Vice Admiral( HN) ret. Panagiotis RADITSAS
President, Hellenic Submariners Association
Vice Admiral( ret) Panagiotis Raditsas HN, was born in Pireus Greece, on 1955. He entered in Hellenic Naval Academy on 1973 and he became Ensing on 1977. He served for two years on surface ships and then onboard submarines for twelve years, four of them as CO of HS PROTEUS S-113. He served as staff officer in Submarine Command, Hellenic Fleet Command, Hellenic Naval War College and also at SrikeForSouth( Naples) and SHAPE( Mons). He served as CO of LPD HS NAFKRATOUSA L-153, COS at Hellenic Joint Immidiate Reaction Center, CO of the Hellenic Naval Communication Center and East Med Command Center, CO of the Hellenic Naval Command and Staff Officer School, DCOS Transformation Support at HQ SACT( Norfolk). He also served as Aid de Camp to the President of the Hellenic Republic( 1992-1995). He retired on 2010. Since November 2014 he is President of the Hellenic Submariners Association.
Hellenic Submariners Association
One of the aims of our association is to maintain the memory and honor timelessly those, who serving onboard submarines during war time, gave their life for our country, faithful to their oath to protect and serve its interests and freedom. So what brings us here? Firstly, because we are interested in every under-water vehicle. Secondly, because these vehicles can detect in deep sea and easily identify old wrecks. As technology advances and either remote or unmanned under-water vehicles have proved their ability in search, detect, verify position, film, and even in recovering of sea wrecks, we do see a great opportunity to utilize such technology for the whole spectrum of military equipment rested in the deep seas. We all believe that these wrecks due to the remains of dead in them, have to be positively identify and to be characterized as war graves having similar treatment with the war cemeteries on land. Thirdly because Hellenic seas have been since the start of the history theater of great conflicts and naval battles so great heritage is still down there waiting. We will present you tomorrow, the existing status of those wrecks in Hellenic Seas and opportunities existing to bring back to light all of the great history. Our association is open to discus any opportunity with anybody who likes to come aboard on this dive back to history.