Historical research and trip reports

"…but more wonderful than the lore of old men
and the lore of books, is the secret lore of ocean…"

H.P. Lovecraft, "The White Ship"

HMHS Britannic. (National Maritime Museum)
HMHS Britannic: our 2012 expedition on the wreck of the HMHS Britannic the White Star Line's giant, mined 1916 in Kea Channel. Read more…
The Marquette. (National Maritime Museum)
HMT Marquette: the British transport was torpedoed by the German U 35, off Thermaikos Gulf, Greece in 1915. Read more…
Artist's impression of the wreck. The model will be further updated as information is gathered during future dives.
S/S Parana: the French passenger liner was sunk during WWI by UC 74 off the coast of Evia. Read more…
Contemporary postcard depicting the Théophile Gautier. Port bow view.
M/S Théophile Gautier: a wreck that we suspect belongs to the Théophile Gautier, torpedoed in 1941 by the British HMS Talisman close to the island of Kea. Read more…
The Città di Tripoli.
S/S Città di Tripoli: a second wreck we spotted off the coast of Kea and we assume to be the Italian liner Città di Tripoli torpedoed in 1941 by HMS Torbay. Read more…
The Monrosa, again as Indus, ablaze in the port of Valencia, Spain in 1921. She was repaired and traded for another 20 years until sunk by HMS Triumph in 1941. (The Maritime Museum, Gothenburg)
Wrecks of Saronikos: information regarding various modern wrecks in the area of Saronikos Gulf. Read more…
Painting presumably depicting the Christoforos. (Ελληνικά Εμπορικά Καράβια, ΝΑΤ)
Wrecks of the Gulf of Patras: a joint project with local divers to dive and research shipwrecks in the Gulf of Patras. Read more…
The Vickers Wellington bomber.
Aircraft: wrecks of airplanes that are found in Greek waters. Read more…
Photomosaic of the wreck compiled during the expedition of 2009.
Various: wrecks all over Greece that we have dived and researched in the course of years. Read more…
Sifnos, a Greek steamer sunk at Melos by the Luftwaffe in 1941. Here pictured with her ex name Labor (Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University).
The Milos Dive Project: an expedition in which some of us participated in 2007. Its goal was to explore and document some of the wrecks in the waters of Melos island. Read more…