Greece: The Battle of Navarino, 20 October, 1827, Admiral Codrington

Greek Observer, Philip Chrysopoulos: Why Greeks Do Not Celebrate the Battle of Navarino

"The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827, was a great victory against Greece’s Ottoman rulers, yet it is an event that is not celebrated by Greeks, simply because it was a victory of international diplomacy and foreign intervention, and not of the brave Hellenic spirit".

George Philip Reinagle

"In 1827 he was present on board the Mosquito at the Battle of Navarino and on his return he drew on stone, and published in 1828, 'Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin" (Wikipedia).

Stanzas on the Battle of Navarino, Thomas Campbell

Hearts of oak that have bravely delivered the brave,

And uplifted old Greece from the brink of the grave,

'Twas the helpless to help and the hopeless to save

That your thunderbolts swept o'er the brine;

And as long as yon sun shall look down on the wave

The light of your glory shall shine...



For whose was the genius that planned at its call

Where the whirlwind of battle should roll?

All were brave! but the star of success over all

Was the light of our Codrington's soul.


Battle of Navarino (Wikipedia)


Sir Edward Codrington (Wikipedia)


Reinagle, George Philip.ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, Sothebys

From the VandA,1 and 2


Eyewitness picture


See also, another famous October sea-battle: The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October, 1571


Lepanto, G.K. Chesterton