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Ilias Kanellopoulos
Ilias Kanellopoulos ( el, Ηλίας Κανελλόπουλος, 1844–27 March 1894) was a Greece, Greek Hellenic Navy, Navy officer, notable as director of the Hellenic Navy Academy in 1884–1890, during which he established it on a permanent basis and modernized its curriculum. Life Ilias Kanellopoulos was born at Nafplio in 1844. He joined the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1863 as a cadet, and graduated four years later as a line ensign. Already as an ensign, he showed his intellectual skills and interests, translating on his own into Greek the French manuals on the handling of rigged and steam-driven vessels. For this he received the Silver Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, and was tasked with translating the French and British naval dictionaries into Greek. In 1875, he was promoted to second lieutenant. In the same year, he wrote a manual on sailing and rig handling. In early 1876 he was sent to France for further studies. He participated in a 13-month circumnavigation of the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Maritime Museum
The first attempt to establish the Hellenic Maritime Museum was in the newly established Greek state in 1867. That year the master of the Navy Gerasimos Zochios, founder of the Navy Retirement Fund, suggested that the Fund takes the task of collecting and conserving objects related to the Greek maritime history. For reasons relating to serious historical adventures of the time the idea was not positively received at the time. However, the idea was to be implemented as a private initiative, 82 years later. On April 7, 1949, a group of distinguished citizens of Piraeus together with officers of the Navy and Merchant Marine, sharing a love for the sea and ships, gathered in the office of the then Minister Gerasimos Vassiliadis and signed the memorandum of association under the name "Maritime Museum Society and collection of national relics at sea." It was the birth of the Maritime Museum and the first presidency was taken by the shipowner George Stringos. The museum is located at Frea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |