Nikolaos Votsis

Nikolaos Votsis (; 1877–1931) was a Greek naval officer who distinguished himself during the Balkan Wars and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral.

Life Votsis was born in the island of Hydra in about 1877. He belonged to the prominent Votsis-Kountouriotis family: he was the nephew of admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, while his maternal great-grandfather was Georgios Kountouriotis, participant of the Greek War of Independence.

During his studies at the Naval Academy, he served in the naval blockade of Crete in 1896–97, in the run-up to the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

Honours In 1934, a marble bust of Votsis was erected at Thessaloniki, in front of the White Tower. A La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft, the Ypoploiarchos Votsis (P 72) has been named after him. Order of Prince Danilo I