MV Panagiotis
Navagio (shipwreck) Bay
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| History | |
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| Name: | MV Saint Bedan |
| Owner: | M. J. & A. Gardner and Co. Ltd |
| Port of registry: |
Glasgow  United Kingdom |
| Builder: | Scott & Sons, Bowling |
| Yard number: | 341 |
| Launched: | 14 January 1937 |
| Fate: | Sold 1964 |
| Name: | MV Meropi |
| Owner: | M. Gigilinis and S. Kakassinas |
| Port of registry: |
 Thessaloniki, Greece
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| Acquired: | 1964 |
| Fate: | Sold 1966 |
| Name: | MV Charis |
| Owner: | N. S. Kalfas |
| Port of registry: |
Greece
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| Acquired: | 1966 |
| Fate: | Sold 1975 |
| Name: | MV Panagiotis |
| Owner: | P. Lisikatos & Company |
| Port of registry: |
Piraeus, Greece
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| Acquired: | 1975 |
| Fate: | Ran aground on Zakynthos, 1 October 1980 |
| Status: | Abandoned on beach |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Coaster |
| Tonnage: | 452 GRT |
| Length: | 156.8 ft (47.8 m) |
| Beam: | 25.6 ft (7.8 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 500 bhp |
| Speed: | 10 kn (19 km/h) |
Coordinates: 37°51′34.57″N 20°37′29.5″E / 37.8596028°N 20.624861°E
The Panagiotis (Greek: Παναγιώτης) is a shipwreck lying in the white sands of an exposed cove on the coast of Zakynthos, which is among the southernmost of the Ionian Islands of Greece. Navagio ("Shipwreck"), the spot where she lies, is a tourist attraction on the north-western side of the island, with thousands of visitors each year.
She was built in Scotland in 1937 as Saint Bedan and wrecked in 1980. It has been claimed that the ship was carrying contraband cigarettes and being chased by the Greek Navy.
The coaster Panagiotis was built in 1937 at Bowling on the River Clyde as Yard 341 by Scott & Sons, and fitted with a 500 bhp diesel engine made by British Auxiliaries Ltd. When built, she measured 157 feet in length and 26 feet in width. She had a draft of 14 feet, and a gross register tonnage of 452.
The Panagiotis changed hands and names since her construction.
The most commonly accepted story regarding the wreck of the Panagiotis maintains that she spent the later part of her life as a smuggling ship. In 1980 (during a time of record population lows on the island of Zakynthos), Panagiotis was making its way from Turkey with a freight of contraband cigarettes (for the Italian Mafia, as some versions of the story assert). The crew was suspected by authorities, and so the Panagiotis was pursued by the Greek Navy.
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