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Diving at a depth of 90 metres is demanding and when we got there we were just amazed by the sheer size of the wreck.
Full photostory and diving videos: Pierre Kosmidis Πιερ Κοσμίδης: Graf Zeppelin: Diving at the unique WW2 German aircraft carrier (photos and videos)
There were lots of theories regarding Graf Zeppelin's loss, as she was taken by the Soviets and because of the cold war, no one was really sure what happened for decades. We had the opportunity to solve a mystery and find out details lost at the bottom of the sea", Dimitris "Dima" Stavrakakis says and adds:
"Some people believed that the Graf was deliberately scuttled by the Soviets, full of chemical substances and war equipment left over from the War, others believed that the Soviets loaded the aircraft carrier with nazis and sunk it, while some claimed that the Graf was sunk during secret weapons testing."
"It surely is one of the most amazing dives I've ever done so far and I can say that we found nothing that could corroborate the claims about chemical warfare or other armaments or nazis in the wreck."
"Diving at the Graf is like being in many football fields put together.
The flight deck, with the wooden beams still intact bear the marks of shelling (see photo below) and the hangars are so big they reminded me of the huge cahedrals.
It felt like centuries when we were inside the Graf.
Diving there is a quite unusual and surely memorable experience", Dimitris "Dima" Stavrakakis tells pierrekosmidis.blogspot.com
Full photostory and diving videos: Pierre Kosmidis Πιερ Κοσμίδης: Graf Zeppelin: Diving at the unique WW2 German aircraft carrier (photos and videos)
There were lots of theories regarding Graf Zeppelin's loss, as she was taken by the Soviets and because of the cold war, no one was really sure what happened for decades. We had the opportunity to solve a mystery and find out details lost at the bottom of the sea", Dimitris "Dima" Stavrakakis says and adds:
"Some people believed that the Graf was deliberately scuttled by the Soviets, full of chemical substances and war equipment left over from the War, others believed that the Soviets loaded the aircraft carrier with nazis and sunk it, while some claimed that the Graf was sunk during secret weapons testing."
"It surely is one of the most amazing dives I've ever done so far and I can say that we found nothing that could corroborate the claims about chemical warfare or other armaments or nazis in the wreck."
"Diving at the Graf is like being in many football fields put together.
The flight deck, with the wooden beams still intact bear the marks of shelling (see photo below) and the hangars are so big they reminded me of the huge cahedrals.
It felt like centuries when we were inside the Graf.
Diving there is a quite unusual and surely memorable experience", Dimitris "Dima" Stavrakakis tells pierrekosmidis.blogspot.com
