Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

HMS Volage: First cold-war casualty

Albania (Global Adventures): An international team of archaeologists has discovered the remains of the bow of HMS Volage, a British destroyer that struck a mine off the Albanian port of Saranda on October 22, 1946. In July 2007, the RPM Nautical Foundation, a U.S. and Malta-based not-for-profit organization, began a comprehensive, ongoing archaeological survey of [...]

Posted by Bernd on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 11:14 am
Filed under Diving, News · Tagged Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Bay of Saranda, Cold War, Corfu Channel Incident, Destroyer, HMS Saumarez, HMS Volage, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, RPM Nautical Foundation, Scuba diving, Shipwreck, Survey, Wreck diving