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Syrna (island)
Syrna (; anciently, Syrnos () or Sirna or Agios Ioannis, is a small island about 4 km2 in area to the south-east of Astypalaia in the Dodecanese group of Greece, Greek islands, situated to the south-east of the country. It is mostly covered with juniper and garrigue scrub. The few inhabitants raise livestock, catch fish and practice arable agriculture. The island is important for migrant and breeding seabirds and Bird of prey, raptors, including Cory's shearwater, yelkouan shearwater and Eleonora's falcon. History A shipwreck of the late Roman period (2nd century CE) was found using sonar technology near the island by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in 2000. On 7 December 1946, the ship ''Athina Rafiah'' (originally the SS Athena, SS ''Athena'') carrying Jewish immigrants to Israel was wrecked in the Agiou Soassin Bay, on the south coast of Syrna, and more than seven hundred survivors came ashore on the island. The British minesweeper HMS Providence (J325), HMS ''Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astypalaia
Astypalaia (Greek Language, Greek: Αστυπάλαια, ), is a Greece, Greek island with 1,334 residents (2011 census). It belongs to the Dodecanese, an archipelago of fifteen major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. However, many scholars recognize Astypalaia as an extension of the Cyclades, as many cultural and ecological components of the island are more indicative of the Cyclades rather than the Dodecanese. The island is long, across at its widest, and covers an area of 97 km2."Astypalaia" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 651. Along with numerous smaller uninhabited offshore islets (the largest of which are Syrna (island), Sýrna and Ofidoussa), it forms the Communities and Municipalities of Greece, Municipality of Astypalaia, which is part of the Kalymnos (regional unit), Kalymnos regional unit. The municipality has an area of 114.077 km2. The capital and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Centre For Marine Research
The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) (Greek language, Greek: Ελληνικό Κέντρο Θαλάσσιων Ερευνών, ΕΛ.ΚΕ.ΘΕ.) is a Greece, Greek governmental Research institute, research organisation, focusing on various fields of marine science. It is operating multiple facilities across Greece, which include Laboratories, scientific laboratories, Public aquarium, public aquaria and experimental tanks. It also owns three Research vessel, research vessels, a crewed submersible and several Remotely Operated Vehicle, Remotely Operated Vehicles for underwater exploration. Additionally, its activities encompass Marine conservation, conservation projects and educational programs for the public. History In 1912, the Greek government decided to create the first Greek marine research institute and consulted the director of the Ichthyological Station of Rome, professor Decio Vinciguerra. With his suggestions, the Marine Hydrobiological Station was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of The South Aegean
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rare ..., and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country or location Africa Antarctica Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Lists of islands by continent Lists of islands by body of water By ocean: By other bodies of water: List of ancient islands Other lists of islands External links Island Superlatives {{South America topic, List of islands of * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Javelin (F61)
HMS ''Javelin'' was a J, K and N-class destroyer, J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Construction and career ''Javelin'' was laid down by John Brown & Company, John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938, and commissioned on 10 June 1939 with the pennant number F61. In May 1940, during Dunkirk evacuation, Operation Dynamo, ''Javelin'' and other destroyers rescued survivors from the sinking of . At the end of November 1940 the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of HMS ''Jupiter'', ''Javelin'', ''Jackal'', ''Jersey'', and ''Kashmir'', under Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten, was operating off Plymouth, England. The flotilla engaged the German destroyers German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody, ''Hans Lody'', German destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen, ''Richard Beitzen'', and German destroyer Z20 Karl Galster, ''Karl Galster''. ''Javelin'' was badly damaged by Naval artillery, gunfire and torpedoes fired by the German destroyers, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hursley (L84)
HMS ''Hursley'' was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is the only Royal Navy ship to have carried this name. Hursley is a village in Hampshire. Commissioned in 1942, she served in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Hellenic Navy in November 1943 and renamed ''Kriti''. She took part in the landings in Sicily, Anzio, and southern France, and remained in Greek service until 1959. Design and construction ''Hursley'' was ordered with 15 others of the same type on 20 December 1939 as part of the War Emergency Programme. The Hunts were meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet. The Type II Hunts differed from the earlier ships in having increased beam in order to improve stability and carry the ships' originally intended armament. ''Hursley'' was long between perpendiculars and overall. The ship's beam was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial parents, he was sent to England at the age of 11 for his education. He did not like formal education, and started writing poetry at the age of 15. His first book was published in 1935, when he was 23 years old. In March 1935 he and his mother and younger siblings moved to the island of Corfu. Durrell spent many years thereafter living around the world. His most famous work is '' The Alexandria Quartet'', published between 1957 and 1960. The best-known novel in the series is the first, '' Justine''. Beginning in 1974, Durrell published '' The Avignon Quintet'', using many of the same techniques. The first of these novels, '' Monsieur, or the Prince of Darkness'', won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1974. The middle novel, '' Constance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Chevron
HMS ''Chevron'' was a destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from August 1945 to the 1960s. She was scrapped in 1969. Construction The Royal Navy ordered ''Chevron'' on 24 July 1942, one of eight C-class destroyer (1943), Ch-class "Intermediate" destroyers of the 1942 Programme. She was laid down at Alexander Stephen and Sons, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 March 1943, and launched 23 February 1944. She was commissioned on 23 August 1945, too late for World War II. Her first captain was Lt.Cdr. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC, RN, from 19 January 1945. The yard also built her sister ship, . Service After the War ''Chevron'' was allocated the pennant number D51. On 9 December 1946, as part of the 'Palestine Patrol', tasked with intercepting Aliyah bet, illegal Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine, ''Chevron'' and the minesweeper arrived at the small island of Syrna (island), Syrna in the Dodecanese group of Greece, Greek islands, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Providence (J325)
HMS ''Providence'' was a reciprocating engine-powered during the Second World War. Laid down as HMCS ''Forrest Hill'' for the Royal Canadian Navy she was transferred on completion to the Royal Navy as HMS ''Providence''. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1958. Design and description The reciprocating group displaced at standard load and at deep load The ships measured long overall with a beam of . They had a draught of . The ships' complement consisted of 85 officers and ratings.Lenton, p. 261 The reciprocating ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of and gave a maximum speed of . They carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave them a range of at . The ''Algerine'' class was armed with a QF Mk V anti-aircraft gunChesneau, p. 65 and four twin-gun mounts for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. The latter guns were in short supply when the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Athena
''Athena'' was a 50 m long passenger steamship built in 1893 at the Syros (later Neorion) Shipyards. It was the first metal steamship built at this shipyard, and it represented an example of the brief growth of Greek shipbuilding in the late 19th century, before its decline in the next decades. The ship was powered by a steam engine built by the Ifaistos machine works in Piraeus Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ..., the second largest machine builder in the country (after Basileiades) at the time; Ifaistos was founded by John McDowall, a Scottish entrepreneur who had worked in Greece and had obtained Greek citizenship, and was the main builder of ship steam engines in Greece. This ship (renamed ''Rafiah'') sank in 1946 in a tragic accident off the Greek island of Syr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Ornithological Society
The Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS; ) is a Greek non-governmental body dedicated solely to the conservation of wild birds and their habitats in Greece. Established in 1982, it operates as a non-profit organisation and serves as the Greek representative of BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding i .... The society is also responsible for managing the Antikythira Bird Observatory. References * External links * Animal welfare organizations based in Greece Ornithological organizations BirdLife partners Bird conservation organizations Organizations established in 1982 1982 establishments in Greece {{ornithology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (, ; , ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally defines the eastern limit of the Sea of Crete. They belong to the wider Southern Sporades island group. Rhodes has been the area's dominant island since antiquity. Of the others, Kos and Patmos are historically the most important; the remaining 12 are Agathonisi, Astypalaia, Halki, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Leipsoi, Leros, Nisyros, Symi, Tilos, and Megisti. Other islands in the chain include Alimia, Arkoi, Farmakonisi, Gyali, Kinaros, Levitha, Marathos, Nimos, Pserimos, Saria, Strongyli and Syrna. Name The name "Dodecanese" (older form , ; modern , ), meaning "The Twelve Islands" denotes today an island group in the southeastern Aegean Sea, comprising 15 major islands ( Agathonisi, Astypalaia, Chalki, Kalymnos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonora's Falcon
Eleonora's falcon (''Falco eleonorae'') is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus ''Hypotriorchis''. The sooty falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close sister species. The English name and the species name ''eleonorae'' commemorate Eleanor of Arborea, Queen or Lady-Judge () and national heroine of Sardinia, who in 1392, under the jurisdiction conferred by the Carta de Logu, became the first ruler in history to grant protection to hawk and falcon nests against illegal hunters. The genus name ''Falco'' is from Late Latin ''falx'', ''falcis'', a sickle, referring to the claws of the bird. Description Eleonora's falcon is a bird of prey, long with an wingspan. It is shaped like a large Eurasian hobby or a small slender peregrine falcon, with its long pointed wings, long tail and slim body. There ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
