Knyaguinya Maria Luisa: The moment a steamship exploded in Piraeus port, 30 May 1941
By Pierre Kosmidis Research by Tony Allen The Bulgarian steamship Knyaguinya Maria Luisa was bombed by British aircraft at the entrance to Piraeus harbour on May 30th, 1941. Her deck cargo of benzine in drums caught fire and this detonated her cargo of munitions. The ship blew up with an explosion that sank three ships in […]