An item dated Moscow, Russia 26th reported that a Russian salvage company discovered the wreck of the Russian battleship Vrij Rusland (1)lost in the Black Sea in June 1918. She was lying on the bottom with the keel pointing towards the surface.
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1, The Ekaterina II laid down at the ONZIV Shipyard, Nikolayev [Ukraine] on 30 October 1911, launched on 6 June 1914, commissioned on 18 October 1915, renamed Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya on 27 June 1915, renamed Svobodnaya Rossiia on 29 April 1917 and scuttled on 18 June 1918. Of the Imperatritsa Mariyal-class battleships although somewhat larger than the other ships.
Note
1, The Ekaterina II laid down at the ONZIV Shipyard, Nikolayev [Ukraine] on 30 October 1911, launched on 6 June 1914, commissioned on 18 October 1915, renamed Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya on 27 June 1915, renamed Svobodnaya Rossiia on 29 April 1917 and scuttled on 18 June 1918. Of the Imperatritsa Mariyal-class battleships although somewhat larger than the other ships.
