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 […]
Κείμενο και υποβρύχιες φωτογραφίες: Καρέλας Γιώργος Το ιστορικό του αεροναυαγίου Κοντά στο ακρωτήριο Άγιος Ιωάννης, στις ακτές της νοτιοανατολικής Ιθάκης, βρίσκονται τα συντρίμμια ενός γερμανικού αεροσκάφους Junkers Ju 88 A-4 (Werknummer/Serial 5624), το οποίο έφερε τους επιχειρησιακούς κωδικούς ασυρμάτου “L1 + NV” . Το αεροπλάνο ανήκε στην IV. Gruppe / Lehrgeschwader 1 (IV/LG 1), […]
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 […]
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 Φωτογραφίες και video: © Μαρίνος Γιούργας, παραχωρήθηκαν στο www.ww2wrecks.com και δημοσιεύονται κατόπιν αδείας. Δείτε το βίντεο του Ju52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-7L0RgpWY Διαβάστε για το Ju52 της Ρόδου: Η ανακάλυψη, η κατάδυση και τα αναπάντητα ερωτήματα READ THE STORY IN ENGLISH: The Ju52 found off Rodos island, possibly identified as DR + UA, ditched on March 31, […]
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 Captioned photos by Lt. (GM) Nikolaos Christofilis HN, Author and Independent Researcher Wartime propaganda mechanisms are generally inflating the numbers of enemy aircraft shot down, while downgrading the numbers of their own losses. This general rule applies to every nation at war and as time goes by, many myths are shrouding the truth and […]