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 […]
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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 […]