Konstantinos Kanellopoulos

Konstantinos Kanellopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κανελλόπουλος) was a Greek Navy officer who reached the rank of rear admiral.

He was born in 1872, the nephew of the notable naval officer and educator Ilias Kanellopoulos.[1] He joined the Royal Hellenic Navy as an ensign in 1890, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars of 1912–13.[1] He retired with the rank of rear admiral on 10/23 May 1920.[1]

His older brother, Filippos, also became a naval officer and reached the rank of vice admiral.[1]

References
  1. "Κανελλόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος". Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Τέταρτος: Καβάδης–Μωριάς [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume IV: Kavadh–Morea] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1929. p. 41. OCLC 31255024.
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