Greek divers discover Italian World War II submarine wreck

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Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine 80 years after it was sunk by the Allied Forces in the Aegean Sea during World War Two, Ekathimerini reports.

The Jantina, which had sailed from the Greek island of Leros with 48 sailors on board, sank on July 5, 1941, after being hit by torpedoes fired by British submarine HMS Torbay.

Kostas Thoctarides and his team discovered the shipwreck.

She was discovered last month by Greek diver, Kostas Thoctarides and his team, south of the island of Mykonos at a depth of 103 meters.

“Naval history is like a puzzle, and this is part of that puzzle,” Thoctarides said after the discovery.

Jantina’s identity was verified using records from Italy’s Naval History Office, Thoctarides said.

Source: Ekathimerini.

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