Romanian navy ordered to free the by Russian revolutionairs seized Romanian merchant ships according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 9 February 1918

An item dated Sofia, Bulgaria 9^th reported that the Romanian navy was ordered to free the Romanian merchant ships seized by the Russian revolutionairs. On 1 February were the commanding officer and 10 sailors of the Romanian cruiser Elisabeth (1) taken into custody and condemned to the death accused of their part in revolutionary conspiracies.

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1. Building ordered by Armstrong, Elswick, United Kingdom on May 1887, laid down with yard number 517 on 17 May 1887, launched in September 1888, commissioned in October 1888, decommissioned in 1920, in 1929 still used as a barracks ship and broken up in the 1930s.