Photos submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Professor Timmy Gambin and used by permission An 80-year-old maritime mystery has finally been put to rest with the unveiling of a memorial to a Royal Navy submarine lost off Malta. Serving Submariners from Naval Base Clyde and relatives of the crew of HMS Urge travelled to the Mediterranean island […]
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 by Dr. Timmy Gambin It has been described as the largest British submarine loss of life during WW2. For decades, the exact location of the wrecked submarine was eluding researchers, up until a team from the Aurora Trust was able to locate the wreck in 2011 and capture images with a […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos: Dr. Timmy Gambin and Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum The Department of Classics & Archaeology, Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta is hosting an International Conference on Aviation Archaeology and Heritage in collaboration with the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum from 16 to 18 November 2017. The Aviation Archaeology and Heritage Conference will […]