Montenegro stages two-week underwater cultural heritage event

Held in the Adriatic coastal town of Kotor, “Underwater Cultural Landscapes of Montenegro” will run from 21 April until 3 May. The event aims to illuminate and make accessible to the general public the numerous cultural facets of Montenegro's underwater cultural heritage.

Wrecks & Archaeology

The project will promote underwater cultural assets and target tourism development by using a multidisciplinary approach to present and document the shipwrecks, navigation routes, harbours, anchorages, and other archaeological sites along the Montenegrin coast.

HMS Regent, long lost WW2 submarine, found in the Adriatic

The British submarine HMS Regent sailed to patrol the southern Adriatic but was lost with all hands at some point in April 1943, most likely after striking a mine. 

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The newly-found wreck lies off the coast near Villanova di Ostuni, some 19 miles from Monopoli.

First believed to be found by Italian divers in 1999, it was later determined in 2020 that the wreck thought to be Regent was in fact the Italian submarine Giovanni Bausan which had been sunk by the RAF in 1944.

Now, it seems another dive team has had better luck in identifying Regent. She rests off the coast near Villanova di Ostuni, some 19 miles from Monopoli, upside down in 70m of water. The apparent victim of a mine.

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Italian Hospital Ship Po

In the Bay of Vlora (Valona), Albania, resting at a depth of 35m, lies one of the largest and most impressive wrecks in the whole Adriatic, that of the Italian hospital ship Po, sunk by British torpedo bombers on 14 March 1941. In the darkness of the night, the pilots were not aware that the ship was a hospital ship. In the attack that ensued, 21 on board the ship died, including three nurses; one of whom was Mussolini’s daughter, Edda Ciano, who was working for the Red Cross.

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Cesare Balzi
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Wrecks & Archaeology

I am on the coast of the Bay of Valona, together with Massimiliano Canossa, Michele Favaron, Edoardo Pavia, Mauro Pazzi and Igli Pustina for the third IANTD Expedition in Albanian waters. The window of our hotel room overlooks the nearby beach; and as my gaze wanders across the bay, I cannot help but imagine the historical hospital ship Po sitting out there so many years ago.

Underwater winery opens in Croatia

Wreck beers, century-old champagne retrieved from the Baltic and maturing of wine in underwater crates, ... this publication is no stranger to alcoholic beverages maturing underwater. Now a Croatian winery, Edivo Vina, has opened its doors to the country's first underwater winery to visitors.

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Located about an hour north of Dubrovnik, in the town of Drače, on the Pelješac peninsula, the Edivo Vina winery requires a quick dive to explore where the wine is stored underwater in clay jugs — called amphorae — at the bottom of Mali Ston Bay for one to two years before it's enjoyed.

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Vis, Croatia

If there is any hidden secret in the Mediterranean, it is the island of Vis. For many years, it was a forbidden and restricted military area. It was not until 1991, when the iron curtain finally came down, that it was opened up for tourism and diving. On Vis, small picturesque port towns and spectacular wrecks, drop-offs and caverns are waiting to be discovered by divers.

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Harald Apelt
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Travel & Trips

If there is any hidden secret in the Mediterranean, it is the island of Vis. For many years, it was a forbidden and restricted military area. It was not until 1991, when the iron curtain finally came down, that it was opened up for tourism and diving. On Vis, small picturesque port towns and spectacular wrecks, drop-offs and caverns are waiting to be discovered by divers.

Wreckage of British destroyer found

Remnants of the bow of a British destroyer that sank off Albania in 1946 has been found. On 22 October 1946, the HMS Volage had been on her way to aid another British destroyer when it hit a mine.

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Forty-four sailors perished while another forty-two were injured in the incident. The two ships managed to make their way to the Greek island of Corfu for repairs. Nevertheless, the incident sparked off a diplomatic row at the time.

Then, three months ago, the wreckage of the HMS Volage was discovered in the Ionian Sea, but the discovery was only made public this month.

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