Andreas Miaoulis ( el, Ανδρέας Μιαούλης, 1819–1887) was a

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naval officer, hailing from the distinguished Hydriot

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 ...

. He was the son of

Dimitrios Miaoulis Dimitrios Miaoulis ( el, Δημήτριος Μιαούλης, 1794 - 1836) was a Greek revolutionary leader. Biography He was born in Hydra in 1794 and was the first son of the naval leader Andreas Miaoulis who participated in the Greek War of ...

and grandson of

Andreas 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 Indepe ...

, the celebrated admiral of the

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. He was born in Hydra, then still part of the

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, in 1819. After Greece became independent, he joined the

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as a lieutenant in 1836. He was very well versed in naval affairs, and enjoyed the friendship of King Otto, who kept him as the captain of his royal yacht. After Otto's ouster in 1862, he was transferred as

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to the Ottoman capital,

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, where he remained for several years. Following his return, he was responsible for the re-organization of the main Greek naval base at

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. He committed suicide in 1887, by falling from the balcony of the naval base headquarters.

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