Brit diver, 33, drowns while exploring famous Greek shipwreck after being pulled from water by swimmer
A BRIT tourist has tragically died while diving at a famous Greek shipwreck.
The unknown man, 33, drowned while diving at the Epanomi Shipwreck in Thessaloniki due to 'rough seas', local media says.
On Sunday afternoon the diver got into some difficulty due to bad weather.
A coastguard official said: “He was swimming when the weather turned and it began to rain,
“A rescue boat and an ambulance were immediately sent but by the time they arrived he had been pulled out of the water unconscious.”
He was pulled from the waters by another brave swimmer.
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The Port Authority of Michaniona is investigating and a postmortem will be carried out.
The tragedy brings the death toll of tourists in Greece to nine since the beginning of June after a Brit sailor's body was discovered in Spetses last Friday.
Coastguard officials said the 44-year-old was “found floating in the sea” with head injuries.
The Brit’s body - found last Friday - was due to be transferred to a coroner’s office in the port city of Piraeus, outside the Greek capital.
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Spetses, the playground for the rich and famous including members of the now deposed Greek royal family, is a two-hour hovercraft ride away from Athens.
Media reports suggested the dead Brit was a crew member participating in Spetses’ annual Classic Yacht Regatta which began yesterday.
The three-day event, the biggest of its kind in Greece, draws hundreds of sailing fanatics ever year and is seen as one of Europe’s most competitive regattas.
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