The Floating Naval Museum, Battleship G. Averof, is preparing to offer its
visitors a new experience of memory and emotion.
Beside the legendary battleship, the Invisible Yesterday of the Hellenic
Navy breathes again. The Submarine Protefs (S-113) rests at the Naval
Tradition Park “Odysseus – The Greeks and the Sea”, near Flisvos Marina,
bringing to light the silence of the mission, the hidden sacrifice, and the
unseen side of naval history.
The tradition of Hellenic submarines runs deep. On December 9, 1912, the
submarine Delfin carried out the world’s first recorded wartime torpedo
launch from a submarine, writing history in the First Balkan War. Since
then, every submarine, every mission, has carried not only engines and
steel, but also the men who, with faith, courage, and skill, achieved
results.
For monuments are never lifeless. They are the living continuation of the
Hellenic Navy’s people, past and present: crews who gave breath to steel
and wrote with their deeds the naval history of Greece. And that same
mission continues to this day, as Greek submarines still operate silently
in our seas, with men and women who keep alive the torch of those who came
before.
🔜 Very soon, the doors of the Submarine Protefs will open for the first
time to the public. Visitors will not only see the interior of a historic
vessel, but enter a world that remains alive: a world of silent heroes who continue to write
history.
And perhaps, within this steel, some young visitors may discover their own
tomorrow.
📢 Stay tuned to our website for more news and announcements.
