Archaeologists believe they have found off the southern coast of Albania Rosandra the wreck of an Italian ship torpedoed by the British during World War II, it was announced today in Tirana.
The wreck was discovered last week by an international team including members of the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Albanian Institute of Archaeology, according to Albanian archaeologist, Auron Tare.
"It is a vessel of 140-145 meters long, about 8,000 tons and could possibly be the Rosandra, which sank after being hit by a British submarine, there are exactly 67 years," said Mr. Tare told reporters.
Six sailors died June 14, 1943 on board the vessel which was carrying supplies to Italian occupation forces in Greece. 173 other sailors were evacuated.
The same team of archaeologists had found last November in the Ionian sea wreck british destroyer HMS Volage which in 1946 had hit a mine off the Albanian port of Saranda, causing a serious crisis between London and Tirana.
The wreck was discovered last week by an international team including members of the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Albanian Institute of Archaeology, according to Albanian archaeologist, Auron Tare.
"It is a vessel of 140-145 meters long, about 8,000 tons and could possibly be the Rosandra, which sank after being hit by a British submarine, there are exactly 67 years," said Mr. Tare told reporters.
Six sailors died June 14, 1943 on board the vessel which was carrying supplies to Italian occupation forces in Greece. 173 other sailors were evacuated.
The same team of archaeologists had found last November in the Ionian sea wreck british destroyer HMS Volage which in 1946 had hit a mine off the Albanian port of Saranda, causing a serious crisis between London and Tirana.
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