The Crest of the Hellenic Navy:
"Μέγα τo της Θαλάσσης Κράτος"
The motto is an excerpt from Thucydides' account of Pericles' oration on the eve of the Peloponnesian War. It is roughly translated as: "Great is the country that controls the sea".
The cross symbolizing Christian Orthodoxy, and the trident symbolizing Poseidon, the mighty god of the sea in the Greek mythology.
Π (olemiko) = Warfare N (autiko) = Navy
The Crest of Adrias
One of the many naval treasures hanging in Christos' home office.
Note the crown, at that time the Greek Navy was known as HRN. That is, Hellenic Royal Navy.
One of the many naval treasures hanging in Christos' home office.
Note the crown, at that time the Greek Navy was known as HRN. That is, Hellenic Royal Navy.
Adrias' Bell, Courtesy Hellenic Maritime Museum
The Hellenic Maritime Museum based in Piraeus since 1949, with the largest, by far, maritime collection in Greece, celebrates the country's long maritime history.
The sea is a basic element of the Hellenic history and tradition. Water has played a decisive role in the development and growth of the Hellenic civilization, renowned for its worldwide influence.
ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΝ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΑΚΤΗ ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
185 37 ΠΕΙΡΑΙΑΣ
ΤΗΛ: 2104516264, 4516822, FAX: 2104512277
E-mail: info@hmmuseum.gr
hellenicmaritimemuseum@gmail.com
www.hmmuseum.gr
The sea is a basic element of the Hellenic history and tradition. Water has played a decisive role in the development and growth of the Hellenic civilization, renowned for its worldwide influence.
ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΝ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΑΚΤΗ ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
185 37 ΠΕΙΡΑΙΑΣ
ΤΗΛ: 2104516264, 4516822, FAX: 2104512277
E-mail: info@hmmuseum.gr
hellenicmaritimemuseum@gmail.com
www.hmmuseum.gr
HMM, Hellenic Maritime Museum.
The sail of the sub Papanikolis
It is not by chance, that Greek ship owners hold the first place worldwide in the global shipping industry. It is based on a 10,000 year maritime tradition.
Anastasia Anagnostopoulou-Paloubi
President, Hellenic Maritime Museum
