article_snippet: The wreck lay a few metres from the beach.
article_snippet: Hidden away in a small rocky cove, the Greek merchantman sat, broken-backed, on the seabed where Italian bombs had deposited the Greek merchantman more than 70 years before.
article_snippet: Travelmail explored one of the 89 wrecks littering the seabed in the Bay of Navarino .
article_snippet: One of 89 wrecks that litter the sea bed, the Greek merchantman was the victim of an Italian bombing strike, albeit a spectacularly cack-handed one.
article_snippet: Having managed to miss the ship on the ship first run and instead destroying a rocky outcrop, the rubble of which can still be seen, the ship was forced to circle around – providing the Greek crew with ample time to jump the ship.
article_snippet: The second run hit the target, breaking the ship’s back and consigning the ship to a watery grave.
article_snippet: Then the wreck itself hoved into view, dappled with sunshine from above and rusting gently in the wreck itself watery grave.
highlights_snippet: The Bay of Navarino has 89 wrecks in total, including ancient Spartan .