Emmanouil A. Miaoulis ( el, Εμμανουήλ Α. Μιαούλης) was a

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naval officer active during the first decades of the existence of the

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Biography

He was born into the notable Hydriot family of Miaoulis, which had played a prominent role in the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

. His father was

Antonios Miaoulis Antonios Miaoulis ( el, Αντώνιος Μιαούλης; 1800 – October 25, 1836) was a Greek politician and a revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. Biography He was born on the island of Hydra and was the second son ...

, an officer in the War of Independence, and second son of the great admiral

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 Inde ...

. After independence, Emmanouil Miaoulis joined the newly established Royal Navy. In 1853, after a distinguished service, he was appointed to teach the first classes in theoretical navigation in the recently founded Hellenic Naval Academy, aboard the

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''Loudovikos''. He then was assigned as captain of the steam schooner ''Panope'', and was sent to Britain to sail it home. During the voyage, the ship ran aground off

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on northern Spain on 14 December 1856. Miaoulis was able to extricate his crew by correctly calculating the tide, but the ship had to be given up for lost. Exonerated by the subsequent court martial, in 1857 he was sent back to England to receive another newly built steam schooner, the ''Afroessa''. 19th-century Greek military personnel Hellenic Navy officers People from Hydra (island)

Emmanouil Emmanouil ( el, Εμμανουήλ) is the Greek version of the name Emanuel. It may refer to: People * Emmanouil Antoniadis (1791–1863), revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence *Emmanouil Argyropoulos (1889–1913), Greek aviator *Emmano ...

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