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Kea Shipwrecks

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> Kea > September 30 - October 2

The Regional Authority of the Southern Aegean, the Municipali­ty of Kea and the Friends of Kea Society are co-organizing an internatio­nal conference marking the 100th anniversar­y of two significan­t World War I shipwrecks, the S/S Burdigala and the HMHS Britannic (the Titanic’s sister ship). Both vessels were sunk by mines laid by the German submarine U73 in the Kea Channel. The conference is also intended to serve as a commemorat­ive event as well as promote the island as a leading diving and tourist destinatio­n. For more informatio­n, visit www.100years-kea-shipwrecks.org.

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