The discovery was made by the underwater archaeology team of Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), a Washington DC-based institution tasked with preserving American naval history. Poor visibility at the site made her identification challenging. Images posted by the diving team appear to show the submarine's deck gun.A screenshot of the wreck site of USS Albacore, which was lost at sea on 7 November 1944. Records from Italy's Naval History Office confirmed the wreckage was the Jantina. The view of the deck gun of the Italian submarine Jantina that was sunk during World War II by the British submarine HMS Torbay, south of the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea, Greece, November 3, 2021. Only six sailors managed to swim to safety to the island of Dilo, he said. The ship sank on July 5, 1941, with 48 crewmembers aboard after being hit by torpedoes fired by the British sub HMS Torbay in the Aegean Sea, Thoctarides said. ![]() In an interview with Reuters and in a separate Facebook post, renowned Greek diver Kostas Thoctarides confirmed that his team found the Jantina in November. ![]() The wreckage of an Italian submarine that was sunk 80 years ago with four dozen sailors aboard during World War II has been found off the coast of Greece. The wreckage of the Italian submarine Jantina that was sunk during World War II by the British submarine HMS Torbay, lays south of the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea, Greece, November 3, 2021.
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