
"Let there be light!" God said, and there was light!
"Let there be blood!" man said, and there is the sea!
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
After the liberation, ADRIAS with her bows temporarily repaired arrived in Greece with the rest of the Hellenic Fleet. The ship was never fully repaired due to the end of the war in the Mediterranean. She was returned to the British Royal Navy and was broken up in November 1945.
In October 1945, Captain Toumbas was instrumental in setting up a memorial plaque at the Salamis Greek Naval Base to commemorate HURWORTH and her men. The memorial inscription reads:
REMEMBER
THAT ON OCT 22nd 1943
134 OFFICERS AND MEN OF
HMS HURWORTH
COMMANDED BY
COMMANDER R WRIGHT DSO RN
NOBLY RISKED AND LOST THEIR
SHIP AND LIVES TO SAVE THE
COMPANY OF HHMS ADRIAS
WHICH WAS IN PERIL
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"Let there be blood!" man said, and there is the sea!
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
After the liberation, ADRIAS with her bows temporarily repaired arrived in Greece with the rest of the Hellenic Fleet. The ship was never fully repaired due to the end of the war in the Mediterranean. She was returned to the British Royal Navy and was broken up in November 1945.
In October 1945, Captain Toumbas was instrumental in setting up a memorial plaque at the Salamis Greek Naval Base to commemorate HURWORTH and her men. The memorial inscription reads:
REMEMBER
THAT ON OCT 22nd 1943
134 OFFICERS AND MEN OF
HMS HURWORTH
COMMANDED BY
COMMANDER R WRIGHT DSO RN
NOBLY RISKED AND LOST THEIR
SHIP AND LIVES TO SAVE THE
COMPANY OF HHMS ADRIAS
WHICH WAS IN PERIL
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George
Every generation has its great men and women, some call them heroes. They are individuals who, for whatever reason, feel compelled to push the envelope to achieve what others might see as impossible or not worth the effort. I believe my cousins were two of these men.
George V. Krestas
Professor & Chair
Engineering Dept.
De Anza College
Cupertino, CA
[email protected]
George V. Krestas
Professor & Chair
Engineering Dept.
De Anza College
Cupertino, CA
[email protected]

Nikos
As a tribute to my two beloved brothers, I helped my "little" [1] cousin George to put their stories on paper, although he has had no prior naval experience. Moreover, I realized what a monumental task would have been trying to decipher my brothers' hand-written letters and war logs and then translate them to English.
Thus, I spent many pleasant hours on the phone "tutoring" him about WW II since I had lived through it, as member of the resistance group X, and later I served three years in the Navy cleaning the Mediterranean from the German mines! I also knew something about military life; my father was a Colonel in the Army.
I, too, was planning on a naval career but with two brothers already in the Navy I thought my talents would be put to better use in the Insurance business in America. I was not wrong.
Nicholas E. Papasifakis
Insurance Executive, Ret.
Bloomfield, MI
Amendment: I am deeply saddened to report Nick's passing on June 23, 2018, in Troy, Michigan.
[1] The youngest of all eight cousins (Christos, Mimis, Nikos, Soulis, Mimis, Kyriakos, Takis, George)
Thus, I spent many pleasant hours on the phone "tutoring" him about WW II since I had lived through it, as member of the resistance group X, and later I served three years in the Navy cleaning the Mediterranean from the German mines! I also knew something about military life; my father was a Colonel in the Army.
I, too, was planning on a naval career but with two brothers already in the Navy I thought my talents would be put to better use in the Insurance business in America. I was not wrong.
Nicholas E. Papasifakis
Insurance Executive, Ret.
Bloomfield, MI
Amendment: I am deeply saddened to report Nick's passing on June 23, 2018, in Troy, Michigan.
[1] The youngest of all eight cousins (Christos, Mimis, Nikos, Soulis, Mimis, Kyriakos, Takis, George)