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Biography<\/h1><\/div>

Gregory Mezeviris was born in Piraeus on January 4, 1891. His father was Stefanos Mezeviris, a lawyer from Stenimahos in Eastern Romylia, and his mother was Klearisti Primidi.
\nIn 1906, he was admitted to the Hellenic School of Naval Cadets and began a long and illustrious naval career. On May 28, 1912 he married Marguerite Agelastos. Their daughter Alice was born on March 19, 1913 and married Alexander Pericles Couclelis, an economist from Alexandria, Egypt on December 27, 1942. Gregory Mezeviris died in Athens on October 23, 1978.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Development
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Ensign on July 17, 1910
\nJunior Lieutenant on June 2, 1913
\nLieutenant on February 7, 1915
\nLieutenant Commander on March 16, 1920
\nCommander on June 20, 1924
\nCaptain on February 14, 1934
\nRear Admiral on May 6, 1943
\nVice Admiral on June 1, 1947<\/p>\n

He retired on September 1, 1949, after 43 years of
\ndistinguished service in the Royal Hellenic Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Ships and Shore Commands<\/h2><\/div>

Gregory Mezeviris served in the Navy during an eventful era:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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From September 1944 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Admiralty in the Middle East and Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff<\/a><\/div>
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In 1917 he served at the Hellenic Navy General Staff<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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From January 1930 he was again named Director of D.R.Y.N.<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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From May 1931 Commander of the destroyers “LEON” and “HYDRA” and in parallel Chief of the Destroyer Flotilla<\/a><\/div>
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In April 1944, he helped Admiral Voulgaris put down the revolt of the Greek crews in Alexandria, Egypt and then re- established order on the Greek ships based at Malta.<\/a><\/div>
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From August 1943 to February 1944 he negotiated in London with the British Admiralty the concession of additional ships to the Hellenic Navy. As a result of his efforts, 5 destroyers and 3 corvettes where added to the Hellenic Navy.<\/a><\/div>
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In February 1943 he escaped, via Turkey, to the Middle East where he was promoted to Rear Admiral<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On April 22, 1941, while the “HYDRA” was sailing on the Saronic Gulf, she was attacked by the German Luftwaffe and sunk. Mezeviris was wounded and admitted to “EVANGELISMOS” hospital. He was still in the hospital when the Germans marched on Athens<\/a><\/div>
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From June 1913 in charge of a Naval Detachment on Macedonia during the Hellenic – Bulgarian War<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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From November 1939 – and for the duration of the World War II in Greece- Superior Commander of the 10 destroyers, on board the “KING GEORGE”. After the serious damage inflicted by the German air force to the “KING GEORGE” on April 13, 1941, he raised his banner on the destroyer “AETOS” and later on the destroyer “HYDRA”.<\/a><\/div>
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