Qualla: Battle of Andros (1790) https://qualla.com/battle-of-andros-1790 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/c/8/battle-of-andros-1790-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Andros (1790) https://qualla.com/battle-of-andros-1790 Battle of Andros (1790): Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-andros-1790/ Photo credit Nourerrahmane, CC BY-SA 4.0. By the second morning, the flagship was a ruin. The Athena of the North had begun the fight with 295 men aboard; by nightfall on 18 May 1790, only 60 were still alive, and most of those, including their commander, were bleeding. The ship had been boarded and somehow had fought the boarders off, but its hull was shot through, its guns wrecked, its decks slick. The commander was Lambros Katsonis, a Greek privateer sailing under the flag of Catherine the Great, and in the narrow water between Cape Kafireas and the island of Andros he was learning what it cost to challenge an empire at sea.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/c/8/battle-of-andros-1790-wp/swc8-battle-of-andros-1790-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Andros (1790): A Greek Under the Russian Flag https://qualla.com/battle-of-andros-1790/ Photo credit Mfassea, CC BY-SA 4.0. Katsonis was a familiar type in the Aegean of his century: a fighter who turned the wars of great powers into a vehicle for his own people's struggle. He had taken part in the failed Orlov revolt of 1770, then entered Russian service and rose to officer's rank. When war broke out...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/c/8/battle-of-andros-1790-wp/swc8-battle-of-andros-1790-a-greek-under-the-russian-flag.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Andros (1790): The Trap in the Straits https://qualla.com/battle-of-andros-1790/ Photo credit Nourerrahmane, CC BY-SA 4.0. The new Sultan, Selim III, sent a squadron out of the Dardanelles with a single order: find Katsonis and destroy him. Katsonis sailed to meet it, but the wind betrayed him, delaying his ships, and on 17 May the two fleets collided in the channel between Euboea and Andros. The fir...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/c/8/battle-of-andros-1790-wp/swc8-battle-of-andros-1790-the-trap-in-the-straits.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Andros (1790): Fire and Escape https://qualla.com/battle-of-andros-1790/ Photo credit Nourerrahmane, CC BY-SA 4.0. What followed was slaughter. The brig Maria was rammed and taken; another captain blew up his own vessel rather than surrender it. Five ships were destroyed or captured. Katsonis steered his shattered flagship into the harbor of Kea, only to find the Ottoman fleet blockading the ...

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