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Commander (HN) Panagiotis TRIPONTIKAS Ex-Director of the Hellenic Floating Museum Battleship "Georgios Averof", Hellenic Submariners Assocciation …From July 2013 until May 2015 he was assigned as Director of the Floating Naval Museums Battleship “GEORGIOS AVEROF” and HS VELOS. As Director, under the guidance of the Hellenic Navy General Staff he organized many high caliber arts and cultural events, signing of an MoU with the Athens School of Fine Arts ( ASFA ), the Foundation of the Hellenic World and the Aikaterini Laskarides Foundation). Under the leadership of Panagiotis Tripontikas the number of visitors to the Floating Naval Museums reached a record high. He is the author of “1900 : The Adventures of Pavlos Kountouriotis during the first transatlantic voyage onboard masted cruiser "NAVARCHOS MIAOULIS" and "THE WRECKS IN THE GREEK SEAS-THE UNDERWATER HERITAGE OF NAVY'S STAKEHOLDING FUND & MARINERS' PENSION FUND-1830- 1951(GREEK TEXT) From May 2015 until the present day he is Head of Research Department of the Navy Command and Staff College of the Hellenic Navy. CULTURE AND CREATIVITY-VOLUNTEER WORK Panagiotis was elected President of the Velanidiotes Society Myrtidiotissa for a period of 6 years. Under his Presidency the Society was very active and worked closely with universities, cultural foundations, N.G.Os, local government and other bodies. He succeeded in having the Lighthouse of Cape Malea and the German Naval Observatory placed on the list of designated historical and listed monuments. He is married to Irakleia Schoina who is a legal expert in The Hellenic Single Public Procurement Authority and the have a son, John. Panagiotis is cognizant of the fact that cultural heritage management is quite a challenge. In order to achieve results relatively quickly, you need to try hard, stay focused and love what you are doing. www.seathewrecks.com | www.1900thebook.com | [email protected] "The underwater heritage - The wrecks in the Greek Seas 1830-1951" The presentation worked within the framework of the sea wrecks, which, since 2003, have been designated as RECENT MOVABLE MONUMENTS (to me CULTURAL ASSETS). Questions such as: • Who is the owner of the wrecks of navy vessels, warships, military aircrafts (warplanes), sea mines, etc, existing or can be found in the sea and are relics of the 2nd World War? • Does this owner have any specific duties and responsibilities concerning the wrecks? • Which is the jurisdiction over them? What does this signify? • Which are the Greek authorities and public institutions to be involved? covered at the end of the presentation. We further presented examples from other navies, such us the USN and the UK Royal Navy. This presentation came up to an end with my conclusions and also with some proposals.