Corfu Underwater Presentation

CORFU

ALBANIA

CORFU CHANNEL INCIDENT

H.M.S. VOLAGEPicture shows the damage sustained during the recent mining incident in Corfu

Nationality: BritishPurpose: War Type: Destroyer

Subtype/class: V class destroyer (br.)

V class destroyer (br.) ref.: Hardy HMS (R08) (+1944)

Propulsion: Steamer Date built: 1944 Weight (tons): 1777  disp (surf)Dimensions: 110,6 x 10,9 x 3 m Material: steel

Engine: 2 x geared steam turbines, 2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, dual shaft

Power: 40,000 s.h.p.Speed: 37 knots

Cause lost: MineDate lost: 22/10/1946Causualties: 8 rank 442

Builder: White & Co. Ltd. (John S. White),

Cowes

Owner: British Royal Navy (Admiral, RN)

USA TODAY.COMAUGUST 2007

TRACES OF 2,400-YEAR-OLD GREEK WRECK FOUND NEAR ALBANIAEncrusted with tiny shells and smelling strongly of the sea, a 2,400-year-old Greek jar lies in a saltwater bath in Durres Museum, on Albania's Adriatic coast.

Part of a sunken shipment of up to 60 ceramic vessels, the 26-inch storage jar, or amphora, was the top find from what organizers say is the first archaeological survey of this small Balkan nation's seabed, conducted by U.S. and Albanian experts.

“Touch it, touch it, it’s luck” said mission leader George Robb of the Key West Florida-based RPM Nautical Foundation. “You’re touching something that has been made before Plato was born.”

DR. ANASTASI FROM THE AIA AND DR. HIRCHFIELD FROM INA

DR. ADRIAN ANASTASI

FUTURE PROJECTS

CORFU CHANNEL MAP

CHARTS SHOWING THE ROUTES CLEAR FROM MINESTrue copy of the original tracing prepared in the course of his duty by Lieut. F.S. Hope, R.N., Navigating Officer of the 5th Mine Sweeping Flotilla, 19th November, 1946

OCTOBER 22, 1946

True copy of the original tracing prepared in the course of his duty by Lieut-Comm. P.E. Muers, R.N. of H.M.S. “Supurb” and countersigned by his Commanding Officer, 27th December 1946

http://www.abcnews.go.com/

“Pieces of WWII-Era UK Warship Apparently Found.”

“Pieces of British destroyer mined in 1946 apparently found near Greece.”

http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog.html?tag=British+Destroyer+HMS+Volage

“The wreckage of the vessel was found in the Ionian Sea by a team from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, the Albanian Archaeology Institute and Albanian defense ministry, project spokesperson Auron Tare said.”

http://www.shipfriends.gr/forum/topic/3017-underwater-archaeologists-find-cold-war-wreckage-near-the-albanian-coast/

“A number of discoveries were made, including Corinthian wrecks from the 6th through 3rd centuries BC, Roman wrecks from the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, along with scattered amphoras and modern shipwrecks.”

“Several hundred newspapers around the world published the discovery of HMS Volage and its historical link with the Corfu Channel incident”

http://www.abcnews.go.com/

“Pieces of WWII-Era UK Warship Apparently Found.”

“Pieces of British destroyer mined in 1946 apparently found near Greece.”

http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog.html?tag=British+Destroyer+HMS+Volage

“The wreckage of the vessel was found in the Ionian Sea by a team from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, the Albanian Archaeology Institute and Albanian defense ministry, project spokesperson Auron Tare said.”

http://www.shipfriends.gr/forum/topic/3017-underwater-archaeologists-find-cold-war-wreckage-near-the-albanian-coast/

“A number of discoveries were made, including Corinthian wrecks from the 6th through 3rd centuries BC, Roman wrecks from the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, along with scattered amphoras and modern shipwrecks.”

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