A rare Kriegsmarine fast attack vessel lost for eight decades in the depths of Greece Written by: Marinos Giourgas Historical Research: George Karelas Underwater Images: Vasilis Spyropoulos The scope Locating the wreck of a German Kriegsmarine torpedo boat in Greek waters is an exceptionally rare find. During the Second World War, German naval forces operating […]
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 […]
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 […]