Added to that had the lucky break to meet an Australian guy who was involved in the dig at the ancient site and was writing a paper on the wreck. He was surprised that we knew about it. He has researched it and the story goes: apparently it was an British landing craft from the 2nd world involved in the evacuation of Crete. It was moored there to evacuate the British and Australian forces stranded there. unfortunatley, it was spotted by a Germnan bomber plane. The plane came down and bombed but missed on the first attempt and was shot at by the the crew, it then returned and made a direct hit. There is no record of any deaths but we don’t really know. However, the plane was shot down on Falasarna beach and the pilot ejected. When the Germans arrived on the beach they shot the Australian soldiers responsible for shooting down the plane. The forces were never evacuated and were taken to a prison camp on the island where they stayed until the surrender. These details were from an old man who was a boy at the time and saw the whole thing.

Great to know the history eh.