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Greek frigate Hellas
1826Nov, 25

The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.

The Greek frigate Hellas (Greek: Ελλάς) was the flagship of the Revolutionary Hellenic Navy. After an arbitration hearing in New York due to financial default by the Greek government, she was delivered to Greece in 1826. She was burned in 1831 by the Greek Admiral Andreas Miaoulis when the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias ordered her turned over to the Russian navy.

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