The ship sunk with… oranges in 1918 and the wreck of Paris
By Pierre Kosmidis During war, ships are being sunk by enemy action, submarines, surface ships, mines, or due to bad weather. Not many ships though are sunk by a load of…. oranges. This was exactly the fate of a French patrol boat, the Alexandra, which sank on March 8th, 1918, thanks to an ingenious plan by […]
“Περσέας”: Ένα βυθισμένο υποβρύχιο λέει την ιστορία του
ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ: ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΘΩΚΤΑΡΙΔΗΣ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ: ΡΕΝΑ ΓΙΑΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ/ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΘΩΚΤΑΡΙΔΗΣ Δημοσιεύθηκε στις 17 Αυγούστου 2013 στο ΓΕΩΔΡΟΜΙΟ HMS Perseus: The story of the sole survivor of a British submarine sunk in 1941 off Kefalonia, Ionian Sea, Greece
The haunting remains of the Aikoku Maru wreck in Truk
By Pierre Kosmidis On 21 January 1944, Aikoku Maru loaded the 629 men of the 66th Naval Guard Unit, with ammunition, supplies and construction materials. The convoy was attacked 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) NW of Truk by the submarine USS Trigger, which sank the minelayer Nasami and transport Yasukuni Maru; however, Aikoku […]
Diving at the WW2 Japanese submarine I-1 wreck in Guadalcanal
By Pierre Kosmidis Michael McFadyen from Sydney, Australia has been a keen scuba diver and has visited some of the most iconic WW2 Pacific Treasures, including the I-1 Imperial Japanese Navy submarine wreck in Guadalcanal Island, the SS President Coolidge in Vanuatu, the USS Aaron Ward in the Solomons, and the San Francisco Maru in Chuuk. […]
FOUND! “Votrys”, the first true sea-going ship with diesel propulsion worldwide, sunk in 1940
By Pierre Kosmidis Research and photos by George Karelas December 1940 was a month of glory for the Greek Army. The Italians were promptly ousted from Greece, after their failed invasion, which was initiated on October 28, 1940. This aggressive campaign of Mussolini’s army meant the start of World War 2 for Greece. Shortly after […]
Marburg: H βαθύτερη ταυτοποίηση ναυαγίου του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου στις ελληνικές θάλασσες
Κείμενο και φωτογραφίες: Γιώργος Καρέλας H παρατηρητικότητα του Νίκου Μαυρομμάτη οδήγησε πιθανώς στην ανακάλυψη ενός αμυντικού όπλου που χρησιμοποίησαν οι Γεμανοί στον Β’ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο με σκοπό την εξάλειψη της απειλής των ναρκών. Στο καταδυτικό κέντρο Aquatic World του Μάκη Σωτηρόπουλου στην Αγία Ευφημία της Κεφαλονιάς τον Ιούνιο η προβολή του video της βαθύτερης ταυτοποίησης […]
Mitsubishi F1M “Pete” and Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” by Andrew Hamilton
By Pierre Kosmidis The Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea PHOTO: Andrew Hamilton Australian underwater photographer Andrew Hamilton recently shot images of theMitsubishi F1M “Pete” and Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” aircraft wrecks in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. Kavieng peninsula and airstrip The Mitsubishi F1M “Pete”in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea PHOTO: Andrew Hamilton Andrew Hamilton plans to visit […]
Inside a submarine wreck: Aldo Ferrucci’s stunning photos from a WW2 Wreck
By Pierre Kosmidis Located around Cap Camarat, between Cavalaire and Saint Tropez, the wreck of the Rubis is a ‘must dive’ in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a mine launcher submarine that left Toulon in 1931. PHOTOS BY ALDO FERRUCCI Measuring 66m long over 7m wide and 8m high, it could have set 32 mines […]
HMS Regulus: Sunk by a mine off Corfu island, Greece on 12 January 1945
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 […]
The story of Able Seaman William Patrick Young, survivor of three shipwrecks during World War 2
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos submitted by Bob Young Millions of human stories from World War Two remained forgotten for decades and are slowly emerging, thanks to the memories shared by their relatives. One such case is the story of Able Seaman Bill Young, a British sailor who saw active duty during WW2 and was shipwrecked not […]