''Navarchos Miaoulis'' ( el, Ναύαρχος Μιαούλης, "Admiral Miaoulis") was a 1,820 ton Greek masted

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(in Greek termed Εύδρομο) named for the admiral

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 leader of the Greek rebels' fleet during the

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(1821-1829). ''Navarchos Miaoulis'' was built by

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, and she was purchased by Greece as part of their program of naval expansion after the unsuccessful

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uprising of 1866. She was soon rendered operationally obsolete with the acquisition of newer, faster and larger ships such as the

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and was made into a training ship. She served on active duty in this capacity until decommissioned in 1931.

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External links

A History of Greek Military Equipment (1821-today): Miaoulis II
{{DEFAULTSORT:Navarchos Miaoulis Cruisers of the Hellenic Navy Cruisers of France Ships built in France 1879 ships World War I cruisers of Greece