WRECK DIVING
Aircraft Engine
In 2022 Greek divers Antonis Grafas and Nikos Vardakas dived near Patroklos island at a location indicated to them by a friend. Subsequent research by Dimitris Galon identified a type V twelve cylinder engine (12-Zylinder-V-Motor) from a German aircraft from WWII era was discovered.
YACHT
On January the 14th 2024 we decided to visit this location and conduct a dive to see for ourselves what this debris was. We prepared and a group of five divers descended and at a depth of 57 meters dicovered the wreck of a yaught.
US NAVY TUGBOAT
Approximately twenty years ago in 2003 a US Navy Tugboat was sank in the caldera off the island of Santorini. The tugboat dates back to WWII and the wreck is situated near the island of Palea Kameni. The bow of the wreck is in 38 meters of water whilst its stern rests at about 27 meters.
FOCKE WULF FW 200 C-3
In Saronida bay is a wreck of a WWII airplane which was used as a passenger and a reconnaissance or bomber. This aircraft is believed to have left Elefsina airport on the 5th of September in 1941 and crashed in Saronida bay with the loss of all crew. In total six people perished.
JUNKERS 52
On December 27, 2023, our team conducting a field search in the wider Faliro area made a new discovery! A collaborative dive by a diverse team of CCR and OC divers led to the remarkable finding of wreckage submerged at 60 meters depth.
LANDING CRAFT
During World War I, the needs of the British army led to the construction of light landing crafts whose main purpose was to transfer tanks and staff to combat and difficult to access areas. At the beginning of World War II the British Admiralty began the construction of a new type of landing craft that was initially named TLC (Tank Landing Craft) and then became more known under the American term LCT (Landing Craft Tank).
POSEIDON
The ship was bought in 1964 in Piraeus and in the same year sailed to Patras. During the voyage and while she was in the wider area of Pefkia in Xylokastro, the boat took on water. Her crew tried desperately to pump out the water but they failed and the ship sank. The wreck is located off the coast of Xylokastro and sits upright on a sandy bottom at a maximum depth of 47 meters.
SS BURDIGALA
The SS Burdigala was built in 1897 for German shipper Norddeutscher Lloyd and was originally called the SS Kaiser Friedrich. Intended to dominate the North Atlantic route, it was a jewel, with luxurious lounges and leisure facilities, broad decks and a capacity for 1,350 passengers.
PETALLI
On the 6th of April in 1941 during the declaration of war by Germany on Greece the ship was docked at the port of Piraeus. During the attack of the port by the German Luftwaffe and the subsequent explosion of the Clan Fraser the ship Petalli caught fire. Following this she was towed outside the port where she sank.
CLAN CUMMING
The Clan Cumming was a cargo steam ship built in 1938 in Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd. Greenock in Scotland at the time was most famous for three things ships, steam, and sugar. She was onwed by The Clan Line Steamers Limited and managed by the company “Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Limited”.
CORNEL
The ship was constructed by E. J. Smit & Zoon in Westbrook of Holland and was named Cornel for the Rose Shipping company of England. It was renamed in 1965 as Glenside and finally Elenitsa in 1974. The name Cornel is written on the ships bell which was found during the first dive at the wreck.
THIELA D-31
The second world war ship Thiela (in Greek Storm) was built in England, at the Yarrow shipyards, by order of the Greek government in 1906. She took part in the Balkan Wars of 1912-13, in the First World War and the Asia Minor Campaign.
HYDRA D-97
The Hydra Destroyer of the Hellenic navy was attacked by German planes on the 21st of April in 1941. The shipwreck is located near the island of Lagousa and is resting at a depth of 70 meters. In total 42 out of a crew of 156 lost their lives.
Beaufighter
The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Originally conceived in 1938 as a heavy fighter a variant of the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. The wreck today is lying at a depth of 34 meters.
SS Aghios Markos
Aghios Markos was a cargo ship constructed in 1919 and sank on the 22nd of April 1941 by an aerial attack during the 2nd world war. The ship is located at a maximum depth of 45 meters and is easily accessible both from land and by boat.
U-133
German Submarine which sank in March 1942 when it struck the minefield approximately one and a half nautical mile east of Tourlos, Aigina. The vessel went down with all hands. The main body of the shipwreck is standing upright on the bottom of the seabed with a north-south axis, having a left slope of 30-40 degrees.
PS Patris
Situated off the Greek island of KEA since 1868 when she sank. The ship struck a reef due to a navigational error and split into two parts. The bow of the ship is located at a depth of 30 meters whilst the stern at a depth of 50 meters.
SS MONROSA
The ship is sitting upright at a depth of 90 meters. Its maximum depth being 91 meters. The bow of the ship is facing north whilst its stern to the south. The Monrosa is a huge ship to explore (approx. 130 meters length) with its crane in place and the ships holds where cargo was stored.
SAVOIA MARCHETTI
Situated on the Greek island of Poros the Second World War Italian medium range bomber Savoia-Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero is at a maximum Depth of 59 meters. The dive you see in the video below took place on the 05/01/2019. Another three dives have taken place on the 29/12/2017, the 09/06/2018, and 30/11/2019.
HMS Perseus
HMS Perseus was one of six Parthian class submarines (Parthia, Phoenix, Proteus, Poseidon, Pandora, and Perseus). Great Britain launched the program to construct these submarine in 1927. HMS Perseus was laid down on the 2nd of July in 1928, at the Vickers Armstrong shipyards, in Burrow-in-Furness. Launched on the 22nd of May in 1929 and commissioned for service on the 15th of April in 1930.
Patris (St.Remi)
The Patris shipwreck is situated at Patroklos island near the shipwreck of Kyra Leni and is resting at a depth maximum depth of 73 meters. On the 15th of June in 1927 it collided with the ship Moshanthi Togia which led to its sinking. The first dive took place on the 3rd of November 2018.
Roza Vlasi
Situated outside cape Sounion in the channel between Sounion and Makronisos. The dive took place on the 23rd of December 2018 with a total of 7 divers organized by scubalife.gr and boat captain Tasos Papapanos. On Christmas eve of 1959 and due to bad weather conditions the cargo on the vessel displaced resulting in the ship tilting which finally led to its sinking. The ship lies at a maximum depth of 62 meters.
HMS Regulus
The ship sank in 1945 when it struck a mine during mine clearing operations. It is sitting upright on a sandy bottom at a depth 63 meters. Overall it is in great condition with the main deck cannon in the aft and the anti aircraft guns towards the rear clearly visible.
RU 21A
The aircraft made an emergency crash landing off Anavyssos Bay in 1985 and belonged to the US military flying in formation with three other aircraft when it suffered mechanical failure. Its crew of three consisted of the captain, the co-pilot and a radio operator were rescued by a ship sailing nearby.
KASTALIA
The ship is situated at Oropos in Attica and has sunk at a depth of 10 to 24 meters. With the stern being at shallower waters whilst the bow at the deepest part. Locating the wreck is particularly difficult due to the sediment and merky waters creating very poor visibility conditions.
APOLLONIA VI
Cargo ship “Apollonia VI”, with Piraeus ship registry number 4431, DDS SV 3282, a volume of 746 gross registered tonnage and 414 net registered tonnage, constructed in 1955 at Bremen, functioning with an KLO- ECKNER-HUMBOLDT- DEUTZ internal combustion engine of 1.000 BHP.
STYMPHALIA
The ship originally from Italy (NERA) was handed over to the Greek Navy and operated as a water supply/carrier ship until 1978 when it sunk. It is 40 meters in length and has sank in the area of Alepohori sitting upright at the seabed at a depth of 34 meters. It is one of the few discovered historical shipwrecks in the Greek seas which were constructed over a century ago.
CS Retriever
A British cable ship which sank on the 1st of April in 1941, struck by a German plane. The condition of the wreck is seriously degraded as the ship is missing parts of it such as her bow and stern, most likely from the explosion of the attack and any salvaging which may have taken place in later years. Maximum depth is 52 and minimum 44 meters.
Nestos
On the 30th of March in 2019 we dived the Minesweeper Nestos at Psathopirgos near Patra. The Nestos minesweeper is immersed in an upright position at a depth of 24 to 48 meters with its bow being at the deepest point. It is located in a seabed full of sediment with a steep downward inclination.
Kira Leni
Cargo ship Kyra Leni sunk in 1978 next to Patroklos island. Today its one of the favourite dive sites for many divers since the shallow depth and the relatively intact bow and stern parts of the ship allow for a relaxing wreck dive. The bow is situated at 18 meters depth whilst the stern at a depth of approximately 30 meters.
MV Pylaros
The ship sank in 1976 when she tried to avoid colliding with another ship. The wreck of the motor ship Pylaros is located on the sandy bottom with a maximum depth of 52meters and a minimum depth of 35 meters.
ZENOBIA
The MS Zenobia was a Swedish built Challenger-class RO-RO ferry launched in 1979 that capsized and sank in the Mediterranean sea, close to Larnaca, Cyprus, in June 1980 on her maiden voyage. She now rests on her port side in approximately 42 meters (138 feet) of water and was named by The Times, and many others, as one of the top ten wreck diving sites in the world. Zenobia was built at the Kockums Varv AB shipyard in Sweden and was delivered to her owners Rederi AB Nordo in late 1979.
AVANTIS III
Situated on the Greek island of Agistri near Aigina. The depth at this wreck ranges from approximately 18 meters (at the bow) to 47 meters (at the stern) as it rests on her port side at an angle. Making it a suitable wreck dive to most levels of diver certification and types of diving such as recreational or technical diving for the deeper parts of the vessel.
Transport Ship
A dive in the summer of 2017 on the island of Santorini. This is a small 2.5 minute video showing the wreck. A very enjoyable, easy and relaxing dive at the Caldera in Santorini suitable to all levels of diving. The maximum depth of the wreck is at 16 meters. The green color in the water is attributed to the sediment coming from the volcano hot springs.
Cargo Ship
Situated on the Greek island of Santorini near the volcano between Old and New Kameni is a wreck of a cargo ship. It has a total length of approximately 45 meters sitting upright at 18 meters of depth. This is a shallow dive suitable to all levels of recreational diving. There are no records confirming the ships name. The dive took place in August of 2015.
CARS WRECK
This is definitely a strange dive site located at the 59km of the Athens to Sounion road. Legrena has two main dive sites, the first at the fish farms whilst the second is situated on the right cove. At this cove one can dive on the left wall, exit the cove towards deeper waters (45m) and locate an engine from a fishing boat, or swim on the surface in parallel to the wall on the right for approximately 100+ meters and dive the cars site.
S/S SAN EDUARDO
S/S SAN EDUARDO is located in an upright position on the keel at a maximum depth of 53m in the island of Serifos. The axis of bow-stern has a south-east direction. The total wreck’s length is 46m and the width is almost 6m. The absence of the engine and the boiler, the empty holds and the partial destruction of a part of the superstructure mean that the ship was plundered in the past, probably after the end of the World War II. However, the ship’s interior bottom, the holds, the rest parts as well as some particular characteristics of the wreck – such as the signs of the marine company of Antonio T. Vega – are sufficient to identify with certainty that this is the wreck of the Spanish steam ship SAN EDUARDO.
SS PORTUGAL
She was a cargo ship under the flag of Belgium transporting cotton and corn. On the 4/10/1957 she sailed from Lavrio to Mytilene and crashed into Tripiti Reef (northwest of Macronissos) she sank in two locations. The after part of the ship sank at the point where the ship crashed and can be seen in this video and is situated at a maximum depth of 40 meters. The fore part of the ship “sailed” for a distance before sinking in the area of Agios Georgios.
TRAILER WRECK VIDEO
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