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Cutting-Edge Digital Preservation Of The Historic Lambousa Fishing Vessel 

Cutting-Edge Digital Preservation Of The Historic Lambousa Fishing Vessel 

The fishing vessel Lambousa is a unique part of Cypriot fishing tradition and industrial heritage.


Built at Perama, Piraeus, Greece in 1955, the vessel was renamed Lambousa when it arrived in Cyprus at Famagusta ten years later.

The Lambousa is 25 meters long, with a 48-ton capacity, and a top speed of 10 knots fishing in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean for 50 years until finally decommissioned in 2004.

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Now owned by the Municipality of Limassol and scheduled for restoration at the Karnagio area in Limassol,

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