Approximate Shipwreck Location

MS ATHANASIOS


M/S ASNÆS
The shipwreck of the ATHANASIOS was caused by bad weather in the Sporades in 1968. It was built in Denmark in 1921 and christened the FRODE. It was sold two years later and named the JOHANNE MARGRETHA. In 1929, it was sold and renamed the LIDSØ. In 1933, it was resold and renamed the ASNÆS. In 1939, the ship was renamed once again as the JAPOS but sunk during WWII in Copenhagen. It was recovered after the liberation of Denmark and renamed the HASHLOSHA in 1950. In 1956, it became the EYAL. It was sold in 1959 and ended up in the Greek Seas under its final name, the ATHANASIOS….