1. Shipbuilding Stages
On December 2002, the Institute “NAUDOMO” started the shipbuilding of the Minoan ship, in the area of Eastern Venetian dockyards of the Chania old Harbor. The technical support of shipbuilding was assigned by the Maritime Museum of Crete to a local traditional shipyard. The phase of shipbuilding was completed with the ceremony of launching that took place on December 1 st , 2003.
2. Launching
The official launching of the ship was celebrated magnificently at Chania on December 1st 2003 in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic.