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Miaoulis Family
Miaoulis ( el, Μιαούλης) may refer to: People with the surname *Andreas Vokos Miaoulis (1769-1835), Greek admiral and politician * Dimitrios Miaoulis (1784–1836), son of Andreas * Antonios Miaoulis (1800–1836), son of Andreas * Ioannis Miaoulis (1803–1830), brother of Andreas * Emmanouil Miaoulis (1812–1871), brother of Andreas * Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867), brother of Andreas * Nikolaos Miaoulis (1818–1872), brother of Andreas * Andreas Miaoulis (born 1819) (1819–1887), son of Dimitrios * Dimitrios D. Miaoulis (1836–1899), son of Dimitrios * Emmanouil A. Miaoulis, son of Antonios * Andreas A. Miaoulis (1830–?), son of Antonios * Nikolaos Vokos (1854–1902), son of Emmanouil * Ioannis A. Miaoulis (1850–1913), son of Andreas D. Miaoulis * Athanasios N. Miaoulis (1865–1936), son of Nikolaos D. Miaoulis * Andreas Miaoulis (born 1869) (1869–?), son of Dimitrios D. Miaoulis Other * ''Miaoulis'' (cannonade), a gunboat of the Royal Greek Navy * Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis
Andreas Vokos, better known by his nickname Miaoulis ( el, Ανδρέας Βώκος Μιαούλης; 1765 – 24 June 1835), was a Greek revolutionary, admiral, and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829). Biography Miaoulis was born on the island of Hydra to an Arvanite family of Euboean origin, namely from the town of Fylla. He was known among his fellow islanders as a trader in corn who had gained wealth and made a popular use of his money. He had been a merchant captain, and was chosen to lead the naval forces of the islands when they rose against the government of the Sultan. Miaoulis contributed in every way possible to the cause of the resistance against the Turks. He expended the money he had made from his wheat-shipping business during the Napoleonic Wars. Between May 1825 and January 1826, Miaoulis led the Greeks to victory over the Turks in skirmishes off Modon, Cape Matapan, Suda, and Cape Papas. Role i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis A
Ioannis or Ioannes ( el, Ιωάννης), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John and the Arabic name Yahya . Notable people with the name include: * Ioannis I, Tzimiskis, Byzantine Emperor * Ioannis Agorastos-Plagis (John Plagis), Southern Rhodesian flying ace during World War II *Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament *Ioannis Altamouras, Greek painter of the 19th century *Ioannis Anastassakis, professionally known as John Aniston, a Greek-born American actor * Ioannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer and one of the founding members of football club Olympiacos CFP * Ioannis Antetokounmpo, commonly known as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player *Ioannis Apakas, Greek painter and priest in the latter part of the 16th century to the early 17th century * Ioannis Argyropoulos, a lecturer, philosopher and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the revival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miaoulis (shoal)
Miaoulis ( el, Μιαούλης) may refer to: People with the surname *Andreas Vokos Miaoulis (1769-1835), Greek admiral and politician * Dimitrios Miaoulis (1784–1836), son of Andreas * Antonios Miaoulis (1800–1836), son of Andreas * Ioannis Miaoulis (1803–1830), brother of Andreas * Emmanouil Miaoulis (1812–1871), brother of Andreas * Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867), brother of Andreas * Nikolaos Miaoulis (1818–1872), brother of Andreas * Andreas Miaoulis (born 1819) (1819–1887), son of Dimitrios * Dimitrios D. Miaoulis (1836–1899), son of Dimitrios * Emmanouil A. Miaoulis, son of Antonios * Andreas A. Miaoulis (1830–?), son of Antonios * Nikolaos Vokos (1854–1902), son of Emmanouil * Ioannis A. Miaoulis (1850–1913), son of Andreas D. Miaoulis * Athanasios N. Miaoulis (1865–1936), son of Nikolaos D. Miaoulis * Andreas Miaoulis (born 1869) (1869–?), son of Dimitrios D. Miaoulis Other * ''Miaoulis'' (cannonade), a gunboat of the Royal Greek Navy * Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Piraeus
The Port of Piraeus ( el, Λιμάνι του Πειραιά) is the chief sea port of Athens, Greece, located on the Saronic Gulf on the western coasts of the Aegean Sea, the largest port in Greece and List of busiest ports in Europe, one of the largest in Europe. The Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping owns the port. History The Port of Piraeus served as the port of Athens since Ancient Greece, ancient times. Early Antiquity Until the 3rd millennium BC, Piraeus was a rocky island connected to the mainland by a low-lying stretch of land that was flooded with sea water most of the year. It was then that the area was increasingly silted and flooding ceased, thus permanently connecting Piraeus to Attica and forming its ports, the main port of Cantharus and the two smaller of Zea and Munichia. In 493 BC, Themistocles initiated the fortifications of Piraeus and later advised the Athenians to take advantage of its natural harbours' strategic potential. In 483 BC, the Athenian navy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akti Miaouli
Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peninsula have been governed as the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region within the Hellenic Republic, ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, while the remainder of the peninsula forms part of the Aristotelis municipality. Mount Athos has been inhabited since ancient times and is known for its long Christian presence and historical monastic traditions, which date back to at least AD 800 and the Byzantine era. Because of its long history of religious importance, the well-preserved agrarian architecture within the monasteries, and the preservation of the flora and fauna around the mountain, Mount Athos was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988. In modern Greek, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Destroyer Miaoulis (D-211)
USS ''Ingraham'' (DD-694) was a United States Navy , the third ship in U.S. Navy history to be named for Duncan Ingraham. She was in commission from 1944 to 1971. Following her US service, she was sold to the Hellenic Navy and renamed ''Miaoulis''. The ship was sunk as a target in 2001. Construction and commissioning ''Ingraham'' was launched on 16 January 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. George Ingraham Hutchinson, granddaughter of Duncan Ingraham, the ship's namesake, and commissioned on 10 March 1944. Service history World War II After shakedown in Bermuda and training out of Norfolk, Virginia, ''Ingraham'' sailed for duty with the United States Pacific Fleet, arriving at Eniwetok on 31 October 1944 in time to begin the final World War II Allied push against the Japanese toward the Japanese Home Islands. In mid-November 1944, ''Ingraham'' commenced screening aircraft carriers during strikes on Luzon in the Philippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Destroyer Miaoulis (L91)
''Miaoulis'' ( el, ΒΠ Μιαούλης) was a Type III destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS ''Modbury'' but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 25 November 1942 as ''Miaoulis'' in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941. ''Miaoulis'' served in the Mediterranean Theatre throughout the Second World War. On 10 October 1943, during the Dodecanese Campaign, she saved the crew of the British destroyer . She served during the Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος όλεμος ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom ..., was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960. References Publications * External links RHS M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Cruiser Navarchos Miaoulis
''Navarchos Miaoulis'' ( el, Ναύαρχος Μιαούλης, "Admiral Miaoulis") was a 1,820 ton Greek masted cruiser (in Greek termed Εύδρομο) named for the admiral Andreas Miaoulis, the leader of the Greek rebels' fleet during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829). ''Navarchos Miaoulis'' was built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in France, and she was purchased by Greece as part of their program of naval expansion after the unsuccessful Crete, Cretan Cretan Revolt (1866–69), uprising of 1866. She was soon rendered operationally obsolete with the acquisition of newer, faster and larger ships such as the battleship and was made into a training ship. She served on active duty in this capacity until decommissioned in 1931. References External links A History of Greek Military Equipment (1821-today): Miaoulis II {{DEFAULTSORT:Navarchos Miaoulis Cruisers of the Hellenic Navy Cruisers of France Ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miaoulis (cannonade)
Miaoulis ( el, Μιαούλης) may refer to: People with the surname *Andreas Vokos Miaoulis (1769-1835), Greek admiral and politician * Dimitrios Miaoulis (1784–1836), son of Andreas * Antonios Miaoulis (1800–1836), son of Andreas * Ioannis Miaoulis (1803–1830), brother of Andreas * Emmanouil Miaoulis (1812–1871), brother of Andreas * Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867), brother of Andreas * Nikolaos Miaoulis (1818–1872), brother of Andreas * Andreas Miaoulis (born 1819) (1819–1887), son of Dimitrios * Dimitrios D. Miaoulis (1836–1899), son of Dimitrios * Emmanouil A. Miaoulis, son of Antonios * Andreas A. Miaoulis (1830–?), son of Antonios * Nikolaos Vokos (1854–1902), son of Emmanouil * Ioannis A. Miaoulis (1850–1913), son of Andreas D. Miaoulis * Athanasios N. Miaoulis (1865–1936), son of Nikolaos D. Miaoulis * Andreas Miaoulis (born 1869) (1869–?), son of Dimitrios D. Miaoulis Other * ''Miaoulis'' (cannonade), a gunboat of the Royal Greek Navy * Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Miaoulis (born 1869)
Andreas Miaoulis ( el, Ανδρέας Μιαούλης; born 1869) was a Greek naval officer, hailing from the renowned Hydriot Miaoulis family. He was born in Athens in 1869, and entered the newly re-established Hellenic Naval Academy in 1884, graduating in 1888. During the First Balkan War (1912–1913), he served as captain of the battleship ''Psara'', with which he participated in the naval battles of Elli and Lemnos. He reached the rank of Rear Admiral, and was conferred the rank of Vice Admiral upon retirement. In 1920, he was Minister of Naval Affairs, and was elected as an MP for the Attica-Boeotia prefecture. 1869 births Year of death missing Hellenic Navy admirals Politicians from Athens Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of B ... Military perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athanasios N
Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (name), Thanos (Θάνος), Sakis (Σάκης), Nasos (Νάσος), Athan (Αθαν) or Athos (Aθως). The female version of the name is Athanasia (Greek language, Greek: Αθανασία), shortened to Sia (Σία) or Nancy (Νάνσυ) Notable people with this name include: Religious figures * Athanasius of Alexandria (ca. 296/298–373), Christian saint, Coptic pope, theologian * Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria (died 496), Coptic pope from 490 to 496 * Athanasius I Gammolo (died 631), Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch from 595 until his death * Athanasius II Baldoyo (died 686), Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 683 until his death * Athanasius Sandalaya, Patriarch of Antioch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Vokos
Nikolaos Vokos ( el, Νικόλαος Βώκος; 1854 – August 7, 1902) was a Greek painter of the Munich School art movement. Biography He was the son of Emmanouil Miaoulis and a grandson of Admiral Andreas Vokos Miaoulis.Vokos Nikolaos (1859 Hydra - 1902 Athens) @ . He was initially enrolled in the , but on discovering his passion for painting he left it to study at the |
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