1896 Russian Imperial Navy Iron Clad Ship "Gangut" Copper Cook Pot
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Gangut was an Imperial Russian coast defense ship named after the Battle of Gangut.
This ship was a scaled-down version of the Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleships
On 12 June 1897, Gangut hit an uncharted pinnacle of rock near Vyborg in the Gulf of Finland during a military exercise. A gash along the ship′s bottom led to
both boiler rooms flooding and a loss of power to her pumps. Her bulkheads were
poorly riveted, leading to leaks. Drawbacks in her design gave her limited stability
and resulted in ineffective counter-flooding efforts by her crew. The ship settled &
sank slowly on an even keel in 30 m (98 ft 5 in) of water. There were no fatalities.
The vessel was not popular in the Imperial Russian Navy. Rear Admiral Birilev, her former captain, is quoted as describing her as ".. a vile ship, it's good that she sank, and it is pointless to raise her."
A plan to refloat the ship by the Swedish Neptune Company was not carried out, although divers recovered some items from the ship in 1898.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_coast_defense_ship_Gangut
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