Andreas Pipinos Ανδρέας Πιπίνος
Konstantinos Kanaris (in front) and Andreas Pipinos (behind) sailing towards the Ottoman fleet byBenedetto Civiletti
Born	(1788-03-12)12 March 1788 Hydra,Ottoman Empire (nowGreece)
Died	14 December 1836(1836-12-14) (aged 48) Athens,Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance	First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece
Service/ branch	Hellenic Navy
Battles / wars	Greek War of Independence Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios Battle of Nauplia Battle of Gerontas

Andreas Pipinos (Greek:Ανδρέας Πιπίνος; 12 March 1788 – 14 December 1836) was a Greek military officer during theGreek War of Independence.

Andreas Pipinos was born on the island ofHydra, located in theAegean Sea between theMyrtoan Sea and theArgolic Gulf. In March 1821, theGreek War of Independence began against theOttoman Empire. One year later, the Ottoman forces disembarked on theisland of Chios, massacred more than 30,000 Greek inhabitants, and captured about 50,000 who were sold as slaves inİzmir andIstanbul.^[1]

After theChios massacre, the Greek revolutionary government managed to gather a significant amount of money (342,000kuruş) in order to outfit its ships and attack theOttoman fleet.^[2] At the end of May, the Greek captains fromPsara andHydra decided to burn the Ottomanflagship by usingfire ships.Konstantinos Kanaris and Andreas Pipinos took charge of the operation. The first would blow up the Ottoman flagship with his fireboat and the second the vice admiral's flagship. The two fire ships would be accompanied by four Greek vessels that would gather the sailors of the fireboats after the completion of the operation.^[3]

The operation took place on the night of 18 June [O.S. 6 June] 1822, when the winds were advantageous, the night was dark and the Ottomans were celebrating theRamadan Bayram. Andreas Pipinos tried to burn the rear admiral's flagship, but although some damage was caused, it did not sink, as the crew realized the danger quickly and saw off the fire ship. However, Kanaris managed to affix his fireboat firmly to the flagship, the 84-gunship of the lineMansur al-liwa. The fire spread to the Ottoman ship and eventually reached the gunpowder hold, resulting in an explosion which destroyed the ship. About two thousand sailors were killed or drowned, including the admiral of the Ottoman navy,Nasuhzade Ali Pasha, who was killed by a falling spar.^[4][5]

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• Sfyroeras, Vasileios (1975). "Σταθεροποίηση της Επαναστάσεως 1822-1823" [Stabilization of the Revolution 1822-1823]. In Christopoulos, Georgios A. & Bastias, Ioannis K. (eds.).Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΒ΄: Η Ελληνική Επανάσταση (1821 - 1832) [History of the Greek Nation, Volume XII: The Greek Revolution (1821 - 1832)] (in Greek). Athens: Ekdotiki Athinon. pp. 212–286.ISBN 978-960-213-108-4.

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