Athens: Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine 80 years after it sank Allied forces in the aegean sea second world war,
Jantina, which sailed with 48 sailors from the Greek island of Leros, sank on July 5, 1941, after being hit by torpedoes fired by the British submarine HMS Torbe.
was found last month costas thocterides, one of Greece’s best-known divers, and his team, using the ROV Super Achilles, a remotely operated underwater vehicle, performed a detailed visual inspection of the wreck at a depth of 103 meters south of the island of Mykonos.
,naval history is like a puzzle, and it is part of that puzzle,” Thokterides, a marine specialist, told Reuters. “The collision of two submarines is a rare naval event.”
Thokterides said Gentina’s identity was verified using records from the Italian Naval History Office.
She is the fourth submarine to be located and identified by Thocterides.
Jantina, which sailed with 48 sailors from the Greek island of Leros, sank on July 5, 1941, after being hit by torpedoes fired by the British submarine HMS Torbe.
was found last month costas thocterides, one of Greece’s best-known divers, and his team, using the ROV Super Achilles, a remotely operated underwater vehicle, performed a detailed visual inspection of the wreck at a depth of 103 meters south of the island of Mykonos.
,naval history is like a puzzle, and it is part of that puzzle,” Thokterides, a marine specialist, told Reuters. “The collision of two submarines is a rare naval event.”
Thokterides said Gentina’s identity was verified using records from the Italian Naval History Office.
She is the fourth submarine to be located and identified by Thocterides.
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