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World War 2 in Greece

22-23 of December, 1940: The feats of submarine Papanikolis Papanikolis was, indisputably, the most celebrated submarine in the history of the Greek Navy. Papanikolis , together with her sister ship, Katsonis , formed the first class of Greek submarines ordered after the First World War. She was built at the Chantiers de la Loire shipyards between 1925–27, and commissioned into the Hellenic Navy on 21 December 1927. Its first captain was Cdr P. Vandoros. It was named after the Greek War of Ind…

World War 2 in Greece

December 29, 1940: The fate of Proteus The submarine Proteus (Y3) (of the Proteus Class of the Green Navy) was commissioned by the Greek government in France in 1927 along with three other similar submarines, Nireus, Glaucos, and Triton. Proteus was built between 1927–1929 at the Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire shipyards in Nantes. The Greek flag was raised on August 31, 1929, and it joined the Greek Royal Navy under the code “Y3”. The boat was 68.6 x 5.7 x 4.1 meters with a displacement of 79…

World War 2 in Greece

The migration of the Greek navy In sharp contrast with the Greco-Italian War, where under any circumstances, the Greek navy carried out its duties, the situation changed dramatically on April 6, 1941, when the Germans launched their invasion against Greece. From day 1, the Luftwaffe managed to gain air-supremacy (700 warplanes vs 250-300 British/ANZAC/Greek warplanes) and from the same day neutralized almost every major Greek port, either by destroying it, or by mining it, a feat that the Itali…