Two Cyprus Shipwrecks

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Get an aerial view of two of the most well-known shipwrecks of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot Travel and Drones. The first wreck is the MV Demetrios II, a Honduran-flagged vessel carrying a load of timber which ran aground in 1998 near Paphos, at the western end of the island. The second wreck, also near Paphos, is that of the EDRO III. This Sierra Leone flagged ship ran aground with a load of plasterboard during a heavy storm in December, 2011.

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The first wreck is The Honduran-flagged M/V Demetrios II which ran aground off Paphos Lighthouse on 23 March 1998 in heavy seas, during a voyage from Greece to Syria with a cargo of timber. At the time of the accident, the ship had eight crew members - 4 Greeks, 2 Pakistanis and 2 Syrians. The crew were rescued and airlifted to the safety of Paphos by a British military helicopter. It was subsequently confirmed in the Lloyd's List that the competency certificates for the Greek captain and the Pakistani first officer were forgeries. The wreck can clearly be seen whilst traveling along the center of Paphos to Coral Bay Road. The second wreck in this video, EDRO III was travelling from Limassol to Rhodes in Greece when it ran aground. Built in the 1960s, registered in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the EDRO III is owned by an Albanian shipping company. Local authorities are hesitant to remove the ship from the rocks because the coastline is a protected natural park where turtles nest and endemic plant and animal species thrive.