The liberation struggle of EOKA 1955-59 and the Chloraka coast

After its arrest the "Saint George" was taken to the small harbour at Kato Paphos. Later the British sold it by public auction. On the instructions of Archbishop Makarios, Iacovos Iacovides, who was mayor of Paphos at the time, pur- chased the boat so that it could be used as an exhibit in a museum dedicated to the struggle for liberation. On the initiative of Leonidas Papacostas and with the financial support of Zena Gunther the caique was transferred to the "Alyki" coast of Chloraka in October 1961. In 1968 it was placed in a building constructed by the Ministry of Education for the express purpose of housing the boat. In 1994 the Paphos Holy Diocese and the Council of Historic Memory of the EOKA Struggle 1955-1959 refurbished the museum. A new wing was added in 2000. THE MUSEUM OF THE BOAT "SAINT GEORGE"