The Shipwreck of M/V Kaptan Ismail Hakki

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Drone Solutions Greece shot this excellent aerial video of one of the more well known of Greece's many shipwrecks. In 1978, the Captan Ismail Hakki sank in shallow waters near Lakonia, in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. The rusting hulk lies in 12 meters (about 40 ft.) of water just 100 meters (about 330 ft.) offshore. For reasons which were never definitively determined, the small (30 meter, 100 ft) ship sank carrying a supply of iron ore.

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Aerial video of the shipwreck Captan Ismail Hakki, located in Agia Marina, Lakonia, Greece.
The wreck of the 30-metre merchant ship Kaptan Ismail Hakki lies on the sea floor just 100 metres offshore in the little bay of Agia Marina, near Cape Zovolo at a depth of about 12 metres.
The ship, which sank on January 30, 1978 for unknown reasons, was carrying 578 tons of iron ore and a single automobile.

Thanks to a shepherd who lit fires on shore to direct the crew away from the treacherous rocks of Cape Maleas, no lives were lost when the ship sank. In appreciation, the crew donated their tender for the use of local farmers.