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Filippos Kanellopoulos

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Filippos Kanellopoulos (Greek: Φίλιππος Κανελλόπουλος) was a Greek Navy officer who reached the rank of vice admiral.

He was born in 1868, the nephew of the notable naval officer and educator Ilias Kanellopoulos.[1] He joined the Royal Hellenic Navy as an ensign in 1888, fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, reached the rank of vice admiral, and died on 12 September 1927.[1]

His younger brother, Konstantinos, also became a naval officer and reached the rank of rear admiral.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Κανελλόπουλος Φίλιππος". 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.