Located Archives - Wreck History

The Fetich Boulen: A Lost Victory.

Like any ship sunk in warfare, the Fetich Boulen might belong to a tale of seemingly impossible victory, or of unbelievable defeat, depending on what side of the battle it is told from. It might be the story of…

P.L.M. 24

During World War II the P.L.M. 24, after hitting a mine near cape Sepia, was stranded by his captain to save her on the Paltsi beach. After the war it was contracted to Mr. Marakis, a wreck salvager, and as a result most of the ship's hull was cut as scrap, leaving only the...

The Submarine of Kaiafa Beach

In the shallow waters of Kaiafa beach , local children had been jumping into the water from the conning tower of a submarine for decades. This strange childhood ‘plaything’ was once the Italian submarine AXUM. It participated in one of the most decisive operations in the Mediterranean of World War II. In the 1930s, the...

KATHLEEN

In the spring of 1960, the freighter ALEXANDROS struck the southern coast of Cape Poseidi, also known as the Kassandra headland, due to poor visibility. It had started plying the Greek seas at the beginning of the century, not very far from where it came to grief. But having survived both World Wars and...

The Views of the S.S. Volos

Lefteris Reef in Greece has become the graveyard for many ships over millennia, but few can have as intriguing a backstory as the Volos, says ROSS J. ROBERTSON, who writes in collaboration with Dimitri Evangelopoulos, Dimitri Galon and Paris Sofos. So what exactly did Hans Hass find when he filmed the wreck in 1942?…

WAR CHARGER – NAVARCHOS KOUNTOURIOTIS

The shipwreck of NAVARCHOS KOUNTOURIOTIS was caused when its liquid fuel cargo ignited while anchored in the port of Thessaloniki in 1921. It was constructed in Vancouver, Canada and launched just after the end of WWI. It was then purchased by Afios Saliaris, but only sailed the Greek seas for a year before its demise….

The torpedo attack by PAPANIKOLIS in Alimia

The torpedo attack upon Papanikolis in Almnia

The ELVIRA VASELLI shipwreck was caused by a British aircraft attack on Alimnias Bay (Alimia island, in the Dodecanese) on July 28, 1943. It was built at the British shipyard C.H. Walker & Co. in 1912 under the name B.A.H.W. No.11. In 1917, it was sold and renamed the ALUMINE. In 1930, when it was acquired by Christos Vlasias, it became known as the ALUMINUM. In 1936, it was purchased by S.A. Italiana Lavori Edilie Marittimi (S.A.I.L.E.M.) and given its final name, the ELVIRA VASELLI. During WWII, the ship was commandeered by the Italian government and used as an auxiliary cargo vessel until it sank….

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…