Kea’s seabed museum of historic shipwrecks

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A marine park, one of just a few of its kind in the world, is being launched off the island of Kea, with historic shipwrecks and consisting of three protected sea areas, each covering 36 hectares.

Certified divers will be able to to dive down to the Titanic’s twin sister, the Britannic, the French ocean liner Burdigala and the paddlewheel steamboat Patris. The fourth wreck, that of the German Junkers Ju 52 airplane, will be added soon, explains Yiannis Tzavelakos, a Municipality of Kea councilor in charge of diving tourism, owner of the Keadivers center and the catalyst of the project.
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