AVE NOBILIS DUX, ITERUM FACTUM EST. This is the inscription engraved on a round brass plaque that adorns a wall of the Sanlúcar de Barrameda City Hall. As a complementary decorative element, the plaque features a laurel wreath framing a 16th-century nao, two dolphins facing the tower of a submarine, and the years 1519-1960. The […]
Submarines
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French Submarine “Floreal” Sunken in Greece During World War I is Found
On November 8, 2023, a marine research team led by Kostas Toktaridis of ROV Planet Blue found the remains of the French submarine Floreal, sunk in 1918 during World War I in the waters of the Thermaic Gulf (also known as the Gulf of Thessaloniki), northeast of Greece. The Floreal belonged to the Pluviôse class […]
