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Psara (Greek: Ψαρά, Psará, ; known in ancient times as Ψύρα / Ψυρίη, Psyra / Psyriē) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea.Together with the small island of Antipsara (population 4) it forms the municipality of Psara.
PSARA members lobbying Seattle City Council Member Lorena Gonzalez. PSARA advocates primarily for issues that affect older adults, including affordable healthcare, maintaining Social Security, lowering prescription drug prices, reducing taxes and utility bills, affordable housing, and increased social services.
Psara (Greek: Θ/Κ Ψαρά) was a steel-built ironclad warship named for one of the Aegean Sea islands that played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence. The final vessel of the Hydra class , she was ordered in 1885 in response to a crisis in the Balkans and Ottoman naval expansion.
The Turks and Egyptians ravaged several Greek islands during the Greek Revolution, including those of Samothrace (1821), Chios (1822), Kos, [9] Rhodes, [9] Kasos and Psara (1824). The massacre of Samothrace occurred on September 1, 1821, where a Turkish fleet under the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha killed most of the male population, took ...
The Greek frigate Psara (F-454) (Greek: Φ/Γ Ψαρά) is the third ship of the Greek Hydra-class frigates.It is based on the Blohm + Voss MEKO 200 frigate class and was built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. at Skaramangas as part of the programme.
Antipsara (Greek: Αντίψαρα) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea.Antipsara had no permanent inhabitants, according to the 2021 census. [1] It lies about 3 km (2 mi) west of the larger Psara island, from which its name is derived.
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The Hydra class of ironclads composed three ships, Hydra, Spetsai, and Psara.The ships were ordered from France in 1885 during the premiership of Charilaos Trikoupis, as part of a wider reorganization and modernization of the Greek armed forces, which had proved themselves inadequate during the Cretan uprising of 1866.