Research, text and photos by George Karelas This summer, in collaboration with the Aegean Tec Τeam, Marinos Giourgas and Vasilis Spyropoulos and with the help of the Kythera diving center of Giorgos Lamboglou, we managed to locate, dive and identify the wreckage of the Baltimore FW282/P of 454th Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) shot […]
Έρευνα-κείμενο-φωτογραφίες: Γιώργος Καρέλας Αυτό το καλοκαίρι σε συνεργασία με την ομάδα Aegean Tec (Μαρίνος Γιούργας και Βασίλης Σπυρόπουλος) και με τη βοήθεια του Kythera diving center του Γιώργου Λάμπογλου καταφέραμε να εντοπίσουμε , καταδυθούμε και να ταυτοποιήσουμε το αεροπορικό ναυάγιο του Baltimore FW282/P της 454ης μοίρας της Αυστραλιανής Βασιλικής αεροπορίας (RAAF) που βυθίστηκε την 3η […]
Text by Marinos Giourgas Photos by Vasilis Spyropoulos Antikythera is a small island located between the Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Crete. It is famous for the ancient Greek hand powered mechanism used as a model of the solar system which was discovered off its east coast by a group of sponge divers from […]
Κείμενο: Μαρίνος Γιούργας Φωτογραφίες: Βασίλης Σπυρόπουλος Τα Αντικύθηρα είναι ένας μικρό νησί που βρίσκεται μεταξύ των Κυθήρων και της Κρήτης. Τόπος με άγρια ομορφιά που έγινε γνωστός από τον περίφημο μηχανισμό των Αντικυθήρων, ένα εύρημα που θεωρείται ως ο πρώτος αναλογικός υπολογιστής που κατασκευάστηκε κατά τη διάρκεια της Ελληνιστικής Περιόδου και χρησιμοποιούνταν ως όργανο αστρονομικών […]
Text by Marinos Giourgas, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Photos: www.aegeantec.gr © Marinos Giourgas and Vasilis Spyropoulos, published under license ORP Kujawiak was originally a British Hunt-class Type II destroyer built as HMS Oakley. She had a length of 85m and was weighing more than 1,000 tonnes. She was handed over by the Royal navy to […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and video: © Marinos Giourgas, published under license Aegeantec on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aegeantec/?hl=en Marinos Aegeantec on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinos.aegeantec.9 Mr. Marinos Giourgas is an experienced technical scuba diver and Instructor, credited with the exploration of several WW2 Wrecks in Greece. Recently, along with a technical scuba diving team, consisting of Vasilis Spyropoulos OC diver, and Tasos Papapanos and Antonis Strouzas […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and video: © Marinos Giourgas, published under license aegeantec on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aegeantec/?hl=en Marinos Aegeantec on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinos.aegeantec.9 READ MORE ABOUT THE INITIAL DISCOVERY OF THE ILL-FATED Ju52 FOUND! A Ju 52 off Rodos island: The discovery, the exploration and the unanswered questions Mr. Marinos Giourgas B.Eng, M.Sc., DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor and a team of experienced […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos: www.aegeantec.gr © Marinos Giourgas and Dimitris Haliasos published under license A Greek scuba diving team visited recently one of the known wrecks off Kerkyra island in Greece. The Algerine class minesweeper HMS Regulus was sunk by a mine on 12 January 1945, with one casualty. According to the Naval History website, HMS Regulus, while on a […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and videos: © Marinos Giourgas, published under license Mr. Marinos Giourgas is a technical diving instructor and together with his colleagues, they found off Rhodes a Luftwaffe Junkers 52 in very good condition, at a depth of approximately 80 meters. The discovery of the Ju 52 in almost intact condition is in itself an […]