The 73 year Odyssey of a lost seaman’s family and the submarine lost in 1943
By Pierre Kosmidis Read more here: Submarine HMS P311, sunk in January 1943: “Only the forgotten are truly dead” Massimo Domenico Bondone, the experienced Italian deep wreck scuba diver, who is credited with the recent discovery and the identification of the ill-fated British submarine P311 received the following message from Paul Denison, a family member of a […]
The sinking of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Crete, 19 July 1940
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos: IWM The Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni was sunk during the naval battle off Cape Spatha in north west Crete, on 19 July 1940. Out of her crew, 555 were eventually rescued by Allied warships, while 121 perished with the ship. The battle started when Allied ships in the Aegean saw two Italian […]
Mystery shipwreck located in Smyrni, Asia Minor – Could it be a Greek vessel sunk in 1922?
By Pierre Kosmidis Source of photos and additional information: Scientists and maritime archaeologists from the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) Marine Action in Science and Technology Institute have located a shipwreck in the Gulf of Smyrni, Asia Minor, Turkey, which may belong to a Greek vessel sunk in 1922, during the last chaotic days of the Greco-Turkish […]
Steamship “Patris”: Sitting upright on the seabed for 89 years
By Pierre Kosmidis An unknown wreck was positively identified near Patroklos island in the Saronic Gulf by the diving team of Antonis Grafas in 2014. The steamship “Patris” (“Homeland” in English), formerly the French “Saint Rémi”, sank in the early hours of June 15, 1927, after being rammed by the steamer “Moschanthi Toya”, formerly the British yacht “Catania”, due to […]
HMS Rover: The unknown story of the submarine in Souda Bay, Crete, 1941
By Pierre Kosmidis In this rare and previously unpublished photo, dated April 1941, HMS Rover is seen in Souda Bay, Crete Few are aware of the fact that Souda Bay in Crete, a large naval base used by the British in early WW2, is in a way similar to Pearl Harbor, Scapa Flow and Truk […]
The Greek ship turned into a Japanese “Hell ship” that took 688 US PoW’s with her
By Pierre Kosmidis In May 1942 Japan began transferring POWs by sea in ships that were rightfully called “Hell Ships”, due to the fact that prisoners were not being treated as humans, receiving no respect whatsoever by the Japanese and were often crammed into cargo holds with little air, food or water for journeys that would […]
The forgotten tragedies of the Aegean and the Ionian during WW2
By Pierre Kosmidis Italian POWs in Corfu Island, Greece, 1943. Unfortunately, most of the soldiers on this photo most probably drowned during their transportation to mainland Greece (Photo: Bundesarchiv) A series of forgotten tragedies claimed the lives of more than 13,000 Italian Prisoners of War during their transportation from the Greek islands of the Aegean and […]
Gemma Smith: The first woman scuba diver exploring the secrets of the Antikythera Shipwreck
By Pierre Kosmidis Diver Gemma Smith Photo Credit: Brett Seymour Technical diver Gemma Smith is the first woman ever to dive at the world famous Antikythera Shipwreck, which yielded some of the most important ancient sculptures ever to be found on the seabed, as well as the Antikythera mechanism or astrolabe. Originally thought to […]
WW2 Wrecks now on Pinterest!
By Pierre Kosmidis WW2wrecks.com is now on Pinterest. Check the link below and follow the action! https://www.pinterest.com/ww2wrecks/