Dimitrios Papanikolis
Dimitrios Papanikolis | |
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Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos | |
| Native name | Δημήτριος Παπανικολής |
| Born | c. 1790 Psara, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Died | c. 1855 Athens, Kingdom of Greece |
| Allegiance | First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece |
| Branch | Hellenic Navy |
| Commands | Nelson Amalia |
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Dimitrios Papanikolis (Greek: Δημήτριος Παπανικολής) (c. 1790–1855) was a naval hero of the Greek Revolution, famous for being the first to successfully employ a fireship to destroy an Ottoman ship of the line.