Kimon Papadimitriou, Author at Wreck History

Author: Kimon Papadimitriou

Kimon Papadimitriou, Dr Ing Rural and Surveying Engineering, is member of Laboratory Training Staff at the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2015 he developed the PADI Underwater Survey Diver distinctive specialty training course. Subsequently, he was certified to teach the Wreck Detective training course.

Entries by Kimon Papadimitriou

“80 Years Ago Today…”

A few facts
During World War II, the operation undertaken by German forces to occupy Greece in April 1941 relied heavily…

Conference: “Scuba Diving and Citizen Science”

On Saturday, March 7, 2020, a workshop on “Scuba Diving and Citizen Science” was held in the Hall of Events of the Hellenic Maritime Museum. The event was organized on the occasion of the two years of activities by the Underwater Surveying Team (UST) of the Laboratory of Topography, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh)….

WWI Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas

As part of the “Dive in Blue Growth” (Athens, October 16-18), Elpidia Katopodi presented “Cartographic Documentation and Proposed Criteria towards the Protection and Preservation of Wrecks from the Great War in the Greek Seas”. It demonstrated that a total of nearly 200 ships sank from 1912 to 1918,…

A Thematic Tour of Posidi

On the sandy western cape of the Kassandra peninsula, Chalkidiki (in the area of ancient Mendi) lies the sanctuary of the sea god, Poseidon. Marking the beginning of the Aegean Sea, it is the oldest sanctuary in Macedonia and one of the earliest in Greece. Worship of Poseidon dates back to the 11th century...

Listed WWII shipwrecks in Magnesia, Greece.

In early November 2018, in the context of the 15th National Congress of Cartography “The Crisis Cartography”, a preliminary study on shipwrecks in Magnesia (the Pagasitikos Gulf – Pelion region) related to World War II was published. While significant efforts have been made to…

A “Black Diamond” Cargo Ship off Skopelos

From 1852 (the year of the first metal steamer with propellers and water ballast) to the 1930s (which saw the introduction of “flat-iron” cargo vessels with retractable superstructure and telescopic masts), and even after World War II, “black diamonds” had to be transported against…

Hidden evidence of WWII maritime history in the wider Pagasitic – Pelion area

Almost 75 years after the end of World War II, the sea continues to keep many of its wartime secrets hidden.

With the proclamation of WWII in September 1939, while our country was still neutral, some 90 Greek steamships were lost. Noteworthy is the fact that…

The Shipwreck at Kalamitsi: Field of Diving, Education and Research

My first visit to Kalamitsi was way back in 1992. At that time, diving was strictly regulated and only allowed at designated sites. Fortunately, Georg, who was actually Austrian, operated a dive center at one of the most beautiful and remote places in Chalkidiki. It was from there that excursions to the unidentified…

Survey of Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas

Since 2003, monuments, ships and aircraft submerged for over 50 years are automatically designated the status of cultural property (Government Gazette 1701/B/19-11-2003). According to the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet), about 2,000 shipwrecks are…

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Author: Kimon Papadimitriou

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