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Greek Navy Exercises Off Crete Using Live Fire

Hellenic Navy exercises 'Spear', 'Seashore' and 'Periscope' that started on Monday in the sea area of Myrtos as well as in the North and South Cretan seas were completed on Friday, according to the Navy General Staff. The Hellenic Navy...

Greek Navy Vessel Rammed by Container Ship at Piraeus

A Hellenic Navy minesweeping vessel was badly damaged on Tuesday in the port of Piraeus after it was rammed by a huge container ship. All 27 crew members of the 57-meter minesweeper "Kallisto"were safely evacuated. At least two were being...

Greek Navy on Alert as Turkey Extends Gas Exploration South of Rhodes

Greece's naval forces are on high alert after Turkey's decision on Saturday to instruct the exploration vessel Oruc Reis to continue surveying for energy reserves in a location south of the Greek island of Rhodes until November 4. This is...

Greek Navy Forms Protective Wall Off Kastellorizo to Counter Turkish Threat

The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) released a series of photographs on Tuesday from the sea area near the Greek island of Kastellorizo, showing Greek warships forming a protective wall to prevent the Turkish research ship Oruc Reis...

Hundreds of Migrants Crammed Together on Greek Navy Ship off Lesvos

A video obtained by German magazine Der Spiegel shows the cramped conditions hundreds of migrants and refugees are having to endure living on board the "Rodos," the Greek Navy ship the anchored off the main port of the island...

Greek Navy Ship Arrives in Mytilene to House Refugee, Migrant Families

The Greek Naval vessel ''Rodos'' arrived at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday. An LST (or Landing Ships, Tank) ship, the large-hulled vessel will be able to accommodate all incoming refugees and migrants who are...

Greek Navy Systematically Recording Country's Most Iconic Shipwrecks

The first phase of a project to investigate and record the current state of historic Naval shipwrecks in Greece has recently been completed, according to a Hellenic (Greek) Navy General Staff (HNGS) announcement released on Wednesday. The investigation, using a...

Military Equipment Goes Missing From Greek Navy Premises on Leros Island

The General Staff of the Greek Navy announced in the early hours of Tuesday that military equipment which had been stockpiled at Leros Naval Technical Installation Service (YNTEL) is now missing. The statement notes that ''In the afternoon hours of Monday, 09...

Greek Navy Rescues Man Off Serifos Island (video)

The crew of a Hellenic Navy helicopter recorded the breathtaking rescue of a man at sea, two nautical miles south of Serifos Island in the Cyclades archipelago, on Wednesday. After an urgent request from the Unified Coordination Center for Search and...

Greek Navy, Coast Guard Search for Missing Greek-American Enters Second Day

The search is ongoing for a young Greek-American man missing after a boating tragedy in the eastern Aegean claimed the life of his father. The Hellenic coast guard and navy are involved in the operation, accompanied by several private craft....

Greek Navy Frigate Rescues Survivor of Deadly Fires (video)

A Danish man who jumped into the sea to save his life from the deadly Mati fires was rescued by a boat of the Greek Navy frigate "Elli" and a Navy  S-70B Aegean Hawk. The video has become viral on social...

Greek Navy Pinpoints Sunken WWII Submarine in Aegean

The Greek navy has found the exact spot where the submarine Katsonis was sunk by German forces in the Aegean in September 1942. According to media reports, the Hellenic Navy's Hydrographic Service used state-of-the-art electronic equipment to find the Katsonis' location six...

Greek Navy Frigate Detached from Shallow Waters in Saronic Gulf (video)

The Greek Navy managed to detach the frigate "Kanaris" from shallow waters where it ran aground on Thursday, near the islet Atalanti, in the Saronic Gulf. After being towed away, the frigate sailed to the dockyard in Salamina, where it...

Greek Navy Frigate Runs Aground Near Psyttaleia Island

The Greek Navy Frigate Kanaris ran aground near Psyttaleia island in the Saronic Gulf early in the morning on Thursday; no injuries or serious damages reported. The frigate was returning to the Salamis Naval Station when it became entangled in...

Impressive Greek Navy Demonstration in Thessaloniki

The traditional October 26 Greek Navy demonstration in Thessaloniki; which took place on the anniversary of the city's liberation, was quite impressive. Citizens and tourists in the country's second biggest city enjoyed the sea and air manoeuvres orchestrated by the...