and the Greek government agent in a scheme to sell the vessel in Colombia. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The crew failed in their mutiny, and the ship was delivered to Nafplion about November 25, 1826. Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the Military; or the Crew of any ship even Nafplion (Ναύπλιο in the Peloponnese in Greece, is a seaport town that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display The crew tried a second time to sell the vessel, this time to Ibrahim Pasha, who at the head of an Ottoman-Egyptian force had invaded the Peloponnese. Ibrahim Basha (إبراهيم باشا (1789 &ndash November 10 1848) a 19th century general of Egypt. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula This time, Admiral Andreas Miaoulis and a force of 30 local mariners secured the vessel and dispatched the raucous delivery crew. [2]
After her arrival in Nafplion, three Admirals (Miaoulis, Nikolis Apostolis and one other) took official delivery of the frigate and brought her to the island of Aegina, which had recently become capital of Greece. Nikolis Apostolis ( Νικολής Αποστόλης) was a Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence. Aegina ( Greek: Αίγινα ( Egina) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 17 miles (30 km from
The frigate, renamed Hellas, became the flagship of the Greek Navy, as she was the most powerful ship in the navy. [3] Under the command of Konstantinos Kanaris,[4] the frigate took part in various successful, but insignificant, naval battles in both the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Constantine Kanaris ( or Canaris, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης) (1793 or 1795September 14 1877 was a Greek admiral freedom Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea.
Sinking of the flagship
On August 1, 1831, Admiral Miaoulis, who in the meantime had joined the English Party that was opposed to Governor Kapodistrias' Russian Party had established the navy on the island of Hydra against Kapodistrias. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The English Party ( Greek Αγγλικό Κóμμα) was one of the three informal Early Greek Parties that dominated the early political history of Modern The Russian Party ( Greek Ρωσικό Κóμμα) one of the Early Greek Parties, was an informal grouping of Greek political leaders that formed during Hydra (Ύδρα ˈiðra is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic When the government in Nafplion asked Miaoulis to deliver the Greek fleet to the Russian Admiral Pyotr Ivanovich Ricord, Miaoulis refused to obey that order and threatened to scuttle the entire fleet under his command in the event of hostile movement by Ricord. When Ricord attempted to encircle Miaoulis and his fleet in the area near Poros Island, Miaoulis carried out his threats, burning the small fleet with a fire ship. Poros (Πόρος is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, at a distance about 58 km (31 nautical miles south from Piraeus In addition to Hellas, the other scuttled ships were the corvettes Hydra and Spetsai. [5]