MV Elpida Wreck Cyprus – Dive into History
In the azure waters off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus, lies the MV Elpida, a testament to marine conservation and diving exploration.
„Elpida,“ meaning „Hope“ in Greek, was a 63-meter-long cargo vessel constructed in Germany in 1965.
After decades of service in Greece, the ship was decommissioned and purposefully sunk on December 7, 2019, to form part of Cyprus’s first artificial reef within the Larnaca Marine Protected Area.