MV Panagiotis 1980
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | MV Panagiotis | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1980 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | Greece | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 37.8596, 20.6249 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
The Panagiotis (Greek: Παναγιώτης) is a shipwreck lying in the white sands of an exposed cove on the coast of Zakynthos, which is among the southernmost of the Ionian Islands of Greece. Navagio ("Shipwreck"), the spot where she lies, is a tourist attraction on the north-western side of the island, with thousands of visitors each year.
She was built in Scotland in 1937 as Saint Bedan and wrecked in 1980.
Diving & visiting
Numerous stories exist as to how the vessel became stranded in the cove.
A popular story regarding the wreck of the Panagiotis maintains that she spent the latter part of her life as a smuggling ship. In 1980, during a time of record population lows on the island of Zakynthos, Panagiotis was allegedly making its way from Turkey with a freight of contraband cigarettes for the Italian Mafia, as some versions of the story assert. The crew was suspected by authorities, and so the Panagiotis was pursued by the Greek Navy.
Location
- Recorded position: 37.8596, 20.6249 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Greece
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article MV Panagiotis (revision 1379421198), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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