SS PANAGIS

SS PANGIS (boiler)
The PANAGIS was shipwrecked by bad weather in Epanomi, Halkidiki in 1936. It was originally called the OLGA when it was built in Genoa in 1895. It was soon sold to Cie. Maritime Marmara. In 1902, it was purchased by Michael N. Vernikos. At the beginning of the First World War, it was sold again and renamed the FRANCE. In 1923, it was repurchased by Michalis N. Vernikos and renamed the PENELOPI. In 1924, it acquired its final name under the ownership of Captain Gerasimos Fokas….

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….

Flat Iron Collier CHRISTOFOROS

The shipwreck of the Flat Iron Collier CHRISTOPHER was caused by an inflow of water while in the Sporades in 1983. It had previously been shipwrecked as the THOMAS HARDIE in 1950 and sold in 1968 to be renamed the BIRLING. In 1975, it was sold and renamed the EPIC and in 1976 it was sold again and ended up in the Greek seas as the CHRISTOPHOROS….

SS ELENI KANAVARIOTI (HELENA)

The steamship ELENI KANAVARIOTI (1886-1941), built as the FEDERATION, was the last British ship to escape Germany before the Great War (1914-1918). In 1921, it came to the Greek seas under the name the SPETSOPOULA and it was sold the following year to the Germans as the LUISE BLUME. In 1925, it was renamed the NACKA under a Swedish flag and renamed again in 1926 as the ALSTER. In 1927, it returned to Greece as the MARIA and from 1928 to 1939 it travelled under the name HERAKLIS. After repairs, it was renamed the ELENI KANAVARIOTI. Then, in 1940,...

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 BC, as indicated by the foundation of the oldest cult building discovered in the area, and was practiced for around a millennium until the 2nd century BC Hellenistic era, when the last repairs to the building seem to have been made (http://odysseus.culture.gr).In the spring of...

MS NENI II

Norder Till
The cargo ship MANGAN was ordered by Ernst Komrowski Reederei GmbH and built at the J. Frerichs & Co. shipyard in Einswarden and completed on January 24, 1924. Source: Lloyd's Ships Register   It was 50.2 metres in length and 8 meters in beam, with a capacity of 475 GRT. Source: https://www.delcampe.net   It was powered by a six-cylinder Humboldt-Deutz diesel engine that produced 70 NHPs which drove a single propeller. In 1939, it was sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd and renamed the NORDER TILL. In 1964, it was purchased by Theodore Vavatsoulia and renamed the NENI II. On the 29th of January 1967, NENI II was loaded...

MS KALI TYCHI

The MARY BIRCH was built at the Warrens New Holland Shipyards in 1917 by the Birch family. It was named after George Birch Junior's wife, Mary. Mary Birch (Source: Margaret Johnson Collection) In 1899, George Birch Senior realised that transporting the raw materials produced by the family business was cheaper by ship than by train. Shipping from Hamburg to Spalding, for example, cost up to 25% less than transporting the same freight by rail from Hull to Spalding. The family business of trading corn, cereals and animal feed flourished throughout the first two decades of the 20th century, creating a need...