THE FIRST DONOR
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[click on logo]"NAUTICOS" Corporation. 1343 Ashton Road, Hanover,Maryland,20657. U.S.A.
The First Donation came on the 11th of March 2002 from the United States. This was send through our KYRENIA SHIP prominent Committee member Michalis Serghiou in the USA. The first donor has given permission to announce the amount of six thousand US.DOLLARS and all the Kyrenians are more than grateful. We thank Mr Tom Dettweiler and Mr Jonathan Blair from NAUTICOS for their efforts not only to assist our experiments but also for their future vision on the role Cyprus may play in funding and hosting ancient ship discoveries.
THE DONORS AND SPONSORS OF THE PROJECT
FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO THE PROJECTS AND EXPERIMENTAL VOYAGES PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS:
TO BE PAYABLE TO:
THE KYRENIA-CHRYSOCAVA CULTURAL FOUNDATION
EDESAS NO:27, AYIA PHYLAXIS, 3115 LIMASSOL, CYPRUS.
THE BANK OF CYPRUS: 0173-01-017502
THE POPULAR BANK: 005-21-024048
THE HELLENIC BANK: 124-01-188374-01
THE ALPHA BANK: 103-03622-21017
MATERIAL
DONATIONS UNTIL TODAY (25/4/2002):
1st Donor:
Cyprus Forest Industries: (The wood for the ship).
2. Hellenic Mining Company: (The copper talents for Olympics)
3. ÊÅÏ Co.LTD: (The Ships Keel blessing ceremony)
4. NEMITSAS INDUSTRIES (Mr.Takis Nemitsas).: Most of the vessels copper and steel materials as well as the lead rings.(Kostakis Perikleous).
5. PANOS EGLEZOS (Battery factory) : over 25 kilos of lead for the construction of the lead rings for the sail of the vessel by NEMITSAS INDUSTRIES.
6. PHOEBUS LYASSIS (shoe manufacturers Latsia) : They have donated most of the natural thick leather for the needs of the KERYNIA. Utilised for the protection of the two steering Oars, the Yard and other friction exposed members of the vessels moving parts (Jiannis Papoutsos). [back to Front Page]
FINANCIAL
DONATIONS UNTIL 2003:
| Sponsors - Donors |
Amount |
Date |
| NAUTICOS |
7.000 USD |
April 2002 |
| KYRENIA MUNICIPALITY |
£30.000 |
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| THE FEDERAL BANK OF THE MIDDLE EAST | £20.000 | 21st April 2003 |
| Agios Tychonas Local Authority (Ancient Amathus): | £5.000 |
10th November 2003 |
| Central Union of Local Authorities Greece: | 58.500 EURO. |
10th November 2003 |
| Ministry of Interior, Kyrenia Municipality, Kyrenia Distr.Com. | £10.000 |
10th November 2003 |
| Ministry of Education and Culture: | £5.000. |
10th November 2003 |
| The Hellenic Bank: (starting amount). |
£5.000 | 10th November 2003 |
| Souren Sarafyan | £500 | 10th November 2003 |
| Stavros Neofytou (Water Sports Larnaca) | £300 | 10th November 2003 |
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SCIENTIFIC Friends and Contributors: |
We feel immensely grateful to Susan Womer Katzev most kind wife of our dearest Professor Michael Lazare Katzev,
Professor Richard Steffy of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Texas University in the USA , For his continuous support NOT only now with our present effort but since the discovery of the ancient ship of Kyrenia .(1967 until 1973).
Prominent
Archaeologists Laina and Stewart Swiny for their tremendous will and
effort to assist us with whatever detail drawings and bibliography about the
possible steering oars that existed at the time of the Alexander the Great.
(updated: 5/6/2002)
WE MOST SINCERELY EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST
GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO ALL DONORS, and sponsors.
Many other Organisations, Universities and single people expressed their strong wish to financially contribute to this effort. We thank you all!!
The estimated value indicated by
the feasibility study for the ship’s construction, was by 1999 values, approximately
£100.000 Cyprus Pounds.
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NEMITSAS COMPANY LTD: Limassol Cyprus. The Company and Mr.Takis Nemitsas personally took great interest in the entire project. They have offered initially 3.000 Cy.Pounds in material as they provided all the stainless steel bolts and other metal parts for the keel and frames. Over and above the above sum they have undertaken to construct to plan 180 lead rings for the two square sails of KERYNIA-LIBERTY.
STAVROS NEOFYTOU (STAVROS NEOFYTOU WATER SPORTS CENTRE LARNACA CYPRUS. : Mr Neophytou is the President of the Larnaca District professional water sports operators Union and has been very interested on the project from the very beginning. He has offered 300 Cy.Pounds and registered his name as a crew member of KERYNIA-LIBERTY.
JOHN HADJIPAVLOU AND SON CO.LTD.: John Hadjipavlou and Popi Hadjipavlou have been very close family friends of Andreas Cariolou the Kyrenian who discovered the ancient ship of Kyrenia. John, a diver himself, and a diving student of Andreas Cariolou has always felt immensely sentimental with Kyrenia. He has been the major sponsorer of the public information project of KYRENIA 2 in Hamburg Germany. He has now offered 250 Cy.Pounds for the KERYNIA-LIBERTY and a number of emergency lights for the Kyrenia Nautical Club.
Mr. Souren Sarafyan and Family
(updated: 5/6/2002)
